Saint Mary's beacon., 1902-07-24
saint Maru's Beacon
COUNTY NEWS.
LocaIwIse and OtherwIse.

Danies y. Hammett, Esq, OF Wash
ington, ~ visiting Leonardiown.
Saul Levinson and Col. George
Combs are ona visit to Leonardtown.
r Cough Edelen and wife, Of Bal
tim0re, are visiting friends in the
county.
Miss Florence Melvin, Of BaIti-
more, is visiting the Misses Morris
at 'Jutland. .
The much needed rain has come
and crops are very much improved
in consequence.
Mrs. William Hickey, OF Baltimore,
Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Jos. r.
Morgan, Leonardtown.
Edmond ID. Barron, of Boston,
Mass, is visiting his sister, Mrs. p.
T. Buckler, at Oakville.
Work is progressing rapidly on
the railroad. The road bed Is now
graded below Hollywood.
There will be dance at Wise s
Hotel next Thursday night, July "a
Come and enjoy yourselves.
Sunday last, lightning struck and
killed large hog belonging to ].
andrew johnson. of Brooks.
Mrs. Mollie Leach, Of Washington,
has returned home after brief visit
TO her son, John L. Leach. of Brit
tons Neck.
Miss Susie Ia Roche and Mr.. T.
X. Harrison, Of Oakley, Md. are
visiting the family OF Thomas f.
Foxwell. Foxwell's Point.
Mrs. Harry b. deWaal, OF Leon
ardtown, has returned from a week s
visit to the family OF Judge J. p.
Crane, at "Patuxent Beach"
Sunday afternoon s storm leyeled
fat with the ground the large barn
ON "Rosebank," Britton's Neck.
The barn was an old one, but in fair
repair.
Don't forget 10 attend the Concert
to be given at the Hall Thursday.
Ii is for the benefit of the Methodist
Church. Refreshments served after
the play.
Messrs. VIM. J. Edelen, Clifford
Burch, Jack Simms, of Baltimore,
and Demetrius Coode, of Washing
ton, ID. c., are visiting friends in
the county.
Mission in Sacred Heart Church,
Milestown, from July 9th to July
3lst, by Rev. Father Semple, Father
Pittar and Father Crogan, of the
Society of Jesus.
"Dickey" Raley is now repainting
Hancock Il Herbert's store at Glenn
ents. He has finished repainting
the residence Of Lewis b. Stone at
Lower GraInplon.
The members of the Sanctuary So
ciety of St. Joseph s recently pre-
sented tothe church a beautiful Sane
tuary lamp and pair of seven-light
candlesticks for the altar.
Copy for the advertising of delin-
quent taxpayers has not yet been
handed us and in consequence
another week Of grace is afforded in
which TO settle 1901 taxes. Pay up.
Tuesday last, Mrs. Lydia A. Nor
ris, Misses jamie and Edith Morris,
Miss Florence Melvin and Messrs.
Z. E. Birch and John T. Morris paid
the BEACON Office n pleasant call.
We we're pleased to see them.
There viii be game of ball on
Tuesday. July 29th. between the
Leonardtown and Mechanicsville
mines AT Leonardtown. Don { fail to
attend, as "a good game is promised.
Dance at Wise's Hotel after the
game.
The examination Of applicants for
Teachers certificates, Tuesday and
"Wednesday last, was well attended.
We win publish the questions asked
in our next issue and persons i'm
terested win do well to preserve
the paper.
Father Jenkins wrote 70 the
Fathers at Leonardtown on Tuesday
that he would arrive on the Friday
morning boat. He was able to visit
Loyola College on Sunday last and
was the guest Of the Faculty at din
ner on that day.
Father Semple and Father Pittar,
assisted by other Fathers OF the So
ciety of Jesus, viii give Mission
at ST. Joseph's Church during the
week beginning August Bird. The
opening exercises of the Mission
will take place at the late Mass on
the Sunday after next. The order
of Mission Services viii be given In
full in the BEACON of next week.
Arrested.-Last week, Captain
Richard Cheseldine was captured