Ste. Genevieve Herald Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Saturday, Apr. 21, 1883 A very large and much admired steer belonging to the seminary was driven through town last Friday evening. The steer is said to be worth about $130 for beef. Who else can boast of such valuable cattle in our county. -- Perryville Sun. The Storm of last Saturday night is reported to have done a great deal of damage on New Offenburg; it tore down fences and out houses and wrought other destructions, among which may be mentioned the carrying off of Mr. HEIBEL's stable roof. We hear that part of the wall supporting the new bridge over the South Gabouri is threatening to cave in, and hope that the City Board will make no patchwork this time but repair it in such a manner as to preclude the possibility of caving in the future. The poorer the work, the more expensive it will prove. The rock road from Perryville to Claryville, opposite Chester, is said to be almost an assured fact. Several citizens of Perryville, as Probate Judge Chas. A. WEBER, and Messrs. YAEGER, HOOSS & HUBER, HUNT, BIEHLE, and others, are heavy stockholders and it is believed that the citizens of Chester will take a good deal of stock in the enterprise as a fair interest is expected to accrue from the tolls. The "Cassidy" Sulky Plow is warranted to be the lightest draft and easiest handled sulky in the market. Sold on two days trial and if not as represented, can be returned. It will turn square corners, right or left, without lifting out of the ground. Go to the Fair Grounds to-day, and see it work. H. BANTZ, Agent. Last Saturday morning the people in the upper part of town were startled out of their repose by the sudden cry of fire. Upon investigation it was found that one of the chimneys in Mrs. MEYER's house on Market street was going thru a selfpurifying process in order to get rid of an undue accumulation of soot. Though there was no harm done; it might have become a dangerous affair, as the wind was very stiff at the time. The citizens of Jefferson Co. are organizing for the purpose of protecting their lives and property and with this end in view have formed the Jeff. Co. Mutual Protective Association, the members of which pledge themselves to assist each other in recovering stolen property, in bringing persons guilty of robbery, arson, murder or other crimes to a speedy punishment, and in preventing intimidation of witnesses or officers. The object of the association is a good one, and Jefferson Co. seems to need such an organization; for we read in the Democrat of last week that a mob of citizens from near Antonia in that Co., chased Mack MARSDEN and Allen HENSLEY, who are suspected to be systematic hog-thieves, several miles and then stopped. The two men went home, got their shot-guns and, in their turn, chased the mob. Occurrences like these are indications of a lack in the proper authorities to enforce laws. In a community where the laws are strictly enforced, mobs are impossible. When we spoke of Mr. SAMSON as a strong candidate, we spoke of him only as a candidate for alderman, and the result of the election - SAMSON, 76 and LELIE, 42 - proved our word correct. Though his opponent Mr. LELIE is as good and popular a young man as can be found in the second ward, SAMSON was not licked, but shouldered things and walked right off with them like Samson of old with the gates of Gaza.