Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-08-15

Mr. w. Bernard Duke, OF Baltimore, is
on visit 10 his father, this district
Mrs. John Maddox, nee Cough, Of Rock
vile, is visiting her parents at Nuns
Oak"
The drought still continues. A good
rain would be worth thousands of dollars
tn st Mary's.
Misses Florence and Gertrude Bone, of
Baltimore, are guests of Mrs. Laura A.
Jones, this village.
James Z. Tippett, Esqr, and wife and
child Of Baltimore, are ON visit 10 rela-
tives in st. Mary's
Mr. John B. Thompson and family, of
Baltimore, are visiting Mr. J. ID. Thomp-
son, near Leonardiown.
Misses Annie May and Nora Melton, OF
Washington, ID. G, are visiting Miss Alma
Mattingly, at Buena Vista.
Mrs. Joe Chunn and daughter, of Wash.
ington, have been visiting Mrs T. Lee
Mattingly, Leonardtown.
The Leonardtown Jrr base ball club
defeated the ST. Peters club by the score Of
Is to II on the grounds OF the former,
Tuesday last.
His Honor, Judge j. Parran Crane was
in town Tuesday last and drew the jury for
the coming September term of Court. See
list in another column.
Tuesday last, George Neal, colored. brought
to the BEACON Office a tomato which weighed
one pound and three ounces. 1t was the prize
tomato of Harriet Hebb's crop.
The Britton Neck Farmers Club will
meet at J. w. Davis's on Saturday, Aug.
nth, instant A full attendance is desired.
All stockholders will please attend.
Mrs Charles E. Cough, of Bloomsbury"
has returned from her recent visit TO Balti.
more. Miss Risk, of Baltimore, returned
with Mrs. Cough and is now her guest. 3
Saturday last. Constable Raley brought
to Leossrdtown and lodged In Jail james
Owens, committed by Justice Carpenter in
default of BAIL Owens is charged with
disorderly behavior.
Last week Mess. Edeien Bros. sold for
account of Mr.. WIN. F. Saxton, Of the ith dis
trict, two crops o: tobacco amounting to Sd
hogsheads for S2.l55. Thirty-two hoysheads
sold for II cents per pound.
At latest reports Mr.. George t. Cusic, of
Town Creek, had very much improved.
An account of the accident by which Mr..
Cusic came so near losing his life was
printed in last weeks BEACON.
Washington b Hammett living with Mr..
w. w. Cecil at the Factory, Tuesday morn
ing last, had both bones Of his right leg
broken by log rolling off timber cart on
him. DIR. Richardson attended, him.
Monday and Tuesdayr1ast were aami-
nation days for applicants for Teachers
Certificates and for the free scholarship at
Western Maryland College. There were
% white applicants and 14colored. Ofthe
whites, there were five applicants for the
scholarship.
Mr.. J. Morris Milburn's new house 80
replace the one recently destroyed by1iFe
Is nearing completion. II is on the site'of
the old dwelling and will be handsome
building. Messrs. Ingham and Forrestel
are the contractors.
Mrs. Turner Hayden and child. of Ana
costa, D.. c.. are summering at Bayview,
on the Chesapeake Bay, at grandparents.
Mrs. Hayden has y6Aen in very delicate
health since she nursed her boy Though
heavy spell of sickness last Febrpiy,,
Walter l. Dawkins, Esqr., of" the Balti-
more bar, is prominently spoken OF as a
candidate for the Democratic Legislative
nomination in hjsdlstrict. Our hrotssG
of Baltimore Gsdld not name a better man
or one who buld abler represent them.
Sunday etching last. pr; Jos. A: DiHow
lost his valid kbIe black mare. Tie animal
was a free sveiler and had been quite
distance SoslA Saturday and Sunday. Heat
was likely NJ cauae ofdsath: Mr.. Dillow
is now RBkf 4azouRd ifQF, another horse to
complete hiS JAu vnrrrs. m. H..
Among the visisorsiat,Mrs. Ruth Mat
tingley, Brit.oln's Neck, are the following
Neutrality-suspicious. Mrs. Boutwell,, two sons
and two daughters; Mrs. Charles A.. Lyon
and daughter; Mrs. Ober, two sons, niece
and nephew; Mrs. and Miss Lyon; Mrs.
Abel, two daughters and two sons and
Miss Minnie Boutwell,.
It is said that most ladies appear more
pleasing and attractive when on the stage,
and acting for the applause of an audience
This, however, is not always the case and
the BEACON was Wednesday last the re-
cipient of visit from two charming ex-
ceptions to the rule-Misses Elizabeth Ben
SON and Elite Noah, of the very clever COM
pany which, Tuesday last, performed at
the Hall, Leonardtown-'their own, the
sweetest characters they show They were
accompanied by Mr.. r. w. Smiley.
at is the best patent medicine in the
world" is what MIR. e. M. Hartman, of
Marquam, Oregon, says Of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
"What leads me to make this assertion is
that dysentery in its worse form WIS prev