Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-03-12
LOCalViSe and Otherwise.

Note the advertisement OF Hotel
St. Mary's and give Roland a call.
We are In RECEIPT Of several NOR.
tusry tributes for which we will
make room in iutare issue.
The County Commissioners have
issued instructions TO have Mackin.
tosh bill made safe for ira Yelling.
Any one have team or blanket
checks or keys OF Hotel St. Mary's
are respectfully requested to return
them.
On Tuesday Of Court week. Jamas
II. Jordan. OF Valley Lee, will sell
10 LeOnardtown fine no rse at pub
lie auction.
The wharf at Cobrum in the St.
Clements Bay is being rebuilt
Jos. II. Milburn. Of Leonardto town, is
supervising the work.
Next Tuesday the Commissioners
Court will revise the list of out pen
sioners. Persons Interested should
not neglect this matter.
At this writing il looks that the
March Term OF Court will be short
one. There are very few cases OF
interest or importance on the Dock
cts.
From now on we may expect a
liberal supply Of herring in our 10.
cal market. Prices at present are
high but as the catch increases the
price will decrease.
Senator Green well has introduced
and passed through the Senate
o bill TO prohibit the sale OF intoxi
csnts within a mile of St. Joseph
Church. this county.
There will be- services in ST
Aloysius Church, Leonardtown,
at 7:3O p. NJ. every Wednesday and
Friday during Lent. There should
be q good attendance.
The ground hog is still attending
to business ct the old stand and
looking on the weather for the past
five weeks wickS his left optic and
says: Il told you So"
Your visit to Leonardtow IN during
Court will furnish you an excellent
opportunity TO call at the Beacon
Office and adjust your little balance
due on subscription. Call and see
US.
We would advise our planters not
TO be in rush to ship their tobacco
A mighty good plan is TO consult
your commission merchant about the
time to market your crop and TO heed
his advice.
The Commissioners Court will sit
next Monday and Tuesday to hear
applications for transfers and abate-
ments. Ii you have anything in
this line TO be- attended TO, don I fail
70 come before the court on the days
named.
The meeting of the Trustees of the
ST. Mary's Female Seminary will be
held on some day after the Marcn
Term OF Court, TO be hereafter desig-
mated, and NO. uu the irst Monday
in Court a. has heretofore been The
custom.
In conversation recently with
the mail carrier on the Mechanics
vile route, he informs US that while
there are bad places in the road,
that as whole the road was is bet
ter condition than il has been at
this serson for the past three years.
The Pupils of st. Mary 8 Academy,
will enter upon q three days re.
sreat, on Monday morning, March
18th, which will CLOSE un the Feast
0f ST. Joseph, March 10. Toe exer-
cises Of the Retreat will Do conduct
cd by the Rev. Father Gillespie,
S. j.
All the boys Of the generation back,
knew that every Friday the jay birds
went 20 hell and we were told that
their business there was TO 'tots"
twigs tc the Old Scratch for kind
ling. Now Uncle Remus in his March
Magazine, says they deliver sand,
but st. Mary's boys will stick to the
old statement.
In this issue the County Com
missioners advertise for proposals
for repairing the almshouse. The
Board have also under sdvisement
certain repairs TO the Jail TO improve
its sanitary condition. We are in
formed that they have bargained for
this last mentioned work with q
first,class house.
Bruce Cotton died as his residence
in Washington last Monday aged
about AZ years. He was a brother
Of Judge Z. Johnson Cotton. of Miles
town district. His remains will be
brought 70 the county next Thurs
day and buried AZ Ali Saints grave