Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1912-02-08
LOcalHiSe and Otherwise.
Get to work and help build Hos.
pital for St. Mary's County.

There will be meeting OF tho 81.
Mary's Racing Association at Hotel
ST Mary's, Saturday next at 3 NJ
February 4, three large factory
buildings were burned in Pniiadel-
phia entsiling loss Of about mil
lion of dollars.
February IL will be Lincoln S
birthday; February IA will be St.
Valentines day, aud February ID
will be Duck-Supper-Day.
Mr.. Golden Bullock Of Washing
ton, who has been visiting his sis
ter, Mrs. B. Bowles, Loveville,
returned home Monday last.
A liberal reward will be paid for
the return Of pearl and amethyst
necklace lost between DR.. Green
wells and Hotel Lawrence.
Last Monday, while visiting a
patient, DIR. Zach, K Morgan, Of
Mechauicsvile, fell 90 the ice aud
painfully sprained his wrist
In noting that February is upon
US, the Birmingham Ledger con
soles itself with the ref ction that
it can t be meaner than January.
Miss Anna Dell Milburn aud Mrs
Herbert Combs, of Drayden, spent
The week end, with their mother,
Mrs. E. G. Milburn Of Leonard town.
Tuesday last, Frank r. Carroll,
OF ST. Inigo's district, killed nine
wild geese at one shot. Can Capt
Safe Potter, OF st. Georges s, beat
this2
The Ground Hog took charge Of
the weather for a six week $ term
last Friday and at once spit on his
hands" and went to work compound.
ing freezing mixtures.
Mrs. George r Ash has taken ed
torial charge OF the Cecil Democrat,
succeeding her late husba We
wish her au abundance Of success
and we know she will deserve l..
The School Board was 10 session
last Tues day and audited Teachers
Reports for the quarter just ended
Treasurer JOY will send out ths
Teachers salary checks this week
We regret 10 hear Of the serious
sickness Of Nr John w. Baleg, Of
Clements. Mr.. Rlloy is searIy 50
years old aud is one Of the leading
farmers aud best citz3ns Of our
county.
Doctors Thomas Lynch, Of Leon
ardtown, and Walter B Dent, Of
Oakley, have been summo ed to
Balt.m re TO testify in the u S.
Court about oysters alleged 10 be
infected oith typhoid germs,
All The drugs and nearly the
whole outfit Of the Drug Store, re-
Gently run ia Leouardtown by DR..
IGoorge p Miller, have been sold by
Joseph II Chiug, ESQ Trustee,
andSthe building is to be occupied
by MrQeckIemau, who will ope
jeweIry sfSVe there.
The many fgends Of Capt Joseph
Smith were dSighted 10 see him
again at LeonardtaEn. Capt Smith
is deservediy poGA ar here aud
those who know him Nbest are Ger.
tain that the failure o. Bis steamer
10 make orr wharf was dNe to no
fault Of his, We hope We may see
him again soon and often,
February Alb, dve vessels with
about 10 men on hem were swept
from ttejr moor Ks near III ghman's
Island, when the ice ilm began TO
move. The vessels arc believed TO
have sunk 10 the waters Of the Chop
As4nk a. all the men supposed to be
The ice bat Annapolis.
(which went to the rescue, made a
vain search FIR the vessels.
Indian Commissioner Valentine
issued an order last week forbidding
the wearing of religious habits 10
Indian Schools. While not spe cited
in the ord sr it was only applicable
to Catholic Priests and Sisters en-
ployed 10 the schools. President
Taft promptly revoked the order,
theoretically reprimanding Commits
sioner Valentine for taking such ac-
tion.
The following pupils of Cedar
Point Public School, No. l, Bay Dis
trict, made every school day dur
ing the past quarter: Messrs.
Earl While, William Armsworthy,
Webster and Clarence Bell and
Misses Marnette Bell and Agnes
Miles, Think of such perseverance
In the recent spell of weather.