Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-03-18

THE SOUTHERN MARYLAND RAILROAD.
EARLY during the session of Congress
Colonel Smoot, President of the South
ern Maryland Railroad Company, fled
a memorial, signed by some five thou
sand citizens of the District of Colum-
bia, asking Congress to transfer an
appropriation voted by the people of
the District to the Piedmont and Po-
tomac Railroad, 80 as to be made
available to the Southern MARYLAND
Railroad Company, a proposed line of
road to run between the city of Wash
ington and Point Lookout. Congress
declined to legislate to accomplish this
end whereupon the Company petitioned
Congress to guarantee the interest upon
bonds which they proposed to issue in
order to enable them to complete the
road. The petition was referred to the
Committee on Railways and Canals
In the very last hours of the session
the committee made q report. While
they concede that by the completion of
the road the industrial pursuits of ev-
cry character along its line would re-
ceive an immense and permanent impe-
tus, and that the road would form an
important link in the line Of through
travel North and South, they decline
to recommend to Congress to grant
the aid asked, and for the reason that
it is only one of q large number of
equally meritorious schemes for the
construction Of railways, and it would
be difficult to vote Government aid to
one and refuse it to others. They,
therefore, say they cannot recommend
that Congress shall at present enter
upon any legislation of this character.
STATE TOBACCO WAREHoUsEs.-Th
supervisor of the State Tobacco Ware
houses, John Richardson, Esqr., has
caused to be fitted up the old No. 5
Tobacco Warehouse, North of Nos.
and 2, destroyed by fire during the
Winter, and it has been opened and
named as No. 2 and is now in opera
ton. Mr.. Richardson is also negotiating
to have No. l resume operations at
some suitable place. Tie matter of
rebuilding the burned warehouses has
not been definitely settled. The two
buildings were insured by the State
for Sol, 700, and it is optional with the
insurance companies whether they will
pay the money over or rebuild. 1t is
estimated by the State authorizes that
it will cost 49,, 900 to rebuild the struc-
lures, but the insurance companies are
of opinion that il can be done for small
ler sum. The State and insurance COM
panies each appointed an arbitrator,
bu: they have not agread, and it is de-
sired TO call in a third party. The
Gazette states that at recent confer
ence between Mayor Vansant and Gov.
Groome, the Mayor was authorized to
tear down the walls of State Tobacco
Warehouses Nos. and 2, destroyed by
fire about two months ago. The lot
owned by the State, adjoining the hay
scales lot, on Fremont Street, has been
bought by the City of Baltimore at
$4,000, for Engine House No. Is, as
per agreement by Governor Groome
and Mayor Vansart.
Two GENTLEMEN ANDA WHITE MAN.
The following is from the Richmond
Enquirer. On Thursday a white man
and two negro men-a1 well dressed
entered saloon on Broad street, not
far from the theatre, and the white man
called for three brandy cocktails. The
industrious dispenser Of spirituous CON-
fort briskly compounded the fluids and
set before the negroes two glasses
II called for three elases," said the
white man. EYES," replied the bar
keeper, I'm sorry We cannot accommo-
date You, but we only sell to gentle
men," The negroes griuned and i'm
bibed, and then followed their exasper-
ated friend and brother to the street.
The STATE GRAxGE.-At the last
session of the State Grange of Patrons
of Husbandry in Baltimore, DR.. A. d.
Woodruff, of Somerset County, was
elected Overseer, vice Joseph NJ. Barr,
Of Kent county. William Hepbron was
reelected Gatekeeper. The Grange
then took action looking to constituting
County and District Oranges 90 AZ to
have . closer union of subordinate
lodges. The Grange adjourned at mid
/ night to meet in Frederick the second
Tuesday in March, 1876. There was
great interest manifested in the pro-
oeedings, and they were in session I'M
til q late kour on the night of the ad-
journment.
g. "For heavens sake, lend me
S." said destitute man to his friend;
Il have had nothing in nv house to eat
for four days but rice" "Rice! I" said
the other; '.if / had known you had rice
/ would have come around to dinner"
g Good-by, Benjamin. Exit, Ben
jamin. Get thee to . nursery, Benia-
min. Wen none o thee, Benjamin
Thy jig is up. Thy comb 10 csat. Thy
goose is cooked. Vanish. Evaporase.
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ga Michigan paper recently closed
an obituary notice with the misquota-
ton, Though dead, he yet squeaketh. I"