Ste. Genevieve Herald Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Saturday, Jan. 6, 1883 Our county officers elect donned their official robes on Monday. W. B. KENNER threshed three or four crops of wheat, the past season, aggregating about 1600 buschels. The rabbit that Mr. AMBS couldn't catch gave occassion to Joe. BAECHLE for a special hunt last Saturday. Joe came home much dejected. Jos. WERNER, the genial liquor dealer of St. Louis, who sends such excellent whiskey to Ste. Genevieve, was in town last week and did a roaring business. Geo. H. KELLY, Clerk to Butler Co., skipped out n $5000 in county warrants and coupons, and was arrested at Memphis, Tenn. He acknowledges to being short $800. The sale of Gottfried BASLER's farm, which we reported last week, seems to have proved a failure on account of a lack of funds, and Fritz has gone to work until "the needful will appear." Mr. GOULDING, of Ironton, has tendered his resignation as a member of the Board of directors of the Ironton schools because he could not perform his duty as a director "without laying aside all feeling of self-respect." --Ex. The Catholic church at Bloomsdale is said to have been robbed in the Friday night of last week. A tramp was seen in the neighborhood before, camping one night near John GREMMINGER's place under the bluff and making himself comfortable by a good campfire. He is supposed tohave committed the theft and word was sent around the neighborhood to look out for him. The value of the stolen articles was estimated at $200.00. Several bands of the Guignolee singers made their accustomed rounds on Sunday night. The Guignolee is an innocent amusement in itself, if it not abused as a cloak for rude manners and licentiousness. Judge WEBER, of Farmington, has received his medal for voting first, last and all the time for GRANT in the Chicage convention. He is very proud of it, and says five hundred dollars would be no inducement for him to part with it. -- Ex. Our new Probate Judge, Mr. W.H. BANTZ, took charge of his office on Monday. We hear that Judge BOGY will assist him for a time until he gets sufficiently aquainted with the routine of the business. Judge BANTZ has his office in the N.W. room of the Court House. The Chester mail reached the P.O. very late last Tuesday owing to an accident on the railroad. We hear that the train ran off the track about 8 miles from Chester; the engineer and the fireman were killed and three passengers wounded. The mail had to be carried to Chester by wagon. On Wednesday, Dec. 27th, the Circuit judges of the State of Missouri met in St. Louis for the purpose of preparing recommendations to the legislatures of the State to make such changes in the law as they may deem necessary. -- Ex. The circuit judges ought to be the best judges of the workings of the law and its shortcomings. Judge FOX of Fredericktown represent this district in the committee.