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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1890
Page
3
Local notices from various county parts collected under one head list items for sale and public notices. Readability limited by scanned text. contains names and places within Denton area and surrounding townships.
Readable items report court sittings, new homes and businesses, boat work and ferry plans, a fall millinery stock opening, a fatal field accident, a bridge project push, and local church notices. Marriages include Dunnock–Spilman at Taylor's Island and Morgan–Rose at the Good Shepherd Chapel with related travels and gifts. a broad community calendar closes with a swindle alert and obituaries.
The schooner Wm. Hackett this week delivered a cargo of coal at the yards of G. T. Redden & Co., Denton Bridge.
Harrington resident Mr. W. W. Sharp and Taylor's Island visitors Mr. Harry Spilman spent time in town. Centreville Observer’s G Clinton Roberts heads to Denver to locate. Chestertown’s Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Fountain vacationed in town. Baltimore’s George Greer noted among guests. George M. Russum visits district during congress tour. Snow Hill’s Miss F Fooks at Choptank Hotel with Caroline friends. Taylor's Island’s Miss Hattie Spilman visiting Denton with sister Mrs. Wm Dunnock.
At the Orphans' Court session the will of the late John Deen was ordered recorded after probate. Jacob W. Dean named administrator with a $3,000 bond. Margaret A. Butler released Elijah Hignutt as administrator of her late husband’s estate. Willard C. Todd reported sales for Wm. Beulah's real estate, conditionally ratified. Luther H. Gadd substituted as purchaser of one fourth Lydia A. Harris property.
Hon Henry Page and other speakers of state reputation will be in Greens borough next Saturday afternoon at Denton on the following Tuesday the 28th inst and at Williston on the evening of the last named day The Congressional nominee will give his views on national questions with special reference to the high taxes of the unwarranted McKinley bill.
Friday and Saturday dispositions include verdicts for plaintiffs in several cases such as Satterfield vs Horsey and Roe, Birdsall Co. vs Smith, and Daily vs Blackiston. Grand jury notes record seven new members and a citizen oath for three newcomers. Death notices report Mrs. Mary S. Carter, with details of her life, family, church ties, and funeral in Greensborough.
The schooner C. C. Wheeler, commanded by Captain John Eaton, loaded with coal for Denton firm G. T. Redden & Co., collided with the Royal Oak near the Choptank river mouth. The Wheeler sank in five fathoms, about thirty feet of mast remaining above water, after drifting from shoal water. The Royal Oak, under Captain James Moore and later owned by Captain W. Lee Dixon of Cambridge, rescued Eaton and crew and proceeded to Cambridge. Property of Captain Eaton and some sailors’ clothing were lost with the vessel. The sunken boat is owned by Captain C. C. Wheeler of Hillsborough.
The family thanks neighbors and friends for kind services sympathy and tokens of respect shown after the loss of their loved one. Ridgley October 16.
A largely attended Williston meeting of the Henry Page Democratic Club on October 11 adopted preambles and resolutions pledging support for Henry Page of Somerset County, opposing the force bill, and urging honest voting. The group condemns pensions expansion and race tensions, urging reform in elections and revenue laws and asking Desrox Journal to publish.
W A Kachline of Ridgely will sell personally next Saturday. See advertisement.
October sittings of the officers of registration show results by district. First district 173 newly registered and 76 stricken off. second district 413 registered and 20 stricken off. third district 16 registered and 38 stricken off. fourth district 285 registered and 55 stricken off. fifth district 17 registered and 12 stricken off. sixth district 173 registered and 43 stricken off.
Valdlinara Markata reports prime wheat priced from 1.00 to 1.02 a bushel in Baltimore. Soft new corn rises by a few cents Thursday. Old white corn sells at 58 to bo.
Edward C. Vincent and Ulla Dixon wed at C. M. Phillips residence in Reliance Maryland. Rev. G J Smoot officiated. both pairs hailed from Dorchester County Maryland.
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