Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-30
saint Maru's Beacon
COUNTY NEWS.


Az last our planters have Q fins
stripping season.
]. ID. Thompson has returned
from quite an extended visit 70 his
son Ia Baltimore.
Mrs. d. N. Freeman. Of Washing
ton. D. c., Il visiting Mrs. Jos. A.
SmoOt at ''Avondale. -
Bil!lngsley Garner and family, OF
'Notely Hall, are spending the
Winter In Washington.
There will be- preachingat Mechan-
icsville, N. Il. Church. South. sun
day February 2. 1902 at ais, p. IN.
II you fail to attend the Duck Sup
per at wise's Hotel, Monday even
ing, February 10Th, proximo. you
will miss real treat.
Thursday last, while trimming q
pine tree, Walter Abel sake slipped
and striking him on his right shin
inflicted painful wound.
There is a place on the public
road near Bud Somervill's shop.
this district. that is almost impass-
able. Ii should be fixed ut once.
Mrs. WIN. Henry Dean. Of Hillville,
is now in q hospital in Baltimore
and her husband has been informed
that she is regaining her strength.
Frank Libby 4 Company, the
Washington Lnmbermen, are selling
flooring at $l.4O per 100 feet, and
sI4 per NJ. This firm will treat you
right.
Monday last, Senator German was
formally notified of his election to
the U. S. Senate. Delegate Mating
ly, OF st. Mary's, was q member OF
the notification committee.
The Herald says that anew Weems'
Line steamer to be named the Middle
sex is to be built by the Neafie 4
Levy Company, OF Philadelphia by
Augusta, proximo. The new steamer
is 20 run on the Rappahannock route.
Letters for the following named
persons are at Leonardtown post
Office, and If not called for will be
sent to the dead letter Office. Mrs.
Emma Bush, Mrs. Mary Brown,
Mrs Mary Curtis. Mrs. Catharine
Graves.
The gross receipts oflast Fridays
dramatic entertainment for the bene-
fit of the Baseball Club were $91. 30.
The expenses, including bills of last
year, were $52.0S. There have been
deposited to the credit of the base
ball club 1882.
Thomas G. Trenchard, Of the firm
Of Trenchard Bros. & Wescott, has
gone to Greenberry, North Carolina,
where the firm has a large tract of
timber land. During Mr.. Trenc-
hard s four or six weeks stay J.. ],
Hess will attend to the firms bust
ness in this county.
The Finance Committee of the
Senate and the Ways and Means
Committee of the House will Febru-
airy 9th, proximo, give the committee
on Legislation an opportunity to be
heard on the question Of an appro-
priation for the building of an annex
to the st. Mary's Female Seminary.
The cold wave that started in the
West and Northwest reached Balti-
more Monday night and Tuesday
night put in an appearance here.
Snow began falling after IL at night
and at this writing is still falling.
The cold is general over the country
and some sections are having bliz-
lard weather.
The Fifty-fourth Annual Report Of
the Montgomery Fire Insurance Co.,
of which George R. Garner Of Chap
tico, is the St. Mary's county rep
resentative. shows 1882. 10 oflosses
paid in our county as follows: Di-
candia ID. Costigin and sisters, $l,-
465.7O; Daniel G. Stevens. $372. John
T. Carpenters heirs. SIS; Mary d.
Reeder, so. The financial showing
of the company is tirst-class.