Ste. Genevieve Herald Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Saturday, Apr. 7, 1883 Louis NAUMAN sold 22 head of cattle this week to Mr. MOOR of Perry county. $1275 was the price. At Daniel ELLER's grand raffle which took place last week, the following were the lucky winners: Joseph KOELLER, No. 11 - a buggy and harness Xavier HUBER, No. 26 - a shotgun Peter WEILER, No. 83 - a revolver C.W. HAMM, No. 85 - a colt The Cone Mills are booming. Last Monday the new works suceeded in grinding 280 barrels of flour, which is 5 more barrels than the Superintendent expected in the beginning, could be accomplished. It is now thought that the capacity will be 300 bushels in 24 hours. The term of the Public School in Lawrenceton has expired, and the Catholic Parochial School commenced on April 4. Sudden changes in the weather are the order of the day this spring and probably the cause of the numerous cases of pneumonia that are reported from the neighborhood. Last week there was a sighing for a warm ray of the sun and this week people began to think of polar bears. As the two candidates for city marshal, L.D. THURMAN and L.B. VALLE, received an equal and the highest number of votes at the last election, and the city charter directs that the state law shall govern in such cases, there will be a new election for that office held on Tuesday, April 17th. The course of popular lectures recently interrupted, will be resumed next week. On Thursday, April 12, commencing at 7:30 P.M., at Union Hall, a lecture will be delivered by mr. Felix H. JANIS, on "Love of your Country; its Constitution and Governmental Institutions." Admission, as usual, will be 10 cents. Messrs. Joe. HOGENMILLER and C. FALLER went to St. Louis last Wednesday night, for the purpose they said, to ask the Vicar General to send them another priest. Anselm STOLZER who, was at Farmington lately, reports that the wheat crop along the Farmington Road, west of the Backbone, is very seriously injured and presents a sorrowful sight. Several buildings in town have improved in appearance of late having a new coat of paint put on them. We note Dr. HERTICH's house, the house of Mrs. DORGE, and WEHNER's saloon. Mr. Wm. WILDER and Judge BANTZ, the newly elected School Directors, are both men peculiarly calculated to fill the position of School Directors with credit to themselves and benefit to the public. Both are men of enterprise and intelligence, who know and appreciate the benefits of the Public School system. Mr. WILDER inherits from his father an enthusiastic regard for Public Schools, as well as a mind well trained to business, which will make him a useful member of the board. A peddler named B.F. RIGGS, when on one of his trips from Fredericktown to Mine Lamott, and about two and one half miles from the latter place, was stopped by two highwaymen on horseback and forced at the point of the revolver to deliver his cash, some $60. he describes one of the bandits as a heavy built man with a full mustache and the other as a young fellow with blue eyes, blonde hair, and beardless face.