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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-15

A telegram was received Monday
forenoon announcing the death that
morning at O'Clock at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Mirge Brown at
Delta, Colorado, of Mrs. "A. Jordan.
who for many years was resident of
this city, being the mother Of Mrs. r. j.
Critchfeld of Weldon. The remains
will arrive from Colorado this morning
and the funeral services held at 1870
O'Clock this afternoon at the NJ. E.
church.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-15
Watchl

Before you buy watch be sure to get
Kohler's prices.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-15
Friday and Saturday,
March p, and "a are
the dates for the spring
millinery opening at
Thompson & Warmers.

Amovement has been started to hold
q farmers auction sale in Leon every
Saturday afternoon, 80 that farmers who
have one or two head of stock, farm i'm
PIGMENTS or any kind Of property they
want to sell can put it up and have it
sold at auction without the expense of
holding sale. H. Il. Heldman, the
auctioneer, will cry the sales, the first
one being set for Saturday of this week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-15
Nominated a straight Republican Tow
Ticket.

Some Of the truly loyal republicans
conceived the idea yesterday that a
straight republican city ticket should be
nominated, SO they met at the court
house at o'clock and after selecting f.
Varga as chairman and j. N. Gates
secretary, proceeded to nominate the
following ticket:
Mayor-W. j. Sullivan.
Clerk-C. w. Beck.
ASSESSOR. j. Allen.
councilmen-- = Z. p .. d har9sn.
Treasurer. S. Arnold.
Two years ago an attempt to elect a
straight partisan republican city ticket
was made and it was defeated by a good
majority, for no other rerson than the
fact that the people of Leon do not be-
lieve in partisan city elections.
A non-partisan convention was called
to meet at the court house last night to
nominate non-partisan ticket, but as
we 60 to press Wednesday evening the
result cannot be announced in this issue
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-15

Gladys E., the sixteen months old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lyss Jenkins
died yesterday morning after short
illness. The funeral will be held from
tha home this affernoon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-15
Koh'er the jeweler.

ODon't forget the date of The Beggar
Prince Go,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-15

Victor Bedier who went to Kellerton
couple of weeks ago to engage in the
drug business met with serious acci-
dent last Friday. He was being inita.
ted into the lodge of Modern Woodmen,
and while engaged in friendly scuffie
slipped and fell, breaking his leg just
above the ankle. Vic is in hard luck.
He served two years with the 5lst Iowa
in the PHILIPPINES and made the trip
around the world without accident.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-15

We are showing an unusually fine line
of lace and sash curtains, embracing all
the latest novelties. and prices will sur.
prise you, THOMPSON & WARNER.
+
The ladies of Leon and Decatur coun-
ty are most cordially invited to attend
Mrs. Lucy Rays grand spring millinery
opening on Friday and Saturday March
90 and ~.
Want macintosh? They'll save cost
and more in the protection given health
and dress. The reliable sort start at
$2.s5 and we carry them as high as $500.
HURST Bros.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-15
Ladies' Spring Suits--New!

The of this department is very gratifying
The sales have been beyond expectation but suits
Monday and sizes filed again We show genuine
Man Tailored suits at 500 s. So $1,000, Sill SO and
up SIG 90 in the prevailing shades grays tans and
lures and in blacks and navy b1es Come and them
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-15
UnderSkirtS--New Ones!
SEATS NOW ON SALE.

Few ladies will make underskirts when they this
stock and hear the prices. They all made with the
75c ST. oC, .25 $3.50, 5000, $3.50 but you should
them
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-15
New w ash Goods!

For the benefit ladies who do their sewing early be-
fore weather sets n have opened the advance ship
ments of wash goods and showing unusually complete
ebroderes and ace and the percaes and gnghams
also display Drop when you and them whether
YOU are buying or not.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-15

Mrs. John s. Gardner left Tuesday
morning for Troy, Kansas, where her
brother Ray Downward was seriously
Injured in wreck, the train on which
he was employed as brakeman going
through bridge. His right hip was
broken and also his left leg between
The knee and ankle and he was other
WISE -iriured., Mr.. Downward is well
known by many Of our citizens and
was here on q visit only two or three
weeks ago. His many friends trust he
viii pull through all right.
The following marriage licenses have
been issued the past week.
Ernest +. Conway ~ to Sallie S. j.
Cooper %.
j. =. johnson % to Matte E, Caster
~.
Thomas Moore 35 to Retta Still 81.
Frank +. Warrington q to Mamie M,
Paris 90.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-15

