Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-11-26

Rev. Charles K. Jenkins, 6. J., Ia home
from his recent trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mathew J. Pope, Of this
village, are both quite sick.
Mr.. J. Ford Wathen. Of Anacostia, ID. c.,
is visiting his relatives in 81. Mary's.
The cold wave which visited this locality
Tuesday night Of last week has taken its
departure.
Miss Theresa DuvalI, OF West Virginia,
Is visiting her sister. Mrs. Joseph 9.
Matthews, at Valley Lee.
Seven hundred AMI forty Licences 70
Tong for Oysters have teen issued by the ST.
Mary's Clerk 10 the CT cult Court
r. Ford Combs, Eser, of Washington.
d. c. was cunning in 81. Mary's last week.
Good luck, We hope, attended him.
The newly-elected Orphans and Com
missioners' Courts mt Tuesday last and
organized. See proceedings elsewhere.
Miss Addie Cough, of ST. Mary's, has
been visiting the famil Of Mr.. w. Frank
Bowling, near Bryaniown.-P0rt Tobacco
| Times
Mr.. Henry Williams has been appointed
by the Board Of Public works director Of
The Chesapeake and OHIO Canal. 10 In an
excellent appointment
Mr.. Jesse Turner, President Of The
d.. "A ~ f.oan&v Ca,,,, ,;..so..-. .h~..~A
young man is an able one. and win make
a good pre1diag officer. n
DR.. John r. Spaldiag and family have
moved intn the dwsllir g lately owned and
occupied by Mr.. Th''mas Boyd, now be-
longing to Judge Gram.
"Uncle" Phil Dorsey is now Register of
Wills and his son w. tier is his Deputy.
II is good team AID will manage the
cffice we'll Success to them
Read the article cn our fourth page
entitled Tobacco Culture in Maryland"
1t Is from the pen of Mr.. J. 8. Rawlings
and is timely and exec lent reading.
Saturday next will he the regular meet.
ing day of the Leonart town sub alliance.
The meeting will be called at Q p. N. A
large atten lance is carr estly requested.
In making purchases of lumber do not
forget to give Messrs. George F. Sloan &
Bro of Baltimore, a nance to sell you.
See their advertiseme ut on our fourth
page.
Last weeks Enterprsss notes the burning
of the dwelling of Mr. JEFF J. Redmond,
Jr on the Three Not he'd road, Patuxent
district The fire il at ributed to defec-
tive flue. z
His Excellency Governor jackson has
designated Mr. James II. Bailey, of the
Seventh District, as Chief Jfdge Of our
Orphans Court. Our congratulations to.
Judge Bailey.
A great many turkey have been shipped
from our county to Ba timore and Wash
ington to meet the anticipated Thanks
giving demand. We hope that good prices
will be realized.
1t is reported here that on Wednesday Of
last week two men we're knocked over
board by the boom Of dredge boat and
one was drowned. The accident happen
ed off Rosebank.
Tuesday, Judge Jams II. Bailey brought
to our Office an Irish potatoe shaped re-
markably like hyfnaa head. The eyes,
nose, mouth &c, EFe apparent and it had
a well developed hump Of philoprogenitive-
ness.
Mr. r. Oakley Melton, formerly, Of St.
Mary's, member of tie Washington City
Police Force, has been promoted to be
Inspector of Licences. We are pleased to
hear of his success AMI hope that he may
continue 10 succeed.
The man who struck "Billy Patterson
has been sentenced to six months con-
finement in the Baltin ore city jail. The
EOcnIng 1feps says hat considering the
enormity Of the offense and the long public
suspense aud curiosity over it, the culprii
should have been sent Up for forty years
Tuesday last Mr.. James T. NJ Raley
turned over the Res ster's Office to his
successor, Mr.. Philip 81. Dorsey. Mr..
Raley has been fait lful official and one
every ready and Wiling TO help news
paper maa in gathering news. The
BEACON is indebted to him for many kind
nesses. May he live lcng and prosper.
Mr.. Thomas Lee iIastingly, who was
Tuesday elected Clerk TO our Commission
ers' Court, is an active and working young
Democrat and will, We predict, make an
excellent Clerk. Among the applicants
for the position were SO me o: best and truesi
Democrats in our cpunty and TO be the
chosen of such men is a high compliment
of which Mr.. Mattingly may well be proud