I copied his name as it was in the newspaper, which was Pigg. I checked in Bartel's book of marriages in Ste. Genevieve and I find it in there as Pigg and Pigge. Perhaps someone in the area could check the church records for us. He is listed as the priest at St. Joseph's Church, New Offenberg Bartel's book of marriages has several marriages listed where Father Pigge was the priest, in one it states his name as Henry Pigge, Catholic Priest at St. Marys Church in Weingarten. In doing the abstracts from the newspaper I copied them just as they were printed, however, that doesn't mean they are correct as they often misspelled the names and in cases where I knew that it was definitely incorrect I followed the name with (sic) to indicate that it was not correct, and if I thought it was incorrect and was not certain I followed with (sic?). If you, or anyone else can verify whether his name was Pigg, Pigge or Figg, please let me know as I will correct in all the material I have. Bernadine On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:46:42 -0700 (PDT) Janet K Cross <ckcjkc@sbcglobal.net> writes: > Isn't the Father Pigge mentioned quite often really supposed to be > Father Figge? > > william resinger <wresinger001@charter.net> wrote:Ste. Genevieve > Herald > Ste. Genevieve, Mo. > Saturday, June 16, 1883 > > The adjourned term of the Circuit Court which was set for next > Wednesday > will be held by Judge THOMAS if the Judge, who some time ago fell > from his > horse, is well enough to travel. The "BEARD Case" for the trail of > which > this session was called could not be tried by Judge FOX as he is > related to > some of the interested parties. > > Mr. Wm. ROTH, of the German Settlement, has a natural curiosity; a > lamb with > three legs and - two tails. At least, he says it looks like it; one > of the > hind legs is so short that it is good for no other earthly use but > to wag > with, it being shorter than the tail. If any of our enterprising > young men > should take it into their heads to start an old curiosity shop, that > lamb > might be made serviceable as the nucleus, so to speak, around which > to > gather the collection. > > The members of the "Progressive Cornet Band" are as busy as bees, > getting > ready for their Grand Picnic in GROBE's Grove on the 4th. New pieces > are > rehearsed, a band wagon is being painted in fine style, their new > and tasty > parade uniforms are receiving the finishing touches, mammoth posters > are > scattered all over the country and, to judge from these and other > preparations, it cand be safely stated that this will be one of the > grandest > 4th of July celebrations that we have had here for some time. > > HE IS DANGEROUS > Louis SCHAEFER, a boy of about 12 years and living on the Plank Road > near > the city limits, got into a difficulty with a neighbor's boy, > LAROSE, and, > having inflicted a punishment on the same, drew down on him a sound > thrashing which was administered last Sunday evening by LAROSE's > bigger > brother. This put SCHAEFER into such a rage that he went and got a > shot-gun, the contents of which he emptied into LAROSE's house in > rather > dangerous proximity to the spot where the family was sitting. L.D. > THURMAN, > the city Marshal, promptly took charge of the young culprit but let > him go, > upon the recommendation of our good-hearted mayor, who fined him $1 > and > costs last Monday. > > 4TH OF JULY PICNIC > The citizens of Bloomsdale will > celebrate the 4th of July in magni- > ficent style by a grand picnic, at > which everything will be done to > make the occassion one of rejoicing. > A splendidn dinner will be served; > price 25 cents. Neighbors and > friends of the congregation from > far and near are expected and will > be cordially welcomed. > > On Sunday morning last, while Father PIGGE, of St. Joseph's church, > was > saying low mass, a sneak thief entered his residence, opened his > writing > desk and pocketed 15 pieces of money, mostly foreign coin, valued at > about > $10. As soon as the theft was discovered, a posse of men, consisting > of > Anton ECKERT, John and Christ. GREMMINGER, F.J. HUCK and Louis > JOKERST, went > in pursuit of the rascal, following his trail to the vicinity of > August > SCHILLI's farm, where he was apprehended. He was searched and the > stolen > money found in his pockets. He did not deny the theft, but said that > he was > compelled to steal because he could find no work and was very > destitute. He > gives his name as Frank RYAN, claims to be of Irish descent and, to > judge > from his white hands, has done very little work in his life. He had > a > razor, pocket knife, box of matches, ball of twine, 2 silk > handkerchiefs and > a memorandum book in his pockets. > He was brought to Ste. Genevieve and delivered over intothe coustody > of > the sheriff. On Monday he waived preliminary examination, and is now > in the > county hotel. As he answers the description of one Elijah HENSON, > who is > wanted by the authorities of Carrolton, Greene Co., Ill., for > murder, and > for whose capture a $400 reward is offered, Sheriff NAUMAN > telegraphed to > the sheriff of that county to come and identify him. On tuesday > night he > arrived, saw the man, and declared him not the party wanted; he left > again > on Wednesday morning. > > > > ==== MOSTEGEN Mailing List ==== > The Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri MOGenWeb page is at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostegen/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== MOSTEGEN Mailing List ==== > The Ste. 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