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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-08-02
p. RATFIcATloN SeRfGE.
Vim. Il. Adams aud others
vs..
10. F. Morgan, administrator Of
Joseph Travers, and others

In the Circuit Court for st. Nary's county,
sitting as a Court of Equity.
No. $50 n. T.
nRDERED this 25lh day of July, 1883.
~ that the sale made and reported by Robt.
c. Combs aud 10. +. Morgan, Trustees in this
cause, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause
20 thecontrary be shown on or before the Bird
Monday of Aug. 1889; provided a copy Of
this order be published in the ST. Mary's BEA-
Cex, once n week for three successive weeks
prior to the said Bird Monday of August.
The report states the lands sold for &, 900.
J. FRANK FORD,
Clerk.
True copy-Test:
FRANKFORT,
Clerk.
July &c, lSS3-3w.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-08-02

And now. Messrs. Filters, personal veF-
ihcalIon of all these facts stated IN these let
tiers can ha made by q cost almnst nominal.
undcrsfnna that persons On the Potomac
can reach WASHINGTON apd return for fifty
49, Owsnato o1snpes Son. i peuelR can
ienre Waxhiu ..otl sisi retlirtl fDr Oh Point.
6rEalk ar pFrfsnsAskh fnr another fiay
ents. Thus Tor dns dollar travelling ex-
y.eust4 deIieftfIsi ekcursinn cotili he rnade
10 these points q iAtef1t, far moEe than re-
paying any person 60 the expenditure. OF
coarse, the cost of living wOald be another
item of expense. Hoping 20 see SINE Of our
god st. Mary.s friends down with ms soon
and thanking yOu for your patience. am
segxtguly. APxcIDE.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-08-02

TEsrAMESrARY lxcAPAcirY.-Tt is hardly to
be expected nowadays that the will OF a
man so eccentric as 10 bequeath his property
according to his own wishes, instead of the
expectation OF his heirs, can escape being con-
I sted. The late Mr. David m. Chauncey, OF
Brooklyn. seems TO nave been afflicted with
this eccentricity. By will made some years
ago he left his property TO the children of one
Of his brothers. The will is now contested
by Othrr nephews and nieces not mentioned
in the document, on the ground OF = lack OF
tesiameutary rapaciy. As proof OF his in
sanity witnesses have testified to Tie strange
conduct Of testaior on a trip TO Europe during
the year in which the win was made. From
this testimony il appears that he delivered a
speech ut a sardine dinner on board the ship: -
always paid for things that he ordered; wore
diamond pin, aud often said it was very
fine one; changed his necktie and collar fire.
quently; drank ''wine and champagne" end
became annoyed when his supplies we're cut
of; wanted to bet forty thousand dollars that
Tilden would be elected President, and de-
ClAred that ''no Englishman could pack a
trunk equal to an American"
Out in Michigan they have q law by which
& man can have bis will admitted 10 probate
before he dies. All persous interested as ex-
peebant heirs or otherwise must then question
the testator' sanity or forever aFler hold their
peace. A will admitted to probate during
the life Of the maker cannot be contested after
his death on the ground Of his alleged mental
ineaIaci'y. We ought 10 have law OF that
kind In New YOrk.-Nsw Yosk Herald.
H -
Mr.. d. T. viekers. Of East New Market,
Dorchester county, iu card to the Baltimore
Eerni'.9 Day, proposes the name Of the Hon.
Richard GIasOn, late Chief Judge Of the Cir
cuts Court for Baltimore COHnty. as a caudi-
date Tor Governor Of Maryland. judge
Gnson Is q son Of Ex-Governor Grason.
the FIRST Governor elected by the people OF the
State. he Is erninently qualified for the place
and is q man OF great personal popularity
AS juriss he has given entire satisfaction.
He 10 not connected with any faction and his
noua@Auo1 WI give the greatest satisfaction
10 has many friends. lie W0ald bsa strong
candidate and could not fail TO aecepiAbly
Gil the place.
Captain Matthew Webb, she famous Eng
lisa svlmma Is drowned in = foOl.hardv
attempt 70 swim the Niagara whirlpool on
TUESDAY, tlie 2sth ult. Ills body was
found Seating in the river short distance be-
los Lewiston, N. T., on Saturday. An in
qnest vas held Immediately, and verdict Of
f0un0 drowned was rendered. Tbs head had
apparently been cat open BY = rock. This
wound was considered SUFFICIENT IN itself 70
have caused death, and it Is thought that the
Captain sank Immediately after re-ci sing ID
The body aili be sent 10 the widow in Dos-
ton.
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! RATIFICATION NOTICE.
Tho Is II. Fowler and wife
VS..
CEfialine Burroughs and others.

