Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-07-06
Saint Maru's Beacon
COUNTY NEWS.


$4,000.
Mrs. Mary Jane Moore and grandson
Master Herbert Moore, are visiting in
LeonaEdtown.
Wheat threshers report that the Weld
throughout the county will hardly be IN
TO the average.
Mr. Alexander II. King, of Savannah,
is on a visit TO his brother Francis V.
King, Of Leonardtown.
st. Mary's county's share OF the Free
School Fund payable on and after July
18th, instant, is $1,0s7 II.
"BaiIeY's Rest" and '.willowborough''
will be sold at public auction next Tues.
day, July II. These two farms are good
ones. See advertisements.
Rev. Charles K. jenkins, s. J.. accom-.
panied by Rev. Father Spalding, s. j.,
paid visit to st. Inigo's Monday last.
Miss 4. Summers and Mrs. Panchie
Cotton and sons, Of Washington ID. c.,
are guests of Moore's Hotel, Leonard
town.
Leonardtown was almost deserted on
the Fourth, many of its citizens having
gone TO attend celebrations at other
points.
Misses May, Lillian and Corinne
Cough are visiting their uncle and aunt,
&r. and Mrs. Charles Abel, at "Pla-
ccntia .
Mrs. Rosa Combs and daughters, Mrs.
w. B. Burch and Miss Nancy Combs, are
visiting the family of Mr.. Jas. j. Green
well, at Hunters Retreat"
The Republican primaries are called
for Saturday, July 18th, instant. II is
said that another primary will be called
to nominate county ticket.
The Sun, of Tuesday, reports the is
suing of U. S. pension to Mamie l..
Brown, of Red Gate for SIC per month
on account of the war with Spain
The thirty.second annual meeting CT
the Maryland State Teachers Associa-
ton will be held at Ocean City, July II j.,
l2, ID. st. Mary's will be well repre-
scented.
Fish are reported to be biting well
and our local anglers are having good
luck. Eessrs. Daniel Combs and "Dicky"
Raley, thus far, are ahead on the num-
Der caught.
Dir. James Furgerson, of Hollywood,
reports that there are several mad dogs
in his neighborhood and that there is
considerable excitement in the section
on that account.
Mrs. Captain G. j. Drew, OF Washing
ton, is on a yisi; to her sister. Mrs. w.
ID. Henry, at Peterborough" and Mr..
Charles Fraser, a nephew of Mrs. Henry,
is also visiting her.
There viii be Dinner and Supper at
Sacred Heart on Wednesday, August
9th. All the delicacies of the season
will be provided. The Fancy Table win
offer many attractions.
Lewis Deveaux well known to older
residents in Leonardtown, Gied at his
home in Patuxent district last Tuesday.
Mr.. Deveaux lived in Leonardtown fer
years and was jailor and bailiff here.
The kissing bug" has made its APP
pearance in Leonardtown and as a result
of its osculatory performances John
Washington and Emma Hanson, both
colored, are suffering from badly swollen
faces.
July end, instant, Henry Wood was
committed to Jail, for further hearing,
on warrant of Justice 10. F. Morgan
charged with maliciously setting fire to
two ricks of straw the property of J..
Philip Greenwich. Constable Joseph NJ.
Mattingly arrested Wood. Prisoner was
held for the Grand Jury.
Judging from all late reports there is
no ground for the impression that Mr..
Joseph II. Ching, of this town. is or was
in danger of losing his place in the gov
eminent service. Mr.. Mudd attended to
the matter and Mr. Ching will continue
TO do business at the same old stand.
Wednesday last, Miss Madge Green
well and DIR. f. F. Greenwich and wife
and daughter returned from Baltimore
per steamer. Potomac. Mrs. Greenwich
had been ON a visit to her parents in
Cumberland and on her return 70 St.
Mary's was accompanied by her sister
Miss Loretta Linehan.
Thursday morning last about 2 o'clock,
a double rick of straw at Mr.. j. Philip
Greenwell's Stones wharf property was
destroyed by fire. The straw was within
about fifteen feet of the barn and it is
remarkable that the barn was not also
burned. 772 bushels of wheat had been
threshed from the straw.
The st James Hotel, Charles and Gen.
tire Streets, Baltimore, caught fire Mon
day afternoon and general alarm was
sounded. The damage was fortunately
confined to the top floor of the hotel and
no lives were lost. We notice ameng
the guests at the st. James at the time
the name of our former townsman, w. /.
Dawkins, Esqr.
Charles Yorkshire, colored, of Nor
ganza, hac his neck accidentally broken
on the afternoon of Thursday of last
week. Yorkshire had started game of
quoiis and while engaged in = playful
wrestle with Parran Rustin. also color
cd, was thrown, and his neck broken by