Ste. Genevieve Herald Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Saturday, June 23, 1883 Last Thursday, Mr. HOOVER of Bloomsdale was driving a cow into his yard, while Mrs. HOOVER opened the gate for him, when the animal suddenly turned upon her, hooking her in the abdomen. As the lady is enciente, the wound is probably fatal. Felix LeCOMPTE, the jolly book-keeper at the Cone Mills couldn't join the merry company on the trip to Mrs. Wm. HUBER's last Sunday. He was bespoken to assist as sponser at the christening of Mr. Philip ANDRE's child. The boys missed him. We see our friend Joseph N. SIMON toiling to embellish the outside of John L. BOVERIE's store, giving it a new coat of paint all over and setting off the front by a fine display sign. John evidently thinks that, as the interior is trim and orderly, the exterior ought to be tasty and inviting. Some of the farmers who have crops in the Big Common Field could be seen last Sunday as busy as bees building dams across the sloughs and low places in order to keep the water from inundating the crops. The so-called Cotton Woods and the lower portions of the Big Field were already covered with water on Monday and Tuesday. The river, however, rose steadily, carried the dams away, and overflowed a great many wheat and corn fields in the higher portions of the Big Field. Some of the farmers estimate their losses at sums ranging from $400 to $1,000. As these fields were partially planted by poor farmers who are more or less indebted to our business men, the losses are keenly felt by the merchant as by the farmer. A GRAND 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION! A grand picnic and Festival will be given at St. Mary, on July 4th, for the benefit of the Catholic Church, to which all are cordially invited. Little Leo VORST and Bennie ROZIER had quite a surprise party last Sunday. The donkey which is a recent acquisition at the Southern and usually a very gentle animal, has been their favorite saddle horse ever since his arrival and many a time have they enjoyed the pleasure of equestrian exercise on his patient back. Last Sunday, when they took their usual airing on donkey-back, Little Gray got it into his head that they were very small boys indeed and he might as well have a little fun of his own. The consequence was that "his head went down and his heels flew up," and our two little heroes found themselves undonkeyed, so to speak, and sprawling on the ground. Outside of a few scratches, they sustained no injury. The public school closed last Thursday with the usual examination. The examination embraced all the branches usually taught in the public schools and was attended by a number of ladies and gentlemen, patrons of the school and other visitors interested in education. The pupils acquitted themselves in a creditable manner. A large and well-selected stock of Clothing just received direct from Chicago at C.A. HERTER's.