Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-07-06
COUNTY NEWS.
LOCalWiSe and Otherwise.

st. Cuthberts.
Mr.. John A. Barber, OF Budd S
Creek, is at John Hopkins. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Barber.
Hereafter every Thursday will be
saving day at Greenwell's mill and
positively no grain will be handled.
Miss Della Maddox, of Washing.
ton, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Jos.
II. Key, at Tudor Hail." Leonard.
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ethelbert Raley, oil
Baltimore, paid a brief visit 10
Leonardtown relatives, returning
per Tuesdays steamer.
Miss Eta Parsons is visiting
friends in Patuxent district. Her
many friends are pleased to see her
again in st. Mays.
Last Monday, Sylvester Adams,
Of Mechanicsville, lost a mare valued
at 5000. The grub worm is said to
have caused death.
There will be a dinner for the ben
eft Of St. Georges Catholic Church,
Valley Lee, on the 18th of July.
Particulars will be given later.
Chief Judge John p. Briscoe, of
this Circuit, was elected President
Of the State Bar Association at the
recent meeting in Hagerstown.
We invite attention TO the com
munication of w. Trickett Giles,
published on our first page. Oys-
termen are especially interested in
it.
A good game of baseball was
played on the Leonardtown grounds
last Tuesday in which the Compton
nine beat the locals by a score OF
tO2.
The Summer Schedules are now
in effect on the Potomac and Patux-
ent Rivers, and in consequence our
travelling facilities are much i'm
proved.
]. Ford Greenwich has entered
upon his contract to carry the mail
Oh the Leonardtown- Mechanicsville
route. Ford will take passengers
to and from trains.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. Harris Camalier
and daughter have returned from a
trip to Hagerstown, where Mr..
Camalier attended the meeting oil
the State Bar Association.
Monday last, Constable Long
brought TO LeOnardtown John Tip
petit, charged with being insane.
Tlppctt is detained here awaiting
removal to one Of the State Hospitals
Wednesday, August 2, proximo
has been selected as the date for the
Festival for the benefit Of ST. Alloy.
sius' Church, Leonardtown. We
hope it will prove q great success
The annual festival at Sacred Heart
Church will take place on Wednes
day, August End. The colored fes
tival will be held on Wednesday
August 9th. The proceeds of both
festivals will be for the benefit oil
the new chapel.
The increase of passenger traffic
on the Potomac Line necessitates en-
gaging staterooms prior TO day o
sailing. Prospective travellers woulC
do well TO bear this in mind. The
Saturdays trip from Baltimore Il
Washington is especially we'll pa
tronized.
Hughesville, Charles county, i.
now on our local telephone line, anC
the cost Of q talk between Leonard
town and that place will De 10 cents
BY request of the management O
the local company the rates TO point!
in Calvert county have been reduced
as follows: From Charlotte Hall :.
Drum Point, Prince Frederick, ST
Leonard's or Solomon's Island, s.
cents. From Leonardtown to an,
of the above named points, the rat
will be so cents.
Nearly $1,000 have been subscrib
ed to build telephone line from st
lnigo'S TO Leonardtown. The far
mers along the route of the propose,
line have aided as much as possibl
by taking shares and by agreein:
TO furnish poles. We hope the ur
per end of the line will meet with tn
same degree OF encouragement. TIL
completion of this line would pu
practically the whole county i
quick communication with the ou
side world. Great credit is due tn
projectors and promoters of the en-
terprise.
We do not know when the DemC
cratic Primaries are to be called bu
think the delay was a wise on,
This is a farming community an
the party authorities ought Away
to so time their calls for nrimar