/ Carpets and curtains are shown on
our second floor. Opened this week.
New portiers and lace curtains. We
sell shades and window trimmings and
everything of this sort. Be glad to show
Won and quote prices. HURST Bros. ID
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-15

Friday and Saturday March 90 and
"a will be the opening days at the
millinery emporium of Mrs. Lucy Ray
on the north side. She has purchased
the finest line she has ever handled and
all the new styles and shapes will be
shown including the famous Hobbs and
Mop hats in the new pastel and chiffon
shades.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-15
Y GU Take Pills?

Everybody does! But not every
one gets them as pure as
those who patronize our store.
Perhaps we are bit cranky"
about the purity of everything
we sell. Might make more money
if We substituted some harmless
substances for high priced drugs.
but az human life depends on the
quality of our preparations we
sell only the best.
sSss T. II I1INAI IN
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-15
PURELY Personal !.

Persons having friends visiting t hem or
knowing ofstrangers visiting in the city
will confer great favor upon the Editor
by informing him eitherin person or by
note
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-04-12
St. Jerome's Items
tReported for the Deacon.J

khepOfted Tor the BeacOnJ
The post Office recently established at
Mr.. J B. Wrightson's store, Wizards
Chapel Point, will prove great con-
yenience to the citizens of the Neck,
particularly during the winter season.
Mr.. Wrightson is an energetic man, and
congratulate him in consequence Of
his untiring efforts to get the Office
Emory established. Congressman
Mudd Of course rendered material aid
by using his influence with the Post
master General Nothing succeeds like
well directed effort.
Some sickness Of the influenza type
prevails despite the rcyiyifying innu-
encc of fresh air
Wheat continues to grow and it GER
tainly has healthy appearance.
The school Of the Neck Is progressing
well. Presumably the pupils enjoy a
healthy digestion. Is It not requisite ?
notice that II the digestion Is disturbed,
the action of the mind will be distracted
By those vague senfatious OF depression
aud discomfort which are inconsistent
with the harmonious interactlon Of the
powers Of the whole man, woman, boy
and girl which indispensable to good
memory.
Roads nothing TO brag Of get they
could be in worse condition.
The sudden death Of Mrs Frank Dun
bar, Of Tall Pine vicinity. was received
BY her friends and acquaintance with
much regret Formerly the Neck school
was under her charge and she was good
teacher May her precious soul rest in
peace NOODLE.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-04-12

one of the little things that helps
to make time slip by more quickly
while down in that hot southern
climate, it was he photograph
which was just then rendering one
Of the Marine Bands familiar pieces
for the benefit Of two Captains
wives and a Porto Rican lady.
Being anxious to see where the
cavalrymen and their horses stayed
we went below. aud what a sight.
On the first deck above water the
two hundred and odd horses had
been kept; the next deck below was
occupied by the soldiers, and to tell
the truth, one was about as bad as
the other, and in the lower holes
the commissary stores. ammunition
and equipments had been slowed.
While on board called to mind
the controversy that had Just taken
place in the y. s. Senate at Wash.
Ington in reference to the luxurious
fittings Of the Transport Summer
That has just been remodelled and
fitted up at enormous cost. Aud,
at the same time, like Mr.. Diggs,
Of New York, | compared her with
the Fitzpatrick and with others that
were in use during the Spanish.
American war, thinking that more
money might have been spent when
it was 80 badly needed to relieve
the suffering Of orr brave boys who
dropped everything at their ooun-
try's call and bordered those trans
ports to uphold their flag in for
eign country.
JOHN WILEY.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-04-12
Malice is blind mule kicking by
guess, and blind mules are plentiful.

