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RATIFICATION NOTICE.
Robt c Combs s
M. Catherine Downs,
admrs James 8 Downs,
vs..
Ann E. Sinclair and others.

In the Circuit Cou Cor sc. Mary's
county, sitting as Court Of Equity.
No. A. N. e.
nRDERED this 21st day of No
vembcr, 1873, that the Audi
tors report fiIed in this cause, be
ratified and confirmed, unless cause to
the contrary be shown on or before she
3rd Monday Of Dec. 1873; provided q
copy Of this order be published in che
st. Mays Beacon, once week for
three successive weeks prior TO the said
Srd Monday Of December.
j. FRANK FORD,
Clerk.
Tue copy, Test to-
j. FRANK FORD,
Clerk.
Nov. q 187S-Sw.
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NOTICE.
GEElr N.Ets. 10. June ]. LIE

GEE1T Mis-, NJ, June !, 1873
LEAVING very great desire 20 accommodate
II the travelling public, coupled with heavy
debt Of gratitude ] owe 70 the whole Of mankind,
hare determined 70 eoasert my very large,
thoroughly ventilated and stabOFately furnished
dwelling into . Hote1, end in announcing the
same 20 state that II viii always be my very
great pleasure 70 receive Old patrons, and stall
feel most sensibly any neglect On their part. !
hcpe that my terms viii suit thsmeaHs Of az.
Beard, PER day, 5000
For each naeal, 1.S0
Lodging, $50
Horses ~ livery, 800
Psya5Es alsrsys N aigonee.
Trusting that may receive IN the failure The
evry Liberal patronage eztendsd we ia the past,
Very respectfully,
JOS s. ALLSTAN.
June l3. is7s-sn.
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MARKET at Noores hotel. Leonardtown, or or
about the 10th Of Nay, instant. Orders prompt
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to- FARM ERS.
WHEAT SEEDING.
OTTIcE or r. G. DAvsDGE,
Manufacturer Of Fertilizers,
Sc VI. Lombard St.,

Baltimore, Aug. 81, 1873.
Dear Sir Our Agent Sir
Is about 70 call upon you. lie will offer our
different grades of Fertilizers at prices fixed with
a view to ruling rates for produce. Whilst we
offer for Wheat Seeding, two articles at a mate
rial difference in cost, we would state that the
more costly differs from the other almost entire
" ia its stimulating acknowledgements
other and more lasting properties, such as Avail
able Phosphoric Acid, il is substantially the
same. Yours truly,
K. C. DAVIDGE.
5sS- Raw and Dissolved Bones. Dissolved
South Carolina Bone Phosphate. Peruvian Gu
ano, and all FertilIzing Ingredients for home
manufacture.
Aug %, 1873.
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RATIFICATION NOTICE.
Joseph Richardson's
Executors
W
Win. r. Clarke
and others.

In che Circnit Court for ST. Mary's
county, sitting IS Court Of Equity.
No. 4S8 III.
0RDERED this 2lsk day Of Nov.
& 1873, that the Auditors Report,
6led in this cause, be ratified and
confirmed, unless cause 70 the contrary
be shown on or before he 3rd Monday
of Dec. 1873, provided . copy Of this
order be published 10 The st. Mary's
BEAcox, once . week for three success
sive weeks prior 70 the said 3rd Mon
day of December.
j. FRANZ FORD,
Clerk.
True copy, Test -
]. FRANK FORD,
Clerk.
Nov. Fl, ls7s-sw.
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ROAD NOTICE.

