Iowa
Old Press
Waterloo Daily Courier
Waterloo, Black Hawk co. Iowa
March 7, 1894
Personal.
-Mrs. J.F. Klingaman was quite sick yesterday and last night with
congestion.
-George H. Anderson is the proud papa of a bouncing boy baby,
which was born this morning.
-W.W. Marsh, a New York commission man, was the guest of his
brother-in-law, Fred Kimball, of the Creamery Journal
yesterday.
-Attorney E.E. Hasner, of Independence, is in the city on
professional business.
-H.H. Clay, assignee of the defunct J.T. Knapp & Co. bank at
Cedar Falls, is in the city on business.
-Messrs. C.M. Berkley and Ed. Wright went to parkersburg on
business today.
-Mrs. E.S. Wilson is home from New York city, where she has been
for the past month selecting a spring stock of the latest New
York and Parisian millinery goods.
-Miss Jennie Hiller, who has been teaching in Poyner twp. this
winter, is home for a vacation, having closed a very successful
term.
-Mr. H. Kornhauser, formerly of the Fair store, is in the city
today. He is a commercial traveler now and says that he finds
business in Iowa much better than in Illinois.
-Mr. and Mrs. Jacob J. Buechele, parents of Co. Supt. Buechele,
are both in very poor health at present. Mrs. Buechele suffered a
paralytic stroke about a week ago, but is improving some. Mr.
Buechele is confined to his bed with rheumatism. They are both
well along in years, were hard workers on the farm and their
powers of physical endurance are waning.
-Albert Holzer's residence on Water street is being materially
improved. A portion of the roof has been re-shingled and an
addition will be added.
Orange Items.
-John Fike and wife, and Jake Fike left for Benton Co. last
Thursday.
-A number of farmers attended M. Flaherty's sale in Eagle
township last Thursday.
-Mr. David Mitchell, Samuel Hoover and Uriah Blough marketed hogs
at the Rath Packing House last week.
-Joe Lichty is doing some wood sawing in this vicinity.
-The wedding bells were heard in the land last thursday eve. They
say it was in honor of the marriage of Mr. Will Clifford, a young
man of standing in Orange, to a lady of your city, whose name we
have not learned.
-The funeral services of Wm. Ikenberry, one of the prominent
farmers of Orange, and who moved to your city about a year ago,
were held at the German Baptist church yesterday. Services
conducted by Rev. J.A. Murray, of your city.
For Sale. Lots 1 and 4, in block 1, corner of
Sycamore and Seventh streets, now owned by mrs. Kate Hackett. An
eleven room residence and good barn. Very cheap if sold soon.
One-third cash and the balance one, two and three years at 6 per
cent. Enquire on premises, or of Col. W.H. Brott.
Suicide at Tripoli
Henry Ochendorf, a farmer aged about 50 years; committed suicide
at Henry dittmer's residence Monday at Tripoli, a little town
near Waverly, Bremer county, to prevent the foreclosure of a
mortgage against him. He first went to Waverly to borrow money,
which was refused him because he could not furnish the proper
security. He then returned to Tripoli. Going to Dittmer's, who
held the mortgage, Ochendorf told him he had come to pay him and,
whipping out a revolver, he began firing. Dittmer and family ran
out of the house. On their return, they found Ochendorf dead,
with three bullet holes through his head. The body was presented
to the Iowa City Medical College.
Died.
Mr. Seth Thompson, father of Mrs. E.W. Coburn, died suddenly at
Waverly last night, of heart failure. Mrs. Coburn was informed by
telegram and went to Waverly this afternoon. funeral services
will be held Friday.
Fell into a Cistern.
A dispatch from Independence states that Mrs. Pret King fell into
a cistern there yesterday morning while drawing water. She
remained standing in the water half an hour before passers-by
heard her cry for help. Besides being thoroughly chilled by the
cold water, she is suffering from bruises received about the head
and face.
Couldn't Keep the Secret
A dispatch from West Union, Iowa, to this morning's Minneapolis
Journal, says: "The details of a horrible murder have
just come to light through the death bed confession of Michael
Joyce, of Allamakee county. this story told by Joyce to his
brother-in-law, John McDonald, is as follows: Four years ago he
ordered his nephew, James Joyce, to clean out the cistern. The
boy obeyed but as soon as he reached the bottom his uncle pulled
up the ladder. He then procured a shot gun and fired both loads
into the defenseless boy. Not satisfied, the heartless relative
tumbled a lot of rocks upon the body and left the place. The
following day he returned and busted the body out by means of a
horse and rope and dragged it to an obscure part of the farm and
buried it. This was four years ago. He circulated the rumor that
the boy had gone South and was caught stealing horses and hung,
and confirmed the rumor when approached on the subject. The
murderer was a varitable brute, having been known to drag his
aged, sickly aunt from her bed just to hear her scream and groan.
[transcribed by S.F., November 2008]