Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-04-18
Saint Maru's Beacon
COUNTY NEWS.


AvABcs tue EntefJ4anmGnt at
Charlotte Hall. Friday. the 10Th, instant.
Miss Nellie Fenwick, of Washington.
10 visiting her aunt, Mrs. Francis ".
King, Leonardtown.
The jubilee services In 81. Aloysius'
Church, Leonardtown, have been post
poned until Sunday. April sssh.
There was quite heavy snowfall AZ
Oakland. Garrett county, Nd, Saturday
and Sunday last, April 18th and 18th.
Tuesday last, was an almost perfect
April day and coming after some ve.y
disagreeable weather was much enjoyed.
Rev. William Brayshaw will give ser.
vices at ST. Peters Chapel, Leonai dtown.
on Sunday afternoon, the 21st, instsnt.
at 3 o'clock.
Rev. Walter A. Mitchell will give SER
vices with Holy Communion at ST.
Andrews Church. on Sunday morning,
April 2Sth, at II o'clock.
Miss Laura Penn AID Mr.. Ernest
Penn, OF Sc. Mary's county, spent Easter
with their sister, Mrs. William Z. Rowe,
of near Port Tobacco TEmss- Crescent.
Mrs. L. A. Jones, of Leonardtown,
who has been away for the past few
days buying her Summer Millinery and
dress goods. arrived today per steamer
Northumberland.
Jackson B. Abell, one of the workmen
engaged in tearing down the building,
says There were four decsyed joists
above the Court Room. Two broke In
removing them" -...-
There will be q meeting at Moore's
Hotel, Tuesday, April 23rd, ins,ant, at
p. m, for the purpose of organizing q
county base ball club. All interested
are invited to attend.
The registration lists for st. Mary's
county were copied last week and on
Sunday last Francis Dent left with the
certified lists to deliver them to the
State Superintendent of the Census.
Wednesday afternoon last, Contractor
Smith began the work of dismantling
the Court House. The roof has been
taken OF and some of the walls thrown
down. The old building presents for.
lorn appearance.
All OF the county officials are now
located at the Town Hall, Leonardtown.
All you have to do is to walk in and
you will meet the Clerk, Register of
Wills, Treasurer, Clerk to County Com
missioners and may do business with
them all without going eut of the room.
Tuesday evening last Joseph L. Ma
gill, of the St. Johns neighborhood, fell
out of his chair dead He had been at
work and said he felt sick and returned
nome. He was q good man and beliked
by all who knew him. He was about
Sc years of age. Heart disease il said
to have been the cause OF his death.
The Detineator for Msy shows a num-
Der Of Shirt Waists for men that are
practical and tasteful and that will not
prove too conspicuous if worn without
a coat. The shirt-waist for men began
to get its hold on public favor last sea.
son. and will undoubtedly be seen much
more widely this season.
John E. Briseoe, a brother Of Rev. DR..
James Briscoe, David Briscoe and w.
III. 8. Briscoe, of "St. Cuthbert's," died
in Baltimore Tuesday of last week. Mr..
Briscoe was formerly purser on the
Weems' Line but for the past six years
was q clerk in the New York Custom
House. He was q SON Of the late DIR.
w. II. s. Briscoe. Of "Sotterley."
Capt. Alex. Jarboe, who was born
March 30, 1914, was in Leonardtown,
Wednesday last and watching the work
men tear down the Court House. Mr.
Jarboe remembers when the old Court
House was burned and saw the building
Of the structure that Is now being pulled
down. He says q man named Mudd.
from Washington, was the builder.
The third foor of the Post Office
Building, Baltimore, on Thursday and
Friday last was crowded with st. Mary's
County witnesses, summoned there 10
testify for the United States in the case
before the Federal Grand Jury growing
out of the alleged Census frauds. There
were several representatives of the Gen.
sus Bureau on hand looking after the
case.
The Baltimore Sun of the 18th, instant,
reports three deaths within 4S hours at
Altoona. Pa, from . strange disease.
The complaint was diagnosed as grip,
but that theory was abandoned as the
bodies Of the patients turned yellow
and death ensued during paroxysms Of
hiccoughs. Several more deaths are ex-
pected. A New York physician has
been sent for to diagnose the disease.
John T. Ballenger. President OF the
Board Of County Commissioners, IN sn
interview with the BEACON reporter,
Wednesday, said: "Every cent Of the
cost of the new Court House could be
put in this years levy and the rate
would not be higher than when he first
went in the Board" He invites gentle
men to come in and assist In getting Q
Court House Of which We can all be
proud"
Easter Monday, April sth, instant, the
pewhOlders of Poplar Hill Parish met to
elect new vestry. DR.. Henry Richard