Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-06
Saint Maru's Beacon
COUNTY NEWS.
LocalwIse and Othsrwiss.

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There are now II cases OF small
pox in the detention hospital at
Washington.
The Novena Of St. Francis Xavier
is now being made at ST. Aloysins
Church, Leonardtown.
Wehaye been Obliged 10 hold over
until next issue the favor OF our es-
teemed st. Inigo's correspondent.
Some ofour Second district friends
are in need OF Tobacco seed. Will
some one please send us some for
them!
The st. Mary S Farmers Institute
met in Leonardtown Wednesday and
will meet again Thursday. Nomeet-
ing was held at California
The recent spell of weather has
afforded our farmers q fine ripping
season and they have awaited them
selves Of il 10 get their tobacco in
order for shipment.
Six prisoners escaped from the
Talbot county Jail at Easton. last
Saturday and t. John Thompson, a
deputy sheriff, was killed in pursuit
of them. The prisoners were re-
captured.
Wednesday Of last week, red wing
black birds put in an appearance.
They are considered harbingers OF
Spring. We hope they know their
geography and have not come to the
wrong country.
The Steamer Sue, of the Weems
Line, reached Leonardtown about
4 a IN. Monday last. The Sue was
obliged to go into Patuxent for har-
Dor. The Northumberland was al
so delayed on her trip up.
Everyone one sees is complaining
of the very bad travelling, and bad
roads are not confined TO St. Mary's
county. Albert Jones, of Baltimore,
says that in the Northern Neck of
Virginia the travelling is so bad that
he can hardly see how it conld be
worse.
March 3. instant, Pope Leo cele-
brated the twenty-fourth anniversa-
ry of his coronation as Pope. The
Rome dispatch OF the Baltimore San
estimates the number present ut the
holding OF the 'Papal Chapel to
have been 81, 900 persons. The Pope
is now 92 years old.
Friday last President Lilburn and
Clerk Dorsey, Of the County Com
missioners, executed the SO, 900 of
st. Mary's county bonds and deliv-
cred them to Edw'd T. Adams, rep
resenting Adams Bros, of st. Geor-
ge's Island, the purchasers. The
business was transacted in the Office
of George Blackstone, Esq, presi-
dent of the Union Trust Company,
Baltimore, Md.
We are indebted to George Black
istOne, Esq, for the handsome and
beautifully illustrated history OF
Baltimore, issued by the American
press. The history is a model OF
the typographer's art but is not SO
good as historical work. In its
description of the transportation
companies of the city it omits all
mention of one OF the oldest and best
the Weems' Line. The same kind
friend has also placed us under OBJ
legations for an album OF notable
Baltimoreans, among whom we note
many familiar faces.
Quite acrowd from St. Mary's was
in Baltimore last week and nearly
all of them saw the performance OF
Ben Hur at the Academy Among
the number were b. Harris CANA
lier and wife, Capt. Walter b. Wise
and wife, Mrs. L. A. Jones, Misses
Katherine and Edwardina Crane,
Ruth Evans. Nettie knight, Messrs.
Harry Fenwick, Robt, Loker, Fran.
els Dent, Walter Wise. Derby Lynch
Dr. Zach. r. Morgan, Jno. T Bal
lenger, J. Wilson Adams, John G
Lilburn, Edw'd 7. Adams, W. B
Dorsey, and others.