Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-03-02
Saint Maru's Beacon
LocaIwIse and Otherwise.


March came In like lamb"
The Commissioners Conrs win mee
Tuesday, March isth. proximo.
Rudyard Kipling. the Noted author i,
dangerously Ill a New York Hotel
Dir. Joseph II. Key Is out again. w.
were much pleased 70 see him and 4
find him looking so well.
The SKA thinks 1t Is likely thai M
fiver and Harhor bill will be passed !,
this session OF Congress.
II the coming wheat crop Is q failure
i surely wont be attributed to the lack
Of snow fall during the winter.
i seems 80 be the general consensus
that our county roads are in worse con.
dition than they have been for years.
Send as the news Of your sections and
help Us To make the BRAcox 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 cooa
skirmssh,
Rev. Father Richley will be 1t Our
Lady's Gaapel, Medley's Neck, Monday.
March 9th. instant. at a. m. Mass at
o'clock.
This Is the kind Of weather to be care
ful Of your health. A slight cold nos Il
a dangerous thing. II you have one
den't neglect it.
Many people in St Mary's have very
pleasant remembrances OF Rev. Father
Finneg-n, and are very glad that he ID
agaie stationed in onr county.
William Smith, colored youth OF
Cecil county, has been committed to the
insane asylum at Cherry Hill. Smiths
insanity is due to excessive smoking Of
= cigarettes.
Mr.. William A. Loker, of Leonard
town. is confined to his house by sick
ness, but We trust that he will soon "be
himself again" and out enjoying jokes
with his friends
AT the present writing there is not q
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 first through trip to Wash
ington Wednesday.
We are told that there are twenty
three dead buzzards Ia the Sisters woods
near this town. The buzzards are on
the Ice side of log and are huddled
together as If for warmth. Il is presum-
ed that they died of cold and starvation
II your child has not been vaccinated,
aeeto il that it Is done at once. There
is said TO be smallpox In some sections
Of the State Remepber that IN ounce
Of preventive Is woa h pound OF cure"
More people WERE in towr Tuesday
last than have been here for month
past They all complained of the bad
travelling, but thought that the good
weather would soon dry ont the roads.
We have been delighted TO hear from
several of our friends in different sect
ions Of the county thai all the birds are
not yet dead. During 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., Vivien Neale writes US that be
viii travel as usual for his different
houses and viii soon again be on the
road. He is verv thankful 20 his friends
for past favOrs and trust that they will
continue to patFonize him
Mr. Charles F. Graves reports that osl
his place twelve partridges have surviv-
ed the blizzard. There were sixteen in
the covey, but four either died from cold
or were caught by hawks. Mr.. Graves
fed the birds during the snow.
The bridge near Morganza, which y as
dangerous for travellers to pass over. was
fixed by Sheriff B. B Love, without
charge TO the county You can nov pass
over the bridge without Fi-kisg your
own or your horses, life and iimhs-
Recently. Messrs. Charles Connolly
and Clyde AbeIF caught their second red
fox in steel trap. When they went 20
their trap they found that some 'svar-
mint" had eaten one ~ the Sox's legs
The trap was reset ard coon w2s
caught.
Monday last there Was . coos Aghs in
town. and Il attracted > Iarxs audienes
The coon dfds't have fair sbow. for
there vas three dogs % him. and every
time he wanted 70 bFesshe bstwesn
rounds somebody wsuld kick ksas. The
coon was eaaxht BY Mr. Sol AsslI.
Attention : called tsis week 70 sc
advertisements 81 Mr. ssas LsviBson.
This advertiser i Offering usssssI To-
dueemeats 70 ssyeFs IN bis Iise. and we
brsPesk an early csEI apon hfa. - BIS
announcement shows he i determsned
= eel aad = selling IS the very Iowsss
figures.
A prominess chaptseo merchant -