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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1890
Page
3
County notes report portions of SH areas chosen under this measure. Officials list segments and project scope while residents await further details on funding, timelines, and impact on local services.
Greensborough sees an afternoon mail north and new business openings. Locals Ida Stewart and Ida Horsey visit, pensions granted, farm ads placed, coal bought for Denton, and court attendance noted. A river trip on the yacht Rheta impresses guests. posters crowded for Democratic mass meetings. several residents face health and property updates.
Judge Joseph A. Wickes convenes the circuit court and selects a new grand jury under the updated law. Foreman Thomas A. Smith leads, noting 53 witnesses and eight presentments. Report highlights a dangerous Denton bridge and a need to improve jail conditions and a wheel on the draw.
The grand jury reported on local issues including water quality problems and requests for traders lists to aid future juries. Emma Lord of Greensborough faced tewd conduct charges and was jailed after bail failed. the court ordered her to leave the state. Harrison T. Causey was indicted for falsely swearing about residency. New lawyers Owens and Garey were admitted to the bar. The piece also mentions Sunday School Sunday and Monday prayers in England, various church and Masonic events, and upcoming excursions along the Baltimore & Eastern Shore Railroad.
The Chester river steamers carried chatter about a quiet wedding at Centreville on Saturday. Capt. T. W. Kendell aged 69 wed Miss Lulu Leaker of Talbot county an 18 year old bride. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Balderston. Both are well known and the match sparks much comment. Capt. Kendall is a skipper reputedly wealthy.
Mr John Deen a well known Fourth district farmer died on Friday night after a year long illness. He was about 79 and was interred Saturday evening at the burying-grounds of the home farm. He leaves a large family including several sons who are prominent farmers. Mrs Deen survives with others.
A Baltimore reader argues the tin plate tax raises prices for working families and favors big mill owners. He asserts no practical US tin plate makers exist, Welsh imported finemakers would be needed, and higher duties cut American labor's share. He questions benefits to Baltimore and the wider economy.
Diphtheria cases reported in lower Caroline county with eight year old Alda Whitby and several other youths around eleven years old near Beulah Dorchester. Two deaths among colored residents near Caroline line. Mild sore throats near Beulah deemed mild diphtheria by Dr. Phillips Preston active among patients. Also dredging to open Pealiquor Channel by Commodore and Ida under government orders. channel now sixty five feet wide and five to six feet deep at low water. Remains of ex Governor Philip F Thomas conveyed to Easton, burial at Trinity Church with Rt Rev Adams officiating.
Two Orphans' Court sessions were held this week with limited business. Trustee T. Fisher reported his distribution account for the late Thomas E. Pepper estate, while Samuel L. Webster released A. W. Nichols as executor of Annie E. Nichols. The court adjourns to meet again next Tuesday. Local farmers urge a new bridge over Tuckahoe River at Horsey’s Landing to connect with the M and E Railroad for faster Baltimore transport and improved Talbot Caroline communications. J. A. Heller of Ridgely advertises a large sale of household goods implements and carriages.
Federal dury Mr Harvey S Beals died at his residence near Pine Grove Meeting House on Saturday night October 4 in the sixth year of his age He was born in Ashfield Massachusetts and lived in several states before moving fourteen years ago to his death place Funeral services were held at the house by Rev Blackwell of the Presbyterian Church He was an elder and was buried in the cemetery north of town Other items note a Philadelphia rail inquiry a Greensborough convention a Federalsburg spring meeting factory and mill updates including a Brown & Davis mill overhaul and a new corn crusher A local road petition south of Smithville a Smithville Farmers Alliance creamery project and more
The sixtieth regular session of the Middle Convocation of the Diocese of Easton opens at Christ Church Denton on Tuesday October 21. A large attendance is expected as repairs brighten the interior and Rev Theodore P Barber leads the convocation. The schedule spans Tuesday to Thursday with prayers sermons and confirmations led by bishops and local ministers including Rev A Batte Rev W Y Deaven Rev J Chesley Rev C Buck Rev J Mitchell Rev J W Keeble and Rev Geo F Beaven. The Ruthsburg corner-stone papers and living survivors from the original event are noted. Historic details recount the first society at Ruthsburg and the 1845 church construction. My Sabbath appointments for October 12 list Thawley's Piney Grove and Union Church with Ames Church protracted services beginning there.
Park and Hutchinson return from city with millinery dress patterns ribbons and notions. Our way is to give you your money's worth every time. A capital example is our ten dollar silk-lined over-coats. Dell Clothing Company West Pratt Street adjoining Hanover Baltimore.
The piece notes Senator Carlisle aiding his son on a Democratic Campaign Text Book now issued with tariff fight closure. Wheeler predicts a solid Southern Democratic delegation after the Force bill. A second Civil War Veterans group named The Military Order of America forms locally. Harrison may force Baum from the fort after the election. Postmaster General changes and a long circular on the new lottery law are reported. Garrison travels to reunions in Galesburg Ottumwa and Topeka. Battleships cost 3 1120 000 each with builders in San Francisco and Philadelphia. Extra session of Congress for the Farce bill seems unlikely.
The obituary honors Mrs Mary Todd Towers noting her youth, virtue and Christian grace. It lists funeral related services and quarterly meetings at Denton Harris Chapel Williston and Burrsville, with references to Methodist circuits and a claim payment acknowledgement to Easton mutual association for George W Porter.
The Denton and Greensborough papers complain about filthy conditions in their towns. Federalsburg counters with a Dorchester county official noting clean Main Street after walking from the station.
Wheat bids range 96 cents to $1.04 with common damaged at 75 to 87 cents. Corn is quiet with white 36 to 58 cents and yellow 57 cents. Oats at 45 cents and rye good to prime 72 to 74 cents. London Jubilee preparations prompt Salvation Oil use while Dr Bull's Cough Syrup claims to revolutionize cough and cold treatment.
Miss Grace Burns of St Michael's returns home from the Collison residence with Miss Emma Collison. Delegates May Fisher and Mamie Downes depart for the Women's Missionary Convention in Washington. Rev F W Wey of Cherokee Iowa to move to Greensboro as rector of Holy Trinity Church. Mrs James M Truitt of Niles Michigan visiting Mr Purnell Johnson. Divine service at the Ridgely Academy tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.
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