The Waterloo Times
Thursday, December 6, 1894

Mitchie News

Fine Rain.
Muddy Roads.
Wheat is looking fine.

Zan Ellis is down from Smith’s Ld’g visiting the family of Manny Miles.

Const. John Schneider was down from Harrisonville on business.

The “wild hunters” will be down again this week to give the ducks a round 
before winter sets in.

Frank Coerver was down from Harrisonville on a business trip last week.

The rain stopped corn shucking for a day or two, but they are all at it again 
harder than ever.

The inimitable and only Geo. Decker of the Dittman Boot & Shoe Co., passed 
through here on his regular rounds, Wednesday.  He says selling shoes is harder 
than collecting excursion tickets on the gang-plank.

Some one stole John Libenduh’s whisky jug as they came back from St. Louis 
last week.  The guilty parties are hereby warned that this is a penitentiary offense, 
so they had better return the jug at once, if  not sooner.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Bamber, Mrs. W. W. Bamber, Mrs. C. E. James and Miss Carrie 
James were all down from Harrisonville to spend Thanksgiving.

Schwartz Bro’s Dora struck a snag Saturday night on her way to Clarksville and sunk 
in five feet of water, 10 miles above St. Louis.  As the river is low and no ice in sight, 
she will likely be raised without much damage in a few days.

The government works have all pulled in, and one by one the packets are going into 
winter quarters so as to be ready for the ice and closed navigation when it comes.  
We all hope they may be disappointed, and if the river doesn’t close before Christmas, 
it is very likely to stay open all winter.

The Cherokee is still making regular trips notwithstanding fogs and low water.  
Coming up Friday the fog was about thick enough to cut it with a knife, but she 
plowed through all the same.  Smith Brickey and Jenkins were aboard and well 
pleased we were to find ourselves in St. Louis at the regular time next morning.

The young folks and many of this place, Harrisonville, Maeystown, etc., attended 
Charlie Becker’s wedding dance at Peter Miller’s hall Wednesday evening and 
wished himself and bride, who was formerly Miss Lulu Pilger, all the joys usually 
vouchsafed married people.  They received quite a lot of beautiful presents.  Dancing 
was kept up later than usual as it was the last dance Peter will have until after Christmas, when his big ball and oysters supper takes place.