Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02
saint MarH's Beacon
COUNTY NEWS.


j. Benjamin Norris, contractor and
builder. has erected new bell tower for
81. Peters Church. LeOnardtown.
We are indebted TO U. 8. Commission
er Bowers for q copy of the Statistics of
the Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic
States.
We are now having O taste of real
Spring weather and farmers are getting
their corn land ready and some few have
planted.
Soft crabs win soon put In an appear
ance. The first lot usually comes a lit
tie before or little after the first full
moon In May.
The whippoorwill Is now nightly heard
in the land. Il IL an old adage that
when the whippoorwiil calls. it is time
to plant corn.
Mrs. Wright Wills, Of Bel Alton, In
visiting her sister, Mrs. Joseph II. Ching,
Leonardtown. Her many friends here
are pleased to see her.
Mrs r. o. Melton, Of Washington, d.
c., who has been visiting the family Of
T. Lee Mattingly, of "Buena VISTA"
near Leonardtown. returned home Sun
day last
The State enumerators will begin work
on the first day Of May. II Is to be hop
ed that they will speedily complete the
oauaua and that Il ,v;II - . .,~..ns =. :. \
accurate one.
A few Sundays ago black overcoat,
raw edge and velvet collar, was taken
from Wise's Hotel. The party who took
it will please return IL at once to w. r.
Greenwell, Leonardtown.
Alexander Edwards. sexton of All
Faith Church, near Charlotte Hall, died
Wednesday last, aged about 7s years.
A wife and four children survive him.
He was a good man and good citizen.
On our first page we print the sermon
delivered at st. Alovsius' Church, Leon
ardtown, by Rev. Z. J. Dewitt. 8. j., on
the occasion of the 25th anniversary Of
Rev. Father Lancaster's ordination to
the Priesthood.
Derby A. Lynch, Clerk to the County
Commissioners, has the levy list nearly
completed and says he hopes to have il
ready for signature by May 10th, instant.
He states that the tax rate for 1901 will
likely be IS cents on the 800.
In writing for q newspaper always
give your full name and address. In
forwarding mortuary tributes IL they ex-
ceed ten lines inclose dollar to pay for
the expense of composition. All obitu-
aries under ten lines will be published
free of charge
A History Of the Currency Of the
Country has been sent us from the Of
fee of the Register of the Treasury. 1t
is valuable book and We are glad TO
have it. Ii Is nice to read about the
currency even when you haven't any Of
1t in the house.
The beautiful simplicity of the home
life of Quakers In America is touched ON
very sympatheticallY in the May number
Of the DelineGtor by Waldon Fawcett.
His article Is entitled Quaker Maids of
To-day" and deals largely with the
younger element of the Quaker body.
st. Joseph Young, colored, was Tues
day last, given hearing before Justice
w. Meverell Loker on the charge of
stealing a saddle the property of Thorn
as FL. Bond. Young was discharged,
and re-arrested on warrant for stealing
the use of the saddle, and after q hear.
ing, held for the action of the Grand
Jury.
The election for Town Commissioners
will be held Monday next, May 9th, in.
slant, from 2 to p. m, In the Library
Building. The present Commissioners
had the new law passed and have inau-
gurated several much TO be desired i'm
provements and certainly deserve well
OF the citizens Of the town. We hope
they will be continued In Office.
In the letter of ]. Edwin Coad, pub
lished in last weeks BEACON. in the Goth
line from top after the word "here" in
sert the word "early," and In the cath
line after the word ''these" strike out
the word "early." We would like to
have about four or five copies of the is
sue in which this letter appeared to sup
ply parties who have written for them.
Because the Comptroller sent the
Clerk of our Circuit Court State Liquor
Licenses instead of the special Licenses
required by our county Law, Mr.. Abell
could not forward the proper licenses to
parties applying for them. He has
written for the correct blanks and as
soon as he gets them will Immediately
forward them to those entitled to re-
ceive them.
The st. Mary's Baseball Club has rent
ed the lot near the Episcopal Church,
LeOnardtown, from Captain A. A. Law
renee and is at work preparing the
grounds for play. The club Is indebted
TO Mr.. b. +. Smith, the contractor for
the Court House, for the present Of the
old benches formerly used in the Court
room. We expect to witness some ex-
cellent ball playing on these grounds
this Summer.
w. A. Schenck, Of Cincinnati, Engi-
neer Of the Standard Construction and
Building Ccmpanv Of New York and