nj Office is hereby given. that af-
IN ter the expiration of thirty days
from this date, the undersigned intend
to petition the County Commissioners
to close the public road running from
the Clay Hill road through James
Prices land and between the lands OF
JOAN Price and Jesse Greenwell, inter
secting the Mulberry Fields road, also
TO close the road, beginning at Thomas
Ridgell's, thence TO Mulberry Fields,
and, instead Of these two, open q road,
commencing at Edwards gate on the
Clay Kill road, thence to John Beans,
thence until it intersects the Mulberry
Fields road.
CHARLES L. MCKAY,
THOS. w. AUD,
JOHN Z. MASON
and others.
Dec 5, 1873 Sod.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Orphans Court Of St. Mary's county, Set.
November u, 1873.
NRDERED BY THE COURT, That Eliza
~ beth T. Burch and James n. Alvey, Ad-
ministrators of DENNIS @. BURCiI, late Of
st. Mary's county, Maryland, deceased, give the
notice required by law 10 the deceased's credi-
tors 10 exhibit their claims and chat the same be
published once week for six Successive weeks in
the St. Mary's Beacon.
Test: JAMES T. NJ. RALEr,
Register Of Wills for st. Mary's county.
NOTICE
In pursuance ofthe above order, we hereby give
notice that we have obtained from the Orphans
Court st. Mary's county, Maryland, letters Of
administration OF the personal estate Of Dennis c.
Bureh, late Of said co., deceased. Ali persons
having claims against the said deceased are here
by notified 20 exhibit the same with the proper
vouchers attached thereto 10 the subscribers, on
or before the l4th day Of May, 1879, they viii
otherwise by law be excluded from the benefits
Of the said estate. All persons indebted to the
deceased are requested 20 make immediate pay
ment 10 the subscribers
ELIZABETH T. BURcH,
JAMES II. ALVEY,
Administrators.
Nov Il. ls7s-sw.
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PI Z 4 8

CELERY sDn. c. ". RESsOs, prae- Pills
ticing physieian, nc i0s ".
CELERY Eutaw Street baltimore Nd, PILLS
(xho hiss paia much attention
CELERY 10 nervous discasgsl, has dis PILLS
crverCd that Extract 81 Cele-
CELERY ~ and Chamomile comhincd PILLS
n certain proportion inva.
CELERY riably eures either biiious, PILLS
dyspeptic, nervous OF sick
CELERY headache, neuralgia and ucF- PILLS
vousnese. This Is q triumph
CELERY In medical chemistry, and PILLS
CELERY are ordering by nail. HspTs Pills
CELERY box. The Doctor Is largely PILES
known and highly respected
CELERY In Baltimore. ''-kpis. lMsfA. PILLS
CELERY BAtTIsozs, July 20, 1874. PILLS
Dir. L. ". BsnSons Celery
CELERY and Cham0mlle pills have PILLS
cured my wife u sick aud ncF~
CELERY vuus headache Of ten years PILLS
standing; she had Il every
CELERY week OF zen days, and suffered PILLS
almost everything bus death
CELERY with "a. We think these pills PILLS
worth their weight In gold
CELERY RRx. u. ScHllcsETs2. PILLS
Pastor Salem Mission.
CELERY For sale by AL Wholesale and PILLS
Retail Druggists In ihia town.
CELERY Price soc. b0x. Mailed 60 PILLS
10 any address postage iFec.i
CELERY OfRce No. lee n. Eutaw ST., PILLS
CELERY Nov !, lsss--ly. PILLS
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Ed. A D AN S,
BUILDER & CONTRACTOR

BUILDER q CONIRACIOIC
TWyHE undersigned il prepared TO
contract for BUILDING and
REPAIRING in 81. Mary's and ad-
Joining counties. All work Entrusted
to him will lie done with despatch AID
in Eorkmanlike manner. AdGTess
+ d ADAas, Ieclfanicsyille.
St Mary's county, Nd.
Aug 2, 1S53-t4n
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Notice Of C0.PartlerSliD.

10Y son, T. +. C-HERBERT, has been adj
w mitted into partnership with me in the
conduct Of the Mercantile Business at my old
stand, Head Of St. ClesaeBfs Bay, the CO-part-
nership TO date from the sth Of November, 1878,
and the new firm to be known as
TT. G.. HERBERT s. co.
Persons indebted to me are notified that set
Element ii now expected and viii be insisted on.
Having Just returned from Baltimore with q
new and complete assortment OF
BRY Go0DS, GROCERIES. NOTIONS, ETC.
which will be sold al lowest rates for cAsH,
ask Tor the new firm continuance Of the favor
Of ms old customers and also that Of The general
public
JOHN C. HERBERT,
Nov II, lssS-tf. Nov 9, 1873.
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Tuesday, the 9TH Of jan
uary, 1879,

between the hours of IL o'clock. m. and
4 o'clock, p. M, the following real es-
tate, to wit:
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known as
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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-12-12

