Ste. Genevieve Herald Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Saturday, Jan. 20, 1883 The deer law ran out last Monday. On January 12., David DITCH sold a span of mules to John SCHERER for the snug little sum of $300. A.C. CISSELL of Perry Co. says he has been on a drunk, went and raised the devil. He ought to have staid there. Mr. Valentine PREUITT, the U.S. Gauger for this district, is at the Southern, and expects to stay for some days longer on business. FOR SALE: 2 horses with harnesses, and one wagon, cheap for cash. Enquire at PANTALEON SIEBERT'S. Martin BRAUN, the superintendent of the County Farm was dangerously sick the first part of this week as we heard, of typhoid pneumonia, but is now convalescent. The Farmington Post Office is to be made a foreign money order office by the first of April. The aquisition is due to the efforts of Congressman CLARDY and Mr. TETLEY. Mr. Chas. SPINNER, while hunting stock near Clear Creek Diggings, Perry Co., met an enormous panther. The fleetness of his horse saved him. He was unarmed at the time. The two nimrods who have been chasing that buck with sixteen antlers, ever since the first snow appeared, may now give the poor stag rest until the first of September. So says the Missouri game law. The St. Louis papers complain about the negligence with which the gas companies have the lamps taken care of. We, in Ste. Genevieve can't complain of any negligence; we have gone a long way beyond that. L.D. THURMAN, Roman HUCK, and J.J. WILSON came back from Sprringfield, Ill., on Sunday, by way of Farmington. They did not stay to learn the result of the trial, but they think penitentiary will be the verdict. Charley BURKS lost his race mare "Sallie Cunningham" week before last. He found her lying down in the stable in the morning, but all remedies availed nothing. She was a valuable animal and her death is a serious loss to Mr. BURKS. At 1 o'clock, January 11., Cape Girardeau was visited by an earthquake so severe in its nature that the oldest inhabitants do not recollect of feeling one so perceptible. There were two distinct shocks, each about fifteen seconds duration.