Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-05-29

Brief Hsaaian.
Capt. Trasers, o. tbe Steamer Leila, Gag ship
% -, Nd, Police. Flsbesy Forue, o. his
way dSvn fhs river fom Chapel POsns In
ChaEsss where BE had hsaa % = tour q Inspes-
tiOa, paid 3 whit On thursday moEsinR last %
oaF waters. landed and visited cur town Which
he hid net bef1rs seen- NE expressed hina-
BslE as highly pleased beth with the village
and iis surroundings and partIeulasly With
fkoss q is eitixens whose aeqnnintnnes be
maAs daring his brief ssAy. he UAssaEn = aa
iOld saik = having followed tie - Tie 1asgsr
portion of bic lie and was On one occnsien haad-
EsomeIy noticed By the Eagliah govsrnment cor
saving the lives Of eieven British shiloTs who
had bern shipwrecked IN mid oeeap. Thoagh
plain-spOksa, be 3 . gsssIeman ofpisannt man
aeEs, hlamesen hAbiln Rrmnes % purposs. ha-
name isssincts and Of ineOrupsabIs Integrity.
Having kn0wn him long and intimaasly, 80 ean
aBord 10 50, and DO say, shaa he b to right
man in he right place.
AmoAg The personal Fssssacss made IL TIE h
dspsadenf cf The 32nd iasaant We notice that
Senator Combs. Jas. n. WiIson and 7. J. Moore
are mentioned 10 being In astendancson The Cir
cuis Court Of Charles. Our neiEhbOr h misia-
ken In suppOsing The health 81 Judge Ford 10 Be
sailing" that Is, II be attach the usual mesa
ing 10 this word. The Judge has hesn unweIl
and though much better At this writing Is still
aiIing, but he Is not In any deeiias that We have
heard Of. Our bsOther il also at iaRlt In sup
posing that our County Commissioners s'havere-
daced the county expenses under their late levy
several thousand dollars Al thesxpense ofseveral
suits'' now pending against the county, the fact
being that the Commissioners have added 20 the
present levy O sufficient additional per cent. TO
meet the contingency Of the county losing these
suits and having to pay costs.
MOOre's Hotel, which has been In progress d
rejuvinatiOn for some weeks past has been sishss
In" and with the exception Of halEa days work
Misunderstanding on the North gable end d
the buiIdine, 10 now Sec 1nst the weather.
The inner work, we Iea cemplesed 10
full time 10 meet the desl 6mmer travel.
We expect 10 notice the im l0sements more in
detail when they shall have been completed.
James J. Long, trustee, sold on Tuesday Last
at the Court House door, Leonardtown,. . tract
ofIand called Coles and Suites Rest, containing
200 acres, for 81 200. Purchaser, z. P. Nat
tingly. The same trustee sold at the same time
and place Hayden's Discovery, containing 6sl
acres, for Slss. Purchases, Ign. B. Mattingly.
The above lands are the same Of which the late
J. Morris Long died seized and possessed and are
located in the eth election district.
The residence Of Mrs. Catherine Morgan, II our
village, caught FIRE on Thursday morning last,
bat by prompt assistance rendered By Jim Sew
all, colored man, II was On-extinguished.
A spark from the chimney ieIl on the roof, which
ignited. -.
The intsPmediaIe tern Of the Circuit Court be
gins here on Monday next. II is expected that
the only cases Ofinterest win be the mandamus
cases, lately sued out against the County Com
missioners.