Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-05-25


and friends
A beautiful assortment OF neck wea,
the latest-just received at +. o. Nor.
CANS, Leonardtown.
The Charlotte Hall Cadets and the
NJ. A. G. base ball cl0b will cross bats a,
La Plata, June 3rd, proximo.
Note the change OF schedule OF the
Weems' Line Steamers. The new ar
rangement will go into effect MAY 3Oth.
instant.
Mr.. B. Harris Camalier will make the
annual address to the Washington and
stonewall Literary Society of Charlotte
Hall on the 27th of June.
At last report. Mr.. r. H. Gamers colt.
Happy Russell" jr., had made his mile
in 2:4O Doubtlessly, by this writing
the time has been further reduced.
Notice the new advertisement Of N.
L. MiIlison. Leonardtown. Mr.. Millison
wants everybody to know that he Is
headquarters for bargains and he uti-
lizes printers ink 70 tell them so.
In the report of the recent dance at
Moore's Hotel our correspondent mad
vertently omitted from the list of those
present the name of Miss Lena Lambdin.
The County Commissioners OF Charles
county, who were convicted Of malfea-
sance in Office for levying wrongfully
money for ID. |. Bragunier, have asked
for new trial.
Daniel @. Hammett, Esqr., left to-day
for Baltimore to attend the sale in that
city Of the leasehold property of the late
J. S. b Hammett. Mr.. Hammett will
return about the first Of next week.
The Board of Supervisors of Elections
is expected to meet in Leonardtown next
Monday, May Goth, instant, to make APP
pointments of Judges of Election who
are to act as Registers of Voters.
Mr.. George Cough, son of the late
Wilfred Cough, has taken a position in
the store and hotel of Capt. Lawrence
and will be glad to have a call from his
friends and the people generally.
The Charlotte Hall base ball club de-
feated the Chaptico nine by a score of
"a to 2. The game was played on the
Academy grounds. A return game will
be played at Chaptico next Monday.
The Trustees of the st. Mary's Female
Seminary met in Leonardtown Tuesday
last. Resolutions of respect to the mem
DRY of the late James +. Abel were
adopted and routine business transacted
Last week, Mr.. James Cooper, OF
"Beaver Dams" killed a black snake
which measured six feet, four inches in
length and piece of the reptiles tail
had been broken off before Mr.. Cooper
killed it.
Tuesday last, Judge Henry @. Adams,
sold az Mortgages sale the lands of the
late Laura L. Carroll located in the 9th
District and containing lis acres. Mr..
+. Clarence Burroughs was the purchas-
er at $65O25.
Stacks of new goods just received at
+. O. Morgan's Leonardtown, and prices
very low. A speciality this season with
Mr.. Morgan is gentlemen's silk bosom
shirts in all colors. They are beautiful
and range in price from IS cts. to 81 90
The Grand and Petit Juries of the
March Term 1899 have been called in
special session by His Honor Judge
Crane IN diSpnco amoo.r nthar caaao al
the charge against John Stewart, color
ed, now confined in the county Jail. Sec
the order elsewhere published.
fla young lady wants anything in the
millinery line, she can find the latest by
calling on Miss Ida Abel, LeOnardtown
next door to +. o Morgan's store. Mis-:
Ida has just received from New York
imported-a beautiful assortment Of
Hamburgs, laces, &c, which she is sell
ing cheaper than the Same goods ha.
ever been sold in Leonardtown.
Sunday last. Constable Zach S. Grave.
brought to Leonardtown and lodged in
Jail on warrant of Justice Henry G
Adams, John Stewart, colored, charged
with felonious assault upon Mary Z
Sewell, also colored. The Sewell gir
is about twelve or thirteen years old
The magistrate committed Stewart with
out bail.
At about 0 o'clock, p. m. Tuesday, o.
last week, lightning struck and burned
the barn of Mr.. Chapman Burroughs
near Mechanicsville The bolt seemed
to pass through the barn igniting thu
dry tobacco as 1t passed. There wa!
about three hogsheads of tobacco in thu
barn of which about 800 pounds were
stripped. A horse belonging to Hillary
Harris, colored. tenant of Mr.. Bur
roughs, was burned with the barn.
Mr.. F. o. Morgan, of Leonardtown
has just received large and well select
ed stock of ready-made clothing in mems
youths, boys and children's. Men,
suit. IS from sizes 81 to SO. Youths, az,
ID to 10. Boys and childs' suits in knee
pants, from q to 10. They are yer,
cheap considering quality, style, &c
MIR. Morgan is undoubtedly headquar
tiers for ready-made clothing. and to b
convinced of this fact 1t is only necessa
~ to call and examine his stock.
Eankrurtcv Law.