Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-09-20

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Localwise and Otherwise.
The rains recent were of great benefit Il
pastursge, turaips, &c.
Miss Bernie FeEwick, of Hyattsville, il
visiting relatives in Leonardtown.
Next Friday afternoon is the date fixed
for Huntng's Circus to exhibit at Mechan.
icsville.
Judge Crane appointed j. Edwin Coad
Of "Cherryfields," foreman Of the Grand
Jury.
Recently, . valuable horse belonging To
Mr.. William Z. Abel. broke its leg and
had TO be killed
Mr.. g Douglas Carpenter has been ap-
pointed Supervisor Of Elections vice B. r.
Abel, resigned.
MIR. o. Clyde Raley. who has been on q
visit to his Leonardtown home has ret arm.
ed TO Alabama.
Mrs. Mamie Polk and daughter, of Wash.
ington, are visiting the family of Hon b.
g. Harris, at Peterborough"
Misses Burroughs Fenwick, Yates, Penn
broke Spalding and Swami, leave st.
Mary's this week for the State Normal
School, Baltimore.
There seems but little change in the con.
dition of Mr.. b. r. Abel, OF this village.
MI. Abel has been confined to his room
for about six weeks.
AS far as reported Mr.. William c. Norris
OF Scotch Neck, is ahead on tall tobacco
having a plant which measured Z feet and
Q inches in height
At Tuesdays meeting of the Trustees of
ST. Mary's Female Seminary, Mr.. John A.
b. Shermantine was elected a member of
the board vice Col. 8. l. WALES.
Mrs. Mamie Murphy, of Washington,
Miss Catherine Crane, county, accompanied
by two gallant st. Mary's gentlemen, paid
our Office brief visit Monday last.
Misses Marie aEd Hilda and Masters
Fred and Arthur Spinosa have returned to
Burlington College. During their sojourn
in Leonardtown they made many friends
who regret their departure.
The county public schools re-opened
Monday last and we hope that the atten-
dance was large. We have good schools
and good teachers and the young should
avail themselves of these advantages.
Friday evening last. Raymond, the young
son of Mr.. Charles w. Foxwell, of this
town, stepped from the porch of his fathers
dwelling and broke his arm. DR.. Charles
Combs reduced the fracture and the little
sufferer is doing az well as could be expect
ed.
Mr.. Burchard, congressional candidate
OF the Peoples party spoke at the Court
House, Tuesday last, to quite large au.
dience. At the conclusion of Mr.. BIS re-
marks and in response to loud and contin-
ued calls Mr. j. c. Howard addressed the
meeting.
Messrs. John II. Chrispin, J. Walter Car
penter, J. r. West, DIR. Charles NJ. Ham
NETT, William B. and r. Jackson Moore,
Walter l. Dawkins Esqr., w. II. Key
worth, Claude B. Lloyd, and Horace
Durant Esqr., are among the out of county
gentlemen in attendance upon court.
Roger B. T. Combs Esqr., of Leonard.
town has received an appointment on the
U. 5. Engineer corps as superintendent of
the Material Department, and Saturday
morning last, left for the scene of his labors
in northern Alabama. Roger is a superior
young gentleman and the best wishes of q
wide circle of friends go with him.
Friday last, Officer Joseph N. Mattingly
brought from Washington and lodged in
the county Jail w. F. Dent, colored. charg-
ed with altering check of School Exami.
ner Wingate. On Monday, Dent was pre-
scented, Tuesday indicted and Wednesday
arraigned before the Court, adjudgcd guilty,
and sentenced to the Penitentiary for Eve
years.
The Elk. Confederate Association met at
Moores Hotel, Leonardtown and re elected
the following officers: President, Captain
GeorgeThomas; ice-presidents, Charles X.
Cough. j. T. Parsons; Treasurer, John w.
Williams; Secretary, Vincent Camalier;
Assistant Secretary, John F. Duke. The
Executive Committee follows: J. Marshall
Dent, j. Thomas Parsons, William T. Bailey,
j. b. Gardner, Daniel Hammett, T. Frank
Yates, Herbert + Moore. r. NJ. Free
man was elected an honorary member. A
memorial tribute to John A. Hayden writ
ten by John F. Duke was read by Judge
J. Parran Crane.