Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-08-22
saint Maru's Beacon
COUNTY NEWS.
LocaIwise and 0thsryxlse.


Mrs. Laura Wason. OF Washington. i
visiting relatives in Mechanicsville.
Miss Katharine Masierson, Of Wash.
ington. D. c.. is visiting in St. Mays
county.
Mrs. Mary G. Thompson, OF Washing.
ton, IL visiting her son, Isaac II. Long.
Laurel Grove
Miss Nellie A. Dorsey. OF Easton, is
visiting her sister, Mrs James ]. Stone,
at "Tomacoken."
We would like 70 have the opinions of
farmers in every neighborhood as 20 crop
conditions and prospects.
Albert and Harry Stone, of Washing
ton, are visiting friends az "Rocky
Point" on st. Clements Bay.
Miss Fannie Turner, of st. EIizabeth's,
is spending her vacation with her father
and mother, near Leonardaown.
William NJ. Day, of salisbury, Nd, is
on visit 70 James L. Coppage, of sPor-
10 BeiIo," and II prospecting for timber.
Carpenters are putting down the
floors, trimming the windows and put
ting in the washboards at fhe Court
House.
Leo NJ. Wathen, Of "Blair's Ill.," has
invested in corn binder and harvester
and shucker and shredder which he
viii put TO work in the Fall.
John Z. Perry. wife and children, Of
Baltimore, have been on a visit to friends
and relatives In st. Mary's county. Mr..
Perry Is son Of j. Gabe Perry.
William II. Hayden. of st Elizabcth's,
ID. G., Is on visit 20 friends and rela-
iives in ST. Mpry's. His many acquaint-
ances here are delighted TO see him.
Judge Crane, who has been confined
to ais bed by sickness. is out again, and
came to town Tuesday last and drew the
jury for September Court Wednesday.
A piece of wire grass grew M through
the walls of Harry Peacock's barber
shop, Leonardtown. When pulled out
it was measured and found to be 10 feet
long.
The youthful Virginians who came
from Kinsale TO play ball with the Leon
ardtown boys were as fine and clever a
set of gentlemen as anyone could wish
To see.
According to the Almanac, Autumn
will begin this year September 81. But
Almanacs don't know much about what
this year will do or be, for it is q record
breaker.
Mrs. Richard G. Wright and daughter,
Mamie. and her sister, Miss Gay V.
Wilson. of Richmond, Va, are visiting
Mrs. Il. r. Briscoe at "Gay Ill.," near
Charlotte Hall.
Isaac II. Long thinks the crops in the
Laurel Grove section are as good "a any
in the county. Corn promises fair
yield, but tobacco is overrained and Is
going to ground leaves.
The Baltimore MFRS reports that Wal
ter |. Dawkins, who has just returned
from the Pan-American Exposition, was
delighted with the electrical display and
the other sights at Buffalo.
A duel in New Jersey is to be fought
to a finish with rotten eggs and the dis
lance between the combatants is To be
forty PAGES. The affair of honor grows
out of a reporters publication.
Sam Docks Keystone Show il billed
To give n performance in the 'Sheep-
Pen woods" LeonardtOwn, ON Saturday
afternoon. the 2flh, instant. The prices
of admission are IL and 10 cents.
Mrs. Edward j. Croker, wife of L. ].
Croker, cashier of the Century Bank, of
New York. and her three children, Ed
ward, Dorothy and Douglas, are visiting
the family of Edward T. Briscoe, "Gay
Hill"
Henry B. Fenwiek, of Leonardtown,
returned Monday last from his vacation
trip. lie says that during his stay at
Atlantic City he saw Lieut.. Bostick and
that the Lieutenant is not looking very
well.
Happy Russell, jr., belonging to Rich
ard III. Garner, of Milcstown. was second
in the three heats of the trotting race at
the Marlboro Fair Wednesday, August
"A. instant. The winners time was 9 81,
. 25. 2s44.
The New York Herald is authority for
the discovery that the common blue
martin is great devourer of mosquitoes
and that multitude of these birds
around is great protection against pest
OF mosquitoes.
Il. Eugene Biscoe, of the Advertising
Department of the Baltimore Nescs, paid
cur Office pleasant visit Tuesday after
noon last. Mr.. Biscoe is q native of
our county and son of the late J. Ed
ward Biscoe, of California.
The new arrivals at Foxwell's Point
are: air. and Mrs. r. G. Amies, Miss
Roberta Amies, Master Gilmore Amies !;
Mr.. and Mrs. John ID. Davidson and son,
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Davidson, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. II. West and three children.
His Honor, Judge Crane, has signed
an order adjourning the September term
of our Circuit Court TO the fifth Monday,
il being the 30th of the month. The de-