Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-12-13
Localwlse and Otherwiss.

Tuesday last Tor business trip TO the
city.
The exports OF lumber from Baltimore
exceed those from New York or Phila-
delphia.
Miss Lucille Camalier, OF Leonard.
town. is visiting friends and relatives in
Washington.
Monday last, Francis Guy. OF Stones
Wharf, lost horse from the prevailing
horse disease.
Presence of mind Is all right, but the
Christmas present Is the thing to have
convenient just now.
Miss Madge Greenwich and brother.
William +. GreenN ell, of Leonardtown,
are on visit to the city.
Miss Matte Harrison, of Charlotte
Hall, is visiting the family Of Mr. T. Lee
Mattingly at "Buena Vista"
Lieut.. Edward Bostick and Francis
Dent and wife have taken rooms at
Wise's Hotel for the Winter.
We are now enjoying an instalment
of bright wintry weather. The storms
will no doubt come by aud by.
Now Is the time to see TO Il that you
have q good woodpile on hand When
the Winter comes you will need It.
AS matter of course there will now
be some lively debates on the subject of
the rebuildir g of the Court House.
Rev. William Brayshaw will give SER
vice at st. Peters Chapel on Sunday,
December 10Th instant, at $3.50, p m.
The mill site at 81. Clements Bay was
sold at public auction Tuesday las. r.
II. Garner was the purchaser for $3.50.
The Baltimore papers report the APP
pOintment of Edgar Collision as deputy
commander of the Oyster Police Force.
DR.. L. E. Payne, dentist, will be at his
Office at Mechanicsville on Wednesday
the 10th, instant, to attend to profession.
al calls.
John V. Camalier, of Washington,
paid a flying visit to his old home this
week. His many friends were delighted
to see him.
The Evening Nees, of the 9Th instant,
reports that B. F. Springer has been
appointed postmaster ut Drayden, vice
]. w. Dent. removed"
John Wheatley, of st. Georges Island,
died Thursday last and was buried FRI
day. He was good man, kind hearted
and generous, and beliked by all who
knew him.
A state exchange says: Pokeris the
favorite game among the heightened fish
Of this camp" Il often catches the
plain, common, everyday sucker as well.
Denver Post.
The b. +. Smith Company will soon
begin getting material on hand for work
on the Court House. Mr.. Smith in
formed us that he expected to begin re-
pairs in April next.
February 22nd aud 23rd, 1901, are the
dates fixed for the State Farmers Insti-
tute for st. Mary's county. We hope
that il will be well attended and will
prove of profit to our farmers.
James Clark, colored, was Tuesday
last, released from Jail on ha6eas corpus
by Associate Judge Crane, because JUS
tice Henry G. Adams had exceeded his
jurisdiction in trying and sentencing the
prisoner for larceny.
Sergeant J. r. Saunders, OF the Balti-
more City Police Force, has been visit
ing his relatives In the Great Mills Sec
tiOn of the county. During his two days
stay at his old home, Sergeant Saunders
killed % rabbits, SO partridges, IS squir-
rels and % robins.
We are indebted to Joseph +. Morgan,
Esqr., for the notes from which we pre-
pared the synopsis of the Knott robbery.
The report Is necessarily much abbrevi-
ated in order to Ct il to our space Mr..
Morgan's notes covered about 80 pages
OF closely written manuscript.
Some of our subscribers respond to
every appeal for the settlement of their
BEACON Indebtedness Other some for
get to respond. We ho7e this latter
class will gladden. our hearts about
Christmas. The amounts due will be
most acceptable Christras gifts.
So far as reported r. King Clarke. of
Patuxent, has killed the largest "jock"
in the county. Mr.. Clarke's pig tipped
the beam a. 434 pounds. Phil Pilkerton's
and Billy Wible's big ones are not In IL
with Mr.. Clarke's hog. The popularity
Of a 207 pound hog killed by J. B. Ad-
ans. of Drayden. was that it had 1--WE
toes on its right fore foot.
Wednesday, Of last week, Mary, oldest
child Of James and Mary slingluff Burch,
of Oakley, fell backwards into tub of
water prepared for scalding hogs and
was badly scalded on her back and
shoulders, Use water closing over her
arms. The child's face was also slightly
injured by the splashed water. DIR. Dent
Is attending the little sufferer and hopes
are entertained for her recovery.
B r. Smith, the architect who prepared
the plans for our new Court House, Is 9
practical worker. having started from
the bottom and gone to the top round oil
his profession. He has recently finished
Court House for Westmoreland. and
has now on hand buildings for North