Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-02-13
Saint Maru's Beacon
COUNTY NEWS.
LocaIwise and Otherwise.


Obliged to hold over for another Is
sue.
When the thaw comes 1t IN prob
able that the roads will be very
deep and travelling q burden 10 mar
and beast.
Ballenger 4 Dyson have bought
out A. E. Bowling 1T Mechanicsville
and the postoffice has been removed
to their store.
Next Friday will best. Valentine s
day. Do not make it an occasion
for display Of spite but rather Of
love and Of good will.
Tuesday last, Associate Judge
Crane drew the jury for the coming
March Term OF Court. The list is
printed in another column.
John 7. Ballenger, Of Mechanics
vile recently had cataract removed
from his eye and is now enjoying
the blessing OF good eyesight.
Cur people have much to be thank
full for that thus far during the cold
spell there has been no suffering in
the county for want Of creature COM
forts.
Misses Rose Toker and Helen
Burch and Frank Camalier, OF St.
Mary county, attended a ball at
the Hotel Donald, Washington, last
Friday night.
Monday morning one of the Nor
folk steamers from Washington was
lying in the ice of Blackistone's Is
land. The steamer was still there
Monday evening.
We were Tuesday last delighted
to receive a pleasant visit from our
old friend Josias' II. Hancock, Of
Charlotte Hall, and his daughter.
Miss Mary Hancock.
Mrs. Francis V. King, of Leonard
town, has returned from q trip to
Emmitsburg where she went to enter
Ter son Aloysius F. King at Mount
Saint Mary's College.
Because Of the absence, Tuesday
last, of Associate Judges Harrison
and Coppage, Chief Judge Key of
the Orphans Court adjourned the
Court until February 18th, instant.
The sale of 1900 of St. Mary's
county per pent. bonds is adver-
tised for Tuesday, February 18th,
instant. The bonds are to be issued
in denominations of 5000; $500 and
$1,000.
Nancy Brady, colored. died last
week at her residence in Washing
ton. Aunt Nancy was for many
years cook at Moore s Hotel, leonard
town, and was well known 20 all our
older citizens.
tits reported that fiv elargeschoon-
ers last Thursday and Friday were
dredging near the mouth OF Britton s
Bay and taking shells and all. It
is supposed the boats were taking
the oysters TO plant.
Because of the heavy ice, the
Weems' Line Steamer Potomac could
not 90 through TO Washington We'd
nesday of last week and did not
leave Baltimore Saturday evening
last. We hope she will soon resume
her trips.
George A. Camalier underwent q
successful operation at the Garfield
Hospital, Washington last Monday.
His many st. Mary's friends will be
pleased to hear that his doctors ex-
pect him soon to be completely re-
stored to health.
Our local weather prophet, Louis
Briscoe, colored, predicts rain TO-
day or tomorrow or the next day,
and says the cold spell is on the eve
of breaking up. According to the
same prophet the thaw 70 be will
soon be succeeded by another freeze.
The Duck Supper at Moore s Hotel
last Monday night was q success
worthy OF Count Moore's" palmiesi
days. Two hundred and fifty-seven
persons attended, and each and
everyoneenjoyed the occasion. Capt
Wise, and those who assisted in the
preparation of the supper, have good
right TO be proud OF the result O
their labors.
We are pleased to learn that DIR
r. Pinkney Blackstone. Of River
Springs, has received q letter from
his lawyer informing him that hi:
claim agains: the government Ia:
been favorably passed upon and tha
the money viii likely be paid some
time in June. Frank Blackstone
Esqr., Of Washington, is one of TIT
Doctors attorneys. We are tolC
that the claim is for about $1,000.
Disastrous Fire.-About3 30 'clocI
last Friday afternoon Joseph A
Shoots house at "Avondale, neal
tia G. An...l. "a Cl..-l.. !.