In the CiFsRit Court for St. NARY scoun.y,
Asitthg as q Court of Equity.
No 55l n. +.
nRnERED this 3Istday of July, 1888. that
~ the sale made and reported by Aquila
Burroughs, Trustee in this cause, be ratified
and confirmed, unless cause TO the contrary
be shown on or before the 4ih Monday OF A1-
gust, 1853; provided copy Of this order be
published in the Sc. Mari . BEACON, once "A
week for Ihree successive weeks prior to the
said 4th Monday Of August.
The report states the land sold for $1,000.
]. FRANK FORD.
$50 '''.''''s'"' '-'"' Clerk
True copy-Test: -...l 4
J. FRANK FORD,
Clerk.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-08-02

A IL persons Indebted to me for shoema-
n king or repairing. are notified that If
settlements are not made Immediately by
cash, ell sid Indebtedness will be placed in
the way Of legal collection without regard 10
persons. All work hereafter positively CASH.
- ]. l.. CUNNELLEY,
e. Boot and Shoemaker, LeOnardtown.
July 10, 1888.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-08-02

IN - g.
Orphans Court Of S. Mary's County, Set:
July ~, 1883.
0RDERED by the Court, that Sarah T..
~ Bean and b. Harris CAmaler, admins
traitors Of fs a
JAMES II. WILSON,
late Of ST. Mary's co., Nd, deceased, give the
notice required By law 70 the Aeceased's cred
itors TO exhibit their claims and that the same
be published once a week for six successive
weeks in the St. Mary's BEACON.
Test: JOHH b. ABELL.
Register Of Wills tor st. Mary's county.
NOTICE.
In pursuance Of the above order, we hereby
give notice that we have obtained from the Or
Phans' Courtof ST. Mary county, Maryland,
letters OF administration on the personal es-
tate Of JAS. II. WILSON, late ofsaid county,
deceased. All persons having claims against
the said deceased are Hereby notified 20 ex-
hibit the same with ihe proper vouchers at
tached thereto to the subscribers, on or before
the 18th day of jan, 1884, they will other
wise by law be excluded from the benefits Of
the said estate. All persons indebted to the
deceased are requested TO make immediate
payment 10 the subscribers.
- SARAH Il. BEAN, ~
i., B.. HARRIS CAVALIER, rr
1,,, - ,s.,. = ~ Administrators.
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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-08-02

On The 2sth ult., in this district, GEORGE
COMBS. aged about - pears.
On Saturday last at the residences Of John
Dillahay In the Ord district, Mrs. EMILY
HAYDEN, aged "a years.
On sunday last, in the 9th district, Ell
LEN. wife Of John L. Pilkerton, aged IS
yeafs. f
On the 3oth ult., in Baltimore city, AL
BERT FRANCIS, aged months and 20 days,
Lnfsnt SON Of Capt. John w. yr., and the late
Mary Frances Croswen.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-08-02

HARRY sPAL DING seils the
ROYAL GLUE.
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STEAMER THOMPSON
Summer and Winter Schedule for 1883
ani 1884, ssmn,nius Hsniayy, July sHd, 1888.
Steamer John W. Thompson

