Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-02-23
Saint Maru's Beacon
COUNTY NEWS.
LocaIwIse and Otherwise.
..March cane II ne ! lamh.r

dangerously III az q New York Hotel.
Dir Joseph II. Key is out again. We
were much pleased to see him and 10
find him looking so well.
The Sun tanks n il likely that no
River and Hatbor bill viii be passed At
this session Of Congress
IL the coming uheat crop is q failure
II surely wont be attributed to the lack
Of snow fail during the winter.
II seems 70 be the general consensus
that our county roads are I'm worse con-
ditioE than they have been for years.
Send Us the news OF your sections and
help us to make the BRAooN what we
wish Il TO be-a newsY country paper.
The American people blame the Span
ish for taking pleasure in bull Eight,
and they themselves go wild over a coon
skiFmish.
Rev. Father Richiey will &c at Our
Lady's Chapel, Mediey's Neck. Monday,
March 9Th, instant. At a. IN. Mass at
0 o'clock
This Is the kind OF weather to be care
full Of your health. A sligh, cold nou is
dangerous thing. II You have one
dent neglect it.
Many people in Sc Aiary's have very
pleasant remembrances of Rev. Father
FiEaeg<n, and are very glad that he is
again stationed in our county.
William Smith, a eolored youth of
Cecil county, has been committed TO the
insane asylum 1T Cherry Hill. Smiths
insanity is due TO excessive smoking of
cigarettes.
Dir. William A Loker, of Leonard
town, il confined 10 his house by sick
ness, but We trust that he will soon '.he
himself again" and ont enjoying jokes
with his friends
At the present writing there is not a
single prisoner in Jail This is something
remarkable just before March Court.
We fear, however, that there will soon
be someone coming in
The steamers of the Weems' Line have
been making regular trips between Bal
timore and Leonardtown. The Poto-
mac made her frstthrough tripto Wash
ington "Wednesday.
We are told that there are twenty
three dead buzzards in the Sisters woods
near this town. The huzzards are on
theelee side of 2 log and are huddled
together AZ il for warmth. Il spresum-
ed that they did Of cold and staFtafirp
II your child has not been vaceinafed,
see To il thai il il done at once. There
il said TO be smallpox in some sections
Of the State Remember that ian ounce
of preventive is worth pound Of cure"
More people were in towp Tuesday
last than have been here for month
past They all comp aimed of the bad
travelling, but Thought that the good
weather would soon dry out the roads
We have been delighted to bear from
several of our friends in different sect
ions of the county that all the birds are
not yet dead DuJiag the storm they
were looked after and fed and their lives
preserved.
Mr. F. o. Morgan is selling choice
clover seed at city prices You will
save freight charges by dealing with
him. Mr. Powell. of Ridge, also deals
in clover seed and sells them as cheap as
thc cheapest
Mr.. Viyien Neaie writes Us that he
will travel a. usual for his different
houses and viii soon again be on the
road. He Is very thankful TO his friends
for past favors and trusts that they Will
continue To patronize him.
Mr.. Charles +. Graves reports that on
his place twelve paFtridges hare surviy
ed the blizzard. There were sixteen in
the covey, but four either died from Geld
or were caught by hawks. Mr. Graves
fed the birds during the snow.
The bridge near Morganza, which as
dangerous Fos travellers 10 pass over, was
Fixed BY Sheriff b. b Love, without
charge to the county. You can now Dsss
over the bridge without risking your
own or your horses life and limbs
Recently, Messrs. Charles Connolly
and Clyde Abel caught their second red
fox in steel trap. when they went TO
their trap they found that some "var-
mint hssd eaten one 81 the fox's legs
The trap was reset and q coon was
caught.
Monday last, there was coon fight In
town, and IL attracted q large audience
The coon didn't have fair show, for
there was three dogs on him. and every
time he wanted to breathe between
rounds somebody would kick him. The
coon was caught BY Mr. Sol Abel.
Attention Is called this week 20 the
advertisements Of Mr. Saul Levinscn
This advertiser il offering unusual in
ducements to buyers In bis line. and we
hespeak an early call upon him. as his
announcement shows be IL determined
- sell and Is selling At the very lowest
figures.
A prominent chapsico merchant Is
now often asked By bis friends who Is IL
that carries The ( ys 90 bis storey Re-
Gently, the merchant In question was
locked out Of bis store By d thief. We
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