Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-05-18
LocalEise and Otherwise.

10 Leonardt0Tn.
The entertainment for the benefit
of St. Andrews parish will take
place tonight, "wednesday
Mrs. A. e. Spielman and children
are visiting Mrs. Spielman q moth
err, Mrs. L. A. Jones, Leonardtown.
The roads were badly washed by
last Sundays heavy rain. In some
places there are dangerous wash
outs.
Ross Coppage, son Of Judge VIII
liam S. Coppage, Of this county. was
last week graduated in dentistry at
the commencement OF the Baltimore
Dental College.
Gen. L. A. Wilmer, States Attor-
ney OF Charles county, is sick, and
ex-State' Attorney Jas. f. Matthews
is acting for the State at the Nay
term now in session.
John Fl. Wells, of the G. & P.
Telephone Co., accompanied by Mr..
Turner, paid brief visit to Leon
ardtown last Sunday. Many friends
here were pleased 70 see him.
At meeting of the Spanish War
Nurses, held in Washington, on the
Bird and 4th, instants, Mrs. Edward
C. Cryer, nee Miss Ruby Yates,
formerly Of this town, was elected
one of the vice-presidents.
BY Wednesday mornings steamer
three city horses arrived for parti-
cipation in Thursdays racing: Geo.
T., JAS. Morrow, owner and Edna
Wilkes and Howard Russell, Frank
Thomas, owner. Derby A. Lynch q
Garrison L. also arrived by boat.
We again invite ate ntion to the
advertisement of the Boston Shoe
Store printed on our 4th page. II
you wish a serviceable, fashionable
shoe at popular price write to this
company at lis Z. Baltimore street,
Baltimore, Md.
Last Sunday evening Mrs. Chas.
Owens and daughter narrowly es-
capped drowning while crossing the
Glebe swamp on the Hilltop Sacred
Heart road. Milestown district. e.
J. Powder, assisted by q colored
man, whose name we have been un-
able to learn, rescued them.
The old phones at Mechanicsville
and Charlotte Hall are now being
replaced with C. & F. instruments,
and all the poles are planted to
Brandywine. Thee. p. will finish
the wiring of their end of the line
by Friday and the local company
will have completed the connection
before the end Of the week.
Fridays issue of the Baltimore
Evening Ne,Cs says that the "BEA-
CON has paid it's debt to nature by
publishing the first Spring poem.
Well, IL we needed an excuse it
would be found in the fact that the
poem was q good one and the Ne,cs
will hunt the pages OF it's contem.
poraries for a long time before it
sees better one.
Thursday last, George Brown.
Frank Butler and Clarke Young, all
colored were tried before Justice
William T. Bailey for riotous con-
duct at dance at Morganza last
Easter Monday night. Brown was
sentenced to 80 days in Jail and to
pay $4.S3 fine and costs. Butler
and Young were each assessed
$4.SS, which they paid and were dis
charged.
The Board OF Governors OF st.
Johns College, Annapolis. actuated
by desire to bring the College into
closer relation with the system of
Public Education in the State have
established 20 free tuition scholar
ships. Two of the scholarships
come to st. Mary's county. one to
be filed by appointment of the
School Board, and the the other by
Charlotte Hall Academy.
Wednesday last, about IL. A. NJ,
the dwelling Of Mrs. Alice Hayden,
situate on Benefits Purchase. T"
Britton's Neck. caught FIRE from .
spark from the kitchen chimney and
was burned 70 the ground. A bu-
reau and two beds were the only
articles saved. Mrs. Hayden has
recently had her dwelling repaired.
She has the sincere sympathy Of
many friends in her loss.
Tuesday last, ex-Treasurer ]. NJ.
Dent sold the property in arrears
for taxes for the years 1902 and 1903.
Fourteen pieces Of property were
sold and in some instances the bid
ding was quite spirited. The Chap
tico Wharf Company's property was
knocked down ut 1856 10 Joseph
Russell. Charles Abell purchased
the John Caiay, Henry Smith and