Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-26

One " bill kept In circulation viii
nesP up big pile Of receipted bi.,s.
Don't forget to attend the entertain
mens at the Town Hall Thursday aieht
The special term Of the St. Marv's Cir
cunt Court win convene Monday next
November sOth.
The San's correspondents report taa,
game Il unusually abundant i'm the
Northern Neck"
Inc effort ID to be made to establish 4
democratic daily In Baltimore city. i,
ought to succeed.
ms Henry Burch, Of Washington, d.
" u visiting Mrs. Joseph II. Kew. Tu.
dor Hall, this village.
December 8, 1895, has been fixed unop
as the date for the Republican celebra.
ton at Leonardtown.
Mr.. J. Frank Smith, Of Scotland. has
been one Of the heaviest losers from hog
cholera In the county.
Read the statement OF the Treasurer
OF the county school fund published In
our advertising columns.
Cardinal Gibbons has written a new
book which has been highly compliment.
ed by the newspaper critics.
The hog cholera Ia still prevailing I'm
81. Inigo's and other sections of Sc. Ma.
rvs, and many fine hogs have died there.
Of.
Monday last the Leonardtown Re.
publican Club endorsed Mr.. Charles W
Foxwell for the postmastership at Leon.
ardtown.
Sheriff j. D. Jones, Tuesday last, re.
newed his bond for the current year
with the Fidelity Company of Baltimore
as surety.
The Assessors at Large completed their
work Friday last and the schedules are
now in the hands of the Board of Con.
troll and Review.
The st. Mary's ex-Confederate Asso-
citation Is to meet in Leonardtown on
Tuesday, December 9Th, proximo. OF
ficers will be elected.
Mrs. William F. Greenwich, of Leon
town, IL on q visit to Baltimore. We
hope she will return with strength and
health completely restored.
The price of nails has gone down ow-
ing to the collapse Of the Wire Nail
Trust. In the next five days wire nails
may be down to $1.25 per keg.
Up TO 10 o'clock, November 25th, in
slant, Clerk Greenwich had issued $50
licenses to tong for oysters. Up to same
date last year 1,O17 were issued.
Don't forget the entertainments at
Chaptico and Leonardtown next Thurs
day evening. Miss Marguerite saxton
will be at Leonardtown, and " Rio
Grande" will be played at Chaptico.
Mr.. Penn, of Maryland, spent last week
with Mrs. c. r. Barber and son Mr..
Robt. Penn. Mr.. Robt Penn has lately
purchased Linden farm, near Farnham,
from Mr.. Fl. NJ. Hutt.-Northern Neck
Nens.
The Suns Irvington, Va, CORES pom
dent reports "oysters selling at Is cents
a bushel, and drug at that" Is it over
production of oysters or scarcity of mo-
ney to buy them that causes the low
price?
The Board of Control and Review will
meet on Monday, the 9TH of December,
proximo. for the purpose of finally re-
viewing schedules of mortgages for pur-
pose of taxing same under the new as
sessment law.
A sensible mother says she means to
give her daughter, who has just gradua-
ted from college, n course in bakeology,
boiiology, roastology, stichology and
mendology before she will consider her
education finished.-Ex.
Justice 10. F. Morgan Monday last,
issued q warrant for the arrest of Julia
Hanson and Nellie Holly, both colored,
charged with the larceny Of q turkey
from Mr.. Charles p. Abel. They are to
have hearing Saturday.
Joseph Smith, first mate of the steam.
er Essex, of the Weems Line, was before
Commissioner Rogers Saturday on the
charge of beating James Adair, one OF
the colored deck hands on the steamer
He was released on his own recogni
zance for O hearing Wednesday.-Sun
The marriage of Miss Hattie Beale
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A
Reeder, to Mr.. James E. Burroughs ID
announced to take place the second OF
December, at half-past five o'clock, in
st. Johns p. z. Church, West Washing.
ton, d. c.
A discussion of how to make Mary
land biscuit is now going the rounds Of
the press. Sc. Mary's il the home of the
Maryland busicuit and foreigners want.
ing the delicacy in its "surenoughness''
should get the recipe from some of our