Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-20

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regular calls thereat.
The first night this year Capt. Joe
Turner, Of Funnel Hill, put out
bis net, be caught q punches Oh
good size perch.
Senator Greenwich has bill 20 in
crease the powers Of the Tobacco
Inspector but we do not know the
features Of the bill.
The many st. Mary's friends oI
Associate Judge George C. Merrick
are pleased to see him again in Leon
ardtown. He is looking very well.
Delegate MattingIy informs us
that he has been promised by the
Fish Commissioner a liberal supply
OF game fish to turn out in the Big
Run"
Delegate Grason has introduced a
bill 70 allow the taking up in Saint
Mary's county of 5 acres Of land for
oyster planting instead Of 2 as at
present.
We are informed that the recent
dry weather greatly improved the
travelling over our county reads,
but the rains viii, no doubt, make
them bad again.
In 1901 the first fish in the Leon.
ardtown market were brought here
by Joseph VanRyswick, March 2lst.
This year Theodore Latham brought
in the first lot on Wednesday of las,
week, March IL.
Monday morning last, little Agnes,
daughter OF II. Barber Cawood, oil
Chaptico, was accidently run over
by q buggy in the road near the
LOngwoods school. Fortunately,
she was not painfully hurt.
The roof of the new Court House
is said to have bad leaks in several
places, due TO cracked states. Jos.
II. Milburn, one of our local builders,
thinks the broken states are due to
contraction of the sheathing.
Communications must not reach
us later than Tuesday evening. II
received after that time we are oblig-
ed to hold them over for a week.
The BEAcoS's forms are closed be.
fore the Wednesdays mail arrives.
Delegate Grason's Bill to amend
the Liquor License Law Of the coun.
~ is intended TO cure adefect in the
Wilkinson bill that repealed the
penalty clause aud provided no pen.
atty for failure to take out license,
The Annapolis correspondence the
Baltimore San charges that Sydney
Il. Mudd is behind the almost solid
Republican alignment against the
Hannah Oyster Bill. 1t is nothing
for Mndd to be charged with doing
things.
Among the out-Ol-county visitors
to Court We note: Gen. L. A. Viii
mer, Adrian Posey, Esqr., of La
Plata; Phil Fl. Dorsey. p. G. Edelen
Julian Parsons, Claude b. Lloyd
J. Frank Smith, of Baltimore; III. III.
Love, of Washington.
We are in receipt OF communica,
ton on Dredging in the River
lPatuxent] to which "Oystermen O.
st. Mary s County carefully omitted
TO sign his or their names as aguar
antee of good faith. We have tC
know our correspondents or we d.
not publish their letters.
At Mondays meeting of the Trus
tees Of the st. Mary's Female Semi
nary, Mrs. Lucy v. Maddox was
deservedly complimented bya unan
imous reelection as principal. The
Board also adopted suitable resolu
tions upon the death of Miss RutE
Brimhall, late musical teacher a
the Seminary.
We were delighted Monday last h
receive q visit from an old time friend
Francis NJ. Neale, now of New York
Time has dealt gently with him anC
bis sojourn in the metropolis ha:
made no change in the pleasant
courteous ways that always charac
terized himasan ideal Southern Mary
land gentlemen.
The Potomac left Baltimore al
hour behind schedule time and wen
TO Rock Point for tobacco, reaching
Leonardtown about hours behinC
time. When the steamer reached
here she is said 10 have already had
on board over 100 hogsheads of to
bacco. There are not enough boats
on the route TO handle the freight
Easter Play.-The children O
st. Mary's Academy win render
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