Ste. Genevieve Herald Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Saturday, Dec. 23, 1882 We hear that the drove of fat hogs that came into town this week brought $6.50 per hundred. Our butchers are very busy at present, as fat hogs come to town nearly everyday in droves. There seems to be no very great scarcity of them "May I go out to skate, mamma?" "Not yet, my darling daughter; The ice is thin -- it would be a sin To freeze you in the water." KNOEPFLE, the barkeeper for HOFFMANN, proprietor of the DeSoto Hotel, who recently robbed his employer of $700, but was captured at Victoria and promptly returned the money, is believed by some to be insane. J.G. KAMMERER has made a street-lamp for William PALMER, to plant before his new store on the Plank Road, and it shines as bright as a Christmas tree whenever it is lighted. Don't forget to light it, William. A masquerade ball will be given some time after the Holidays. All those who feel and interest in the undertaking are invited to attend a meeting to be held next Tuesday night at the Union Hall, for the purpose of considering the subject. The BURLESON tragedy in Chester has assumed a very mysterious aspect. There are no witnesses except the parties involved, and the husband says the wife cut his throat and then hers, and the wife says he cut her throat and then his. It is questionable whether the true status will ever be known. Joe. JOKERST jr., was very near being killed at the Cone Mills this week. He was passing through the lower story, when a piece of joist two feet long, and a pretty heavy one at that, dropped from a height of about 40 feet, alighting on the crown of his head. His cap prevented his skull from being fractured, but a very painful wound was inflicted nevertheless. The steamer "Mattie Bell" ran on a snag near Rush Tower, Friday night, last week, and had to run up-on a sandbar. The passengers from Ste. Genevieve were taken to Brickey's Landing by the Str. Powell, and there procured a vehicle on Saturday morning to take them to their homes. Among the passengers were Henry L. ROZIER, Anthony and Constance ROZIER, Mrs. ZEISER and her daughter Katie with little Edw. BELTRAMI. If Tony ROZIER isn't a little hero, there is none. He was on the "Mattie Bell" when that steamer ran against a snag last week, and, though weighed down with two baskets and a satchel, wanted to walk the whole long way from BRICKEY's home, and would have executed his design if Mr. Hy. L. ROZIER had permitted him to do so. Plucky little man.