Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-08-29

nomination for President next year
From the Institute, where he al
dressed the farmers he went TO the
model farm Of the millionaire. brew
er Portner, who has 1000 acre
farm comprising what was the bat
tie field of Manassas or Bell Run,
From his forty acre vinyard Mr.,
Portner ships 1905 pounds Of
grapes a year. His pear orchard
pays well and so does his dairy, but
rather suspect the best paying
investment 10 his lager beer brewery
or breweries for he has one here on
goth street and one in Alexandria,
The one on Goth street has a gar.
den attached that is o favorite re-
sort these hot nights, and there are
seen some of the smart set of the
West end drinking beer. Elegant
| ly dressed DANES chaperoning pretty
girls with escorts saunter thither
and drink and chat over the latest
base ball game, bicycle ride, or any
other matter that is of interest to
them.
The week has been full of acct
dents, Georgetown having as usual
the majority and unique one, for
some boys playing Prisoners base
pushed down q telegraph pole, that
in falling crushed two of them, but
not fatally.
! The saddest accident was that OF
Miss Ruth Bursley, from the Mac
Alister on the return trip of the
Postal Clerks excursion. She, as
many another girl has done and
! will do, sat on the railing around
the hurricane deck, and while do
; ing so she lost her balance and fell.
Though the boat was stopped and
every effort made to save her, she
could not be found nor was her
body recovered for several days.
The excursion season will close
this week, and as usual the end of
the Marshall Hall season will close
with a tournament open to all
corners.
Clover parties have been a popu-
lar amusement this summer at
many of the Northern resorts.
Four-leaf clover is what is hunted
for and the one who finds the
greatest number of them gets the
prize, which is generally something
dear to a girls heart, and for o man
scarf pin or something useful.
The summer is nearly over and
people are returning to the city,
the father to pick up his burden
as bread winner and the mother hers,
which are equally as heavy, for they
are never ending.
Among the deaths this week was
that OF ex-Associate Justice Strong
of the q. S. Supreme Court. He
was native of Connecticut, but
moved to Reading, Penna., from
there he was called to the Supreme
Court by General Grant in 1870,
and with Justice Bradley, appoint
ed at the same time, voted to sus-
tain the legal tender act, and also
gave the casting vote in the Elec-
toral Commission in favor of HAYES,
though he was known to favor
Tilden.
The State Department has enter
ed upon a vigorous foreign policy
and has given both France and
Spain notice that the United States
intends to hold her own against all
countries.
After many years and much
wasted diplomacy Spain has finally
consented to pay the Mora claim OF
81 800, 900 due the heirs of one
Maxine Mora, of Havana, Cuba,
who was however q citizen of the
United States, and whose property
was confiscated in the rebellion OF
1872. Mora payment has been
promised and the agreement signed
but Spain wants the money paid
by Gen1. Campos, in Havana. AS
both war and yellow fever are rag.
ing there Secy. Olny objects, but
as two U. S. cruisers are off the
coast of Cuba, Spain will hand the
funds to whomever is named BY
the United States.
France has been notified that ex.
Consul Waller, of Tamative, Madi.
gascar, who is now in French
prison, must be released and am.
bassador Eustis has been instructed
to see that it ia done.