Ste. Genevieve Herald, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, Saturday, Jan. 3, 1885. FROM STONY POINT, MO. -- Owing to an overproduction of mud, the people can scarcely get about. -- We are glad to note the fact that Mr. Oberle, who has been sick for the past few weeks, is convalescing. -- Mr. Porter was sadly surprised one morning last week to find his fine horse lying dead in the well. The animal, while walking around the well in his search for water, fell in and was drowned. -- Never was there as great a number of deer killed in this vicinity as last week. I have not yet ascertained a correct statement of the number killed, and will, therefore, defer it until next week. -- I was favored with an opportunity of visiting our young friend Charles P. Boyer in his school one day last week and was much delighted to see how it is progressing. Charley is striving for eminence in his vocation and will undoubtedly become a good teacher. -- DIED: Dec. 24, 1884, Mr. R. G. Waggener, one of the oldest landmarks of the present generation of Jefferson county. He was nearly 90 years old and as ripe with honors as he was with years. He was one of the few surviving veterans who served under Gen. Jackson at the battle of New Orleans. JEFFERSON.