Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-06-08
LOCalWiSe and Otherwise.

Mary's.
Miss Josie Raley, of st. Inigo's
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Graham
Shade, Park Hall.
Our thanks are due Charlotte Hall
friends for invitations to the COM
mencement at the Academy.
The Rev. w. T, Thomas will hold
Divine Service in Christ Church,
Chaptico, Sunday next, June 18th,
at 1870, A. NJ.
w. Francis Dent and wife return
ed to Baltimore per Sunday s steam
er much to the regret of their Leon
ardtown friends.
Thursday, June 18th, instant,
will be commencement day at Char
lotte Hall Academy. We hope there
will be a large attendance.
There will be a game OF baseball
next Monday afternoon between the
Leonardtown Blue Ribbons and the
st. Clements Bay Swamp Angels.
The Dramatic Entertainment at
Mechanicsville, last Monday night,
was a great success, socially and
financially. About 1920 were realiz-
ed.
Last week s the boat race at
Abel's wharf was won by the Miss
Lucy" Captain Charles Tippett.
We have not learned the names of
the ALSO rams"
Recently our friend 4. G. Ponton,
OF "Patuxent" in crossing his field
captured a whole litter of red foxes.
They were active and lively little
fellows about the size of cats.
Richard Thomas, colored, surrend-
cred by his sureties, was Saturday
last brought back to Jail by Con
stable w. b. Long. Thomas was
committed on charge of obtaining
goods uder false pretenses.
Thomas w. Aud, of Valley Lee,
was in Leonardtown, last Monday.
Mr.. Aud has been confined to his
bed for nearly two years by iniiam-
matory rheumatism. His many
friends are pleased to see him out
again.
BY request, the ladies OF Me-
Gainesville will repeat in the School
Hall at Charlotte Hall on Saturday
evening next, the Dramatic Enter
tainment that was rendered with
such success at Mechanicsville, last
Monday evening.
We return thanks to Miss Jean
nette Eleanor Bronze, of st. Mary's
City, for an invitation to the exhi-
bitoh of the work of the students of
the Maryland Institute Schools of Art
and Design. Miss Bronze is one OF
the Schools most talented artists.
The Weems' Line steamer will
proceed direct from Leonardtown to
St. Marys City on the morning of
Wednesday, June l4th, affording an
opportunity of attending the com
mencement exercises at the St.
Marys Female Seminary, on that
date.
The closing exercises at St.
Mary's Academy Leonardtown, will
take place, Friday, June Is, 1905. at
3, p. NJ. Doors will open at 100.
Tickets of admission, % cents, will
be on sale at the stores Of Messrs.
+. o. Morgan, Drury & Saunders
and Tippett, Johnson & Foxwell.
School Commissioner John f.
Duke, of Leo nardtown, left Wednes.
day for Nazareth, KY, to visit his
daughter, who is in the Convent
there. While in the South, Mr.
Duke will attend the Confederate
Reunion at Louisville as delegate
from Bradley T. Johnson Camp
lilo, U. c. V.
The local Telephone Line is work.
ing all right between Leonardtown
and Washington, but the line Il
Baltimore is not yet cleared up
Mr.. Stabler, of the G. & p, hope:
to have the Baltimore connection
working satisfactorily within /;
few days. In talking over the long
distance phone hold the lips Close
to the transmitter and talk in a dis
tinct though moderate tone.
On the fourth pageof this issue We
print Chairman Vandiver's explana
ton OF the Constitutional Amend
ment to be voted on at the coming
election. Mr.. Vandiver's paper is
we think, fair and candid explana
ton OF the Democratic position OIL
the amendment and will be reaC
with interest by men of all parties
Don't overlook it, but read it care
fully and give US your views upon
it.
Richard Combs, colored, wa:
brought before Justice w. B. Dor
sey, last Tuesday, by Capt. w. G