Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-04-22
81. MARY'S BEACON
L.oxAEDIowy, Nd.
THURSDAY MORNING, April 27ud, 1875.

NEWS Norris AND OTHER REFERENCE.
Having made, in previous issues Of
our paper, full and fair reports of the
evidence and arguments Of counsel in
the arson case tried at the March Term
of cur Circuit Court, we are unwilling
now to open our columns to the discus
sion either of direct or side issues con-
nected with it. The admission into our
paper Of the card which has suggested
this determination could be productive
Of no good that we can see and would
inevitably lead to q prolonged, if not
bitter, controversy, involving the renew
81 of painful domestic revelations and
necessitating constant personal refer
ence. Being thus convinced. we decline
70 allow the BEACON to be made an
agent in any further examination of the
subject.
Though no serious damage is believed
TO have been done by the late cold snapto
tobacco plants in our county, many farm
ers out Of abundant caution have re-
seeded their beds and increased their
brush covering thereon. The growth
of the plants has, of course, been arres-
ted, but it is believed, under favorable
auspices Hereafter, that the yield will
be abundant. 1t is feared that the
fruit crop of our county is injured be-
yond recovery. At least it is known for
q certainty. that the peach buds in many
places have been killed outright.
In another column will be found a
pointed and we'll reasoned Address from
Col. Taveau, Worthy Master of Chapti-
co Grange, on the suhject-"The Right
of the Producer to fix the Price of his
Products" 1t is published at the in
stance of Messrs. HAYDEN, Garner and
Waring, a committee Of the above
named Grange, and viii repay attentive
perusal. We think the Grange move
ment in our county would be popular
lied and advanced by the publication
of similar papers and we, therefore,
hope that Col. Taveau will continue his
addresses and that Masters and men,
bers of other County Oranges will take
q hint from the example he has set
them.
Paul Boyton did not make quite the
entire trip across the English Channel
on Saturday, but he came SO near do
ing it that the value of his invention is
conclusively demonstrated. He got
within eight miles of Boulogne, having
probably travelled through more than
forty miles of water, as his course laid,
and according to dispatches, it was not
from any faintheartedness of his own
that he was compelled to take refuge
on the steamer when night closed in
and found him only within distant sight
Of the Boulogne lights.
There will be no more State elections
until August, when Kentucky will have
. one-sided contest. In September
Maine will give the country something
important, and the elections in Cali
fornia, Colorado, New Mexico and wy
oming will all DO regarded with more
or less interest. In October, Ohio and
Iowa will test the popular pulse-the
latter by electing Governor. In No.
vember there will be several elections
Of note to wind up the political year
preceding the Presidential election.
The annual meeting of the stockhol-
ders Of the Maryland State Agricul.
tural College Was held in Baltimore on
Wednesday. The President of the
Broad of Trustees presented q report
Charging gross mismanagement on the
part of the faculty, ut the close of
which he resigned his position. The
report was not sustained, and an cleo.
tion for trustees resulted in the choice
Of new Board.
The Uuiontown (Pa.) Standard fears
that an ''e1-rcber' will be the next DEM
ocratic candidate for the Presidency
We are not agitated by the prophecy;
but there 10 some comfort in remem-
bering that Washington, Adams, JEFF
ferson. Madison, Monroe, John Quincy
Adams and Jackson were ex.rebels,
and that We have a country yet.
Last week the New York Tribune &C.
eupied the new building it has erected
for its better accommodation. II in
eight stories, and built of granite, and
stated to be the most complete of the
kind IN the world, having every known
appliance for the successful publication
OF 50 great a journal as the TriLune is.
The Louisiana Senate has passed the
joint resolution. previously adopted by
the House, recognizing the Kellogg gov
eminent. Radical usurpa.ion being thus
legitimated in the State, order of course
obtains in Warsaw. The Lower Branch
OF the State Legislature being in the
hands Of the Conservatives Cnnsarx.