2. MANN,
LEADING DBAIBR
AG RICULTURAIs IMPLEMENTS.
HARDWARE, SEEDS AND
FERTILIZERS.
IN return for the liberal patronage bestowed
spon him in his past business career. has de-
ssrmined on happy plaa whereby during ne
month Of December he win in liberal manner
return favOrs 70 his friends and patrons By SCI
ling the list Of goods NAMED at the astOnishingiy
low prices attached.
This is certainly liberal departure, and As
dollar saved d TIVE made, all those insesessed
should avail themselves Of this rare opportunity
to procure supplies.
These goods are all staple articles and win not
spoil or 60 out Of fashion, 50 it can at oaee be
seen this Is no scheme to work OF old stock.
1000 KEGS NAILS al s2.lO keg.
200 doz-AxEs at IS cts each.
100 AXE HANDLES ats cts. each.
200 KEGS HORSE SHOES at $3.50
per keg.
so boxes HORSE SHOE NAILS at
Is cts. per pound.
so CORN SHELTERS al $500 each.
so HAY CUTTERS at 5000 each.
500 SHovELS at so cts. each.
SO doz. PITCH FORKS al 80 els each.
so doz. SPADES at SO cts each.
200 SAUSAGE SUFFERS AND
CUTTERS al $1.25 each.
900 nsrr0p q sropr0N mr. 1urc :.
$2.e0 each.
100 MALTA DOUBLE SHovELS at
$3.50 each.
so Two 1 Horse Farm Wagons at
$4,000 each.
80 sets SINGLE HARNESS at $3.50
per sett.
200 Horse Collars at IS cents each.
500 i" Blankets al $1.O0 each.
500 Cucumber Wood Pumps at $500
so Churns at rs. cents each.
100 Well Buckets at 40 cents each.
IS doz. Water Buckets at 124 cts each.
1000 lbs. Fodder Rope at Z cts per ID.
so tons Plow cast. at 2 cts per Id.
p. MANN's,
No. 207, 9TH Street,
Opposite Centre Market.)
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Dec. 5, 1S7S-tf.
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Resurrection Manor,

or by whatever name the same shall be
known, containing
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200 acres, more or less.

The above named land is located in
the 9th election district of st. Mary's
county and is the same of which the
late Marcellus Stone died seized and
possessed.
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-06-05
A Floating Hospital.

It is a strange story of the sea that
comes from the bark Beatrice Haviner,
which has Just reached port after a voy-
age commenced on the 18th of Decem-
Der, during which three of the crew
died from disease which seems to
battle medical analysis. The bark came
from Padang, one of the East India
isles, and was laden with green Java
coffee. Whether the exhalations from
this cargo poisoned the men, or whether
they had contracted the Java fever be-
fore starting on their return voyage,
does not appear but whichever it was,
it prostrated the entire crew, and for
two days they we're 80 weak that only
the mate could move about, and, sitting
in chair, steered the bark. Coleridge's
Ancient Mariner had not a much worse
time with his dead crew than did this
mate with his sick and delirious com
panions. Finally they fell in with other
vessels, obtained fresh supplies of qui-
nine and loans of men, and by slow de-
grees worked themselves into port. For
four months the bark was a floating
hospital, and the principal wonder is
that she ever reached port at all. - Nel0
York Express.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-06-05
Curious Swedish Ceremony.

A curious ceremony is performed ev-
cry year in Zurich (Switzerland), on the
eve of the so-called Sechselauten, the
ancient spring festival of the Tigurines,
as our forefathers often classically
named the people of Zurich. But the
most popular ceremony belongs to the
festival itself. This is the solemn con-
demnation and execution of the hated
winter. 1t seems to be a theory of the
Sechselauten that winter ought to end
on the 31st March and that spring
should begin on the 1st April. After
sunset ON the last day of March, multi
tudes of men, women and children col
lect together on the Stadthausplatz, in
order to witness the burning of the un-
lucky "Bogg," the god of winter.
During the burning of the winter god
this year the crown of the neighboring
Uetliberg was white with snow, sign
that the hard Zurich winter was
not over, so that the experiment
with the Bogg was a little daring and
venturesome. The execution of the
Bogg has occasionally been put off un
til later and less wintry day, in April,
This was the case last year. Yet, wher
the citizens arose next morning, the
Bogg seemed like the Phoenix to have
arisen from his ashes and declared thai
his reign was not ended, for the city anC
the whole neighborhood wore the appear
ance of winter landscape, every stree
and field being white with snow.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-06-05

