Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-06-17
COUNTY NEWS.
LOCalViSe and Otherwise.
DR. w. B Burch, OF Baltimore, In
visiting relatives In So Mays.

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and farmers are Respondent over the
Quito *
Miss Majory Maddox. OfSt. Mary's
Civ is visiting Miss Lillian Tur
ner.
The sloop Nv II. Hall, If Ralti
more Is lyiag abandoned ut Bush
wood wharf.
Do not take shelter under green
trees during thunder storms Such
risks should never be taken.
We return thanks 10 Rev. p. ].
O'Carroll. S. ] for an invitation 70
the commencement OF LOyol~ College.
TIagan and Oliveri Vaudeville Co ,
left Leonardt0wn for Solomon y Wed
nc sday last. Thew have agood show.
Mr. and Mrs Charles z. Sterling,
q a daughter, Of Heathsville, Va
are visiting relatives in st. Mary's.
Mrs. Ida Ford and Mrs Giles
Over end children, OF Washington,
are visiting the family Of VIM. NJ.
Lpker. Leonardtown.
A year old turkey hen belonging
toe. Wesley Magill, OF Great Mills,
hiss laid, up TO date, 80 eggs and Is
still a-lsying. She has never set.
Friday last, Sheriff Dent took r. L.
Thompson 70 the House OF COrrec-
ton 10 serve four months sentence
imposed by Justice Herbert for va
grancy.
June Is generally recognized as
Q rainy mouth. Says the Towson
Union In 1906, the month had but
8 days OF clear weather, and In 1907
the month was very cold and rain
foil almost daily.
IL was expected that the Demo
cratic Central Committee would meet
Tuesday last aud arrange for the
primaries. Owing however. to un-
f0reseen circumstances, the commit
tee did no; meet.
We invite attention TO the pupils
examination questions printed on
our first page. These questions
show the curriculum OF our public
schools and what o pupil has TO
know TO pass from the different
grades.
The Courts OF Massachusetts,,
North Carolina and Virginia have
decided shat u tuberculosis sanatOr-
ium Is not q menace 70 the health of
0 community. aud that 10 does not
decrease the value OF land in It's i'm
mediate neighborhood.
Hicks predicts o regular storm
period from Jane IS to %, with
startling electrical displays. From
the rs 10 %, We are TO have sudden
and severe thunder gusts. June
clouds will make sudden and unex-
pected turns In their courses and
come from unlocked for directions.
Messrs. John Briscoe, ofSt. Ouch
bert's, and A. Jack Spalding and
Franklin Abel, OF Leonardtown-
students at Loyols College-are at
home for their vacations. Mr.. Bris-
coe Is one Of the honor men OF the
college and the other county boys
have made good records.
James G. Wood, colored, died
June 8, 1909, az Hillville in the 9Th
district. aged 81 years. For years
be was caretaker on the farm OF
Henry +. Spalding. Esq. Uncle Jim
was good man and good citizen.
Nav hs rest in uaacaI
George r. Garner, ESQ, OF Chap
tico, was toastmsster at the recent
Frat" banquet at Dickinson Col
iege. Mr.. Gamers remarks were
enthusiastically applauded. He was
one OF the Charter members of the
Greek letter fraternity at Dickin-
son.
At Sd. Aloysius' Church, Leonard
town, last Sunday, Rev. Aloysius
Brosnan, s. j.. preached q very elo-
quent and effective sermon on the
Real Presence. Father Brosnan is
ons OF the most forcible and eloquent
preachers who have ever visited
our county. He will give Retreat
for ladies at Sd. Academy beginning
Sunday, June Goth and ending
Thursday, June 24th.
The fulnsss OF time is come for in
shutting Q campaign against typ
hold fever ane other summer disea-
ses. The boiling or filtration OF
drinking water, the pasteurization
Of milk. aud the thorough washing
OF raw fruits and vegetables, are
valuable safeguards In the proven
tion Of typhoid fever. Protection
against dies and other insects is
also important. The avoidance OF
ell vegetables fortified by the use
Of 30 called "night-soil" il another
necessary and wise precaution.
As We go TO press the report
reaches Us that large rick Of straw
NJ Bush wood" was burned this
morning. The rick was about 20
feet from the barn, and the barn was
saved by strenuous efforts of neigh
bors. Had the barn caught fire she
dwelling would have been in seri-
Gus danger. Last Tuesday night, q
tenant house on the same farm. &C.
cupied by Ferd Carter and family
was burned, the occupants barely
escaping with their lives. II ID
thought the fires were Of incendiary
origin.