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    1. 25 Aug 1883/Ste. Genevieve Herald/Misc
    2. william resinger
    3. Ste. Genevieve Herald Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Saturday, Aug. 25, 1883 Children's Suits, $2.75 to $6.00 at ROZIER & JOKERST. Mr. Herman KOEHLER has taken charge of the public school at New Bremen for the coming term. Mr. Louis ZIEGLER threshed his wheat on last Wednesday. His crop from 110 acres yielded 2030 bushels. John L. BOVERIE pays 40 cents for Irish Potatoes. Mr. Christ. PETERSON is certainly very popular with the boys as he has been serenaded nearly every night since his marriage. On Friday of last week the flouring mill at Ruma, Ill was destroyed by fire. It being the only mill in the neighborhood, the loss falls as heavy on the town and vicinity as it does on the proprietor. The Evening Session of the Teachers' Institute will be held at Union Hall on Tuesday, Aug. 28th, commencing at 8 P.M. All are invited to attend. Mr. H.S. SHAW will deliver an Address of Welcome, and Mr. F. NICHOLSON an interesting Lecture. Admittance free. The enormous yield of forty bushels of wheat was the sum and substance of what eight farmers in the vicinity of the Back Bone, this county, realized together after threshing. Last Sunday while the Str. Annie P. Silver, was taking in flour at St. Mary, one of the deck hands who tried to raise the sliding stage was struck on the head by a barrel of flour which was just sliding down the stage with great rapidity. He died soon after. Those wishing to consult Dr. C.S. HERTICH, professionally, will find him daily at his drug store between the hours of 9 o'clock A.M. and 12 M., and 2 and 5 o'clock P.M. Several severe thunder-storms accompanied by drenching rains passed over Ste. Genevieve in the night between Wednesday and Thursday. A large tree near Gen. ROZIER's residence, was struck by lightening and half consumed by fire before the rain put it out. E. LOTTES, of St. Mary, has taken out a merchant's license and will sell his remaining stock of liquors by the gallon as cheap as it can be got anywhere in St. Mary. The quarrelsome "man and brother" who were arrested here on the 4th of August for raising thunder at the colored picnic in New Bourbon is said to have had a regular pitched-battle at the picnic at New Tennessee last week, in the course of which he was shot in the head and shoulder. The course of the wicket etc. We are told that Mr. Joseph GLASER of Willow Pond has a cow which is regularly sucked by a pig. Whenever the calf gets through, the pig begins operations on the sweet fountain and the cow seems to enjoy it and waits for the pig to come up and take his portion as if it was her own offspring.

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