Saint Mary's beacon., 1889-04-04
LOCALwysE AND OTHERWISE.

rlsn arc pishtIui anu are Selling al rea-
sonable figures.
The tax-rate Of Prince Georges county
has been fixed at 95 cents on the 500.
Cine 6IOse has destroyed nearly all Of the
U. S. Navy. Samoa was the scene Of the
disaster.
April sighalized its advent by a full
grown thunder storm The snakes, terra
pins, turtles, &c, are now wide awake
Sheriff Ching reports that Harrigan was
well-known 10 the penitentiary officials
having been there before for stealing.
Mrs. Frances G. Barber, wife of j. Gwinn
Barber, has been appointed postmaster at
Mechanicsville, vice Richard T. Copsey,
resigned.
An Internal Revenue Collector is still
a-making, and the Hill, Baggs and Daw-
on waut to-get-theres are yet on the anx-
ious bench.
The recent meeting of the St. Mary's
Democrats Club was we'll attended. The
Club will meet again Tuesday next, the
Jth instant.
Our thanks are returned Hon. Robt r.
Hit, of Illinois, for a copy of his recent
speech in Congress on Commercial Union
with Canada"
Snow began falling at 1:SO o'clock, p. m,
Thursday, March 2Sth. ultimo, but soon
stopped We hope that it was the wind
up of Winter weather.
Messrs. S. Chapman Thompson and J.
Clinton Bean are reported 10 be confined
TO their rooms by sickness. We hope that
they will soon be out again.
Mr. A. Burroughs has taken charge Of
the mail route down the Three Notch road
and also OF the route from Leonardtown
to Mechanicsville, via Chaptico.
Capt. Daniel Shanks and family moved
into Leonardtown Saturday last and are
now domiciled at Fenwick's Hotel Read
his advertisement and give him a call.
Our navy was not much TO lose, but the
sad part Of the Samoan disaster is the loss
of the gallant officers and sailors who went
NO"h WAN NAtCh ShADo. &tO lAS ever way
cd over bTayer or truer men.
Thursday morning last Sheriff Ching
took the three colored convicts from our
County Jail to the Penitentiary. Crask is
serving out 80 days sentence to jail, after
which he also will be taken away.
Last week the blacksmith shop of Mr.
j. Warren Jarboe, this village, caught fire
but thanks TO a timely discovery and
prompt work but little damage was done
The fire started just back Of the forge.
Friday last, A. Burroughs, Esqr., of
Chaptico, was thrown from his buggy and
his side was painfully bruised. He is now,
we are pleased 10 see, ali right again.. A
mettlesome colt was the cause of the acci-
dent.
We are informed that Mr.. Richard T.
Copsey, late postmaster at Mechanicsville,
has secured place on the City Passenger
Railway and will hereafter reside in Balfi-
mere. We hope that his new venture may
prove success.
Friday next, J. NJ. Wilkinson will sell
his personal property at public auction pre-
paratory to removing TO Washington,
where he has secured employment. We
hope that Mike will meet with abundant
good fortune.
Rev. J. Gibson CAN'T has been suffering
from violent cold for over two weeks.
He is now recovering and wishes il TO be
known that on Sunday, April 9TH, at Christ
Church, Chaptico, he will Cd. W begin
active duty again.
Asbury Cole, colored, recently convicted
at Elkton, of murder in the second degree,
testified that he was native of ST. Mary's
county, thirty-seven years old, sailor and
had lived at Georgetown, Kent county, for
twenty years. Cole killed Samuel Young,
colored, at festival.
In the recent naval disaster in the har-
borof Apia, Samoa, Lieutenant of Marines
Francis Z. Sutton, was among the lost.
Lieut.. Sutton was son of DIR Richard T.
Sutton, Of Rome, N. Y, and nephew of
DIR. Lewis J. Sutton, of this county. His
family and friends have our warmest SYM
patty.