Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-04-08
LoCalViSe and Otherwise.

Good Friday will be q legal holi-
day and the Bank will be closed on
that day.
George P. Loker, Of Leon ard tow /.
In improving his store by q new
coat Of paint.
The recent 6ne weather has given
On impetus TO gardening and our
local gardeners are busy at work.
Next Sunday. April IL. will bs
Easter Sunday. We wish ell our
patrons happy and joyous Easter.
Miss Evangsline Green we'll. OF
Clements. is visiting her cousin,
DIR. McLaue Cawood, West River,
Md.
MRS. A. e. Speilman end children
are visiting Mrs. L. A. Jones. Leon
ardtown. Mrs. Speilman wa. Miss
Linda Jones.
Rev. William J. Stanton, S. j.,
will preach the Passion Sermon 10
81. Aloysius Church. Lsonardtown,
next Friday at 1880. Pm.
Mrs. Z. Leigh Morgan and dauRh-
ter. Miss Annie Morgan. who have
spent the Winter In Washington,
have returned to their Leonardtowu
home.
The San reports that capitalists
have purchased 800 acres OF land In
the neighborhood OF Laurel Grove
and will start Q silver gray fox
farm.
Captain James Bullock has been
confined to bis bed for some time
past by Q painful boil. We hope
that he will soon be out and about
again.
Engineer Krey has been over
Leonardtown harbor taking sound.
ings preparatory to dredging opera
lions. He came in q tug under COM
mand Of Captain Bell.
The carpenters have about finish.
cd their work at the Court House
and che painters are now as work.
When finished the job promises TO
be good and lasting one.
w. b. Duke is having q black
smith and machine shop built just
back Of the new hotel stables and
facing the road leading TO Medley's
Neck. Charles B. McCully is doing
the work.
The Annual Dinner Of the Char
lotte Hall Alumni Association will
be held at the Hotel Belvidere, Bal
timore. at 7:30. P. L., May 8. 1909.
We hope 'here will be o very large
attendance.
Paul Greenwich, mail carrier, re-
ports that near Curry's between
Helen and Mechanicsville, there is
sucha bad place In the road that he
has to 60 two miles out of his way
10 get around 10.
Baltimore City In stirred up over
the alleged defalcation of William F.
Downs. clerk in the office of City
Register Thomas. II In said that
the amount OF Downs shortage will
foot up over $s7. 900.
Saturday last, WIN. M. Freeman.
OF BlakistoDe's Island, brought to
Leonardtown o 6ne lot Of black head
ducks. MIR. Freeman reports that
there are more ducks In the Potomac
than he has seen there for many
years.
Sunday, vessel from the Wicomi.
co river arrived at the fish wharf.
Washington. with 14,OOO herring
and 800 shad, caught Saturday.
The steamer Anne Arundel on Mon
day had many barrels Of fish CON.
signed 70 Washington dealers.
Mr.. Joseph Eagan. who has been
soliciting subscriptions for the
building Of the railroad to Esperanza.
has been called 10 Philadelphia, and
DR.. Joseph o. King will take up
Mr.. Eagan's work here. We wish
DR.. King great success In securing
subscriptions.
On last Friday night over one
hundred and fifty dollars was stolen
from the safe in J. J. Norris store.
Leonardtown. IL Ia thought that
the thief secreted himself In the
store before lookup time and rob.
bed the safe during the night. The
safe has On old-fashioned key lock.
Cassian Andrews, OF South Dokota
who recently purchased the Pavne
farm near Clements, has moved on
the property. He has brought with
him hna herd Of Shetland ponies
and those who have seen them saw
thss they are pretty sight grazing
IN the held. The herd numbers 10
Mr.. Andrews bought the farm
through ]. Camillus Howard, real
estate aOank