Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-06-11

Mr. and Mrs. Claude B. Lloyd and child
are guests of Moore's Hotel
Miss Rebecca Fenwick, of Baltimore, is
visiting relatives in Leonardtown.
Eighteen million dollars per month ia
the amount the United States is paying for
pensions.
Mr. James j. Greenwell, Of Medley's
Neck, had three last years lambs to shear
Is, II and 16t pounds of wool respective
~.
Ii the participants in the recent cclebra-
ton at ST. Mary's City mean what they say,
they think that the affair was badly man
aged.
Mr.. William Hayden and Mrs Latchford
are in Leonardtown in attendance upon
their mother, Mrs. Sallie Hayden, who Is.
still very sick.
The Dredge Washington came to Brit
tan's Bay Saturday last. The Washington
is to go to work deepening and otherwise
improving the harbor.
Saturdays baseball at Leonardtown re-
suited In victory for River Springs by
score of II to 10. The game was well
played and large crowd witnessed it.
On our outside pages we reprint the Bal
timore Suns account of the ceremonies at
tending the dedication of the monument to
Leonard Calvert at st. Mary's City. Read
it.
Tuesday, Mr.. ii. f. Moore brought to
our office four new Irish potatoes about
the size of geese eggs. The tubers We're
the products of potatoes left in the ground
last fall.
In another column we publish an ordi-
nance recently adopted by our Town Faith
ers. II is q move in the right direction
and should receive the earnest co-opera-
ton of all the citizens of our village.
Saturday last, Sheriff Wathen and Mr..
Richard Edwards took Samuel Blackstone
and Joseph Stevens, insane colored men,
TO the Maryland Hospital where they had
been sent, by order of Judge Crane, for
1
DR.. Benjamin Smith, of Bel Air, broth
erin law of the late James III. Wilson,
was in Leonardtown Tuesday. DR.. Smith
has been visiting Judge Stephen Jones and
while there took occasion to show his rev.
erend brother-Mr. Edwin Smith-how to
catch fish.
Miss Jennie Jones and Mr.. N. Wilson
Graves were married at the residence OF
the brides parents, Thursday last, June
4th. Rev. Edwin Smith was the offlciat-
ing clergyman. After their marriage Mr..
and Mrs. Graves left, per Weems' Line,
for short trip.
| Gusty Smith. colored. who has been
sitting up" in the Court House, with Geo.
Neal, says that "Biscoe's ghost does GER
tainly walk around" Gusty heard "ii try
the door latch and walk about making a
noise like somebody choking, and heard q
trap-door fall just like trap fell when Bis
coo was hanged"
Up 20 this writing, Very Reverend Bish-
op Curtis has confirmed, in 81. Mary's, five
hundred and sixty, 1861 persons, dis
tributed as follows AT Leonardtown,
6s; Sacred Heart, 173; Mechanicsville,
81, ST. Joseph's, l61; St. Johns, 81. This
is good showing and should be very
gratifying to the good priests.
Felix Jones, colored, informs Us that
John Kelly, colored, left Leonardtown
wharf last Saturday night and has not
been seen or heard from since. His boat
was found adrift and his hat afioat II is
thought that Kelly fell overheard some
where between the wharf and Buzzard's
Point and was drowned. He had been
drinking.
Saturday last, on warrant OF Justice H.
c. Adams, George Neal, colored, was CON-
mitted to Jail charged "with having refused
and still refusing TO give sureties lin the
sum Of $50l to keep the peace towards
Francis Smith, of Laurel Grove" Neal Ii
quite sick and has been transferred from
the Jail TO the Court House and IN atfen-
dant hired 10 wait upon him. He is suffer
ing from some abrain trouble"