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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1895
Page
3
Public business calendar notes that the circuit court will convene on January 13. The item records a scheduled court session and related administrative actions. No additional details are provided in the readable text.
Rabbit-hunters report sport while Berlin sees mad dogs and harvests Wheat favorable. Georgetown corn sells at 46 per ton. Corrected election returns published in JourNAL. Stereopticon show at Masonic Hall tonight. Colored men organize brass band locally. J B Longfellow builds a dwelling, finishing by Christmas. Denton Bridge mill runs day and night to meet demand. Chief judges finish election returns. Salisbury photographer visits court house. School commissioners in session with little business. First mortgage offered by Moxey To Lony-On. Patton and Pippin burn surplus ballots. Kent County freight baskets sold. $1 per basket. Mrs Harris to public sale. move to New Jersey. Curtis captured. self defense claim. John B Brown of Centreville alleged to have failed. Samuel Shockley injured by train fall. Choptank Lodge No. 28 IOOF meet Thursday at 7. Thanksgiving entertainment at Masonic Hall by Miss Youse at 5 p.m. Uhler reports rapid railroad grading over five miles. Pleasant weather last week. bees swarm at Bailey’s store. Embezzlement case Lowe abandoned. adjustment reached. Agents Russum & Lewis, and Cullen involved. Odd natural curiosities found: sweet potato in shaving cup handle and citron melon between palings.
A series of weddings reported from Federalsburg and nearby towns covers Maud Tyson Greer and Dr William Felton Deekens at Federalsburg, with follow up nuptials for Mrs Rich and Mr John Morgan, Miss Sarah Wright and Levin Dail, Miss Etta Cox and Joseph Harris, among others. The notices name venues, participants, and officiants with brief ceremony details and immediate post event plans.
In the Orphans Court on Tuesday last Andrew J. Bailey, executor of Stephen Bailey, presented his first account. Charles M. Davis and William A. Mowbray, executors of John W. Brown, reported sale of real estate as devised to be sold, with conditional ratification. Properties of John R. Ross were appraised and ordered sold. Isaac P. Lapham’s will was recorded. Eva M. George’s will presented for probate on the 26th. B. Gootee Stevens, executor of Mary J. Hubbard, presented personal estate inventory approved and recorded, with sale of entire estate for cash authorized. Wm. Walter Moore, executor of Louisa Fisher, presented personal estate inventory approved and recorded, with sale of personalty authorized.
Mr Curtis Spicer died at his Laurel Delaware home last week aged 81. He chose the text for his funeral sermon fifty nine years before his death, Isaiah chapter eleven verses one and two, declaring praise to the Lord and trust in salvation.
The new roller mill began operation last week and is producing first class flour, expected to be well patronized by locals especially farmers who previously hauled wheat to Camden or Wyoming Mills. Several residents return or visit, revival meetings continue, and a runaway horse caused excitement with minor damage. Farmers report corn husking nearly finished and a better crop than expected.
Our druggist Mr R J Colston will move to Ridgely leaving town, while Miss Marshall the first assistant teacher has been on sick list. Swedenborgian ladies netted on election day oyster supper. Mr and Mrs S E Douglass attended Miss Greer’s wedding at Federalsburg. Ida Anderson of Oxford visiting Mrs Charles McCarter. A W Sisk and friends plan to attend the Atlanta Exposition about the 20th. Mrs S W Henry of Dover visiting. Bethlehem Republican jollification parade and oyster supper followed a late Democratic Victory. Brass band led a cavalcade from Bethlehem to Cheptank Preston Harmony and back with oysters served on the half shell. Speeches by local orators closed the day. Mr and Mrs Alex Noble visiting Rufus Noble at Taylor’s Island, new county commissioner. Prof Geo E Williamson, late of Washington College, left Saturday for Bethel School Sussex County Del.
Two Barrsville men on election day hunt rabbits then nap rest. They awaken near town and find a hat in a wheel rut. It proves to be a black cat. One man flees. the pair later run over another black cat. A new derby is bought next morning. Revival services begin in Burrsville. Philadelphia marriage of Prof Downham and Miss Cahall is noted.
Buyers urged to request Mason and Hamlin illustrated catalogues from Boston New York or Chicago. Instruments praised as finest in market with many unique improvements. Old pianos and organs taken in exchange and purchases available for cash or on time.
The Baltimore Herald reports Republican leaders insist Maryland tilts Republican in a full vote, citing gains in 1894 and 1895 and a migration of voters across parties. Highlights include Wellington’s Senate bid, county by county support, and a contested field with James A. Gary possible. Also noted are forthcoming State Treasurer and Police Commissioner vacancies, with Leon Seliger as a leading candidate. Details cover the Queen Annes condemnation verdict, road rights, and scattered local notices including medical ad reads.
A group led by Harry A Roe Benjamin House Fred P Roe and Win Davis left by train for northeastern North Carolina to hunt bears. The party, well armed, expects to spend time in the jungle and jokes that any denizen there can put them up a tree.
Dr W K Carroll was acquitted in Centreville court after a sensational trial over the killing of Jesse Moulton. The defense argued irresponsibility caused by alcohol, while the State pursued murder in the degree. Testimony cited unsound mind and intoxication aiding the shooting with a Winchester rifle through a door. Carroll, once treated in Baltimore, was released amid cheers.
A movement to extend the tenure of Judge Joseph A. Wickes of the Second circuit gains broad backing. George M. Russum Jr. leads the effort with a memorial to the Legislature, likely to be signed by Caroline bar members. The petition notes Wickes will turn seventy in October 1596 and would otherwise face retirement before the 1807 term ends.
Comne Kesp In Felton on Wednesday November 6 1895 featuring Stephen Cohee and Miss Kemp of Hollandsville in a local social event with no further details available in the readable fragments.
The Caroline candidate circle backs Hon George M Russum for the United States Senatorship amid presumed fitness and East Shore party influence. Obituaries note Rev John D Lecates and others. Queen Anne’s Grand Jury reports liquor abuses, dry county pledge, and primary law criticisms. A county treasurer proposal is urged. jail sanitary but cells weak.
Tomorrow morning at eleven o clock solemn services of Forty Hours Devotion start at the Catholic Church Easton. Rev W J Birmingham of Willington will preach. The Right Rev W F Adams Bishop of Easton will visit Sillsboro on the 20th inst and will preach at St Pauls Church at 730 pm. Adams will visit parish next Tuesday and hold service with sermon in Christ Church at 730 pm. The German Baptists of Tuckahoe Neck hold their semi annual communion on November 30 at four pm. The general church extension committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church has appropriated 2500 for the Wilmington Conference.
President William H. Bosley and Directors Ehlen and Emory visited town Thursday to oversee grading progress. Farmers have contracted to supply teams, and Bosley toured Delaware interests. Company officers denied rumors of deals and urged supporters to keep the project moving despite possible opposition.
A witty Scots speech piece warns that a single scandal spreads through a life and urges vigilance against gossip while advertising Chamberlain's Pain Balm as a remedy for sore throat rheumatism and back pain sold by Wm. E. Brown in Denton and Hugh Duffey in Hillsboro Md.
A fragment from a Maryland newspaper column requests readers who know Mr. Fisher in the West to forward his address to Mary A. Russell in Frederica Delaware. The item also notes speculation on magistrate candidates, a court house stone work update, a public sale of a 125 acre farm near Greensboro, and lists several local supporters and dealer endorsements for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy from Oregon to Washington state.
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