Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-02-28
Saint Maru's Beacon
COUNTY NEWS.
LocaIwise and Otherwise.

Are you going to the Inauguration OF
President Mckinley next Monday?
The Commissioners Court will be In
session ON the first Monday and Tuesday
of March Term Of Court.
We are indebted to T. Wallace Green
well, of San Bernadino, for copy of
the Los Angeles Sunday Times
John L Greenwell and wife, of Olem-
ents, who have been quite sick are, we
are pleased to hear, much better.
Rev. L. ]. Sothoron, formerly of this
county, is i'll with the grippe at the Rec
tory, Forest Hill, Hartford county.
This is the season for fires. Notice
your stoves and flues and take precau-
tions. Carefulness will repay you.
Our Hollywood friends have been hav-
ing another mad dog scare and several
dogs have been killed in consequence.
Mrs Chapman b. Barber of Charlotte
Hall district, is reported to be very sick.
We hope that she will speedily recover.
Baily s Good. formerly of this coun-
ty, has enlisted in the U s marines and
will in few days likely te ordered to
Manila.
A new and brilliant star is now to be
seen in the heavens in the constellation
Perseus and near the noted variable star
Argol. Look it up
1t is reported here that last week
William S Coppage, Judge of the Or
phan9' Court, was thrown from his bug
gy and painfully bruised.
James B. Adams, of Drayden, who
was in Leouardtown Tuesday informs
us that Judge Coppage was not seriously
hurt by being thr 'wn from his buggy
Does anyone now living in St. Marys
remember George Cooke, the artist We
print elsewhere an account OF a picture
painted by him in the early part of the
last century.
Messrs. Trenchard s. Westcott have
received fine saw mill plant and are
having it erected on their Glover Hill"
property. We wish them much success
iD their venture.
f. Oscar Morgan, of LeOnardtown, has
had his millinery room enlarged so that
it now has floor space of 2Sx53 feet
Mr.. Morgan's store is the largest in
Southern Maryland
Delinquent taxpayers should bear in
mind that taxes must be paid on or be
fore the FIRST day Of June, otherwise the
Treasurer will be Obliged under the law
to advertise the property.
AS soon as the posts are secured lamps
will be again erected in Leonardtown
We think the Commissioners have Sc
cured good lamps and they will no doubt,
prove a great addition to the village.
Rev. VIM Brayshaw will have service
at st Peters Chapel, in this town, sun.
day, March 10Th, proxim :, at 3o'clock,
r Mn and on Monday, March 95th, at
II o'clook, A. NJ, with Holy Commun.
ion on bovh days.
During the prevalence of the grippe
you cahnot be too careful Take care
of yourself and il you get sick send for
the doctor. You may survive your own
treatment nine times out Of ten, but the
tenth time is the one that counts.
Neal Thompson has removed to Balti
more and John Doyle has succeeded him
at Moores Hotel Mr. Thompson was
very popular and obliging and we think
that John will be equally So. Both arc
deserving young gentlemen and we wish
them much success.
If 1t be true that Baron Won Massow
has left two million dollars to be dis.
tributed to his old comrades in arms of
Moshy's battalion, two St. Marys men
will come in for share, viz David
Briscoe and Demeirius Coode, both Of
whom were with Mosby.
From the La Plata independent we
learn that John T. Cotton was not a sol.
dier bat was a clerk in the Quartermas
ter's office and died In the Philippines
September 5, ultimo, of gastritis and
heart trouble. He married Miss Hattie
Jarboe, formerly of this town.
We are informed that Messrs w s.
and James Il Coppage, of Valley Lee
district, have sold their tracts of timber
located in the st. Georges section of that
district. Judge Coppage is saiG to have
received $1,000 for the timber on his
land and James f. Coppage received
$1,000 for his.
a yoke Of oxen, belonging to @ Ben
Greenwell. of Medley's Neck, and loaned
TO William Mattingly, were found dead
in the stable Wednesday morning last
When stabbed Tuesday night the oxen
were we'll They were found Wednes-
day morning lying side by side and dead
Both were much swollen.
February 23rd instant, Justice Robin.
son, of Newport News, quashed the in
dictment against Contractor B Smith
and dismissed the case. Mr.. Smith,
through his counsel, declared his willing