Malice is blind mule kicking by
guess, and blind mules are plentiful.
The Republican Congressional Con-
vention for the Fifth District is to meet
at Hyattsville, May s, 1900, to nominate
candidate for Congress, Presidential
Elector, and member of the Board Of
Appeals of the Republican party of the
State of Maryland. The st. Mary's pri-
maries must soon be called to elect del
egates.
"A stereopticon entertainment show
ing the real pictures during the Spanish
American and Philippine War will be
given at Colton's Point Tuesday and
Wednesday evening April 18th and 18th
A dance will be given on the 18th after
the entertainment If raining on those
days there will be q postponement UNI
til the following nights.
According to the Sun Almarae
Spring arrived March 90, sh. 3sm. p. M.
She came much as usual with Winter
lingering in her lap As Josh Billings
would apostrophize her Hail butuous
virgin, 5000 years old and upwards, hale
and harty old gal, welcome to Maryland
and parts adjacent Git here speedily
with both feet and warm up things
There will be Divine Service in St.
Mary's Parish as follows: Trinity
Church, St. Mary's City, Good Friday,
II a. m. Morning Prayer Litany and
Sermon Easter Day, II a. M, Morning
Prayer, Sermon and Holy Communion;
Easter Monday, 10 a. M, Morning Pray
err: Election of Vestrymen. st. Mary's
Chapel-The Ridge.-Easter Day,3:3O p.
m, Evening Prayer and Sermon.
Mr. Josiah II. Hancock, Of Charlotte
Hall, has been given a position in the
State Tobacco Warehouse No /, where
he will be delighted to receive the to-
bacco Of his st. Mary's friends. Mr..
Hancock is a thorough tobacco man and
knows how to handle the weed His APP
pointment is move in the right direc
ton and we hope that appointments like
unto his will be fairly distributed
through the tobacco belt. Such appoint
ments will benefit the warehouses.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-04-12

tombs and how Times effacing fingers
have wrought destruction. Wetake our
pencil and a piece of paper and with
some difficulty we succeed in decipher-
ing Lucinda Taylor, departed this life
October 10th, 1880, aged II years, 10
months and II days. A few more heavy
storms will obliterate this place which
contains the mortal remains of persons
who died long ago, for it is near the his
toric Potomac, the banks or shore Of
which are gradually washing away
Rev Mr.. Minnick preached at Ridge
Chapel, 9Th instant, and his sermon was
replete with wholesome advice "We
have an advocate with the Father, Jesus
Christ the righteous, and He is the prop
itation for our sins"
AZzANA
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Business Locals.


Don't fail to see samples Of spring and
summer clothing made for l., a Jones
& Son They can also give you silk
vests la City different patterns. Nech
wear, shirts, collars. straw hats and eve.
rything else IN Genie Furnishings
+ O Morgan, Lconardtowu, has just
received bis spring and summer stock
Of readymadc clothing All upto date
goods fyou want nice ncw suit for
Eastlr, give him q call
You can dnd 81 L. A. Jones s. Son The
correct styles 10 ladies shoes and OK.
fords spring hats, dress goods, liniugs,
ribbons and embrpidctics Special at.
ienlion paid to mai orier
Large stock OF spring and summer
goods, ia every line. just received At T @.
MoFgans Ready. made clothing, made
to order shoes and hats a speciality
Mrs Harry Spniding- formerly MHs
Lucie Loaer has taken charge Of The
millinery department Of ?. O Morgan 5
store She has just received . large and
well selected stock ~ sp'ing and sum
mer hats for ladies, misses and children,
and everything In the millinery line.
dress goods, sc. You will End Mrs
spalding most aIahlc lady in every
respect She Is the right lady 10 the
right place Don't fail to give her q
call She has beautiful goods
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-04-12
YOU Cant
Els
Dodge Them

Did you ever try to dodge tbe
rain-drops ? Did not succeed
very well, did you? It's just
as useless to try TO escape from
the germs of consumption. You
can't do it. They are about us
on every hand and we are con-
stantly taking them into our
lungs.
Then why don't we all have
this disease ? Simply because
these germs cannot gain a foot
hold i'm a strong throat and
lungs. It's when these are
weak that the germs master.
The body must be we'll supplied
with fat. The danger CORES
when the blood is poor and tie
body is thin. If your cough docs
not yield, and your throat and
lungs feel raw and sore, yen
should not delay another day,
Take
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SCOTS
Emulsion

of cod-Liver Oil with Iiypophos
phites at once. 1t will heal the
inflamed membranes and greatly
strengthen them as we'll. The
digestion becomes stronger, the
appetite better and the weight
increases. The whole body be-
comes we'll fortified and tho
germs of consumption cannot
gain a foothoId.
It's this nourishing, sustain
ing and strengthening power
of SCOTS EMULSION that
has made it of such value in
all wasting and exhansting
diseases.
soc, and Sr.oo, oil druggists.
SCOTT &BowNtf ChemistssFfse York
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
TRESPASS NOTICE.

