Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-12-15
LOCalWiSe and Otherwise.

friends and relatives ia Baltimore
aud Washington.
Adam T. While, of MiIestown. re-
Gently killed three I6 months-old
hogs that weighed respectively $50,
363 and 374 pounds. They netted
100 pounds of lard.
Money has been subscribed for the
completion of telephone line from
Chaptico to Bushwood Wharf, and
the line will be built as soon as the
weather will permit.
Last week, Patapsco Cou Gil,
Royal Arcanum, paid a two thousand
dollar policy on the life of the late
James V. b. Foxwell, Of Leonard :
town. The beneficiaries speak high
ly OF the promptness and fair deal
ing of the order.
Rev. @. S. Lancaster, S j.. OF this
town, who was member Of the So
dality at Georgetown College in 1855,
attended the celebration, at the Col
lege, of the Golden Jubilee OF the
declaration of the dogma of the I'm
maculase Conception.
Miss Alice Eloise Smith, OF this
county, was one of the bridesmaids
at the wedding, in Brooklyn, of Mr..
Benjamin f. Mewshaw and Miss
Edna May Revell. Miss Smith was
gowned in white point de esprit over
blue silk and carried a bouquet OF
roses.
Walter Mitchell, Esq. of the Times.
Crescent, was in Leonardtown. Tues
day last, and reported that Messrs.
Padgett and Trotter, OF La Plata,
had visited Baltimore and identified
two of the party arrested in that
city as visitors to La Plata few
days before the bank ROBBERY.
On Sunday at 1870 A. N. the For
ty Hours Devotion at ST Aloysius
Church began and terminated on
Tuesday. High Mass was celebrat-
ed on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
and Father Monkey preached ut
p. NJ. an Sunday and Monday. Faith
er MOaklev sang the Mass of Expo
sltion on Sunday and Father Lancas-
ter sang the Mass of Reposition on
Tuesday.
Willard Thomson, Esq. President
of the Weems Steamboat Line, and
other officials OF the new corporation
made an inspection trip over the line
recently. They travelled on the
Anne Arundel" Capt. w. G. Geo.
ghegan, and we know they found
everything all right. Captain Geo.
ghegan is esteemed and admired all
along the Potomac and to travel on
his steamer is guaranty Unpleasant,
courteous treatment, as all who have
travelled with him know.
The Bessie Jones captured many
prizes during recent cruise. Eight
of captures were Virginians and
were taken before the Inspector for
that State and tried for violations OF
the Gull law. Fines were imposed
as follows: Captain B. Orem, $25;
]. Orem, $40; W. ]. Edwards. $25;
]. w. Crockett. $25; G. L. Carter,
$25; A. f. Dies, so; Josiah Lard,
$50; E. L. Crockett, SIS; Capt. T.
Beauchamp, of Maryland. was taken
before Justice J. J. Stone and asses.
sed $40.
We invite special attention to the
letter Of Justice G. J. Russell, print.
ed in another column. 1t shows
the great advance in public school
conveuiences in the past sixty years.
We are not so certain, however, tina,
there has been SO much improve.
ment on old Garet Burke's curricu.
lum, for, with his four text books,
he turned out pupils who proved
well equipped for LIES struggle,
and made intelligent, useful and
honored citizens who will most IA.
vorably compare with any later
products.
Ernest Bohanan's store at St.
Inigo's was burglariously entered
and robbed on the night of Friday,
December 2, 1904. A $50 note, some
silver, shirts, drawers, &C, were
stolen. No arrests have yet been
made. We are also informed that
recently ]. c. Craddock' 5 ware,
house was broken into aud several
barrels Of -four stolen. 1t looks as
IL an organized band OF robbers were
going around in the lower districts.
1t is the third time Bohanan S Store
has been burglarized within the
past months. An earnest effor,
should be made to bring the culprits
to justice.
With this issue we will discon
tinue for the present year the pub
LEGATION of the articles on the Pelham
Brsathed Battery, G. S. A. The
okaschaS hava a local intara-A in c.