The Waterloo Times Thursday May 17, 1894 Wheat heading out. Strawberries and cream. The picnic season is now in full blast. Local items are a scarcity this week. Joe Gauen is learning to ride a bicycle. For a famous hair clip go to Dan Mendel. Locusts are reported to be numerous in the bottom. Blackberries give indications of being a good crop. Examinations are being held in the public schools. Died near Madonnaville on the 13th, Anton Ullman, aged 73. The streets and alleys of this city are being given a much needed cleanup. Mrs. F. Fabel presented her husband with nice little boy, Monday evening last. Married in the Catholic Church in this city, Tuesday last, Miss Mary Rau to Mr. Wm. Vogt. Misses Mary Bischof and Rickie Hudd, of Pickneyville, are here on a visit to relatives. A number of St. Louis people were out last Sunday and spent the day with Waterloo friends. Miss Maggie Heck and Mr. Louis Noelke will be married in the Catholic Church this morning. The ladies of the M. E. church are talking of having a strawberry and ice-cream festival soon. Mrs. L. H. Jobusch, who has been quite sick for the past five weeks, we are glad to say is improving. Died on the 12th inst., near Waterloo, August Bahs, aged 74 years. Incurred in Waterloo Monday.