THE PUBLIC is hereby notified that
Il hunting with or without dog or gun,
and all passing across fields at Sotterly
farm is forbidden. Disregard Of this
notice will be prosecuted
Dec lily JAMES BRIsCOE.
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WEEMSSTEAMBOAT COMPANY
Potomac River Route.
- 80 -
AIlMErn On rnlIir
WINTER SCHEDULE.
Beginning SATURDAY, Dec. 28rd,
The Steamer pOTOMAC

Beginning SATURDAY, Dec 23rd,
The Steamer POTOMAC
will leave Pier 8, Light Street. Balli.
more, every TUESDAY. and SATUR-
DAY, at 0 7. NJ, Tor the Potomac
River, calling. on Saturdays trip, Ut
MilleFa. Bromes Bacon's, GTason's.
Lewisctia, Bundick's, Cowaft's. Walnut
Point. Coan, Kinsalc. Mundays Point,
Lodge. Adams, pinoy Point, Aboll's.
Leonardtown, Cobrum, Towards aud
stones
On Tuesday only for Lancaster. Bush
wood, Riverside, Liverpool Point, civ.
mont, Alexandria and Washington.
Returning, illlcave 9Th street wharf.
Washington, ai 4 T. n, THURSDAY,
calling 1T the river wbaryos, leaving
Lconardtown 81 m Monday and
Friday, kjnsalc ~ i2 "a, hilicrs at 4
p ~ GrasDn's AZ 3, =. IA. and Bacon's
AZ p. m. arriving In Baltimore early
Tuesday and saturday mornings
Freight received daily ct Pier Q. Light
Street
HENRY WILLIAMS,
Agent Baltimore.
STEPHENSON & BRu Agents,
Washin gton, d q
WILLIAM VI RgkHn1x,
May 27-u' Alexandria. v A.
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Washington City and
Potomac Railroad Company.

Time Table In effect Saturday $50
a. m, Sept. 10 1899.
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FOR RENT.

TWO HOUSES three rooms each
L situated GU Combs Greek, Britton's
Neck; suitable for oystermen. Wood
free. Forterms, apply TO Beacon Of
fee. or ri, EWELL,
Mar s-m Compton, Nd
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Saul LeVinSOn,
Matchmaker and JeWeler,
LEONARDT0WE, - Maryland.

have fitted up my place Of business with
arst-cass stock OF SOLID Gold aud Pare
silver Watches. Solid GOid Rings,
Chains aud all Ixfnds at Ieweiry.
special attention paid to fitting SPECTA-
Giles AND EYEGLASSES, the elnsses OF
which are the very BEST PEBBLES. am
prepared 20 suit all persons and ages. Every
nair OF glasses Is given for trial for Six months
to my customers. Old glasses repaired aud
adjusted In the very best manner. Beware Of
imitationsl
The people Of st. Mary's county have now
an opportunity OF purchasing watches. clocks
aud nll kinds Of jeweiry that are guaranteed
aud warranted to be just as represented.
All repairing done at my store can be conf
IDENTIFY relied upon.
Old gold and silver bought or exchanged for
now goods. an orders by mail will receive
prompt attention.
My place o. business is IN the new building
Of Mr.. Francis v, King. adjoining the law Of
Dec Of Robert @. Combs Esqr,, Leonarltown,
Maryland,
HEFEHENCEs:
Zach Il, Morgan. NJ. ID. Joseph II. Key.
u Harris Canaiier, J0 = Morgan,
Capt. Ben Adams. dos II. NUbufn,
Capt. VIM Norris, W u SHARKS.
Philip T. Huckler, Is. Abell
April M-tfA
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NOTICE.

