Saint Mary's beacon., 1900-05-31
Saint Maru's Beacon
COUNTY NEWS.
Localwise and Otherwise.

LOCaIwise an0 UtnerHlso.
Did you notice the rainbow around
the sun during Mondays eclipses
Isabella Bennett. Of Ridge. has been
granted U. 8. pension Of IS per month.
Mr.. George ID. Duke, OF this district.
Is quite sick. We wish him speedy re-
covery.
We are indebted TO Mr. Daniel Combs
for our report Of Tuesdays County Con-
ventiOn.
The steamer Essex made q special trim
last Wednesday to bring fertilizer and
other freight to wharves along the Po-
tomac.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar G. Proctor and
children, OF Washington, ID. c., are WIS.,
iting the family Of Nr. William III. Jones,
this town.
The rains of last week were very ben
efcial to crops and many farmers are of
the opinion that they win be ethe making
OF the wheat.
We hope that Rev. Father Jenkins. 8.
j., will soon be restored to health. The
Reverend Father was unable to say but
one Mass last Sunday.
Harry Spalding, Esar.. has had new
boiler put in his mill at Hillville and Il
is now In thorough repair and one OF the
finest mill properties in the county.
The Commissioners Court was in ses-
sion Tuesday last, and among other bus
iness signed the levy. The county tax
rate was fixed at SO cents on the 800.
Prof. Neeley's kindergarten lessons
in Cuba on the art Of Republican gov
ernment must have simply dazzled the
Cubans with the beauty of the system.
Divine service at st. Andrews Church
on next Sunday. June 3rd, at 1890 a. m,
and st. Peters Leonardtown, at 4 D. m.
Rev. James d. Simmons will officiate.
Tuesdays Democratic convention
started out for all the world like some
recent republican performances. A col
ored friend remarked to us tha: IL was
"wusser."
Rev. John B. Williams will leave next
week for Washington, ID. c., and will be
succeeded by Rev. James ID. Simmons,
of Newark, N. j., as pastor of st. An
drew's parish.
On our first page we reprint circular
by Prof. ". G. johnson. of the Maryland
Agricultural College, suggesting how to
deal with the new insect pcst-the Green
Pea Louse.
At Tuesdays meeting the Commis-
sioners' Court elected DIR. Thomas Lynch
Health Office and Physician to the Jail.
1t was determined not to appoint Phys
ician to the Almshouse.
Mr.. Denis Noble, of the John Murphy
Company, was in Leonardtown Thurs
day last. Mr.. Noble is pleasant gen.
tleman and represents one Of the best
publishing houses in the Union.
Mr.. NJ. L. Millison, of Leonardtown,
is in Baltimore purchasing his Summer
stock OF goods. On his return he will
be pleased to see his friends and patrons.
He viii have many bargains to Offer
A ycarling belonging. to Mr.. Joseph
II. Key, Of Leonardtown, died last week.
Last Summer, the calf was bitten by a
supposed mad-dog, and its death is said
to have been accompanied with all the
symptoms of hydrophobia.
All grandsires are proud of their
grandchildren, but it is seldomthat they
have SO much to be proud of as our friend
MIR. Thomas A. Reeder, of Mechanics
vile, who has six and a-half months
old grandchild weighing % pounds.
DR.. Charles V. Hayden, jr., has been
appointed Clinical Instructor in the
Baltimore Medical College, School OF
Dentistry. This is very high compli-
ment for our young friend, and shows
the estimation in which his college holds
him.
At Tuesdays meeting of the Commis-
sioner's Court, the President of the
Board, Mr. John T. Ballenger gave notice
"that heretofore the county had been
run in the interest of office-holders but
hereafter il would be run in the interest
of thetaxpayers."
Tuesday last while going down the
blacksmith's shop hill. near Leonard
town, Mr.. Tom Abell's horse ran of and
Mr.. Abel was thrown cut of the buggy,
receiving painful scalp wound and
some severe scratches on his face. DIR.
Miles dressed the wound.
The lecture at st. Joseph's church,
Sunday last. by the Rev. Father McQuil-
Ian, s. j., was largely attended nearly
500 people being present. The pictures
representing scenes in the life of Christ
were excellent and the Reverend Faith
ers descriptions were very eloquent.
The following numbers drew the re-
ligious pictures offered as prizes at the
lecture given in st. Joseph's church, May
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