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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1890
Page
3
A wide slice of town life shows painters, bridge plans, new mills, and sales. Ex Deputy Lee shot 56 partridges last week while W A Stewart plans a glass front store in Federalsburg. The Denton Catholic church was consecrated with high mass and a large turnout.
The county teachers association plans sessions at the new Preston academy on Friday November 28 covering attendance improvement reading pedagogy second grade pay composition work and reading circle prospects with a teacher query class and oversight by State Superintendent E B Prettyman. School Examiner Stephens urges universal attendance and regular daily presence to boost overall school effectiveness and year over year attendance gains.
Preston E T Moore plans adding ten lots to the Methodist Episcopal cemetery at Preston. Fairmount Cemetery trustees face untended lots and weeds. Parsonage committee praised for a neat house and fundraising for costs. An excursion to Baltimore on the 25th funds the parsonage. Mrs Emily Nichols dislocated her shoulder after a fall at the new academy. Streets need cleaning for health. Rev Thomas A King of Baltimore preaches on Hell at New Jerusalem church. Douglass Co adds a millinery department. Fourth district residents seek railway mail service. Revival at M E church begins Sunday. Rev Mr Keeble will hold service at the Academy Tuesday. Mr Williamson improving. Dr Noble gaining popularity.
Messrs James A and M B Stephens bought the Cowan farm near Burrsville comprising forty acres. John and Mrs Cowan will live in Pittsburg with their son Rev John Cowan. Mrs James A Cahall departs for Denver to join her husband seeking health. John H Thawley buys Col R C Carter farm adjoining Burrsville to build a saw mill and start lumber business. price 35000. Dover cigar maker James Phillips rents a house here to operate his business after January first. Wesley M E church members gift evangelists Mrs Kenney and Miss VanName a purse of money for revival services. Rev Horace G Cowan, pastor in New Jersey, preached at the Methodist Protestant Church last Sunday. Mr Cowan spent several days with local friends. James P Stafford and Chas W Stokes near completion of new homes.
In heavy weather a large crowd gathered at the Baptist Church in Waverly on Thursday afternoon to witness the marriage of Miss Nina Holt, daughter of Col. B. W. L. Holt of Copperhand Springs, to Mr. Purnell Fleetwood, a prominent local merchant. The ceremony by Rev. J. W. Hart united the couple, who left for a northern tour afterward. The church was richly decorated with flowers and greens, and the pulpit bore white cloth, garlands, and a green F H motif with a Good Luck horseshoe arch nearby. Ushers were T. E. Fleetwood and B. L. Holt.
Grain quotations from Baltimore show good wheat at 92 to 96 cents white corn 52 to 59 old corn 63 to 64. A performance of Ten Nights in a Bar Room played at Mozart Hall Greensborough last night.
Glen Burnie resident H S Mancha compares the recent Democratic win with the 1874 tidal wave, arguing that both arose from similar economic and political failures. He insists the Republican party drifted toward centralization and corruption, while pledging renewed support for Cleveland as 1892 approaches.
A social event in town marked the tenth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Z Potter Steele with tinware gifts and a hospitable culinary display. The party brought together many visitors for several hours of cheerful activity.
The Social Musical and Literary Clubs of Easton and the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club closed their doors at noon last Thursday after the Court of Appeals ruled against the right of incorporated clubs in prohibition jurisdictions to sell liquor to members. Clerk telegrammed Carrington, who notified clients and they shut immediately. Six clubs in Easton and six more in the county affected.
Miss Grace Hopkins wed Louis H. Osborne at All Saints Church with Rev. W. Y. Beaven officiating. Bridesmaids Nellie Hopkins and Henriet ta Neal. groomsmen Frank Neal and Benj. E. Hopkins. Leonard reassigned to Western Maryland route. Frost succeeds on Choptank. Governor-Elect Reynolds of Delaware in Greensborough. Numerous local visits and engagements noted including Plummer Kenney wedding plans and Miss Maud Loane’s Baltimore ties.
