Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-02-15

Somerset ogstermen want local police
boat for Pocomoke sound.


Somerset oystermen want local police
boat for Pocomoke sound.
A number Of chicken thieves were sen
fenced by the court, in Wilmington, to be
lashed. TO pay restitution money and TO be
imprisoned for chicken stealing.
a J. McLaurin was nominated last night
by the Mississippi democratic legislative
caucus 10 succeed United States Senator
Walthall, who resigned recently.
L. schofeld, the first man 10 make rail-
road and bar iron in the South, died last
plight at his home in St Elmo, suburb ct
Chattanoga, Tenn. He was eighty years
old.
Thursday, Feb. s. 1894
CONGRESSIONAL
In the Senate Mr.. Cameron presented
fifty petitions against the Wilson tariff bill
The bill to repeal the federal election
laws was passed by vote Of 80 to %, Mr..
Stewart, republican, Of Nevada, and the
populists, Messrs. Allen, Kyle and PETER,
voting in the affirmative, with the demo.
Gratis.
The federal election laws repeal bill hav-
ing passed both House and Senate now
goes to the President for bis signature.
In the House of Representatives, after
filbustering on the part ofrepublicans, who
refused TO answer roll-cail, the Hawaiian
resolution, indorsing the administrations
policy was adopted.
Mr.. Bland made an attempt TO get up his
bill for the coinage of the silver seigniorage
in the treasury, but Eastern democrats, led
by Messrs. Tracey and Cochran, of New
York, inaugurated a filbuster, in which the
majority of republicans joined.
MARYLAND LEGISLATURE.
The Senate, by vote of 81 to 4, passed
a resolution indorsing the Wilson tariff re-
form bill and requesting the Senators from
Maryland TO use their best efforts for the
passage of this bill, with such amendments,
if any, as may be deemed right and prop.
or, the same to be in keeping with the
pledges of the Chicago platform. All the
democratic Senators voted for the resolu.
tons, the republicans voting in the mega
tive
The Senate committee on amendments
will recommend the passage of a bill to
take the sense OF the people upon calling
constitutional convention. The same
committee will also make favorable re-
port on Mr.. Hayes bill tor an amendment
to move the Court of Appeals to Baltimore
Eastern Shore delegations were before
the committee on Chesapeake bay and its
tributaries urging changes in the oyster
laws.
President Smiths bill to appropriate mt.
ney to purchase free books for scholars in
the public schools in the State was intro.
duced in the Senate.
In the House the bill regulating fishing
in certain waters Of Baltimore county was
made special order for Friday.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The union printers of the country pro.
pose to erect a monument to the late Geo.
w. Childs.
A little boy was accidentally killed with
an axe near Melcersburg, Md by his bro.
ther, who was chopping wood.
Judge Revell and Jones, of the Circuit
Court of Anne Arundel County, decided
that Governor Brown should commission
Daniel J. Bragunier to be commissioner of
Charles county.
John Carberry, of Newark, N. j., has
been hiccoughing for six weeks. His
longest period of rest from the paroxysms
has been thirty-six hours, and he is worn
almost TO skeleton.
A desperate fight occurred at Mount
Pleasant, in Harlan county, KY, Monday
night, in which William and John Turner
were killed by DR.. William Nolin, prom
inent physician of that city. The Doctor
was wounded.