Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-07-27
saint Maru's Beacon,
COUNTY NEWS.
LocalwIse and Otherwise.

pound Of tobacco IN Sc. Marys
Mrs. John II. Leach, Of Baltimore
CITY. is visiting friends in st. Msry's.
Miss Berthe Burroughs, Of Mechanics
vile. Is visiting Mrs. A. Kingsley Love.
Leonardlown.
On county taxes paid on or before
Monday next, July 3isi. discount Of 8
per cent is allowed
We are unable to make room In this
issue for several fayors Of correspon-
dents and other mentions.
Mrs. Jokn n. Lloyd, and Miss Nellie
Lloyd, Of Savannah, Georgia. are at Mr.
Joseph A. Dilsow's, Leonardtown.
Mr. Stanley Harrison and his sister,
Miss Matte Harrison, Of Charlotte Hall.
are visiting friends in Leonsrdtown.
Miss Maud GoIdsborough, Of Balti-
more, is visiting her father and friends
at Hickory Hills" near Leonardtown.
Come out Saturday next, attend the
Democratic primaries and see that prop
er delegates are sent to the county con-
vention.
Tuesday next, August |. pToximo. is
the day set for the sale Of Mrs Mary G.
Raley's personal property. See adyer-
tisement.
Mrs. Mary Gibbons. Mrs. jamie Glib
bons and Miss Mamie Farran, of Wash
ington City, are visiting Mrs. John T.
johnson, Rose Bank" Britton's Neck.
Miss Ethel Calvert. Miss yalinda Hol-
mead and Master John Holmead, all of
Washington, are visiting Mr.. G. Wesley
Sanner AT "The Warehouse" near Great
Mills.
The Mt Zion Sunday School will hold
their annual picnic in the grove adioin-
ing the church on Thursday, July eth,
1899. II stormy the picnic viii be held
on Friday.
There will be preaching every Sunday
morning at Bethel at 1890 a. m: at Me-
Gainesville, every Sunday afternoon at
Up. m. and at Benedict every Sunday
night at s p. m.
We have received an order to adyer-
tise a colored tournament at Red Gate,
near Messrs. Norris & Readmond's store,
but our correspondent neglected to give
Us the date for IT,
At Mondays meeting of the st. Marys
Reading Room and Debating Society,
the Australian ballot law was discussed
and the society voted unanimously that
it ought TO be abolished.
Tuesday last. Mr.. George p. Loker, Of
LeonaTdtowB, bought at Tax Sale the
farms known as white Oak Hills and
wit and Folly situated in Patuxent
district. The amount bid was $75.
Miss BERTHE Chesser, OF st. Georges
Island, who is visiting the families of
Messrs. Q. Wesley Magill and Ellis III
Magill in the Cedar Point neighborhOod,
paid flying visit TO Leonardtown, Tues
day last.
Tuesday and Wednesday last were ex-
animation days for applicants for Teach
ers' certificates and for the Free Schol-
arships at st. Johns College Snd the
Western Maryland College. The num-
Der examined was greater than usual
Stacks of new goods just received at
#. o. Morgan's Leonardtown, and prices
very low. A specially this season with
Mr.. Morgan is gentlemen's six bosom
shirts in all colors. They are beautiful,
and range in price from rs cts. to $3.50.
Monday last, Daniel C. Hammett, Ex-
ecutor, sold at public auction the home
farm of the late James Clinton Bean for
$500. The farm contains ESQ acres and
is situated near Piney Point. Mr.. T.
b. Lewis, OF Baltimore, bought the farm
for Mr.. Henry S. Beale.
Mr.. Joseph Ii. Ching's dog ran amuck
in Leonardtown, Saturday last and bit a
calf belonging to Mr.. Jos. II. Key aud
Mr.. NJ. L. Millison's COW. Many thought
the dog was mad, but Mr. Ching's family
think that the animal was poisoned. 1t
died Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. p. ii. Dorsey, jr., has failed to Sc
cure reappointment as teacher at Ma
ryland Springs School. Leona-dtown
district, and Mr.. Lewis G. Thompson
has been elected teacher. We are in
formed that Mr.. Dorsey's removal is
deeply resented by majority of the pa
trdns of the schooI
We invite the especial attention of
parents having daughters TO educate to
the advertisement of Gay Hill" school
published in another column. The prin-
cipal is Mrs. Z. 7. Briscoe, than whom
there is no more talented aud accom-
plished lady in Southern Maryland.
Parents who entrust their daughters to
her care will make no mistake.
On complaint of Garner b. Mahony,
colored. Justice George d. BohanEn is
sued warrant, July Ii, 1899, for the ar.
rest Of Nicholas Biscoe, colored, on this
charge of assault and battery. The war.
rent was Endorsed, Returned to VIM
ID. Henry, J. P. on July %, 1899 at
o'clock, p. m. John s. Jarboe." Tues
day. Biscoe was arraigued before Justice
Henry and after argument by counsel
the Justice determined that the writ was
defective and dismissed the accused.
Saturday last the Supervisors of Elec
lions met and completed the appoint
ment of election officials f1f the coming