Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-26
Saint lIarg'S Bsacol.
COUNTY NEWS.


At the celored festival at Sacred Heart
Tuesday last the receipts we're $751; &c.
J. I. Bailey, who has been making a
tour of the South, Is at home with his
father, Judge Bailey.
The fan advertised in last weeks BEA-
cos was found by Miss Jeanette Bronze
and has been returned to owner.
Mondays hailstorm destroyed fine
crops of tobacco belonging to Mr.. S. C..
Thompson and others OF the HOLLYWOOD
section.
Mondays Republican convention was
lamb like in its beginning but lion like
in its ending. There was fighting talk
bat no fight.
The Tournament advertised To take
place at Messrs. Reeves, Red House. Riy-
cr.road, August 3ist, has been indefinite
ly postponed.
Friend Wilson Bonds filly, mabel"
did rot win any of the races at the recent
Marlboro Fair. The company she tray
elcd with was too fast for her.
MFR. and Mrs. JAS ii. ConnauRhton
and daughter, and Miss lilly Heaton, of
baltimore, are spending August with
Mrs. r. NJ. Petit, of Piney Point.
We have tried some of the -four made
10y DIR. +. +. Greenwell's new roller mill
and found it first class. II makes up in
To beautiful white bread and is of excel
lent flavor.
The storm OF Monday week blew down
barn on Mr. Wilfred Coughs Patuxent
farm. \ reaper and binder and other
farming implements in the barn at the
time were ruined
Miss Susette Bronze. daughter of our
esteemed fellow countian, J. Thomas
Bronze, received the first premium for
crayon drawing at the recent Marlboro
Fair. We tender our sincerest congrat-
ulatons
Mrs Bicknell, mother of the Rev. Mr..
Bicknell is on visit to her son, Leon
ardtown. Mrs. Bicknell, during her
short visit, has made hosts of friends.
We hope she and her son will long re-
main with US.
County Commissioner Arthur g. Combs
informs us that disease supposed to be
blind staggers is killing horses in the
Second district. Mr. Henry Adams has
lost one horse and William Biscoe, colo
red, of 'Cherryfields," has lost two.
Miss Ivey, representing the Washing
ton Needlework Emporium, is at Moore's
Hotel and has on hand fine line of art
needlework, infants outfits, &c, Call
and see her In addition to seeing ar
tistic work you will meet most pleas
ant young lady.
Mr.. w. S. Clarke and wife, of Wash
ington, last week, made the run from
Washington to Leonardtown, per BIZ
cycle in good time Mrs. Clarke, nee
Miss May Allston, is the first lady we
know of to wheel from Washington to
our town.
Mrs II. Duncan Burroughs and little
son, Dashields, of Cambridge, Dorchest-
er county, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
CharlesJ. Hunter, near All Faith church.
Mrs. Burroughs is an old resident of All
Faith neighborhood and her friends here
are glad to welcome her.
Major John J. Bradshaw, who has
bought home in the neighborhood of
Great Mills, is an artist of great merit
and his crayon portraits are true to life
and artistically finished. Wehope those
Of our people who desire portraits of
themselves or friends will patronize him.
Among the visitors and boarders at
Mrs. II. w. Mattingly's this summer are
Mr. and Mrs. ]. M. Ober and sons, Mr..
and Mrs. wyllis s. Clarke, and daught-
CIR, Miss Bessie and Master Eddie Lyon,
Mr. and Mrs Carey Justice, Mr.. and
Mrs. b. b. Connick and daughter, Miss
Eugenia Brown aud Miss May Kelley.
Saturday evening last as Mr.. John F.
Armsworthy, of the Second district, was
going down Town hill on his way home
from Leonardtown his horse stumbled
and was thrown from his buggy and sus-
tanned fracture of the large bone of
the right wrist. Mr.. Arnisworthy was
brought back TO Moore's Hotel and was
attended by DIR. Thomas Lynch.
\ severe storm passed over some Sec
tions of st. Mary's Friday last and did
considerable damage to property and
crops. Mr.. John q. III, Lilburn's corn
crop was shredded by the hail; a tree was
blown down on the house occupied by
John Jones, colored, In the st. Jerome's
section and the roof ofthe house mashed
in; several of fine growth Of shade trees
around the residence of Nicholas Bis
coe, colored, were uprooted and cool
err was turned bottom upwards, the posts
on which it rested, being pulled out Of
the ground, q large lot Of fencing was
swept away and about two acres of corn
destroyed.
Saturday last destructive hail storm
swept over the riverside farms in the
LOngworth Point section of the 9TH dis
trict and the Newtown Neck portion Of
the Bird district. The crops of tobacco
on Friendly Hail." Mrs. Palmer, and
Cherry Grove" Mr.. Sam1 Palmer's,
were utterly ruined; Dan'l Hogs crop