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

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Captain Daniel Shanks, died in
Washington last Saturday, His re-
mains were hnaaght to St, Mary S
Monday, and Tuesday morning were
buried in All Saints graveyard.
Dick was a great sufferer, but was
always cheerful and was general
favorite with all who knew him.
William NJ. Amoss, Director of
Farmers Institutes, has planned to
give St Mary's three days, March
1, ), 6, 1902. Mr. Amoss will hold
the institute at the point most agree
able othe farmers. Practicalmen will
accompany the Director and the In
stitute will be instructive and enter
tanning. We trust that the attend
ance will be large.
The Forty Hours Devotion at st.
Aloysius Church, was well attend
ed The altar was very tastefully
decorated with chrysanthemums and
made a beautiful appearance. Rev.
Father Conway, S. j., of the Uni
! versity of Georgetown, conducted
the services and charmed all who
attended with his logical and elo-
quent sermons.
The Sunday Sun of the 10th, in
slant, prints fine portrait of Judge
William II. Thomas, ofWeStminSter,
Md. Judge Thomas was born in
st. Mary's and is brother of Tru-
man H. Thomas, of Chaptico district.
Judge Thomas is one of the bright
est men in the State and will be an
ornament to the bench of the Fifth
judicial Circuit
As usual Admiral Duffy, of the
/ Baltimore Sun, scored a clean home
run on his opponents and was the
! first to reach Baltimore with the
correct returns from st. Mary S.
The SIN man in editing Dutfy's fig
ures made mistake in Parran 5
vote, but that was not the Admiral $
| fault. As many opponents have
found out, Ned Duffy is hard to beat.
Capt. c. c. Cullen and wife and
! Miss Maud Long, of Town Creek,
/ had quite narrow escape Monday
last. While returning from Solo
mon $ Island, where they had been
shopping, Just as they were nearing
home their boat capsizcd and but for
! the presence of mind and bravery OF
| the captain the accident would have
been serious one They all reach
| "a I,,n, yt-nt b1t pninirlnu
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 acting as IA Board Of CanvaSserS.
The minority member of the Board
did not sign the certificates of any
candidate except the return of the
election of Senator. The certificate
of Mr.. Grecnwell S election is signed
by all the members of the Board.
The astronomers predict amagnif.
icent metcoric displaNfor the nights
November II and 10, instant. Ac.
cording to predictions the shower
of stars will this year equal the ceIe.
brated shower of 1888, (Which caused
the greatest terror among ignorant
and superstitious people. The star
ny showers have Occurred at inter
walls of about 33 yearS and from II tt
IA ,of November The time for the
phenomenon is set bet tween IL and
o. clock at night.
Tuesday, Sheriff W. r. Bailey
sold at public auction the lot a
California, with dwS lling, store
house and ut-buildikgs, known as
the Jarboe lot r. I. Dawson, o
Baltimore, was the purchaser Or
the same day Robert c, Combs ant
Joseph i. Morgan, Attorneys, sole
the Fowler Farm, " located in thu
9th district and containing | l4acres
+. w. Hutchins was the purchase
for $500. Charles j. Hunter bough
the tract of woodland for $40.
November II, instant, Associat,
Judge Crane, on petition of Bcnedic
b. Love, by his attorney Joseph Fl
Ching, signed an order enjoininl
the Supervisors of Election from
burning the unused ballots, pending
contest for the Office Of Count!
Treasurer. The allegations in thu
petition are that the tickets wer
printed contrary to the form of th
certificate of nomination that tn
type used was not legible as requir
ed by law and that the ballots wer
not printed in conformity with tn
decision of the Supervisors.