The Waterloo Times
Thursday, August 23, 1894

Esquire Burke performed the marriage ceremony for Anna C. Walker and 
N.W. Chapman, in his office, Friday morning last.  The couple came in on 
the 8:55 and left again on the 10:50 train for St. Louis.

Collinsville has passed an ordinance compelling all children under 16 years 
of age off the streets at eight o’clock at night unless accompanied by their 
parents.  The fire bell is to be rung to warn youngsters to go home.  Can 
such an ordinance be enforced?

Miss Allie Burke left Monday morning for Chicago for a week’s visit.

Frank Duffy will give a picnic in Lemen’s Grove next Sunday.  Everybody 
invited.

Johnny Hartman is out from St. Louis this week spending a few days with 
relatives.

Outside of Waterloo and Columbia, New Hanover has the best school building 
in this county.

Mrs. J. Keyman Jr. presented her husband with a nice little girl, Saturday morning 
of last week.

Will Wolf has been home since Saturday on the sick list.  A severe attack of cholera 
morbus reduced his avordupois considerable.

Herman Braun, who spent a couple of months at Wolf Lake, in Jackson county, 
returned home Saturday, looking much improved in health.

Louis Rehling, after spending a year roaming about in the “wild and wooly west”, in 
which he visited the Pacific coast, made a trip by water from Portland to San Francisco, 
and visited other interesting parts of the country, is at home, and is right glad to be 
here again.

Dr. G.A. Penney, who has been practicing dentistry in our city for the last four months, 
leaves September 1 to open an office with Dr. W.N. Morrison of St. Louis.  Dr. Penney 
has made many friends during his short sojourn here, who will be glad to see him prosper 
I his new location.

Miss Lillie Bleecher and Mr. Oscar Linberg, both of St. Louis, were married in the parlor 
of the City Hotel, Thursday last, by Rev. J. Nollau.  Miss Bleecher is a cousin of G.A. 
Leip, this city.  The young lady was here a couple of days previous to the wedding, 
visiting her relatives, but said nothing about her contemplated marriage until the morning 
of the wedding day, and Gus’ surprise was complete.

The hot, dry weather doesn’t seem to have had any effect on the matrimonial market.  
This month, up to date, the county clerk has issued licenses to the following:
Fred Melching – Mary J. Connelly
John Anne – Louisa Frierdich
Emil Heyel – Louisa Schrieber
George Fohrell – Lizzie Mohr
Charles Harget – Cora Brown
Oscar Linberg – Lillie M. Bleecher
H.L. Heineman – Bertha C. Niemeier
N.W. Chapman – Anna C. Walker
Samuel J. Welsch – Jane Ann Land
Henry Laforge – Mary Braun

Thursday of last week George Meyer was lodged in the county jail.  The charge, upon 
which he is held in durance, is the killing of one Connor, a fisherman on Carroll’s island 
on the 12th inst.  Meyer was one of a party of seven, ranging in ages from 12 to 20 
years – he being the eldest - who went over from St. Louis to hunt on the island, taking 
with them a keg of beer.  Towards evening, after frequent visits to the keg, they had 
become intoxicated and quarrelsome.  They went to the fishing boat of the Connor brothers 
and got into an altercation with one of them, charging him with stealing a gun, the outcome 
of which was Meyer discharged his gun at one of the Connors, some of the shot striking 
him in the face, and then turning upon the other brother, shot him in the abdomen with 
fatal effect.  The party then hastily left the island and went back to the city.  Tuesday 
following Connor died, and Wednesday an inquest was held at the morgue, in St. Louis,
 the body having been taken there, at which a verdict was given holding young Meyer 
for the death of Connor.  He was taken to Belleville and lodged in jail there, but when it 
was found that the crime had been committed in this county, Sheriff Arns was notified to 
get the prisoner, which he did, bringing him here Thursday evening.  Monday the father of 
the young man was out to see him and bring him some clothing.