Steamer John W. Thompson
Leaves Sixth-Sireet Wharf, Washington, n
c.. Tor the following Potomac River Land
incs, connecting every trip at Shepherds Il
Freight 10 and from Baltimore:
MONDAY, A n.
Shepherds, Matthias Poirt,
Alexandria, Lower CtdRr Point,
Fort Fo.,i-, Wilkinsoa's Wharf,
Fort Washington, Classic Shore,
Marshall Hall, Colonial Beach,
White House, Colton's W hart,
Pye's. Blakisione's Island,
Glymont, Bealls,
Potomac City, Mount Ilv'lly
Sandy Point, Nomini,
liverpool Point, CurriOlnan.
Smiths Point, Towards Wharf,
Siuart's wharf COhrnm's WhaIf,
Tolson's Wharf, Stones Wharf
Returning, leaves Stones wharf every
Tuesday at 1, n. m, touching ut above land
ings. ------..-- o..
WEDNESDAY,, a. m.
Shcpherd'p, Matthias Point,
Alexandria, Lower Cedar Point,
Fort Fooie, WilkinsOu's Wharf,
Fort Washington, Classic Shore,
Marshall Hall, Colonial Beach,
White House, Lancastcr's Wharf,
Pye's, Rluif Point
Glymoni, ,..-.. Blakistonr's Island,
Potomac City, Colion's WHAT,
Sandy Point. Realrs,
Liverpool Point, Mount Holly,
Smiths Point, Nomini,
Stuart's Wharf, Abell's Wharf,
TolsOn's Wharf, LeOnaTdtown.
Returning. leaves LeOnardtOwn every
a
Thursday at 6, a. m, touching AT above land
ings.
=. FRIDAY, n. m.
Shephcrd :. Lower Cedar Point,
Alexandria. Nilkinson's WHAT,
Fort FoOie. Classic Shore,
Fort Washington, Colonial Beach,
Marshall Hal, Iaucuster's " harf,
White House, Bluff Point,
Pye's. fslakisIonr's Island,
Potomac City, Colion's,
Sandy Point, Currioman,
Liverpool Point. towards,
Smith Point, Cobrums,
Stuarts Wharf, Stones,
TolsOn's Wharf, Abelis.
Matthias Point, LeOnaIdtown.
Glymont,
Returning, leaves LeOnardtown every Sat-
urday at 9, a. M, touching at above land
ings.
Freight Iohrer than By any other boat,
80 For further inform liioB, apply nj
General Office Of the Inland and Seaboard
CoAsiing Company, National Metropolitan
Bank, GLIB Fifteenth Street, or agent Sixth
STREET Whaif
GEO. X. PHILLIPS. Superintendent,
ALFRED W0UD, Secretary.
July L., lss3-G.
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!. sinms Fsuwiek. J. simms Fsnwick.
LEONARDTOwN

Respectfully annouace to his friends and rux.
toners that he keeps on hand Tho lines, as
soFtInent Of
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EDUCATIONAL.

Aug 2, lss3-sw.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-04-28
He was Deaf.

She was stylish young lady about
eighteen years old, and to accommodate
a friend she took the baby out for an air
ing. She was wheeling 1t up and down
the walk, when an oldish man. very deaf,
came along, and inquired for certain
person supposed to live on that street.
She nearly yelled her head off trying
to answer him, and he looked around,
caught sight of the baby, and said:
mice child that. suppose you feel
proud of him?"
..It isn't miner she yelled at him.
s.Boy, eh? Well, he looks like you.',
She yelled again, but he nodded his
head, and continued:
Twins, eh? Where's the other one?''
Despairing of making him understand
by word of mouth, she pointed to the
baby, at herself, and then shook her
head.
house. Their father is fond of them. of
| course?"
ssShe turned the cab, and hurried the
the other way. but he followed, and
| asked:
| ..Do they kick round much at nights2'
81 tell you faint minei" she shouted,
l 1oOkiuS very AC0 IL VIC 4nSSs
81 think you re wrong there, he an
swered. s'Children brought up on the
bottle are apt to pine and die. =
| She started on run for the gate, bu,
before she had opened it he came up and
asked:
Have to spank 'em once in while.
suppose?'
She made about twenty gestures II
half minute, and he helped the cal
through the gate, and said:
| "Our children were ali twins, and ri
send my wife down to give you some ad
vice. You see
But she picked up dower-pot and
flung it at hiu.
He jumped back, and as she entered
the house he called out:
Hope insanity Won't break out on ths
twins"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-04-28
The Want OF Food.

Next to the want of sleep and rest as
cause of the frail bodies to be seen
throughout the country comes want of
food. When company comes up to q
farmhouse the table presents o glorious
appearance. Chickens and preserves
and pickles and nice bread and innumer-
able good things crown the board, but
let the guests go away, and it is amaz-
ing how quickly those good things dis
appear! They are all transient. The
lambs and pigs and chicken need have
no fear of harm from the regular family.
It is only when company comes that
any chicken need have any fear for its
life, or any child need hope for cake or
pudding. The ninety-nine meals are
poorly devised and executed, gulped
down, and put upon basis of salt meat
and fried potatoes the human machine
goes forth to work. What is wanting at
the daily table is sometimes made up out
of the stimulus of tobacco and whisky.
What is needed on the farm next to
plenty of sleep is plenty of food on the
| table at all three of its spreads. Fruit
bread and milk should be fed out ex.
travagantly, and fresh meat, too, as Of
ten as possible. The table and the pill.
low will make happy young farmers
Men cannot work with profit more thar
ten hours day. All effort to do more
will result in loss. And without plenty
of sleep and food man cannot well per
form his ten hours of service. Unde
the influence of food and sleep and tn
ten-hour law our skeleton-like boys ant
] girls whose lives are on the farm, woult
| put on flesh and the bloom of health
and would have some light in their eye
and some happiness in their hearts.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-04-28
Egyptian Ills.

