Saint Mary's beacon., 1899-12-14
saint AIaru's Beacon
COUNTY NEWS.
LncaIwise and (ltherwIse.

bafFei anu IL many neighboahoode 4
very scarce.
Miss Della Maddox. OF Washington. Il
visiting her sister, Mrs. Joseph II. Key
IT .Tudor Hall~
Il rAined Tuesday morning last and Ia
consequence there were few out-of.town
folks IN the village.
Mr. r. @. Morgan. Leonardtown, has
improved his residence By the addition
Of an iron front fence.
II i said that the Hessian Nv i unusu-
ally numerous this fall. and win likely
prove very destructive.
Chdstmas il hut eleven days or. Get
ready for Il, and DO not put on your
shopping unfil Christmas Eve.
Mr. Enoch II. Abel Is improving his
property. near she Conra House. By the
erection Of new lines of paIings
Call On our advertisers and rive them
. show to sell you your Christmas sup
plies They viii treat you right.
According 10 the Almanac, Winter be-
gins December 81. According 10 the ac-
tuaI fact, ID has no fixed time to begin.
Mrs VIM. +. Abell, Of St. Johns.
who. for sometime rass. has been quite
sick, Is. we are pleased to hear, much
improved.
Saturday morning last, there was .
skim Of ice over the baY at Leonartltown
wharf, but the Monday following was 8
Spring-like day.
The first 1900 Almanac to reach rs il
the neat, compact aud coinplete Phila-
delphia Record Almanac. II il a credit
to the great paper that issues IL.
So far as reported the largest jock in
St. Mary's, this year, was raised by Miss
Eta Burroughs, Chaptico. II was 90
months ole and dressed $50 pounds.
They have had snow In Western Ma
ryland, but We have had none here vet.
We are delighted TO be behind Western
Maryland in this particular st least.
There will be Farmers Institute held
in Leonardtown, Friday, January 12,
1900. We hope that 1t will be well at
tended and will be beneficial to our far
mers.
Rev. James L. Smiley has written us
another letter and we we're delighted to
hear from him. II is published in anoth-
or column. We hope that he will soon
write again.
There will be service at st. Peters
church, Leonaritown, next Sunday, the
17th, instant, at II o'clock, a. m. Holy
Communion. No service at St. An
drew's church at that day.
Mr.. Loker's Store, Leonardtown, has
been improved by q handsome and -.
tractiye sign. The signs painted by Mr..
House have added very much to the bus
iness appearance of the town.
We are told that q bagged red fox Is
TO be turned loose. on Chaptico marsh
Wednesday. Wehope that Reynard will
be given fair show and that some of
our friends will write US an account of the
chase.
On and after Saturday, Decembe. Esd,
instant, the Winter Schedule of the
Weens' Line Steamers, Potosaac route,
viii go into effect. The ,Patuxent route
schedule goes into effect Christmas day.
See advertisements.
The death of William +. Hall. ir.. a
worthy young colored man, IL reported.
he died al his parents home near Nor
ganza, Sunday, December 8, 1890. He
was good man, and had the respect Of
all who knew him.
Monday night last, the st. Mary's
Reading Room and Debating Society
had an animated discussion over the
Corrupt Practices Act" The Society
determined by vote or to that such
an Act was necessary.
In common with nearly everything
else, white paper has advanced in price
nearly cent pound. This makes our
bills for paper much larger and we trust
that during the coming year cur patrons
viii help Us out by being punctual with
their subscriptions.
Rev. Father jenkins Is preparing 10
have the roof OF st. Aloysius' Church,
Leonardtown. raised and reshingled.
How many shingles win you givey II
every member OF the congregation would
contribute his or her share, there would
be shingles 10 spare.
Friday last, the body OF white man
came ashore at Newtown, Britton's Bay,
aud was buried by Mr.. George H. Payne.
The mans nose seemed to have been
mashed and there yss . cut on the neck.
An unmarked handkerchief was tied
around the mans neck. and, but for IL,
the body was perfectly nude.
The Commissioners Court was in ses.
sion Tuesday last. Commissioner elect
John Gray Hopkins Lilburn took the
oath of Office aud entered upon the dis.
charge of his duties The Court reor.
ganized by electing John T. Ballenger
president, Derby A. Lynch, clerk, and
determined to do without messenger
The Commissioners Court at its Tues
days meeting poftponed consideration
of the road accounts Of supervisors
The accounts, thus deferred. were: Ac
counts Of George A. Thomas, Jane,
Jourdan, w. G. Smith, James III. Gordon
]. T. Pilkerton. James v. Price, Georg,