Ste. Genevieve Herald Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Saturday, Feb. 10, 1883 St. Mary, Feb. 6th, 1883 William WESSELS, son of James WESSELS, who carried the mail between here and Chester about a year ago, fell victim to the pernicious habit of carrying concealed weapons. Accompanied by John SMITH, he paid a vist at the residence of S. SMITH on Sunday last. The young men were much amused by a little lap dog which happened to be in the room at the time, occasionally picking the animal up and fondling it. At one such occasion John SMITH dropped a revolver, a borrowed weapon, from his pocket, the pistol was discharged by the fall, and the ball entered the abdomen of William WESSELS near the region of the bladder. WESSELS died Monday morning of the effects of the wound. Owing to the sickness of the teacher, the St. Mary public school has again been discontinued this week. This is the second time that the school has been stopped and the teacher is about a month behind time. It is rumored that the directors will employ another teacher as, with repeated interruptions of this kind, the session would be drawn too far out into the summer. Our "Dramatic Club" had a lawsuit on hand lately. Mrs. TLAPEK, widow of the late John TLAPEK, had been visiting at St. Louis for some time and during her absence her son John had rented the "Tlapek Hall" to the "Dramatic Club" for their rehearsals and entertainments. When Mrs. TLAPEK upon her return learned what happened, she highly resented the indignity put upon her by what she thought a desecration of her home and, being a woman of determined mind and resolute withal, took the whole dramatic establishment, stage, scenery, and all, and quietly placed the whole into the backyard. For this she had to defend a suit for damages brought by the club, and the case was to be tried before Squire MATTINGLY last Saturday. Vallee HAROLD being engaged by the club and T.B. WHITLEDGE by Mrs. TLAPEK. An agreement having however been arrived at, the suit was withdrawn and Mrs. TLAPEK paid $20 and costs. The next thing in order is that Frank JAMES bring damage suits against all the papers in the United States for having called him names. In Corsicana, Texas, a white man named Joseph MILLGROVE was sentenced to four years imprisonment in the penitentiary for marrying a negre woman. At Hamburg, near St. Joseph, Mo. the high school in which there were 600 children at the time, caught fire. A panic ensued and in the following stampede several children were wounded. Loss $5000.