Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-11-14

naNuaru cnanks, son q the late
captain Daniel Shanks. died. il,
skass1ingfan iast Saturday. His r..
mains were brought 20 St. Mary 5
Monday. and Tuesday morning were
buried an All Saints pxravgx.zrsl.
Dick wsAs a great sufferer. bRss was
Naiways cheerful and was j general
sayorite with all who knew him.
William NJ. Amoss, Director Oh
Farmers Institutes, has planned e
give - Nary three days March
!, D, I, l9o1 Dir. AnDss win hold
the iIlstitutent the point most agrees.
aoietothe farmers. Practical men will
accompany the Director and the In
stittfe viii be instraetiveand enter
tanning. We trust that the attend
ance win be large.
The Forty Hours Devotion at St.
Aioysius' Church, was well attend
ed. The altar was very tastefully
.dec0rated with essrysanthemunis and
made . beautiful appearance. Rev.
Father Conway. 5. j., Of the Uni
versity OF Georgetown, conducted
the services and charmed all who
attended with his logical and elo-
auent sermonss
The Sunday San of the 10th, in
slant, pTintsia fine portrait ofJudke
William II. Thomas, of Westminster,
Md. Judge Thomas was born In
st. Mary's and is q brother Of Tru.
man III. Thomas, ofChaptico district.
judge Th6snas Is one of the. brlahts
est men in the State aud win be M
ornament to the bench Of the Fifth
Judicial Circuit.
As usual Admiral Duffy, Of the
Baltimore Sun, scored q clean houie
run on his opponents aud was tie
first TO reach Baltimore with the
correct returns from St. Mary !.
The 5Ssn man in editing Duffy = iig-
ures made a mistake in Parran $
yote,-but that was not the 1Admirai's
fault. As many opponents have
found out. Ned Duffy ishard to beat
Capt. C. c.. Cullen, and wife and
Miss Maud Long, Of Town Creek,
had quite, narroY escape Monday
last. While returning from Solo
mons Island, where they had been
shopping, just as they were nearing
home their boat capsized and but for
the presence Of mind and bravery of
the captain the accident would have
beena serious one. They'all reach
ed home wet but rejoicing.
On our first page we print the
official returns from st. Mary s
county as canvassed and returned
by the Board OF Election Supervis-
Ors actingas a Board Of Can vassers.
The minority member OF the Board
did not sign the certificates Of any
except the return of the
election of Senator. The certificate
Of Mr.. Greenwell's election is signed
by allthe members OF the Beard
The astronomers predict amagnif-
icent meteoric display for the nights
November Ia and 10, instant. .aAc-
cording to predictions the shower
Of stars will this year equalthe cele-
brated shower of 1888, which caused
the greatest terror among ignorant
and superstitious people. The star
ry showers have occurred at inter
walls of about 30 years and from l l to
Ia of November. The time for the
phenomenon is set between IL and 2
oclocktatsnights ,znisoHass1oF
Tuesday, Sheriff W. T. Bailey
sold at public auction the lot at
with dwelling. store
house and out-buildings, known as
the Jarboe lot. r. t. Dawson, OF
Baltimore, was the purchaser. On
the same day Robert c. Combs and
Joseph +. Morgan, Attorneys, sold
the Fowler Farm" located in the
,5th district and containing l l4acres.
r. W; Hntchins- was the purchaser
for $500. Charles ]. Hunter bought
the tract of woodland for $40.
November IL, instant, Associate
Judge Crane, on petition of Benedict
b. Love, by his attorney Joseph H.
Ching, signed an order enjoining
the Supervisors !. of Election from
burning the unused ballots, pending
D contest for the Office of County
Treasurer. The allegations in the
petition are;;l that the tickets were
printed contrary to the form of the
certificate Of nomination that the
type used was not legible as requir-
ed by law and that the ballots were
not printed in conformity with the
decision of the Supervisors.