Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-08-08
LoCALwisE AND orHERwIsE.

DNAL~kSE AND OIktkSWhHE.
Miss Florence Fogle, Of Baltimore, is the
guest OF Miss Lucy Loker, this village
Mr.. JEFF Combs, of Washington is visit
ing his parents this village.
The Orphans Court was in session Tues
day last =.
Mrs. Hannah II. Smith, of Baltimore is
visiting relations near this village
Saturday last, Mr. J. Frank Ford lost
young horse valued at $3.50 The animal
dropped dead in the pillow.
Mr.. Joseph II. Key, chairman Of our
County Central Committee requests his
fellow committee members To meet him in
Leonardtown, Tuesday next, the 18th inst
The Carberry property situate in Brit
tan's Neck. this district, will DC sold at
Sherii's sale Tuesday next, the 18th inst.
Capt. Jno. Palmer. Of River Springs has
been selected as the ST. Mary's representa-
tive on the State Central Committee of the
Aionipiioh parry
In many sections OF our county granu-
lated sugar is being sold for l2 cents per
pound.
We do no, think that along the road
from Leonardtown to st. Joscph's church,
thence to Oakville there can be seen enough
tobacco 10 make four hogsheads. or single
good crop of corn
From the Sand Gates TO Jas. T. Kings
but one crop of tobacco is to he seen and
that is at Judge Jones and is about half of
his usual planting.
The Misses. Blaine, neices of the Hon.
James g. Blaine ere guests of the Misses
Costigan, "Sonmerseat," 9th district
Last Fridays fire demonstrated the
towns need for fire company and engine.
We believe that the house could have
easily been saved had the proper appli-
anccs have been at hand to have pulled
away the kitchen.
We have received four or five commun-
ications advocating the Crawford System
OF nominations but have been unable TO
get any Of them into type for this paper
Saturday last, Gen. Bailey, FOR years past,
one of the fixtures of Leonarltown, left the
village and moved to Washington. We
wish him success in his new home.
A ride Of nearly thirty miles through one
ofthc best farming sections of the county
and careful observation and inquiries war
rant the assertion that hardly one-tenth of
the usual tobacco crop viii he made this
season in St Mays
Me- 8. Jno. n. Graves and George G.
Abel have drawn prizes in the political
lottery, the first named having been ap-
pointed deputy under Internal Revenue
Collector Hill and the last guager. Mr..
Graves office, we are told, is an 81 500 one.
Fish are biting fine in the Patuxent.
Last Monday ut Sand Gates, Capt John III.
Bucklcr caught 81 in less than two hours
and most of them were good pan rocks.
The colored man and brother in Sc.
Mars seems To be awakening 70 full
sense of his political importance, and 70 be
determined that the tail of the party shall
no longer wag the republican dog. James
Z. Jackson, colorcd, is announced in the
Enterpri@ as candidate for the Commits
sioncrs' Court, and Richard E. King il
spoken of for the House OF Delegates
One of the most important lessons taught
by the recent fire, is the necessity for
place for our limited fire apparatus and
all of ii in its place. Friday last it was
sometime before the ladder could be found.
What might have been" had Leonard
town ire engine affordslittle consolation
TO the owner of the dwelling recently
burned but should stir up the village pro-
perry owners to exertions 10 provide
against similar fate for their houses.