Ste. Genevieve Herald Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Saturday, May 5, 1883 THINGS THE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW How much the county paid for public printing last year. How much stationary each public officer bought last year. How much per head it costs for each pauper on the Co. Poor Farm. How much, if any, each road overseer was paid in excess of the amount of taxes collected by him in his district. How much the county is out in costs and lawyers' fees in the ROZIER, VALLE tax audits. How mush did the county get in the ST. GEM tax suit over and above costs. How much money has been paid the Sheriff over and above his fees for attending on the various courts and what was it for? How much the county owes and to whom does she owe it. All these things can only be made plain to the public by publishing a detailed statement as the law requires. The Mississippi river improvement being an absorbent topic for old Ste. Genevieve, and no appropriations being made by the last Congress for that purpose, it was suggested to our City Council, to appoint a committee for the purpose of co-operating with the Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis in order to obtain such an apprppriation from the next Congress. The committee appointed at the last meeting of the Council (Thursday night) consisted of Hon. C.C. ROZIER, Capt. Gust. ST. GEM, Hon. Wm. F. COX and Messrs. O.D. HARRIS and Hy. L. ROZIER. THE ORDER OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL To morrow it will be 50 years since the Catholic Benevolent society of St. Vincent de Paul was founded. In many cities of this country and Europe, preparations have been made, to celebrate the said anniversary in a solemn manner. The order was founded by Frederic OZAMAN, a Frenchman, with the assistance of the venerable editor of the Tribune Catholique at Paris. $25 REWARD For the recovery of a mare and buggy, stolen from the Ste. Genevieve livery stable on Wednesday, April 25th. Mare is of dun color, white mane and tail, and about ten years old. Buggy is open, with piano box, homemade. Information address to FRANK BABB Ste. Genevieve, Mo. TRUSTEE'S SALE Whereas Samuel H. DAY and his wife Guettie DAY, by their certain deed of trust, dated February 21st, 1882, and recorded in the Recorder's Office of Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., at the deed book 28, page 476, conveyed to the undersigned M.W. HOFFMAN, all their right title and interest in and to the following described real estate situated in the Town of St. Mary, Ste. Genevieve Co., Mo., viz: Lot No. [3] three in Block No. [13] thirteen, as laid down in the plot of the Town of St. Mary, Mo., recorded in the Recorder's Office of Ste. Genevieve Co., said lot being 30 feet wide by 150 deep. Which said conveyance was made in trust to secure the payment of one certain promisory note therein described and whereas said not has become due and remains unpaid: Now, therefore, in accordance with the provisions if said deed and at the request of the legal holder of said note, I will proceed to sell the above described real estate at the Court House door of Ste. Genevieve Co., State of Mo., at public venue, to the highest bidder, for cash, on Saturday, the 12th day of May, 1883 between the hours of 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. M. W. HOFFMANN ROTTLER's bock must have played sad havoc among the thirsty portion of our community last Monday, for divers parties who constitutionally suffer by a dry liver, are reported as having had double vision and some difficulty in findingthe keyhole. RUSSEL, the well known U.S. Marshal, who during the last few years, has brought so many convicts from different parts of the United States to the Chester Ill. prison, was landed there himself on Saturday last to serve a two years sentence for embezzlement.