Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-04-11
LOCalWiSe and Otherwise.

Attend the Pigeon Shoot at Hotel
Bowling, HughesviIle. Nd, next
Friday.
The recent c1ld spell has serious.
ly damaged the fruit crop through
out the State.
Mrs. Amelia Sanders and Miss
Theodosia Blackstone. ofGreat Mills.
are visiting friends In Baltimore.
Rain. hail. sleet. snow and blow
made up the weather of Saturday
and Sunday, April 6 and z. instauts
G. Nash Reid, of Norfolk. Va, who
has been on short visit TO friends
in LeonardtOwn has returned TO his
home.
Monday last, dogs killed a sheep
belonging TO Judge Jos. II. Key. OF
Leonardtown. The owners OF the
dogs paid for the sleep.
Cough A. Tippett. formerly of
LeOnardtOwn, of Anacostia, D.
c., is now travelling" Southern
Maryland. We wish him great sue
cess
We invite especial attention to the
advertisement on our fourth page OF
the J. l. Gilbert Il Bro. Lumber Co.
Baltimore, Md. This is good and
popular house.
l.. Rude, of Tilghman s Island, the
artesian well man, flushed the Sc
C)nd well for Hotel ST Mary's last
Friday. The joint fow of the wells
is % gallons per minute.
Before another issue ofthe BEACON
it j. likely that Moore's Hotel will
be thing of the past, for Contrac-
tor Dean expects TO have the old
h0stelry down by Saturday night.
The Commissioners Court was in
session Tuesday. and revised and
allowed pensions for the coming levy.
Owing TO the Indictment weather.
Commissioner Abel could not attend
On our first page we print a copy
of resolutions adopted by the Shell.
fish Commission regulating the TAX
ing OF oysters in the Chesapeake Bay
during the closed season for plant
ing on leased grounds.
Mr.. n. Nj. Cake, of Washington.
ID. c., holds the record for fast time
between that city and Leonardtow
tie left Washington in his automo
bile at l, p. N, Friday and was in
Leonardtown at $50, Pm.
N. NJ. Cake. of Washington. d C..
A. Quilts, of Harrisburg, Pa Robt.
II. Chiffon, of Kilmornock, Va. and
Geo. G. Hammond, of New York.
were the tirstguests to occupy rooms
in the new Hotel st. Mary's.
The Towson man who during
March got 4S2 eggs from 30 hens is
not in il with Horace A. Herbert of
LeonardtOwn, who, during the same
month, got BOP eggs from II hens
brown LeghOrn and black Minorcas.
Last week, Messrs. Willard Thorn.
son and T. Murdoch made a trim of
inspection over the Potomac Line
Steamers. They are pleasant gentle
men but no doubt their ears burned
at the many sharp comments on the
recent increase in their passenger
tariff.
Judge w. S. Coppage, of our
Orphans Court, one of the most
successful fruit growers of our coun-
ty, says that while plums and some
peaches may have been damaged by
the frost and cold, that he does not
think the crop is as yet materially
injured.
The official count of the vote in the
Baltimore primary gives Mahool q
plurality of II. l76 and majority OF
7,O4S over both competitors. Tina
nus majority over Wachter in the
Republican primary was 5.384.. The
total Democratic vote was 80, Gil, and
the total Republican vote was "a, l4S.
L Gendason. of Leonardtown, has
renewed his lease on the Millisou
store in this town, and will remain
here. Mr.. Gendason has Just re-
turned from New York and Balti-
more where he has purchased an ex-
ceptlonallV complete stock. His ad-
Vertisement will appear in our next
issue
John Briscoe, of Patuxent, who is
IN the Freshman class Of Loyola Col
lege received complimentary mention
at the recent celebration for the high
est average in his class. FL. G..
Greenwich, OF Clements, is another
st Mary's boy, who. at HOLY Cross
College. reflects credit upon the old
county.
A portion of the front building OF
the old Moore Hotel has been torn
away and the whole of the old tavern
mil - T.