Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-08-15

iGing mrs. - ~ 70
/ Miss Angie Brewer, Of the Peasion
sea. washington. is visiting her uncle
On "a. Capt. and Mrs. A. A Law
and aul.. -atoun. Miss Brewer for
renee, Leonaa> - has many triena
merly lived here al.
IN St. Mays. saaicn 9
The receipts of the corpo. 60 u
Leonardtown from taxes, fines, 4.
the year ending May 8, 1901, were 444.
o.; the disbursements for same period
wete, $SSs.64, leaving . balance in the
ireasurer's hands Of $3.50.
To settle the contest over the appoint
ment Of teacher for the public school
at Pindell's. the Howard county School
Commissioners have induced the con-
testants 70 submit the matter to a vote
OF the patrons Of the school
Thursday next, the 15ta, instant, win
DC the Feast Of the Assumption and n
holiday of obligation in the Catholic
church. IL ID great AOliday with our
colored fellow-citizens and they usually
celebrate IL by festivals, picnics. &C.
Owing to deep cold and the rainy
weather Robt. @. Combs, Eeqr., of this
town, was unable to 20 to sc. Inigo's
Wednesday and attend to the sale of the
WEIGH property. The sale has been
postponed until the 2ist. instant. See
| adv.
j. w. Fisher, the Superintendent of
the Court House work, thinks il hardly
possible 70 nave the court room COM
piesed IN time for the September term
of court. The raisy weather Is great
drawback = the speedy completion OF
the work.
Tuesday morning Of last week the
We6ms steamer Wcstmoreland ran into
and sank the bugeye Sea Bird neaI Lo-
cast Point, Palapsco river. The steam
or was going into the harbor on her re-
turn from Patuxent river and the bugeye
was outward bound.
We think the prospect for telephone
in 81. Mary's county is better now than
tever has been. Hon. Cyrus r. Nor
I gsn, Of Philadelphia, is impressed with
L rae advantages of the country and will,
4 syA,belieye. succeed in organizing COM
pkny aud building the line. We wish
4 him success.
The following visitors are registered
at Capt. Benjamin Foxwelps-Wm. II
Wormsiy, wife and three children; Ser
.gesnt Brown, wife and daughter. Yer.
non Dorsey and wife; Miss Sallie Mat.
thews; A. w. Harrison, and wife; Mr.
Buckly and wife; MISC Catherine Neal
Misses Mary and Margaret Kelly.
| A bullctin of the Census Bureau issued
last week shows voting population In
st. Mary's OF 4,0S5. OF these 1910 are
literate whites and 391 illiterates; GAS
are literaie colored and 1853 illiterate
colored. The total voting population
os the State is sci ,9oS, of whom 0,s52
are iiliterate. The cOlored illiterate:
number e4,674.
Tuesday morning last, Andrew Viii.
son, colored, hostler for William G
Mattingly, was kicked over the right eye
by q horse and q painful and severe
wound inflicted. DIR. Thomas Lynch
put five stitches in the wound. Fortu
nately, the boys skull was net fractured
Wilson is 9 quiet, good boy 1h3 has chs
sympathy Of all who know 10 - 81 :
| Ex-senator Charles y: ,.vhsasedst and
Messrs. VIM. E. and ThcuAk gEspsisyd
have purchased q largelnmtArs mlll and
1,OOO-acre tract of land in Northam.
betiand county. N. G. They will as.
sumo charge of their purchase on,th
18th instant. The Mcssrs. Trenchard
and Senator Westcott's- SON, John G.
Westcott, will manage the business =.
At Tuesdays meeting the Leonard!
town Commissioners appointed W. F,
Greenwich and Charles w. Foxwell q
committee to call upon the County Com.
missioners for the towns share OF the
road tax. II was ordered that bids be
invited for lighting lamps and taking
care Of fire apparatus. Messrs. w. r.
Greenwell, Kemper A. Welt and w. @.
Mattingly were named ss sanitary COM
mittee.
; A small bug resembling the lady bug
has made its appearance in the corn
fields Of Lewis Dull, In Menallen town
ship, Adams county, Pa, and is so ex-
tremely numerous that much Of the corn
on which Il feeds has already died and
fallen over. Mr.. Dull bad tried paris
green on the insects where they cover
the stalks and roots but it has no effect
whatever on the ipsects.-Demoerasie
Advocate
George Wellington Bryant, colored,
Familiarity known rs Doctor Bryant, died
Wednesday night last from the effects
OF q stroke Of apoplexy. He was one Of
the republican ''spellbinders" who used
70 travel through this section making
speeches and was In trouble in Balti.
more some years hack for careless hand
aing q city fnnas uader the Hooper adj
minislration. Hewss very pspalar with
his race.
| The snccessfni candidates for the free
scholarships o. the recent examinations
were. in the order named. Sumner
Graves, son OF ]. Wesley Graves, Of
Laurel Grove; William +. Henry, SON of
William ID. Henry, of Leonardtown, and
q. L. Robrecht, SON of Capt. g. Edward
Robrecht, of st. Georges Island. Mas
ter Graves chose Western Maryland,
and Henry took the Charlotte Hall
scholarship. leaving the Maryland Ag-
ricultural for Robrecht.
The Commissioners of Leonardtown