Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-07-15
Losalviss and Otherwise.


ceIved Government pension.
Mrs. Charles L. Cough and her neice.
Miss Abel; are on visit. to Blooms
bury" this county.
DR.. Richard 4. Sutton, of Rome, N.
Y, is on a visit to st. Mary's. DIR. s. is
native of our county.
The Orphans and Commissioners
Courts were In session Tuesday and
transacted routine business.
Mrs. John ID. Thompson, OF Baltimore.
is on a visit to her father-in-law, Mr.. J.
ID. Thompson, near Lconardtown.
The Democratic Judicial Convention
Of this Circuit will be held at La Plata,
Charles county, August 23rd, 1897.
We have received the Grafton of Mr..
Stanley Harrison delivered at the late
Charlotte Hall commencement We will
print it later on.
Mr.. T. Edward Loker, OF Mulberry
Fields, Tuesday last presented US with
the finest specimen of Irish potatoes we
have seen this year
Monday last, while engaged in shoe
ing Mr.. w. ii. Jones horse, Mr.. Will
liam VI. While was kicked on the head
and painful scalp wound inflicted.
The Leonardtown postofIice will be
moved from the old stand at the Brown
Store to-day, Thursday The post
office is to be kept at Lawrcnce's Store
NJ. Jos. f. Mattingly, of Laurel Grove,
made forty bushels of wheat from one
of seed. How is this yield for forest
land: Few riverside farms can equal it.
Last week Mr.. A. r. Fenwick's black
horse died at Chaptico. II is thought
collie was the cause of death. On same
day Mr.. VIM. a. Loker lost good horse
named Mack.
The yacht Daisey, Capt. John Sotho-
ron, was in Leonardtown harbor Tues
day last. Capt. Sothoron was accom-
panied by Messrs. Lyal DeLeon, Louis
Eckert and John Peyton.
DIR. +. +. Greenwell and wife have re-
turned from their recent trip to Cumber-
land. On their return to the county
they were accompanied by their sister
Miss Genevieve Linchan.
The present month will be the coolest
July ever witnessed says weather prophet
DeVoe, of Hackensack. II the past if
teen days are samples we hardly think
we will have much sleighing.
Frederick GLADDEN., colored, of the
2nd district, who was struck over the
head and thought to be seriously in
Jured has continued to improve and it
is thought that he will soon be all right
again.
AS soon as the engine and boiler is
received DIR. F. +. Greenwelrs roller
mill near Leonardtown will be put into
operation. All the carpenter and ioiners
work on the mill was completed Monday
last.
Mr.. Robt. W. Guy, of Washington,
paid us brief visit Monday. Bob called
to settle his subscription and says that
while he has at present good situation
in the city, he still claims St. Nary's as
his home.
We invite especial attention to the
new advertisement of Mr.. +. o. Morgan,
Leonardtown. In his millinery depart
ment Mr.. Morgan is selling summer
goods at O per cent under cost price.
Read his al and give him a call
DIR. b. T. Wilson has left Leonard
town and gone to Mechanicsyille with
his show. The Doctor gave away a
handsome plated ice pitcher at his Fri
days entertainment, Mr.. JEFF Tennison,
OF st. Clements, being tae fortunate re.
cipient.
Among the recent visitors to Leon.
'ardtown we note: Mrs. w. A. Fenwick
Miss Nellie Fenwick, Mr.. Albert Fen.
wick, ir., Miss Mabel and Mr.. Harry
Jones, Mrs. Spielman, Mr. ]. o. Neal
and family, Miss Annie NJ. Melton. Miss
Alice Lovejoy, Mr.. II. C. Dent.
Sunday last, NJ. Thos. II. Fowler, OF
Mechanicsville, lost a valuable horse
named Schneider. Collie is thought tC
have been the cause of death. Al horse
belonging to Mr.. g.. ID. Carpenter. OF
Budd's Greek, also died about same
time, presumably from the grub worm
A man in Virginia, rode forty miles &c