Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-06-08

from their rnoorings-
twenty barges on the Ohio river
we're sunk. At Smithsland the
and seven churches
we're unroofed.
Saturday, June 3, 1898.
The Falcon, which is to carry the !
Peary party to the North, is ex-
pected about June %.
The graduating class at the Naval
Academy received their diplomas
from Secretary Herbert.
II is expected the gold reserve in
the United States Treasury viii
be reduced to-day to 800, OOO, 900,
the lowest point it has reached.
Miss Carrie Kirby Smith, a daugh-
ter of the late Gen. Kirby Smith,
of the Confederate army, has been
appointed postmistress at Sewanee,
Tenn.
Miss Magsam, living north OF
Hagerstown, lost her speech five
wears ago. Recently she was taken
sick with typhoid fever and several
days ago her speech was restored to
her.
Two children of James Umble-
man lost their lives in q fire that
destroyed their fathers house near
Hebron, Tyler county, w. Va.
The Governor of South Carolina
has ordered liquor for the State dis
pensaries to the value of about
$3.50, 900.
Judge Julius J. Dubose was
found guilty at Nashville, Tenn,
of improper conduct as judicial
officer. The decision removes him
from the bench.
The freight wreck on the Nor
folk and Western Railroad, ten
miles from Petersburg, caused the
destruction Of twenty-0ne coal cars
and loss of $50, 900.
Ralph Drake, of Columbus, Ind.
shot and killed Mrs. Ida Ward, who
few years ago deserted her hus-
band and home for him. After
shooting the woman Drake put q
bullet into his own head and will
die.
The three children and one grand.
child of jefferson Davis were rein.
TERED in the lot in Hollywood Gem,
etery, near Richmond, where thG
body of the President Of the Con
federate States was reburied.
Monday, June 10, 1893.
The jury in the case Of Eli Tuck
er, on trial at Belair for killing
Uriah Johnson, rendered verdict
of manslalghter.
State Senator John s. Wirt's
friends were defeated at the demo-
cratic primaries la Cecil county
Saturday.
The net gold in the United States
tsessuTy Saturday was SIS, 1888, 217-
the lowest amount since specie pay
mants were resumed, January /,
1879.
Captain Alexander r. Skinner,
pilot and tugboat owner, killed
himself on Sunday with a pistol at
his home, 1903 Paramount avenue.
F. Snowden Hill, collector of in
ternal revenue for the Maryland
district, has resigned. J. Frank
Turner, Of Easton, Md, has filed
an application for the position.
Samuel Bash, colored, charged
with a assault ON tive whits women,
was lynched by a mob in Decatur,
ILL.,, Saturday morning. He was
hanged to an electric-light pole on
one Of the most prominent corners
of the city.
Gen. Ill. V. Boynton, u promi-
nent republican and Grand Army
man Of Ohio, in a letter published
unholds Secretary Smiths order
directing q re-examination of the
pensions issued under the act of
1890.
Eight tons of dynamite and giant
powder exploded at Virginia, Mimi,
Friday. The magazine was a mills
and a half from the town on hill
side facing away from the village,
but the front Of every building in
town was blown in and hardly O
window escaped destruction.
Tuesday, June 6, 1898.
The lightning struck the electric
works OF Laurel and put ont the
lights of the town.
Mr.. F. Snowden Hill, collector
of internal revenue, has bis Office
ready for his successor.
The largest cargo of nitrate ever
brought to Baltimore arrived on the !
bark Nellie Troop.
Reuben +. Bittie was sentenced |
to four years in the penitentiary for |
attempting to poison Miss Angel In |
Carroll county.
A jury in Washington decided
that Edwin Miller, the florist, who |
died from the effects of bullets,
killed himself.
President CLEVELAND annnnnnnH |