Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-09-06
Saint Maru's Beacon
COUNTY NEWS.
Localwlse and Otherwise.

generally so observed In St. Mary's.
Bluff Pcint farm, Wicomico river, 10
for sale or rent. See advertisement.
J. Archie Norris has been appointed
postmaster at California. this county.
Read our first and fourth pages. You
will find there timely and instructive
reading.
Fowler & Payne, of Chaptico, have
choice seed wheat for sale. See adver-
tisement.
Mrs. Mary Leach, OF Washington, Ia
visiting her son, John l.. Leach, New
town Manor.
j. Ollie Neal, Of Baltimore, spent SUM-
day with his brother. Joseph r. Neal,
Leonardtown.
Mrs. Snyder snd daughter are visiting
the Rev. Mr.. Simmonds at the Rectory,
LeOnardtown.
Mrs. George W. Marks, of Washing
ton, ID. c., is visiting at J. Perry AbelPs,
Britton's Neck.
Canning, preserving and picking time
is with us, and seven cent sugar is q
lamentable fact.
The Supervisors of Elections will meet
in Leonafdtown, Tuesday next, Scptem-
Der 18th, instant.
Up to September 1, instant, Treasurer
Dent had collected about so, 900 of State
and county taxes.
Miss Bertha Hayden, of Sc. Mary's
county, is the guest of Judge VIM. NICK.
Burroughs. Times Crescent
Mrs. John b. Thompson and children,
of Baltimore, are visiting J. ID. Thomp-
son, LeonardtOwn District.
Misses Nellie Fenwick and Louie
Moore, Of Washington, d. O., are visit
ing friends in Leonardtown.
Miss Margaret Stephenson, of Wash
ington, ID. O., is visiting her uncle, Mr..
George @. Abel, at Coventry"
Miss Bessie Grason. of Dynard, after
spending the summer on the Eastern
Shore, is expected home to-day.
DIR. Samuel Love, through his attor-
neys Ching 81 Lynch has filed bill for
divorce from his wife Lillian Love.
On and after Sunday next, the Fall
Schedule of the Weems' Line Steamers,
Patuxcnt river route, will go into effect.
Thus far Gen. Apathy is in chief COM
mand of the political forces in st. Mary's
county. Gen. Indifference is second in
command.
Recently while Mrs. J. BENJAMIN Sher-
mantine, of Bay district, was sitting in
the yard, someone entered the dwelling
and stole $l75.
Mrs. Lulie V. Kendrick and two little
sons, Robbie and Harry. have returned
to their home in Washington after visit
ing relations in st. Mary's.
On our first page we print an extract
from recent speech of Ex-Governor
Altgeld. 1t Is well worth reading and
will be completed In our next weeks Is.
sue.
Misses Emma Mertons, Mary and Gen
evieve Linehan of Cumberland, and Cora
Wheeler, of Baltimore, are visiting the
family of DIR. +. +. Greenwich, Leonard.
town.
friend informs US that on q recent
trip down one of the Weems' Line
steamers struck a bank of mosquitoes
and had her Roadway materially dead
ened.
George Alfred Swailes and Thomas
Dixon, both colored, got into fight in
Leonardtown Jail Sunday afternoon last.
As resultant, swailes was put into
cell by himself.
The Sisters Academy, Leonardtown,
opened for the Fall session Tuesday.
The attendance is good and it is thought
that the school will be larger this year
than ever before.
We invite attention TO the advertise
ment of the Catholic Supply House,
Washington, ID. g. Fabian +. Cough,
formerly of this county, Is treasurer.
Give him an order.
]. ID. Statesman. colored, of Piney
Point, has made an assignment to Ching
& Lynch. Through his attorneys, Ching
d Lynch, Statesman has also applied for
divorce from his wife.
The colored excursion from Washing
ton reached Leonardtown about p. m,
Tuesday. The crowd, though a largo
one, was well behaved. The steamer
left at @ p. m, for the return trip.
We are suffering from more of
plague Of mosquitoes than We have had
for the past several years. Usually the
pests do not visit Leonardtown, but this
year they have found their way here.
From the Times. Crescent we learn that
Edelen Bros. lave recently sold for J.
Benz. Jarboe, of Bel Alton, IS hogsheads
Of tobacco for the net sum Of $1102.60.
Mr. Jarboe Is native Of st. kary's
county.
Mrs. L. A. Jones of Leonardtown, who,
for the last week, has been at Ocean
Grove and Long Branch, is now in New
York city selecting her Fall coats and
millinery. She expects 10 be home Mon
day next.
Tuesday last, Mrs. Alice Hayden and
daughter were thrown from their buggy
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