+ Will sell my business interest, at
J. White Plains. Charles county, Md.
and at Pomfret, Charles county, Md
Both places are good business locations.
and the surroundings are healthy. Good
opportunity to any one wishing 30 en-
gage in the mercantile business
w. HICKS,
March 15-m. Rockville, Md
The age-herald., 1900-01-07

souvenirs of railway trips. There was an English policeman's whistle in the capa- cious paunch, but we found no other trace of the officer of the law, and concluded that he had escaped being swallowed"
 Jumbo was eleven and half feet high, and weighed seven and one-haR tons. Standing on his hind legs, he could reach an object with his trunk twenty-six feet from his heels. The hide alone weighed 1,600 pounds. JumIbos skin was stuffed, and was carried around the country by the show for two years. With the skeleton, 1t is now in New York museum.
 Jumbo was not only the biggest and most celebrated elephant of all time, but he was one of the most docile," said MT Smirh. "His death was due to his attempt to carry out the keepers orders against his own judgment. The Grand Trunk agent at St. Thomas had assured the show people that no trains would pass for an hour. and they were on the point of leading him into his car. The agent had entirely forgotten about a special freight, and this came dashing along at high rate of speed. The showmen were caught off their guard, and only Jumbo perceived the headlight of the approaching train as he stood upon the
The age-herald., 1900-01-07

monster to net him the sum of $75, 900 for his 400 pounds of fat, which is at the rate of $375, 900 a ton, or almost the value of gold.
 Mir. Smith lives at No. 433S Cottage Grove avenue The genuineness of the grease in his possession is vouched for by responsi- ble witnesses to the death and the skinning of Jumbo. MT. Smith proposes to make a fortune out of the oil by sealing it up in miniature glass elephants, to be sold at 50 cents each. He calculates that the grease will fill 10000 of these dwarf Jum- bos, and that he will realize at least $75, 900 from the deal. The tallow is a rich yellow in color, looks very much like butter, and has a rather peculiar odor.
 HELPED TO GUT UP JUMBO
 When Jumbo was struck by a railroad engine and killed at London, Ontario, in 1885, P T. Barnum@at once telegraphed to Professor Ward, the taxidermist of Roch- ester. N. Y., to superintend the saving of the skin and bones of the big elephant. MT. Smith was one of the butchers employed to assist in the work. While engaged in
The age-herald., 1900-01-07

their task of skinning the elephant which occupied twenty hours, the butchers saved the choicest bits of Jumbo's adipose tissue, and Smith, believing this to be valuable bought out the interests of his companions Removing to Chicago several years after wards, he brought his peculiar relic of Jumbo along with him as a part of his worldly effects.
 Tt took us five hours to remove the skin" said Mir Smith, "and then We work ed hard for fifteen hours or more cutting the flesh from the bones. It was the hard est days work I ever did, but We were well paid, getting dollar an hour.
 Tn Jumbo's stomach we found an as- sortment of odds and ends that would have gladdened the heart of a junk dealer. There was about peck of stones as large as hens eggs and a collection of coins,= in which a majority of the civilized nations of the earth were represented. There were French francs, German marks, Australian thalers, English shillings, pence and farth- ings, and American half-dollars, quarters. dimes and nickels. Besides these there were large number of lead car seals that the big traveller had doubtless acquired as
The age-herald., 1900-01-07
Many Murders In Dallas

The good Senator Editor Nunnallee of the Selma Times would seem to indicate that his removal to Dallas practically put a stop to legal hangings. But he doesn't mean that:
 Dallas had seventeen murders last year and not a single hanging. A few more hangings would lessen the number of kill ings in this county since we have been living here (seven years), and yet negroes have been killing each other at the rate of one a month during that time. For the good name of the white people be it said, 90 per cent. of the killings are among the colored population. The killings in Dallas during '99 amounted to five more than there were in 1898, there being only twelve year before last.
The age-herald., 1900-01-07

Colonel Mulberry. Sellers, with his schemes for amassing a fortune easily and quickly, has been outdone by Samuel Smith, Chicago man. One of Colonel Mulberry's most irridescent dreams for the acquisition of great wealth was based on the presumptive enormous demand for and sale of an eye water, which was to cost him nothing, practically, to prepare, but which millions upon millions of suffer ing humanity would insist upon having at a good. round price. MT. Smith of Chicago stakes his chance of a fortune on 400 pounds of fat which he owns. It IS not common, plebeian fat, such as can be picked up in ton lots down at the stock yards every day, the product of the humble hog or the dreamy bovine. MT. Smiths fat is the very aristocracy and We're de Vere so to speak, of grease. It came from the colossal car cass of Jumbo, the big elephant formerly owned by P. T. Barnum, and MT. Smith thinks there is enough sentimental interest attaching to the oleaginous remains of this