Ste. Genevieve Herald Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Saturday, Apr. 21, 1883 CORRESPONDENCE St. Mary, Mo. April 18th, 1883. Our ferries were in a bad plight this week. Mr. BEUN(?) owing one of the memebers of the ferryboard company $310, the city marshal, who had the debt to collect, laid an attachment upon the boat and instead of $310, the damages amounted to $560. Andr. WOLF's boat was also seized, but on the Illinois side, because he tried to carry on business without a license which the people on the other side considered as in enroachment on their rights, and the new ferry boat company on their part, viewing the thing in about the same light, put their shoulder to the wheel and had Andrew put through. There are such trials and tribulations of a ferryman in St. Mary. Our old friend Nick MATHER died at 11 o'clock A.M., April 16, of the dropsy and jaundice. The remains were interred on the Catholic graveyard on Tuesday. Nicholas was always a jovial companion and knew well how to empty a social glass among friends. Peace be to his ashes. Messrs. Miles A. GILBERT and Martin ROND are both still very sick, the former with a kidney disease, and the latter with a disease of the liver. On Thursday of last week we had two balls here at one time, which does not happen very frequently. One of them was held at A. TRAUTMAN's, the other at the hall of B. DIFIANI. There was no design; it seems to have been a mere coincidence. Both balls were well attended and peace and harmony prevailed throughout. The St. Mary Mill was put to the test this week as to the running order and capacity of the works. Everything went smoothly and work will soon commence. It is thought that about 2000 barrels can be turnedout weekly. F.C. TOWNSEND said good-bye to us on Monday and left on the Str. Hudson for West Plains, Mo, to try his fortune there. Mrs. Fred. BARTHELS, who has been very sick with the measles, is mending. Mrs. E. S. STRONG has, for some time, been suffering with the inflammation of the stomach, but it is slowly recovering. April 19th, 1883. Tom HOOSS passed through town yesterday, en route to Jefferson City with two prisoners, one white and ne colored, the fair culprit being sentenced for stealing a watch, and the colored one for doing away with a ham; both got three years in the pen, not as much for the value of what they took, but for enroaching upon other people's rights. The white thief, when questioned by the judge why he committed the crime, took a humorous view of the case and said he did it for fun, but the colored rascal acknowledged the corn, saying it had been his intention to steal a ham and he had done it. On Thursday a tramp was landed here by the Hudson, and the fellow made himself very familiar around town, going in and out at Ben DIFIANI's and repeatedly making his way to the back yard in a rather suspicious manner. Ben thought at last that something was wrong and going to look what was the matter, found the tramp going off with his coat under his arm. Ben, of course, took his coat from him, and drilled him in double quick march street-wards. G.