Saint Mary's beacon., 1903-11-26
LocalVise and Otherwise.

Mrs. Harry F. Sanderson aud
daughter Elsie, Of Leonardtown, are
visiting friends in Washington.
DIR. Charles V. Hayden and Clarke
Abel, both of Leonardtown, left
Sunday last for visit to the city.
The third report Of the condition
of the Bank OF St. Mary's at Leon
ardtown is published in this issue.
Read it.
Bruce NJ. Cotton, Manager of the
fremont House. Washington, d. c.,
is visiting friends and relatives in
st. Mary's.
To-day Thursday is Thanksgiv-
ing Day and a legal holiday. The
Bank of St. Mary's will be closed
for the day.
The Rev. ID. Davis will have SER
vices at St. Andrews Church Sun
day morning IL O'Clock and at St.
Peters Chapel 3;3O p. m.
John B. Abel, Commission Mer-
chant, 9l3 La. Avenue, Washington,
d. c., sold for j. B. Drury, this vii
lage, one calf for $14,26 net.
We regret to hear of the sickness
of Col. r. Johnson Cotton, Of Miles
town district. We wish him a
speedy restoration to health.
Captain and Mrs. Thomas +. Fox
well, of The Point" Leonardtown
district, have returned from a two
weeks visit to relatives in Balti-
more
Robert Blackstone, q worthy col
ored man, died at his residence near
Leonardtown Sunday morning last.
He was U. S. pensioner and was "a
good citizen.
Clarence Duke, of Baltimore, is
reported quite sick of pneumonia.
His father, School Commissioner ].
+. Duke, of this town, left Sunday
to visit him.
Philip 7. Graves, Of Patuxent, has
secured the agency for the Bowser
self-measuring oil tank. 1t is one
of the essentials for a we'll fitted up
country store.
The first application for position
under our next President, Arthur
p. German, is DR.. r. p. Blackstone.
The Doctor desires the position ol
door-keeper of the White House.
Senator McComas has introduced
bill for an increase to $50 a month
in the pension of Blanche L. Chunn,
widow OF Frederic Chunn, who was
formerly an assistant paymaster in
the navy.
The cold snap of Wednesday night,
the 18th, instant, blighted many
handsome flowers that had not been
put away. Mrs. Joseph Fl. Key, oi
Tudor Hall, lost all her pretty chry-
santhemums.
The date of the sale of the Personal
Property at De La Brooke has been
changed to December 10, so that the
sale Of the realty and personally
will be on same day. Note the date
and attend the sale.
Rev. ID. Davis has accepted a cal
to st. Andrews Parish and has
moved with his family here. Mr.
Davis is from England and for some
time was stationed on Prince Ed
wards Island, Canada.
Persons having hogs to die o
cholera are reminded that there !:
law requiring the burial of tht
dead animal before sunset on thu
day Of death. Violations of thi:
statute subject to heavy fine.
ii. Mormon Milburn, salesman fol
Mcdowell, Pyle & Co., Baltimore
has completed his trip through th'
county and from now on to Christ
mas will be at the house in Balti
more to wait on any of his customers
Patronize him.
Hog cholera is reported very de
structive in the lower section o
Leonardtown district. Losses re
ported are {: George Mattingly, .
Rhodes Shepard, Z; f. B. Norris, Z
John L. Norris, IA Frank Branagan
1; +. Owens, Z; Mary Milburn, col
ored, Z.
A lady friend informs US that sh'
recalls two of the names omitted il
Mr. John F. Hickey's article pub
lished on the first page OF our issu'
of November 10. She says that Johr
C. Mills and George Christie wer'
in the party that then crossed Il
Virginia.
On Sunday night last a dwell
ing house on the home farm of VIM
S. Coppage caught fire and was con
sumed. The house was occupied b,
a eolored man, named VIM. Briscoe
Origin of fire unknown. The build
ing was valued at about 800. NJ