What was the Charles Roy case being tried in Perryville?? Bernadine On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:07:28 -0500 "william resinger" <wresinger001@charter.net> writes: > Ste. Genevieve Herald > Ste. Genevieve, Mo. > Saturday, Mar. 31, 1883 > > The Perryville Circuit Court meets on Monday, April 9th, which will > cause > quite an exodus of our citizens who are witnesses in the Charley ROY > case to > be tried there on a change of venue from this county. The sheriff > has > cummoned Joe. VORST, Dr. ANDRE, Dr. BRAHAM, Frk. BABB, Emile LELIE > and > several colored people as witnesses in the case. P.L. LEMPKE will > also be > summoned as witness, as soon as the sheriff can find him. > > We learn that Charley SAUERS of Fredericktown has an intention to > remove to > Ste. Genevieve. Come on, Charley; there are many friends to welcome > you at > your old home, and as to suckers, you will have the finest specimens > right > across the river, of a size to beat anything that can be found near > Fredericktown. > > Just before going to press, we learned that Anthony SAMSON and > William BANTZ > are candidates for school directors. Both are good men and we are > inclined > to believe that no two other men could be found in town who are so > worthy of > the confidence of the people as those two. > > The other day we had occassion to drop into the mammoth store of > ROZIER & > JOKERST and were surprised at the immense and varied stock of goods > that > they are receiving every day. Everything in the way of General > Merchandise > is kept by them and sold at such remarkably low prices that it is > not > astonishing to find their store constantly thronged with anxious > purchasers. > > Joe BAECHLE's duck raising establishment proved a dead failure. > While out > hunting this week, he shot two ducks, one of which, a little one, > had it's > wing broken but lived. Joe put it into his yard to see whether he > could > raise it but forgot to lock up the cat and, in a short time, found > that the > blood-thirsty Grimalkin had bitten its head off. Cats don't agree > with > ducks. > > Henry GILLENBERG a well to do farmer in Randolph Co., Ill., is a > customer of > John WOLF of St. Mary. The other day John made a pair of boots for > Henry > and, knowing that gentleman to be a very stout man, he made the > amplest > allowance for the calves; but when the boots were tried on, lo! the > breeches > wouldn't go in. John swore, the next time he would take Henry's > measure by > the flour barrel. > > Those who know George SEXAUER will be slow to believe, as charged in > the > Fair Play, that he wantonly beat a poor sick boy with a pair of > brass > knucks, for the only provocation of having imbibed too much whiskey > in his > saloon. And we protest that, as Mr. SERAUER waived examination > before the > justice, and consequently, there being no proof offered on his side > - which > would have been a useless waste of breath and time, for who ever > heard of a > justice failing to bind a man accused of crime - it is unfair, to > say the > least of it, for the Prosecuting Attorney to try, convict, and > sentence him > in his paper. > > Our friend Joe MUNSCH, of Farmington cane to town last week with his > left > hand in a sling. He was engaged is sawing cedar posts when the saw > suddenly > jumped up knocking him down. He did not feel particularly hurt and > going to > resume his work when his comrade cried out "look at you finger!" > when to > his surprise he found that the third (gold) finger of the left hand > was > almost completely gone. The doctor patched up the damage as best he > could, > and Joe, came to his old home to warm his heart by the fervent > greetings of > his many friends in Ste. Genevieve. He is always welcome. > > Frank BABB has undoubtly the best educated horses on the face of the > Globe. > Last Tuesday he sent his driver to take a traveler to St. Mary. The > drive > did as he was told but, on his way back, found out that SCHIRMAN had > had a > ball on Monday night and, the crumbs of the feast not having been > entirely > disposed of, he partook of the good things set before him at his > leisure. > Frequent potations must have made the driver unmanageable, for when > the > horses saw there was no getting along with him, and Frank BABB > waiting for > the team besides, they gently deposited the inebrite postilion in a > mudpuddle and came home by themselves. A broken spring was all the > harm > that befell. > > > > ==== 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 > >