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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1897
Page
3
Carpenters busy with Memorial Day prep post office on Sharp's Island and wild rumors of a needed game warden in Caroline. Physicians urged as public health officers. several local residences and repairs noted including W A Stewarts house painted by H B Mason and L B Towers repairing Potter property on Gay Street.
Lt Robert H Noble United States Army native of this county has been advanced to aide de camp to Brigadier General Shafter Department of California. He has served in California since 1894, a West Point graduate with LL B from the University of Maryland.
The Heptasophs and railroad officials announce a large, well arranged trip from Greenwood to Baltimore next Thursday. The 6:25 a.m. departure offers staged fares from Greenwood to Baltimore varying by town, with arrival at 10:30 a.m. and return at 4 p.m. giving five and a half hours for sightseeing.
Mr. J. W. Kerr reports conditions in Caroline county are favorable for fruit and crops. Frost April 21 damaged peaches though some healthy fruit remains. strawberries saw minimal damage and key to rural business. apples, plums, pears, gooseberries, raspberries, blackberries, and grapes show strong development for a bountiful harvest.
On account of ill health and inability to run the milling business the owner offers the Denton Bridge mill for rent or sale with possession immediate. M. H. Suire signs the notice.
A P W B line man fell from a telegraph pole during wire work as the pole broke on the track. He landed in a ditch and escaped with two broken ribs. Dr Robly Hackett attended him. he left for home beyond Philadelphia on Friday.
Templeville notes show Mrs Satterfield and Mrs Smith of Felton hosted on Sunday. Visitors include Mrs Knotts and daughter Mary in Ridgely and Mrs Wesley McKnott. Various locals, including Miss Emma McKnott and Mr James Clark, are listed with recent trips and clerking changes. Mrs Aner Getty suffered a paralysis stroke last week and is bedridden.
The Choptank baseball club defeated Hurlocks 17 to 14 last Saturday. Lednum pitched well until injuring his arm in the eighth. eight runs scored by the Hurlocks in the final inning. Final game of the series to be played at Hurlocks today. The third nine beat Preston 11 to 1 last Friday. Local notices report W. J. Wright running a saw mill and basket factory and C. T. Perry improving after typhoid fever, with social mentions of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Willey and J. A. Wright’s illness.
Rev. Mr. White preached a memorial sermon to veterans on Sunday morning with most old soldiers in attendance. Rev. T. E. Martindale gave the Decoration Day address. C. E. Messenger, Idlewild mill clerk, left for Massachusetts and New York to visit friends he hasn’t seen in nineteen years. Dr. Galloway returns from a wedding trip. A benefit for the baseball club added fifty five dollars to the treasury. Two more ladies bicycles arrived this week. Miss Corinne Mowbray spent part of the week in Baltimore. Mrs. W. B. Boston of Jamaica, L. I., is in town.
Miss Bessie Messick visits friends in Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. Miss Addie Whiteley of Preston visits sister Mrs A J Messick. Mr A M Messick and family move to new residence on the avenue. Mr Fred Wallace leaves to work on the B C and A road. New operator arrives. M B Nichols Easton advertises Crawford Bicycles selling for cash or instalments at 35 40 and 50 dollars. send for catalogue.
The Baltimore Methodist Episcopal and Presbyterian ministers heard Rev A S Mowbray and Rev William McElmoyle of Kikton discuss race tracks and gambling in Cecil county. Committees were formed to combat the issue. The Easton diocese convention will meet in Cambridge next week with Bishop Adame presiding. A Sunday School was organized in the Methodist Protestant Church with officers named. Williston M E Church ladies plan a strawberry and ice cream festival to support the church. The Caroline circuit M P Church held a conference and scheduled a Chilton camp meeting starting July 30. Dr Samuel McBurney will preach at the M E Church tomorrow. Children’s Day at Central is planned for Sunday evening. Pulpits will be exchanged between Rev W H Kenney and Rev Z H Webster tomorrow. An Annapolis Capital report notes a Queen Anne’s Railroad excursion to Denton and Greenwood, with Denton’s new brick courthouse costing $20,000 and designed by Joseph H Bernard. The court house, set on a lawn, features Justitia above Court House and is praised as well arranged and ornamental. The visit was marked by extensive courtesies.