Egypt is scarcely desirable country
to live in, il we take into account its
feyer-breeding and eye destroying eli
mate, and then consider the various in
ternal worms which swarm in its historic
swamps. The worst of these is Bilhar-
zia, fuke that lives in the blood yes
sells, and causes violent and often fatal
disease. The females are less than an
inch long, and very slender; the males
stouter. The disorder does not spare
Europeans, for DR.. Cubbold states that
he saw six officers of the Eastern Tele-
graph company afflicted with it, all of
whom had contracted it by carelessly
drinking unfiltered water during shoot
ing expeditions. It is. this drinking
OF unfiltered canal water that causes the
disease in all cases. The free cercarian
larone are swallowed, or the organism
containing the 'sredia" stage is swallow.
ed, and the result in both cases lie the
development of this blood-letting ami
NAL in the interior OF the drinker. The
other worms, Anchylostoma duodenale
and Filaria sanguinis, enter in the same
manner, and the three are frequently
found on the same person. a large NOR.
tality among the natives is caused by
them, how large is not fully known; bat
how great the mischief caused by the
Anchy yIostoma may be shown by the
fact that it was the agent OF the endemic
outbreak that carried off so many of the
laborers employed upon the st. Goth
ard tunnel.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-04-28

I've got on. And there sets another one
OF my niggers lpointing to another ilie-
gal voter, and ought to be- at work right
now in my garden. tell y0u, Judge.
this thing of stealing bodY's property
Is shame, and do hope that you viii
give them back to me. There amt no
law nor justice in ii.
The judge explained that he only want
ed Mrs. Oglesby to identity the parties.
and that his jurisdiction extended no
further, as they were now free.
Free you say" shrieked the old
lady. Why, they are as much my Mig
gers to-day as they were when they we're
first Matched. Why you talk, Judge, like
an old Abolitionistl If my old man
wasn't on his back we'd soon show you
how folks around town are hiring our
niggers and not paying cent for 'em.
That black rascal over there knows he
bIongs to me, and I've got about fifteen
other niggers in this here Athens that
I'm going to see If I can't get back. IL
there's any law in this country. Now
just you keep them boys locked mp, and
don't turn them loose until tell YOU"
The judge told the irate old lady that
she could now return home.
Howell, amt you got cigar you can
give me ?" she asked.
The judge said he was ont, but told
the witness that doubtless Senator Bar.
row could accommodate her.
The captain gallantly passed her q
cigar, and she left with the avowed in
tention of consulting a lawyer about
entering suit to recover her slaves
Athens, Ga, Banner Watchman.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-04-28
Pour Sets of Triplets.

Within the month of February Just
passed there were born in Philadelphia
four sets of triplets, which is certainly
record which any city may be proud Of.
The list is Rs follows: Thursday, Feb
ruary 8, Mrs. Charles Quinn, the wife of
a laborer at the Midvale Steel Works,
gave birth to two daughters and son
on Monday, February IL. Mrs. William
Pedrick, the wife of q laborer employed
at the machinery works, Race street.
| above Fifth, gave birth to three boys;
on Sunday, February %, Mrs. Jefferson
Bryan. wife of q shovel polisher at Row
lands shovel works, Frankford, gave
birth to three boys. The fourth and last
| case of this boom in the triplet business
occurred on Monday last, the mother be-
ing Mrs. Kate Welsh. boarder at the
Lehman house, Thirty y-ninth and Market
streets.
The lady is about forty years of age,
and is remarkably well built One Mon-
day afternoon Mrs. Welsh left her home
to go to an hospital, to be treated for
sore limb. On her way there she called
upon friend, Mrs. Margaret Oman, who
resides Oh the south side of Market street,
below Forty-ninth. While there, Mrs.
Welsh grew suddenly i'll. After awhile
she rallied somewhat, and attempted to
go home. She became so weak upon
reaching the door that she reluctantly
yielded to the invitation of Mrs. Dinan
to remain with that lady all night.
Mrs. Welsh failed to acquaint her
hostess with the cause of her sickness,
and the latter thought it was due to the
fact that her guest was suffering from 8
sore leg.
About three o'clock in the morning g
fine, healthy looking little boy was
born. Fifteen minutes later another
boy was born, and half an hour aubse-
quent Mrs. Welsh gave birth to still
born female infant.
i Not until fifteen hours after the event
were the services of physician secured.
and then DIR. James Henry Lloyd, of
Fortieth and Walnut streets, called. The
coroner was yesterday notified of the
still-born girl, and an inquest viii be
held to-day.
/ The mother is still at the house OF
Mrs. Dinan and is improving rapidly.
The two boys are doing Well.-PhilAdel-
phia Record.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-04-28
Wants Her slaYes.

