Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-10-17

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For want Of space weare obliged
to hold over until our next issue sew
eral favors.
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Simms,
OF Baltimore, are visiting friends and
relatives in st. Mary $.
Notice the advertisement of the
Democratic District Meetings and
don I fail to attend them.
Mitchell Hayden and wife, of
Washington, are visiting Mrs. S.
Gladys Dillow, Ieonardtown.
-Protracted Meeting will begin at
Mcchanicsville ON Sunday night,
October Goth. Rev. J. Valiant, Pas
tor.
The Circuit Court of Caroline
county was last week occupied with
case charging the larceny of nine
eggs.
Monday last was a damp, dis
agreeable day and i'm consequence
many were prevented from coming
10 town.
There will be services at Poplar
Hill Church, Sunday next, at 10. 30
a. m, and mt the Island Chapel at
800 p. IN.
The testimony even of the gov
crnmcnt Witnesses before the Schley
Court OF Inquiry is regarded as fla
voiable to Admiral Schley.
We regret to hear of the serious
illness of our old friend, Mike Viii
kinson, of PatuXent, and wish him a
speedy restoration go health.
Mrs Chas f. Cough is visiting
relatives in Medley's Neck. Miss
Mary Cough is visiting the family
of 10. +. Morgan, Leonardtown.
The corpse of Thomas Brown,
colored, was found in clump OF
bushes i'm Cecil county and George
Dean, colored, is i'm Jail under sus-
picion of killing him.
The BEAooN's Mr. King is much
indebted to Judge Crane for his
Thoughtful order 10 have chair Civ
en- Hs inside the bar from which to
report the proccedingsof Court.
Stanley Johnson is havingadwel-
ling erected at Locust Green, near
Morganza. Peterson & Company are
the contractors. Trenchard Broth
ers Il Westcott furnished the lum-
Der.
Miss Leila Smith. accompanied
by Miss Lulu Smith and Mrs De
Waal, paid our office "a short visit
last week. We were delighted to
see them and hope they will soon
call again.
The daily papers report that a
number of British soldiers are de
sorting to the Beers and that there
are signs of coming storm of pop
ular denunciation of the war i'm the
Transvaal.
Mrs. Stephen Russell, of Patux-
ent; Mrs. Mitchell Hayden, of Wash
ton city, and Mrs. S. Gladys Dillow,
of Ieonardtown, paid our Office a
briefvisit Tuesday. Wewere pleased
to see them.
Mrs. Mary Jane Moore and Miss
Eloise Moore, of Washington, who
have been visiting friends in Leon
ardtown, have returned home. Their
departure il source of sincere re-
gret to all in our town.
Examiner George w. Joy, of
Leonardtown, has been requested 10
read paper before the Charles
county Teachers Institute and ex-
poets to 90 to In Plata Thursday.
He will return home Friday next.
Miss Mary Barber; of Budd 5
Greek, and Miss Anne Coleman, of
Chicago, were in Leonardtown Wed
iesday and went over the Court
House. They expressed themselves
as much pleased with the building.
Henry Boyd, colored, was Tues
day last convicted i'm the Prince
Georges county Court of killing
Martha Oden, colored, and was SEN
fenced to death Boyd killed the
woman by cutting her throat with a
razor.
I'VE are indepted to the State Fire
Marshal for copy of the 9th Annual
Report of that Office. The report
makes good showing and demon
strates that the Office under Mr..
Price management has done good
work
Among the ont ofcounty visitors
to Court, we note. z. q. Edelen,
Walter /. Dawkins, Claude B. Lloyd;
John H. Chrispin, John III. Harris,
Saul. Levison, of Baltimore; Daniel
c. Hammett, b. NJ. Abel, of Wash
ington.
The many relatives and friends
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward +. Hill, of
''Glenway, PrinceGeorge' s county,
will be panied to learn of the death
of their infant son. September 10th,
ultimo. Mrs. Hill is daughter of
Mr.. J. Edwin Coad, Of this county.
Margaret Saunders, widow Of
Benjamin Saunders, cOlored, of VAL
ley Lee, through her Attorney, Viii