Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-01-26
LocalEise and Otherwise.

EAS1O@s0NO SA6AR was .Au
Leonardtown last Tuesday and drew
the jury for the coming March Term
OF Court.
There will be Divine Service at
the residence Of Mrs. Hodgdon, near
Milestone, Thursday, February 2.
proximo, at ii A. M.
Joseph Fl. Milburn, contractor.
has just finished 6 room dwelling
with t-o halls for Hayden III. NJ.
Yates, Of Newtown Manor.
A reward of $50 has been offered
for the recovery of the body OF Eric
Wise, who was drowned last Christ.
mas Eve OF Sandy Point, Patuxent
River.
Lieut.. Z. ID. Bostick requests rs
TO ask the parties who have borrow
ed his books to return them, as he
has other friends who wish to read
them.
The young men Of Leonardtown
are preparing a Minstrel Show to
be given at the Town Hall some
time before Lent. Due notice will
be given.
We are indebted TO Hon. Gordon
T. Atkinson for copy of his report
as Comptroller OF the Treasury of
the State of Maryland for the fiscal
year ended September 30, 1904.
To complete collections of premi-
ums on fire insurance policies, Geo.
K. Garner, Esq, Agent for the Mont
gomery Mutual, will be in Leonard
town, Tuesday next. the 2Ist, in
slant.
The annual supper for the benefit
Of st. Paul's NJ. K. Church, Leon
ardtown, will be served at Wise's
hotel about the middle of February.
Date and full particulars in next
BEACON.
Monday last, Jack Brown, colored,
was before Justice Dorsey on a
charge of indecent conduct at a re-
cent dance at the colored hall, Leon
ardtown. The Justice assessed
Brown IS and costs.
Sebastian Thompson is now clerk
in the store at Stones Wharf for J.
Philip Greenwich and Charles Davis,
the former clerk, viii engage in
other business. We wish both the
young men great success.
In our report of the entertainment
at Mechanicsviile in last weeks
Beacon, we printed the name OF Mrs.
+. o. Morgan as taking part in the
Peake Sisters from Alaska. 1t
should have appeared as Mrs. 2. r.
Morgan.
William ", aged five years, SON
Of w. V. and Ruth Waters, died
at the residence Of his parents near
Leonardtown, Tuesday, January "A,
1905. Mr.. and Mrs. Waters have
our heartfelt sympathy in their be-
reavement.
Wilson Smith, colored, was before
Justice Geo. B. Dent last Thursday
charged with the larceny of$12from
Capt. Frank p. Lawson. The money
was recovered. The Justice held
Smith for the action of the Grand
Jury in 800 bail.
The sale of the baseball lot in
Leonardtown is reported. 1t was
purchased for q site for a rectory
for the Episcopal Church and it is
probable that work will DO begun
on the building as soon as the wealth
er will permit. We are informed
that Rev. Barker Turner, now OF
Chaptico, will reside in the new
residence when it is completed.
Justice R. Johnson Cotton, of
Milestown, is investigating an alleg-
ed assault and battery by Andrew
]. Morris upon John Young, eolored.
II is claimed that Young was acting
in disorderly manner 10 Morris
store and was ordered to desist.
In the subsequent quarrel, Morris
shot Young with shot gun hitting
him aboEt the ankles and infiicting
slight wounds.
District Attorney Rose in q con-
versation last Friday stated that he
proposed to use his influence to
ameliiorate as much as possible the
condition Of the employees of oyster
dredging vessels and would use his
best efforts 70 have inhuman captains
punished. He recognized the fact
that often captains had crews ofrus-
fans 10 deal with but said there was
no justification for killing or maim-
ing the men.
Our Charles county friends are
urging the extension of the st.
Mary's Telephone Syetem to their
county. Captain S. S. Lancaster
writes Editor Mitchell that Hon.
Robert Grain, OF Baltimore. would
subscribe $1,000 tofurthering the ex-