Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-03-31

EAioogS udECH sos 4oJS.
John s. Everist, a retired farm
or, committed suicide at Port De-
post, Nd, by pinning his head
down in a trough of water with a
hayfolk.
The Texas Department of tie
Grand Army of the Republic met at
I'll Paso and resolved not to affiliate
with the Colored Veterans in the
State or subordinate bodies.
Ex-senator John ]. Ingalls,, of
says Mr.. Cleveland is the only man
the democrats can hope to elect, and
that he believes the ex-President
will be the nominee of the Chicago
convention. Senator Hill, in his
opinion, would carry fewer votes
than any other democrat who has
presidential aspirations.
LEGISLATIVE.
No action was taken on the as
sessment bill yesterday, but it was
made the special order for today,
when it is expected the House will
adopt resolution of non-concur-
renee in the Senate amendment.
The Senate passed House bills to
fix the terms of the commissioners
OF Baltimore county; to prevent the
spread of yellows; to legalize the
appointment of registers of voters
and supervisors Of elections for
Hagerstown. The Senate also pass
cd the general oyster law, with an
amendment changing the date for
beginning oystering from Septem-
Der / to September 20.
The bill providing for the aps
pointment of school commissioners
by the Governor was amended so as
to provide for six commissioners for
Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick and
Washington and three in the other
counties.
Senator Smiths measure to fur
nish free books for the public
schools accomplishes the object by
two separate bills, one appropriate
ing s25, 900 from the treasury for
the purchase OF books and the other
directing the application to that
purpose of the proceeds of the IL
cent tax heretofore appropriated to
the treasury relief loan, producing
about s77, 200, making total of
little over 500, 900 for free books.
The House passed Senate bill pro.
viding for the submission to the
voters of Charles county of the
question of removing the couaty
seat from Port Tobacco to La
Plata.
Saturday, March &c, 1892.
The twenty-three bodies of the
victims of the Hill Farm mine ex-
plosion, found Wednesday after
search of twenty months, were
buried at DUNBAR, Pa, yesterday.
Henry Smith was hanged at
Louisville, KY, yesterday, for the
murder of his employer. Louis
Specht, January Is, 1891. He said
he welcomed death and was satisfied
that he would pass into that world
where there was nothing but happi-
ness.
The report Is again current that
Secretary Blaine will soon retire
from the State Department and
that Secretary Tracy viii succeed
him.
Massachusetts, capitalists will
soon begin immediate erection at
Nottingham, Ala, of a cotton mill
TO contain 10000 spindles and l.
900 looms, the plant to cost $780,
600. Other large cotton mills will
be erected in the South.
Rev. John Temple has been sem
fenced at Evansville, Ind, to serve
seventeen years in the penitentiary
for manslsaghter. He killed War
rem Gray, who was acting as peace
maker between Temple and his
wife.
Governor Brown thinks safe
guards should be thrown around
the distribution ard expenditure
of the money appropriated for free
books, and a provision will be in
serted IN bill to be introduced by
Senator Smith providing for reports
to the Governor on the subject from
the county school boards.
Louis Fell, a furrier, by trade.
the father of fourteen children, and