Judge Cobb found it necessary re-
Gently to prove the identity of one of the
illegal voters by an old lady named Mrs.
Oglesby, who was once the owner of q
number of slaves, but is now in very re-
duced circumstances. She was accord
ingly summoned to appear before this
august tribunal. The witness walked
into court with short clay pipe in her
mouth, and stepping up in from. of his
honor, she remarked:
s.Now, aint you ashamed of yourself,
Judge, to make poor old bed-ridden
body like me come here, while you're q
great, big strapping man that could have
walked up to my home just as easy as
not. Now, il you've got anything for
me TO do, just spit it out; for my old
mans ailing powerful bad to-day"
Judge Cobb explained that he would
not detain the lady long, and asked if
she knew the prisoper, pointing to ne
gro man.
"Well, I should think I did" !" was her
reply, for didn't raise him? and he
b'longs to me right this mint. I've gol
his name and age sot down in my Bible
and do hope that you will ix it up SC
that can put him to work again. I've
never sold that nigger. and he b'longs te
me just as much ~ this froek thai
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-04-28
"Jack.o

A year or more ago, as the foreman of
one of the iron works of this city was
crossing the yard one day, he espied o
little skip Of boy, not over eleven
years old, seated on q big fy-wheel and
chewing the cud of bitter reflection.
Who are your"
ST m Jack"
What are you doing here?"
Resting"
What do you want?"
"a job"
Those were the inquiries and answers.
The boy was paie-faced and ragged. but
in his steel-blue eyes the foreman saw
game; and, too, the idea of waif like
him setting ont to battle with the world
touched tender chord in the heart of
the man who had boys of his own, and he
set Jack to work In the yard.
No one thought the boy would stay d
week, and so no one cared to ask where
he came from or who he was. But he
stuck. He was hard working and faith
full, and las the weeks went by he gained
friends. One day he walked up to the
foreman and said:
81 want to learn the trade"
''You? Ha! ha! ha! Why, Jack. you
are not big enough to handle q cold
chiselr'
"I can whip any prentice boy in this
shop" was the earnest declaration.
Just hear him! Why, any of the lot
could turn you wrong side outl When
yon get big enough to whip the smallest
one you come to me for job"
At noon that day Jack walked up to
the biggest apprentice boy in the shop
and said:
Come out doors.
"What do you want?"
"I'm going to lick you!"
"What for?'
because I want chance to learn the
trade"
The two went out, and in sight of
twenty witnesses little Jack won q vic
tory. At l o'clock he touched his cap to
the foreman and said:
sI've licked your biggest prentice,
and want to go to work.
Ten minutes later he had become ma
chinist's apprentice, and if you go in
there to-day you will find him with
greasy hands, oily face and q head full
of business ideas. Jack carries the keys
to the drawers where the steam gauge,
| safety valves and other trimmings are
kept, and he knows the use of every tool,
the working of every piece of machinery,
and there is constant call for Jack here
and Jack there. Before he is twenty be
will be finished machinist, and before
he is twenty-five he will be foreman oil
some great shop. He is quiet, earnest
respectful and observing. What he does
he does we'll. What he is told he neyel
forgets.
And here in Detroit are hundreds ol
boys who complain that there is NJ
chance for them, even when backed BY
money and influence. They wait anc
wait and whine and complain, and leav,
| ii to waits like little Jack to call up The
| game to their souls and walk boldly into
a great manufacturing works and say:
stI'm here-I want job!"-Detroi
Free Press.