Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-02-16
LocalWise and Otherwise.

The supper given for the benefit
OF St. Paul's ". z. Church Tuesday
night last was q success in every
particular.
There was no meeting of the Com
missioners' Court last Tuesday, Pre-
sident Lilburn being the only men,
Der OF the court present.
Mrs. J. E. N. Rsley. Of Baltimore,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Susie
IOker, Leonardtown. Mrs. Raley's
many friends here are delighted to
see her.
The Orphans Court was not in
session last Tuesday. Associate
Judge Parsons was the only Judge
in attendance. The Court will meet
Tuesday next.
The young men of Leonardtown
will give Minstrel Show in the
Town Hall on the night Of Friday.
February oath. instant Attend and
enjoy q good laugh.
There will be a Dramatic Enter
tainment, Supper and Dance at Chap
tico Hall, Monday, February 20, for
the benefit of st. Joseph s Church.
Don't fail 70 attend.
Chief Judge Joseph II. Key. of the
St. Mary's County Orphans Court.
is confined to his room by an attack
Of grippe. We wish him a speedy
restoration to health.
Monday morning .asl opeaed
bright and early with more snow
falling. This Winters supply of
the beautiful" has been sufficient
to satisfy most everybody.
la a charge 10 the Grand Jury of
Washington County, Judge Keedy
says that raffles and awards of
prizes by chance at fairs or elsewhere
are violations of the statute against
lotteries.
The continued snow and the ex.
ceedingly cold weather make il very
difficult for birds to secure anything
10 eat aud many of them are dying
of cold and starvation. Feed them
aud save them.
Dawkins Clements, of Leonard
town, left for Baltimore, last Mon.
day to 60 to the City Hospital to
have an operation performed for ne
crosis of the ankle bone. We wish
hun speedy recovery.
John Shippers, a horse thief, con-
6ned in the Maryland Penitentiary,
has confessed TO the murder of AL
bert Constable, Esq, late of Elkton.
Cecil county. Shippers will be taken
to Elkton and tried for the crime.
A rural free delivery route has
been established in St. Mary s coun-
" with headquarters at Hollywood.
II IS known as route No. /, and Will
bur II. Dean has oeen designated as
carrier with Edwin L. Joy as SUBJ
stItute.
Gov. Warfeld has appointed John
W. Renehans Esq, of "Bushwood,"
State Trustee of Spring Grove Asy-
lum. This is high compliment to
Mr.. Renehan's executive ability, for
Spring Grove is the most important
asylum in the State.
Our old friend, Stephen Raley,
now living at 'Sotterly, has covey
of l3 cartridges that come daily to
the house for him 10 feed. The birds
are almost as tame as chickens. We
hope others will follow this good ex-
ample. Scatter something around
for the birds to eat.
We have been informed that Sis
ter Mary Catharine, former Princi-
pal OF st. Mary s Academy, Leonard
town, is quite sick at the Convent
of the Sisters Of Charity, Louisville,
KY. We hope that her many friends
in st. Mary's county will pray for
her speedy restoration to health.
Derby A. Lynch, Esq, OF Leon
ardtown, accompanied by Misses
Lorsna and Ida Foxwell, Lucille
Camalier and Capt. Thomas Foxwell
were sleighing on the ice on Britton's
bay last Tuesday. Derby gave his
trot.er the rein and made fast time
from Foxwell's Point to Leonard
town wharf.
February 22-Washing;or s birth
day is a legal holiday, bu5 not q
school holiday IN Maryland. The
new school law provides for school
TO be kept on that day aud teachers
are expected to instruct their pupils
upon the lessons inculcated by Wash
ington's life. There can be no bet
ter observance of the day.
The Patuxent River is frozen over
and the ice is strorng enough as far
down as Jones wharf for persons to
walk across. On Saturday, Feb
ruary 4, Miss Annie r. Robinson,
Gtanhan M Ionas Earl Rvdar