Ste. Genevieve Herald Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Saturday, Feb. 10, 1883 St. Valentine's day next Wednesday. The pay of the county judges has been increased to $5.00 a day, by the State Legislature. We tender our thanks to Hon. L.G. PATTERSON for documents lately sent up from Jefferson City. FOR RENT: 4 rooms on the 2d.floor, on 3d. street. South of Market, cheap. Inquire at Joe. VORST's. Another medical spring has been discovered on the premises of Chas. NATIONS near Longtown, Perry Co., Mo. Mr. FACE, the S. Mary brickmaker, has returned from Salem, where he has been engaged in his trade lately. All those who have not paid their county taxes as yet will have the pleasure of paying a penalty of 2 per cent. A number of exchanges report the wheat crop as looking poorly. Several of our farmers make the same complaint. We are under obligations to Hon. R.B. OLIVER, State Senator from this district, for public documents, recently received. If you don't want to get "mad" about ugly valentines, don't look at them, but pok them into the stove, unopened, signed, sealed and delivered as they came. Mrs. WEILER and Mrs. RHEAM made quite a spill of it on the Perryville Road last Thursday. A wag says that the horse shied at the ProsecutingAttorney, who just happened by. Rev. L. BOON, colored, formerly of our city, but now of St. Mary, has been visiting some of our neighboring counties, endeavoring to raise money to build a church at St. Mary for "the down trodden race." -- Perryville Union. The Mardi Gras Ball at Union Hall last Monday night was a grand success, and Leon showed his gratitude by promptly arranging a children's ball on Tuesday night, which was well attended. (Note: Leon is Leon JOKERST --sjr.) Mr. J.A. PARKER, of Iron Mountain, has a cow that gave birth to beautiful twin calves a few days ago. They are nearly alike as two peas. Mr. PARKER says she has done this ever since he has owned her. The millrights at work in the Cone Mills here, are getting along well with their work, the only drawback being the want of material, which cannot be got here except by way of the Iron Mountain railroad. Sleighriding and skating was the order of the day for the last week. Great and small, rich and poor, noble and ignoble enjoyed the sport, and as far as we could learn, there were no bones broken in this neighborhood up to date. John L. BOVERIE has been up to St. Louis for some time for the purchase of laying in a new and complete stock of spring goods. Mr. BOVERIE went up to Montana, February the 1st and came back Tuesday by the way of Red Bud.