Ste. Genevieve Herald Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Saturday, May 12, 1883 CORRESPONDENCE Ste. Genevieve Co. April 27, 1883 [From the Westliche Post] My supposition that sleet, heavy rains, and frost injured fruit trees is not verified. The hard winter has done but little harm to peach and other fruit trees and the warm rays of the sun have brought out the blossoms most beautifully. Rapture seizes the mind of man when he contemplates the beauty of nature; in the valleys and on the hillsides, everything is donning the green robe of spring and blossoms in the richest hues of manifold colors. The wheat fields have not, in some places, been able to withstand the severe and changeable winter weather, but they are, with few exceptions, in a fair way to yield a paying crop. The peach trees have the appearance of bouquets, and appl;e, pear, and cherry trees are certain to yield abundant fruit. The copper mines of O.D. HARRIS & Co., near my sylvan home, about 9 miles southwest of Ste. Genevieve in the River aux Vases Settlement are in full operation and the ore is smelted at the copper furnace near Rock Haven Landing. In the mines of Messr's. BOGY & JOKERST, situated further north, work is also progressing favorably and good metal is produced. No wealthy speculator has as yet taken hold of the, in my opinion, valuable stone quarry that exists on Philip STAAB's farm, near New Offenburg P.O. 10 miles west of Ste. Genevieve, on the Plank of Gravel Road. The rock, which is found in huge or extended seams, is of a grey white color, fine grain is very easily worked, and would probably be valuable for monuments and similar purposes. GOTTFRIED WORCH. A week ago, last Monday, a 15 year-old daughter of Mr. P. BRUHN, of Pevely, picked up a dynamite cap and concluded to see what was in it. She took a darning needle and began scraping it, when it exploded and tore off the end of her thumb, and two fingers of the left hand. Dr. McNUTT was called in to dress the wounds, and the young lady was found to be maimed for life. since nobody understands perfectly the nature of this dangerous explosive, people can not be too careful in handling it. Jefferson Democrat