He was red-nosed, wild-eyed man
from the head waters of Sage Run, and
looked as il he had not been in town
since oil was discovered. His rusty
pants were several inches too short for
him, and he carried half dozen COON
skins in his hand,
At the post-of6ce corner he met a
South Side lady, and stopping her by
holding the bunch of hides before her
face, said:
"Oan't sell you something nice to
make set of furs out ef?"
The lady screamed, and shot across to
the other side of the street.
''Does any of your neighbors want
to buy anything of the kind?" yelled
the red-nosed man.
The lady screamed again.
"Now, what's the matter with Han
nerP" remarked the red-nosed man as
the lady disappeared in the door oppo-
site.
A moment later the man veered into a
bank, and threw his hides down at the
cashiers window.
SCOT some A No. l coon-skins here
that I'll sell cheap. Not scratch of a
tooth on any of 'em. Ketched every one
of 'em in box-trap."
"We have no use for them" said the
president, politely, ,as he cast an oblique
glance at the goods.
"Theyn make you, nice vest," said
the red-nosed man. "Two hides IL
make you a vest, and one II make you
cap that'n wear you as long as you
live."
"My dear, sir" replied the president,
somewhat confused, 1--WE don't want
hides here. Take them somewhere else,
please"
"Mebbe your wife would like q set of
furs, and these is"
"No, no, no." replied the banker i'm
patiently, "take the things away, they
are offensive"
"What's that2" said the red-nosed
man sharply.
'Take the blamed things out of this" "
exclaimed the exasperated banker (;
"they smell like slaughter. house."
"I'll take dollar for the lot" i,
"The people next door by coon-skins, .
put in the cashier; "take them in there;
take them up town; take them down
town take them across the river ;
them"
"Gimme fifty cents for the lot," per-
sisted the red-nosed man.
"If you don't get out of this, I'll kick
your head off," yelled the infuriated
president.
"I'n take thirty cents for the six, ~
said the red posed man. "D'ye say the
word2" and he dangled the bunch by
the tails.
The president started for the outside.
The man with the skins started for the
sidewalk, and after having reached it he
paused and said:
"And this is the boosted Old Oity,is iti
Grea-a-at Godfrey If sealskin and
sable were selling for cent cart-loa1
papered end of a rats tail.-On city
| Derrick.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-06-05
A Curious Remedial Agent.

In the course of a report which has
Just been published by order of the In
spector- General of Maritime Customs in
China, DIR. F. Wong give us some curl
GUS particulars respecting a strange
remedial agent employed by the Chinese
in cases of CynGnchee tOnsiLlGriS. The
disease they term Ngo-hoU, or "goose-
throat, and the remedy in question is
called HOtO tsdO, soft stone not unlike
hillary calculus in appearance. 1t is
expensive, being worth twenty times its
weight in silver, and is said to come
from Siam. Twenty or thirty grains of
this powder taken in water is thought to
be very efficacious. DIR. Wong mentions
having seen case where this remedy
was given, and where it certainly ap-
peared effective, after gargles and as
tringents had been applied in vain.
The specimens of the stone which have
come under his notice appear like ami
NAL concretions and are OF various sizes,
some being smaller than pigeons eggs,
while others are as large as hens eggs.
The story goes that when a monkey is
wounded the animal, from its natural
instinct, picks out the proper medicinal
herbs, masticates and applies them tc
the wound, 80 that successive layers are
in this way laid on 80 as to form mass.
In time the wound heals, and the lump
of dried herbs falls off; it is then picked
up by the Siamese, found by them tC
possess peculiar virtues, and sent il
small quantities to China as a drug
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