Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-04-20
saint Maru's Beacon
COUNTY NEWS.


LDcaIWise and Otherwise.
Spring fever viii soon make iss Sd.
pearance.
The roads are drying out and travel.
ing is improving.
There was special meeting Of the
Orphaas' Court on Tuesday.
The Board of School Commissioner
will meet to-day Thursday. See no.
tice.
1t Is now time for snipe shooting but
we have not yet heard of many being
killed
Dom. fail to attend the Dramatic In
tertainment at the Hall, Leonardtown,
Friday night next.
Notice the new advertisement of A.
Lawrence in another column. The Can.
tain is selling cheap.
Thanks TO the mild weather of the
past week considerable farming aud gar
dening has been done.
The total vote registered in Baltimore
city for the Spring election is 123, 800. OF
which 1881 are colored.
There is but one bad place on the mail
road from Mechanicsyille to Leonard
town that needs repairing.
DIR. l. Z. Payne, dentist, will be ut
Charlotte Hall, on Monday, Gath, instant,
to attend to professional calls.
In some portions of the county the
rain OF Sunday morning last was accom-
panied by quite heavy fall of hail.
The Baltimore City Municipal cleo
ton will take place on Tuesday, May 2,
proximo. The contest is q warm one.
Recently Washington commission
merchant sold for account of Mr.. A. T..
While, Oakley. a calf that netted s96i.
If you planted q tree ON Arbor Day,
April 14th, instant, do not neglect il but
protect it with box and look after il.
The st. Mary's County Teachers AS
ISOLATION will meet Friday next, the 81
instant. II is hoped that all the teachers
will attend.
Farmers are very busy blowing and
wheat in many sections IL looking re.
markably well, with every indication of
large yield.
Be sure to attend the Minstrel Show
to be given at the Factory Hall, Friday
evening. The young men will give you
good show.
For the want of space we were OBJ
liged to leave on: several favors of our
correspondents. They will appear i'm
our next issue.
Our Mr.. King is in Baltimore in at
tendance upon Is meeting OF the Exc
cutive Committee of the Democratic
Editors Association.
Corn, potatoes and other plants are
said TO thrive better when planted in
rows from north to south. They obtain
more uniform light.
The oyster season, COW closing. has
not been aproftable one. The oysters
were scarce and weather too rough while
prices were remunerative.
If young lady wants pair of beau
tiful made-to-order Oxford ties in black
or tan, she will find them at F. o. Nor
gan's store. Leonardtown.
Look next week for the new adver-
tisement of Frank Libbey & Co Lumber
Merchants, Washington, d. c. Il will
pay you to deal with them.
Miss Ida Abel, of Leonardtown, has
just returned from Baltimore with new
stock of Millinery, Dress Goods and
Notions. Give her q call
Mr.. Saul Levinson requests us to say
to our readers that he has just received
full supply of superior spectacles and
eyeglasses. Give him a cali.
On our first page we print the State
ment of the Fidelity and Deposit Com
pany of Maryland together " it'll q sketch
of its founder-Hon. Edwin Warfield.
Mr.. George Reeves, of Virginia. has
been home for short visit TO his moth
er, Mrs. ] II t. Reeves, of Charlotte
Hall. Mrs. Reeves, we regret to hear,
lis quite sick.
The wheat crops on the Leonardtown-
Mechanicsville mail road look much
better than those along the line of Pope's
Greek railroad in Charles. and Prince
Georges counties.
A. Kingsley Love, Esqr, is reported
to have bought of Capt A. A. Lawrence
the front half of the lot adjoining the
Episcopal Church, this town. The con-
sideration is said to have been 5000.
Wednesday last gave US the first taste
OF genuine spring weather of the season
The sunshine was warm and genial and
the contrast to the long and tedious
spell of wintry winds and storms made
life well worth living
Recently. John B Abel, Commission
Merchant, Washington, d. c., made the
following good sales: ] J. Farr. Mad.
dox, % chicks for so 81; A. E Guy,
Clements, % chicks for $40 90 and L. T,
Graves, Leonardtown, "a hens for $l1.2f
+. o. Morgan, Leonardtown. is selling
everything in the way of Spring goods
clothing a specialty-at little less
than first cost. Mr.. Morgan is an up-to-