Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-11-15
LOCalWise and Otherwise.

ly Abel are visiting LeGAardt0Wn.
Their many friends herearc pleased
to see them.
President Roosevelt and Govern
Or Wartield have designated Thurs
day, November 18th, instant, as
Thanksgiving Day.
Don 4 fail to attend the auction Of
furniture, bedding, at Moore Hotel,
Leonardtown, Nov. 10. at 1890, A.
NJ See advertisement
Mrs. Ida Ford, Of Baltimore, who
has been visiting her daughter,
Mrs. W. M. Loker. Of Leonardtown.
has returned to her home.
Mrs. Geo. p. Loker. Of Leonard.
5wn, who has been on visit to
her friends il Baltimore and Wash
ington. has returned home.
Sunday last IA cattle and rs sheep
were shipped from Leonardtown
wharf. There was excitement while
they were being put abroad.
Last week, dogs harried Daniel
G. Stephen 5 flock Of sheep on his
. farm III Bay District, killing some
i pf them. Mr.. Stephens killed one
Of the dogs.
On our first page. this week, we
print an opportuno atticla 0n tho
Point Lookout Cemetery, by Mr..
Luke r. Matthews. Read it, and
think over it's suggestions.
Paul Milburn, eldest son OF Elias
g. Milburn. Of Leonardtown, hasse.
cured position 10 Gassaway, W.
w.. and left last Monday for his new
home. We wish him great success.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Wright Wills
and family, and Miss Emma Mudd,
of Charles county, who have been
visiting the family OF Mr.. Joseph
Fl. Ching, Of Leonardtown, have re-
turned home.
Since the opening Of the present
oyster season, the fines collected,
for violations of the Gull law, from
vessels captured by the Bessie
Jones, Capt. Maddox, have amount
cd to $1,055.
The Board Of Election Superyi-
sors give notice that all election
bills must be filed on or before Mon
day, November 18Th, instant. The
Board will be 10 session on that
4 date TO audit the accounts.
John Dean, Of MILESTONE, Is n
charge Of the work Of tearing down
and rebuilding the blck biil@it {
Of Moore's Hotel The work is be-
ing done by the day Mr.. Dean
was the contractor on the new build.
ing at the Sisters Academy, Leon.
ardtown.
The bills TO the South Of Brooks
run bridge have been polled and
grayeled and the road thereby made
safe for travel. For his generous
donation Of fine gravel for this work
the travelling public is greatly IL
uooGed 70 Jaines H. Greeuwell, Vi
Satisfaction.
Monday evening. the officers II
the Bessie Jones. brought before
Justice T. F. Herbert, Leonard
town, Captain Nichols, of The scboon.
Slhminks, of Cambridge, charged
with violating the Potomac Gull Law.
The Justice imposed q fine Of $40,
which was paid
Mrs. Mamie b Spencer, Of Lynch.
burg, Va, widow OF the late Dir.
Frank Spencer. formerly Of this
county. Is visiting the family OF
Judge Crane, Patuxent Beach. DR..
Spencer was Confederate Surgeon
and be is gratefully remembered by
old St. Mary's comrades whose
wounds he dressed aud whose suf-
& ferings he alleviated during the
War Between the States.
Monday last, carpenters began
tearing away the back building Of
Moore's Hotel, preparatory to com.
mencing the new building. The
main building Of the Hotel will re.
main intact until Spring and be
used for the accommodation Of pa
irons The rooms have been com.
pletely refurnished, the cuisine Is
up to the Moore. standard and you
will thoroughly enjoy visit to the
old hotel.
On Tuesday Of last week, the barn
on the Rowland farm, near ST.
Clements, caught fire and was burn
ed with its entire contents. Corn.
crop OF tobacco. straw, provinder
and farming implements we're des.
troyed. Tho l}ss OF j Ford Stone,
tenant, was over $1,000 Mr. Stone