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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1889
Page
3
Denton Journal reports assorted county items for Saturday morning November 2. Local businesses and residents are noted in brief items across the region. The page compiles events, prices, and notices affecting the community.
Rev R A Taff visits kin in the county and court sessions, postmaster speculations, and farm and road updates mingle with heavy rainfall, bank talks, and a huge Democratic mass meeting at Denton. The piece records elections, appointments, and local notices amid weather and social events.
A letter from J T Gough secretary notes the club’s campaign work and unity. Tolson president forecasts a seventy five vote majority in the First district. Resolutions endorse Democratic principles, Cleveland administration, and the Denton convention nominees. Meetings each Friday feature speakers. Denton hosts large First District Democrat presence with club badges.
Auction notices list three sales by officials and firms. Dr. G W Betson administrator of the late Marshall S Mutchlier conducts a sale Wednesday November 13. R Kemp Williams sheriff holds an auction of store goods on November 14. J K Callaway conducts an auction of store goods on Saturday November 9g. Clothing offered by Jas T Mullin & Son Wilmington.
James E. Nicols began exterior finishing of the M E Church using Portland cement and stone imitation. The Bradford steamer, loaded with coal, ran aground on a shoal due to currents in the Choptank. Rainy weather raised river levels but damage remained slight. Local property owners push improvements ahead of winter. Mrs Laura Greaves returned to Baltimore after a two week visit with her parents. Citizens testified in the Porter Dill case at Dover court. Mr and Mrs William Fulton returned from an extended bridal trip.
A letter to The Journal refutes a claim by Mr. George M. Russum that a county prisoner was billed 11 for custody of Hersey Black for eleven days. The writer states the boy was jailed 22 days and asserts the bill followed the law. He criticizes campaign storytelling and urges better conduct from a Senate candidate.
A sufficient number of Farmers Alliances in Caroline County form a County Alliance and are summoned to meet in Denton on Saturday November 6 at 11 o clock a.m. Each subordinate Alliance will elect one delegate and one alternate to the county Alliance for every five members of the majority fraction in good standing on its roll.
A family gathering at Mr J S Willis home near Preston last week included Mr and Mrs Z Willis aged 84 and 75, plus several Willis relatives from Kansas Easton Preston and near Hynson. A noon and evening meal followed, with many friends present and lively conversation. The piece notes the combined ages of the parents and five sons. It also mentions Baltimore and Ohio Railroad adding four vestibuled cars and expanding service between Chicago and New York. a claim of ongoing improvements boosting the line. Also promotes Speer's Port Grape Wine as nourishment for consumptives claiming cures or extended life. cites J K Calloway moving to Henderson and T F Chaffinch succeeding him in Hobbs. The Orphans Court received the will of Enoch Dew. Elizabeth Dew and Eldridge Downes granted letters of administration. Jonathan E Towers presented Dixon estate accounts.
Mrs. William Griffith, residing near town, died Monday after a typho malarial illness. She was 16 years old. Interment occurred at Zion on Wednesday as the area endures an epidemic of the disease.
A long list of October real estate transfers in Denton Ridgely and Caroline counties shows numerous property deeds with prices and acreages. Marriage licenses include Willard Tribbett with Mary Kemp and John F. Davis with Martha Fleming among others, with a final colored section noting James R. Daniel and Sarah H. Wil.
Carter & Co railroad contractors operate two improved pendulum pile drivers to strengthen bridges by battering piles. They established a camp on the Caroline side with six tents resembling a military post. A 20 by 30 dining tent provides ample meals for twenty-five to thirty workmen. Four sleeping tents furnish mattresses and blankets, plus a sitting tent for rainy days where men read, smoke, play euchre, or draw cards.
Tucuman Harvey announces ending credit sales and now offers stock at bottom cash prices or trade. He lists wheelwright and blacksmith materials, building hardware, paints, oils, harness, plows, farm bells, stoves, tinware, pumps, cutlery, barb wire, and more, inviting inspection and price comparison.
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