Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-02-11
COUNTY NEWS.
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men left Monday last.
There will be Mass at Sacred Heart
Church on Ash Wednesday. Feb. IL.
Mrs. John A. Evans, of the Second
District, is in Baltimore on a visit
TO her sisters, Oh at city.
Mrs. and Miss Johnson, of Rose
Bank. paid the Beacon Office an APP
preciated call last Thursday.
Benjamin Carroll Knight aud not
Benjamin +. Knight was drawn on
the jury. Our typo made mistake
in the names.
Owing TO the unusually cold wealth
er tobacco planters have been con-
siderably backened in making their
plant beds.
A Farmers Institute is 20 be held
in Leonardtown, on Monday and
Tuesday, February % and 23instant.
We hope that it will be well attend
ed.
The steamer Calvert made a trip
as far up the Potomac as Rock Point
last Saturday, lay over Sunday at
Leonardtown and returned 10 Balti-
more Monday morning.
The Leonardtown Minstrel Troupe
will give a performance Monday
night, February 10. for the benefit
of st. Aloysius' Church, this Town.
Don I fail to attend.
]. Harry Yates who has been on
weeks visit to relatives in this coun-
ty left by train Saturday for his
home in Suffolk, Va. We hope he
will soon visit our county again.
George G. Booth, who for a long
time has been suffering from cancer
of the face, died near Compton last
Saturday. j. Perry Abel has at
tended 10 the unfortunate man for
some months past.
The School Board was in session
last Tuesday and was engaged in
auditing Teachers Reports, for the
term just ended. Examiner Joy ex-
poets to send checks to all teachers
before the end of the week.
During the recent snow, Walter
Green, of Patuxent district, tracked
"a coon to a hollow tree. Green got
his ak, cut the tree down and cap
tured eight coons. Is there anyone
can beat this record Z?
l.. ]. Sterling, Cashier, desires to
announce that the First National
Bank OF ST. Mary S at Leonardtown,
Nd, is in no way affected by the
great destruction by fire OF the bank
ing establishments of Baltimore.
Because OF the great Baltimore
lire of Sunday and Monday last there
were no Baltimore papers received
here Monday. The Washington
Post reports that the Sun will be
issued from the Evening Star office
Washington.
Harry B. deWaal, Mrs. Ethelbert
Raley and Mrs. Lucy Spalding left
Monday last for Washington where
Mrs. Raley will keep house. Mr..
deWaal is expected home Thursday.
Mr.. Spalding is to remain for some
time with her sister.
DR.. Robert Shermantine, has been
summoned to the bedside of his
sister, Miss Helen Shermantine,
who is i'll of appendicitis. Wetrust
that the young lady who is one of
the best and brightest school teach
ers of the county, will be speedily
restored to health.
Friday, January 10Th, ultimo,
while on a visit to his daughters in
Baltimore, Robert J. Bean, of Val
ley Lee district, slipped on the
pavement and falling broke his hip.
Mr.. Bean died on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 3, OF a stroke of apoplexy.
He was about 20 years old and was
one of the most respected and es-
teemed citizens of the county. His
funeral was one of the largest ever
seen in the Second district.
Michael Kelly, of Hillville. was
forund on the main road near the
the entrance to his mill about ii
O'Clock en- tile night of Monday last
under his buggy and with the reins
around his neck. When found the
horse vas standing but there was
evidence that the body had been
dragged some distance. When dis
covered it was still warm. Messrs.
Gee. Morgan, Ollie Cusic and DR.
Joseph o. King carried the body
home. Information OF the accident
was brought to Justice Morgan,
Lecnardtown, Tuesday morning,
but the Justice did not deem an
inquest necessary aud the body
was ordered TO be buried. Kelly
was an orphan, brought here from
New York, and was raised in the fam
lily Of John Sinclair. He wasabout 80
years OF age.
DR.. Jos. e. Heard, OF Baltimore, sends
ms the Baltimore World, issued just after
the fire, and the only daily paper printed
in Baltimore. DIR. Heard writes: Eve
~ resident in my vicinity remained upall
night Witnessed one ofthe grandest but
most frightful and sad sights. The en-
tire south and west was solid sheet OF
flame, and but for the change of wind
swept before the flames. God grant that
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