Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-02-15
saint Mafa's Beacon
COUNTY NEWS.
LOcalWise and Otherwise. !

SourLS Werev-l In session IpesQayy an 9
transacted routine business. Y
A,Minstrel Show viii be held at Char
lotte Hall Monday, February 20 instant
by the Charlotte Hall Glee Club
A bill will be offered in the present
Legislature TO introduce nature studies
in the public schools in this State.
The schooner, Kent Island, of AHnap-
oils, Captain Messick, is at town wharf
loading with slaves for New York.
We hope that the Supper for the ben
eft of st. Aloysius' Church will be large
ly attended and good sum realized. :, z
Mr.. Charles L. Grason, of st. Inlgo's,
Md, was the guest of his brother, Capt.
William Grason, the past Mary
lind Journal.
The damp weather of the past week
has put tobacco in condition and farmers
at presen. are busily engaged in strip
ping the same.
The heaviest rain experienced here in
months visited US early Monday morn
ing. Upwards of an inch of water fell
in few hours.
In the appointment of Gen. John s.
Saunders, of Baltimore, as Adjutant
Generala Governor Smith has made a
wise selection TN7HYYVFf1R' I'7.'f2
The Solomon's Island Minstrel Troupe
will give an entertainment in the Town
Hall, Tuesday next, the Goth instant.
Don't fail to attend. cry II
We are in receipt of the Eighth An
nual Report Of the Sheppard and Enoch
Pratt Hospital, Baltimore. The report
speaks well for the institution.
The steamer T. V. Arrowsmith, which
ran ashore between Piney Point and
Adams wharf Thursday morning last in
the fog, was pulled off Sunday by the
Potomac, -... s~ ~ ~
Former Secretary Of the State Lowe
rec has been appointed TO position in
one of the departments at Washington.
Mr.. Loweree is from Prince Georges
county.
William Catlin, of Crisfeld, Md was
shot at Shuman's store, First district,
Thursday night last Our downtown
correspondent gives an account of the
shooting in another column
Mr.. Edgar Hayden, gun captain in
the U. s. N, has been on a visit to his
sister, Mrs. Joseph A. Dillow, this town.
Mr.. Hayden left Monday for Rhode Is
land where he expects promotion.
The side wheel steamer Wakefield,
which has received extensive repairs at
Woodalrs shipyard and the machine
shops o. the lanes CLARK Company, Bal
more, left Sunday for Washington.
Subscriber is informed that the law in
reference to the duties OF Tax Collectors
is too long for publication. We would
advise her to consult lawyer, as we do
not deem ourselves competent to give
an opinion on the subject.
The Governor statedyesterday lhathe
would send down from day to day this
week local appointments for the various
counties where the lists had been COM
pleted and were agreed upon by the del
egations. There will be no general APP
pointments, however. f 1#
Last Saturday, February 1Oth-was the
first anniversary of the great blizzard OF
1899, that blookaded travel OF all kinds
for several days and cut Leonardtown
completely off from the outside world.
1t was an event that will long be remcm-
bered
The Town Fathers met Monday last,
and in the absence of Mr.. 10. +. Morgan,
President OF the Board, Mr.. Kemper A.
Welt was made Chairman. A petition
will be sent by the Board to the Legis.
lature requesting them pass law that
all the taxes OF the town, both county
and corporation, shall be used for the
Improvement of the village.
Take your census before the census
taker comes around. Do Il this Winter
Set down number of acres in each crop
quantity grown and its value Put down
also number of live stock, value of pro-
dpce from dairy COWS, poultry, etc. Let
ii all be in black and white when the
census agent appears, and then you
won't have to guess. and the 1900 census
won't be all guess work, ..an..>
Having made arrangements with The
Empire Steam Laundry, l.. A. Jones &
SOP are prepared to furnish first. class
laundry at city prices. Send in all work
about the last Of the week, as same win
leave here Q A. M. Monday. II you find
you need collars, cuffs or shirts, don't
forget they can ALEC furnish them al
cheap as they can be bought in the coun
ty. All winter underwear and winter
shirts at greatly reduced prices.
Kenosha, Wisconsin, has hit upon 8
new scheme to reform drunkards that IL
not unlike the colonial plan of making
them wear the letter d. Alawsjust en-
acted by the Kenosha Aldermen pro
vides that saloon keepers must make /
list of the habitual drunkards in theil
saloons, and photographs of these meT
must be made at their own expense and