Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-01-21
LocaIwIse and Otherwise.


Last Friday, the 18Th instant, there was
u considerable fall of snow in this county.
Mrs Cas,elia Brewer, died recently in
Patuxent district. She was the widow of
the late Miley Brewer, who died some time
in September last at ripe old age.
In our report of the taxpayers meeting,
published in the BEACON of January 14th,
we inadvertently omitted the name Of Mr..
John T. Ballenger from the list of those at
tending.
In its last issue the Enterprise oppro-
priated our report of the proceedings of the
taxpayers meeting and forgot to give US
credit for it. We feel that the discourtesy
was unintentional.
Mr. Jesse Turner represented the st. Ma
rvs County Commissioners at the meeting
in Baltimore and Messrs. John L. Ballcn-
ger and J. Frank Bohanan were our dele
gates attending the State Farmers Conven-
ton.
Mr. Richard T. Hammett, of the 9Th
district, has been appointed one Of the
pages of the House of Delegates His
compensation is s. per day, the same as
members of the House. We congratulate
Dick.
Mr.. Leonard ID. Freeman, of Medley's
Neck, died Wednesday, of last week, aged
about SO years Mr.. Freeman was born in
Charles county but had resided in this
county for some years. He was a good
man and good citizen.
Mr.. Joseph Ii. Ching and Mrs. Ada L.
Love, Of this village, were married at st.
Aloys!us' Church, Washington, Thursday
last, January 14th. The bride and groom
returned TO Leonardtown Monday last and
have gone housekeeping. The bride was
the recipient of handsome and appropriate
presents.
1t is reported here, but we have not
been able to verify the report, that Messrs.
James I. Harrison and Francis Coad, of
Charlotte Hall, and Mrs. L. Lee Mattingly,
of Leonardtown, are losers, to considera-
Die extent, by the recent failure of the
Nicholson Bank, of Baltimore. We hope
the report may prove incorrect.
Monday last, Joseph Stevens. an insane
colored man of the 9th district was COM
mitted TO the county Jail on warrant of
Justice Joe +: Morgan. On the same day,
ON warrant of the same Justice, Son"
Williams, colored, was jailed charged with
the larceny of $12 from the bar-room till
of Charles Jones and John Gordon, OF
LeonaIdtown.
Tuesday evening last, at st. Aloysius'
Church, this village, Mr.. Oscar III. Cryer
and Miss Alice Malissa Leach, of Britain S
Neck, were married, Rev. Clement l.. Lam
caster, 5. j., officiating. We congratulate
the newly welded pair and wish them
many years of happiness and prosperity
Miss Leach is a daughter of Mr.. William
+. Leach and niece of the Senior Editor OF
the BEACON.
Under the caption of Liquor Trade in
st. Mary's," the Calvert Journal, of the 10th
instant, republishes the report of Messrs
Palmer and Ballenger to the Taxpayer:
Meeting. The Journal comments upon the
repor; and thinks high License would be a
good thing for Calvert because it believes
it would be possible TO enforce u high
license law, but knows the present Calvert
local option law is useless.
Some of our friends called our attention
| TO an advertisement in last weeks Enter
prise signed by DR.. r. p. Blackstone and
SO worded as to convey the idea that the
doctor was pouring the walls of his wrath
upon the BEACON. Saturday evening We
received a very kindly letter from the
Doctor saying in substance, that he meant
not the slightest reflection upon the BEACON
but was anxious TO show up some enron
eous statements made by the Taxpayers
subcommittee on Liquor Licences.
We are indebted to Prof Thomas N
/ Conrad for a copy Of the Extra Census
| Bulletin on Tobacco. The bulletin credit:
Maryland with a tobacco acreage, in 1885
of II 900, and production of 12,S56,SS
pounds. Of this, ST Mary's planted 2,9O4
acres and raised 2,460,116 pounds, and
next to Prince Georges, is the larges
tobacco growing county in the State. IL
1859 Maryland produced IS, 1O,s65 pounds
of tobacco, 5,774.975 of which was credited
to st. Mary's county. The value OF ouI
county crop of 1899 was $ll4.S95.