Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1910-02-24
LOCalViSe and Otherwise.
Bee Iuse offog Tues lay 5 steamers

ii buo pEICoS Vi mo0bS continue 10
rise. every day will be Friday. by
acd by"
The ground hog is still boss OF the
weather and is giving US all kinds
Of variations.
Common sense is so uamsd not
from its prevalence. but from ths
very common need OF it.-George
Fitch.
Announcement has bsen made
that by April /, proximo. the State
Roads Commission will be ready to
begin work on the State roads.
The Virginia Legislature has ap-
pointed committee to visit Anna
polls for conference upon the oyster
fisheries OF the Potomac.
Mrs. F. B. Lynch, mother OF DR..
Thomas Lynch, OF Leonardtown,
died a. her home in Camden, Alsba.
ma. on Tuesday, February %, 1910.
We are informed that Capt. WIN.
c. GeoghsRan will be In command
OF the new steamer Three Rivers
when she goes on the route about
March s.
Mrs. Lucy SDalding and Mrs.
Mary deWsal and son. Of Leonard
town. left last Tuesday for Bal,i-
more where they will spend the
Winter.
Doctor Henry Richardson OF Great
Mills was taken suddenly i'll while
visiting his patients on Thursday
last, with Bronchial Asthma from ex-
posure to cold. DR.. A. l.. Hold gdon
is attending him.
We are indebted to State Forester
Besley for copy OF his Leafet en-
titled Maryland's Forest Resources.
II states there is 119 $50 acres OF
forest land in st Marv's, and that
so per cent. OF the county is wooded.
A Bill has been introduced in the
Maryland House Of Delegates 20
abolish capital punishment in the
State. The measrra provides for
life Imprisonment in all cases where
the penalty is now dea'h.
Leon,rdtown is To be liyhted with
the Pltner Lighting Systsn and Wa
trust that it will ba agraat improve
ment over th- old kerosene lamps.
Mr.. Carl Frick, OF Baltimore, the
Marylang agent. is now installing
the lights.
A Kent cou ntian sold one dav re-
c3ntly 100 muskrat hid -, for which
he received chick fnr $ll2 This
il at the rate o. 10 cents o hide AID
is the highest price paid for musk
rat b DIS in the history of the state
Queenstown News.
February Is, Delegate Crane in
troduced Bill to authorize and d.
rect the County Commissiouers0f St.
Mary's county to levy a sum OF money
not exceeding $500 to build school
house for white children at or near
Ridge in St. Inigo's district.
Mrs. Mary E. Waters. relic. OF
John Fl. Waters. formerly Of "Tnwu
Creek" died at her residence il
Washington last Mondav. Mrs
Waters resided in Leonardtown for
several years. and was we'll known
10 our county, where she had many
friends. W. V. Waters. If Leon
ardtown. is a son.
The present indications are that
the General Assembly will pass a
Primary Election Law requiring all
party nominees. delegates to con-
ventions and party Committees to
be chosen by the Crawford county
system. Unless the Bill at present
under consideration be materially
modified, the system will be COM
pick and exp eusive.
The Postoffice Department has is
sued the announcement that the
new postal cards are ready for use.
The design OF the card aS is the
present one, will be in the memory
OF President Mckinley. The paper
will be OF q light blue tint aud the
printing will be in bronzo blue ink.
The stamp Is an ellipse 90 end. 1t
contains q portrait Of William Nc
Kinley looking to the left, with q
background OF horizontal lines and
border bearing the following in.
scriptiou: u. S. Postal Card. One
Cent, Mckinley" and on either side
OF portrait within the border the
mineral Il"
According to Prof. E. B. Frost,
director OF Yerkss Observatory.
Halley's comet will be visible to the
naked eye about April LIST. Il will
cross the face Of the sun on May
18th, at which time the earth will be
plunged in the comet 8 tail for q per
ioi Of several hours. The time Of
the comets transit will be rather
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