Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-08-05


We were pIessesl % rsss-ive Wit firm
Mr. A~Pazey, a the Pors Tcl,acro I~sLz@A-
dsat
Miss Lille Clements. ~ Raskyille. = the
guest her uncle. Mr.. b. r. AheIl. q Gar
town.
Misses Annie and AIiee Issxejey have
been on brief visit ~ their Uncle, Mr.
Jno. c. Herbert
Failure 81 the -breeze~ for % blowr made
last Saturdays boatraees duh. tiresome and
uninferesting affair.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm- A. Fenwiek and fam
fly. Of Washington, are in town. Mrs. F.,
we regret 10 learn, il quite sick.
The State Oyster Police Steamer Gov.
Thomas has been handsomely repaintei,
the work having been done by the crew.
Mrs. Eliza Dillow, Of Baltimore, and Miss
Katie Mulquin, Of Washington, are visiting
al Mr.. Joseph A. Dillow's, of this village.
The Laws Of 1885 for justices Of the
Peace and other officers entitled 10 reoeiye
them have been received al the Clerks
Office.
Remember that next Tuesday, Hon.
Robi c. Combs, Trustee, will sell At public
sale the desirable farms Of the late w. X
Clarke.
Mr.. George Cusic, from - acres, 1t BUSH
els 0f seed 30 the acre, realized SO bushels
of wheaf-21 lies bushels per acre or II
1925 from one.
Last Tuesday DR. j. III. Miles, of II Ini-
COS, paid the village brief visit. Even
though he had good joke to tell on one of
u, We were pleased tn meet him.
Mr.. Harry Spalding has fixed up his soda
fountain, and in the latter part Of the week
will be ready IA dispense the cooling bev-
erage Ia all callers at the low price IF cts.
per glass.
Mrs. Sarah G. Price, An aged and highly
esteemed lady Of Charles county, i dead
She was the mother Of Pr ThoS c. Price,
who, in his afflictiou, has our sincerest
sympathy.
We invite the attention of all our patrons
u the prospectus Of the St Mary'> Acade-
my, If this Town, in charge of the Sisters
Of Charity, of Nazareth, Ky. We know that
the school Is "a good one.
Friday last, the heat was intense. Two
Of the carpenters at work ON Mrs. Beck.
Fenwick'S house were overcome thereby
one, Geo. NTH, being made quite sick,
the other, Benedict Neale, soon recovering.
James Scwell stood it out.
DIR. VIM. :. Blackstone. Of 81 Clements
Bay, has purchased the Brown store in this
village AMI will. We are informed, move in
early in the coming Fall. The price paid,
We understand, was $2,250. We will I've
pleased to have the Doctor settle among Us.
Mr. J. Gwinn Adams, "a former BEACON
office boy, is on a trip from his home iii st.
Louis, Mo, a. relations in our county.
Tuesday, he paid us short call, and glad
dened us with the intelligence that he was
doing we'll 1t goes without saying that We
were glad to see him.
Julius Hawkins, young lad of this town,
last w ednesday evening sprained his wrist
eating piece nj beefsteak. He found il too
tough 10 cut, 50 he took it in his hands and
teeth, but the steak got the best of it. The
hand has gathered and is now quite pain
full. This Is rough on Middletown steak,
but true, neycrthcleSs.-Nid disto~R TroHs-
cTIpt.
IL Is getting Ia he the custom with some
of our papers Ia send ont inquiries about
the crops-peachcs. wheat. etc. A blank
| crop report was sent out by paper for the
farmers "a ill out, and the other day
one of them came back with the following
| written on the blank side in pencil "AU
we've got in this neighborhoOd is three wild
ders, two schoOl-ma ans, a patch Of wheat,
! the hog cholera, two much rain, about tif-
~ acres of 'taterS and durn fool who mar
ried cross-eyed gal because she OWNS
eighty sheep and a mule, which the same is
me, and no more AT preSent.-!SH.y,TaI Times