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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1889
Page
3
County news items from Denton Journal discuss local happenings across area towns. Brief notices cover community events, meetings, and small-town concerns collected under a single county-wide head.
Dockets of notices from Marydel to Denton include trespass warnings and post office appointments. Election results from Baltimore and statewide updates show Democrats winning majorities. Col Downes praised Caroline County results amid celebrations at Democratic HQ.
Rev. C. B. Gruber of the Methodist Protestant Church in Harrington has fallen from grace after an affair involving a parishioner's daughter. Married with two children, he discussed elopement and sent a letter that was exposed by the young woman’s brother. Gruber, a Pennsylvanian, had been serving as a supply pastor following Rev. Charles M. Thompson’s death, and has been expelled from his post.
The article argues that Caroline was central to a Democratic wave on Tuesday showing a clear transfer of votes from Republican to Democratic candidates. It asserts the Democrats will keep much of this gained strength and urges preserving the accompanying table for future reference.
In Baltimore all general Democratic ticket candidates prevail with majorities in both city council branches. Across the nation Democrats win in Iowa Virginia New Jersey Mississippi and Ohio while Massachusetts favors Republicans. Virginia shows McKinney leading. Iowa votes for Boies amid granger opposition. Mississippi and New Jersey show gains for Democrats.
Ex Secretary Bayard's city wedding to Miss Clymer is noted amid broad political debate. Reports show a New Mexico statehood push, federal railroad repayment aims, and friction over pension dismissals. Social news covers weddings, visits, and local commerce while Baltimore market prices list prime wheat at 82 cents and southern white corn at 42 to 44 cents.
A historic verse declares the ballot box as the throne where every citizen, rich or poor, named or nameless, stands equal. It contrasts plain manhood and pedant pride, urging the common sense of a plain voter over wealth and status in a dramatic, public way.
The fifty seventh regular session of the Diocese of Easton convenes at St. Johns Parish Hillsborough on Tuesday November 12 with a program of Services and sermons. Topics include sacrifice in serving God mission needs and the healing of the ten lepers.
George S. Dill was found guilty of attempting to murder his neighbor, Farmer William S. Porter, after a week-long trial in Kent County. The jury deliberated under fifteen minutes. Dill, well connected in Kent and Maryland where he lived the past year, was sentenced to pillory for an hour, five years in prison, and a $500 fine.
Martin L Booze of Cambridge, a livery stable keeper, was shot on Saturday night by Samuel Carey, a carpenter. Three shots at close range hit Booze, one near the heart saved by a notebook, another in the teeth. Carey jailed, claiming Booze had alienated his wife’s affections and visited her in his absence. Booze is married.
After an editorial on prohibition in the Peninsular Methodist church, five loyal Methodists announce they will vote the prohibition party ticket but no longer attend the Peninsula Methodist. Also reported is the death of Mrs. Mary L M Stewart at her daughter's home, aged about 62, widow of Alex Stewart, with three grown children. funeral set for Sunday at three in the afternoon.
The text urges prudent men to secure sufficient fuel for the winter. It notes that overestimating and storing extra is not punished in the afterlife if one shares a portion with the deserving poor in every community.
Obituary notice for Gariffiri infant son of Alonzo and Mamie Griffith aged three weeks expresses sorrow and hope of reunion on the heavenly shore. Marriage announcement from Ebenzer M. E. Parsonage Easton Maryland Sunday morning October 27 1889 records Charles B. Baker of Potter's Landing and Ida P. Andrew of Chapel Maryland with Rev. W. W. Wilson officiating.
Tirghman Harvey of Burrsville Md announces closing of credit business and opens stock sale at bottom prices for cash or trade. He lists wheelwright and blacksmith materials, hardware, paints, harness, farm implements, stoves, tinware, pumps, cutlery, barb wire, and more, inviting inspection and price comparison.
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