Captain Z T Hutchinson of the B C A Railway displayed a large fossil bone at the office on Thursday. It is a backbone fragment from a extinct marine animal. Once given to General Howard E. En sign by Captain Swart of the steamer Avalon, it was dug from a marl pit along Pianka tank. The bone’s phosphate content draws interest for potential acid treatments to aid farming. Denton received the specimen recently with other items.
Reliance shows steady building activity with new porches added by Adelaide Rittenhouse James H Downs James M Smith and Edward Adams. Frank Adams and George Benson receive berry wagons built by J T Frampton & Son Federalsburg. T T Wheatley, recently paralyzed returning from Cambridge, is improving.
Miss Anna J. Wright has been reappointed teacher of Willoughby's school, Miss Addie Whiteley teaches at Smithson, and Miss May C. Flaharty at Laurel Grove. About thirty applicants took teacher certificates and normal school scholarships exams at the Academy over two days. Meanwhile, newly appointed county school trustees have qualified for duties. Special bargains in men and boys ready-made clothing at M. B. Nichols Easton. All wool suits for gentlemen at 6.98 with fit and material guaranteed.
May real estate transfers show limited activity with numerous district property changes and modest sums. Notable moves include Cohee to Jingman 1400 and Lewis assignee to Phillips 3500, plus several town properties and licenses. The month also notes berry sales at Delmar, millinery by Miss Sue Turner, a crow white-headed bird on Harpers Beverly farm, and local building improvements.
Orphans Court met Tuesday with Judges Hobbs and Sigler present. Guardian Mary A. Straughn authorized to invest ward T W D Pippin funds in mortgages. Williams and Williamson presented distribution of John H Williams estate, approved. Bowens and Rumbold partners signed final receipts, approved. John Rumbold Jr granted letters of administration for Althea V Rumbold. Wright and Cham bers presented John W Lord sale account. Levin P Williams answered Mundison Williams petition. special session planned today.
County commissioners plan road lids for next Tuesday while Wanamaker promotes summer shoes silks and bicycles. Trustees V Noble and T Pliny Fisher offer real estate. T W Smith runs a gold and silver watches drive. H C Fisher lists threshers stackers and engines for sale. E H Brown assignee sells real estate June 19. Almshouse farm sale planned by trustees of the poor. Jonathan Evitts advertises two secondhand glass mowers. Mullin speaks on clothing this week. Davis & Buzard of West Monterey Pa endorse Chamberlain's Cough Remedy via a physician-backed testimonial. For sale at 25 and 50 cents by W S Brown Denton H Duffey Hillsboro and R J Uolston Ridgely.
Washington papers critique junior Maryland senator Wellington, calling him the Boy Phenomenon. The Post lauds his early promise while lampooning his anti press stance, noting eloquence, passion, and distrust of newspapers as signs of genius. The piece mocks his rhetoric and predicts fame.
A handsome illustrated booklet promotes Maryland's Eastern Shore with town descriptions maps and hotel and excursion rates. It notes local industries and products and includes endorsements by W W Brewer of Mt Jewett Pa. Public sale points list W E Brown Denton H Duffey Hillsboro and R J Colston Ridgely as sellers.
A described parcel of woodland in Caroline County's Third Election District joins the Saulsbury lands and heirs of the late Col. R vu Carter and others. The tract totals 100 acres, adjoining the Carter heir lands, heirs of the late J Weasley Thawley, and Tracts Nos 1 and 3.
A description noting a neighboring land parcel of 72 acres adjoining Tract No 2 on lands of the heirs of J Wesley Thawley deceased and John F Saulsbury, detailing the wood land boundaries and surrounding property interests as part of a legal land conveyance.
Three tracts totaling 27 acres lie along the Anthony's Mill to Burrsville road near flour mill post office and railroad. Tracts 1 and 2 feature first class pine timber with hundreds of cords of wood, tract 3 holds valuable oak timber. Sale offered separately or combined to maximize price, plotting available from June 8, 1897 at Mr Martin F Allnband.
One third of the purchase money due on sale day with the remainder in two equal installments at one and two years. Deferred payments bear interest from sale and are secured by buyer notes or bonds with approved sureties. No deed will be issued until all purchase money is fully paid.
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