The propeller failed and the Tred Avon drifted for an hour near Foot Knoll Thursday morning last week until Chowan towed her to the wharf. Inspectors found the shoe carried away and the rudder post damaged. The captain says a thick fog caused the vessel to strike an obstruction believed to be the Swanson P Barnes wreck from the Virginia Volunteer collision.
Woman Willoughby of Preston was held in 500 dollars bail by U S Commissioner Rogers on a grand jury charge for breaking down a letter box with an ax. The box stood on her back porch and had been moved by postal orders, angering Willoughby at the postmaster's action.
Mr Charles M Higgins proprietor of the bar on the steamer Joppa died at his Baltimore home on Monday morning after a brief pneumonia illness. He was 43, well known on the Choptank route and among sporting men, having owned several notable trotters.
A large Fourth district excursion to Easton on the B and E L S Railway attracted many locals enjoying fine weather. Hon J Frank Turner welcomed guests as the Cornet Band performed. The train reportedly cost merchants 3600 to operate.
Judge Stump opened the November term of the Talbot County Circuit Court on Monday with Judge Wickes attending Wednesday. Several petty criminal cases were disposed of. A bar association committee led by Hon. Charles H. Gibson drafted resolutions on the death of Philip Francis Thomas.
The Century Magazine and St Nicholas for Young Folks are highly read, with wide distribution in the U S and abroad. New 1891 features include War Papers by Grant, Lincoln History, Siberian Exile, and The Gold Hunters of California with survivor narratives. Also promised are Tibet travel, war prisoner tales, Indian fighters accounts, Lincoln anecdotes, and Talleyrand memoir extracts prior to France. Subscriptions at $4.00 to The Century Co., 33 East 17th St New York, with free back-number samples available.
Tickets for the Preston M. E. Parsonage Committee excursion to Baltimore next Tuesday are on sale at B. & E. stations with varying prices by location. Dr Erwin F. Smith reports peach yellows increasing in Delaware and Maryland orchards. Do not buy Salvation Oil lacking wrappers. William A. Stewart buys Harris grocery, continuing the business. John S. Barnhart ships 11,000 peach trees to California. 2,000 sent earlier. Lieutenant W Arrants dies, interred in Philadelphia after Navy service. Fire alarm from E E Ramsdell residence chimney. no danger. Mrs A W Ivins to auction personal property on December qth. Crew & Coulbourn and Garrett & Co. cards appear in Jayy.
A large hog escaped a Parker box on the D and C express near Queen Anne Station. It charged the mail room and startled agent Mr. Pritchett, then treed the expressman on baggage before storming the smoker. Conductor fled and officers peeped through a glass door before the intruder was persuaded back to his box.
Harmony Church ladies plan an oyster supper with a Thanksgiving bird and other dishes. An invitation is extended through the JOURNAL to friends of the church. Supper runs 4 to 10 pm on November 27 with twelve sorts of meats and four kinds of fruit. Mr M A Stephens surveyed Mr G L Potter's Denton farm for a half mile trotting course to be built soon.
The Wheeler Transportation Line announces a new schedule effective Thursday the 26th inst. Steamers depart Hillsborough at 11 a.m., Wilmiston at 2 p.m., Choptank at 4 p.m., and Trappe at 9 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays with stops at intermediate landings.
Tradesmen boast of cheap goods, but Bell Clothing Company in Pratt adjoining Hanover promises quality. Customers are urged to try them for honest-made garments and to tell friends about the substantial twenty-five percent savings.
A nostalgic poem recalls an itinerant preacher whose fiery sermon and fiery justice left a mark. The speaker mocks the preacher’s theatrics while praising the fear and awe he inspired. The lament mourns the passing of such figures and longs for peaceful rest after life’s weary trials.
Notice shows four subscriptions with remittance dates printed beside subscriber names. DIED. Melissa D Wood, wife of Ebenezer Wood, died at Lewiston Chapel district on Friday November 18th 18g0 after a lingering illness, aged 58.
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