The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-02-26

beloved BY people-men Who practice what they
preach: The gospel of the meek and lowly Jesus.
The churches of Ottawa represent the Baptist,
Roman Catholic, German Catholic, German Lu.
thersn, French Protestant, Methodist Episcopal.
Congregational, German Methodist, Plymouth
Congregational, Protestant Episcopal, and Pres.
byterian. Most of them have services every Sun.
day, and are attended in most part by wealthy
and intelligent congregations, which form the
largest proportion of the citizens of the place.
BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.
Of the Independent order of Odd Fellows we
have the Ottawa Lodge, No. Al, which meets
every Thursday evening. Leasing Lodge, No.
326, meets every Wednesdao evening.
Ottawa Encampment, No 80, meets second and
| fourth Tuesdays of each month.
Odd Fellows Mutual Aid Association This
association was established for the object of at.
fordng the benefits of life insurance to limited
extent, to Odd Fellows in good standing, who
have large families depending upon them for
! livelihood.
Florance Rebekah Degree Lodge No. /, the
first organization Of the kind in this state, meets
on the first and third Friday evenings of each
| month.
This Lodge is both benevolent and social in its
nature, and is certain to prove both pleasant and
profitable to its enterPrising members.
OF the Masons we have Occidental Lodge, No
49, organized Oct 1874; Humboldt Lodge, No
800, organized in March, 1867; shabbona Chap.
ter No. 81, R. A. NJ, organized Oct Both, 1857;
Ottawa Commandery, No. 10, Kt. Tempars, or.
ganized Oct 23d, 1861. We also have French
Mutual society and Young Mems Christian
Association.
THE SOCIETY
OF Ottawa is good. It has none of the brusque.
meas of new place, or the hauteur of an old one.
Striking very happy medium line between the
two extremes, an entente cord,dk is reached,
which is pleasant and agreeable alike to citizen
and stranger. We question very much whether
there Is another town in the whole state where
better or more agreeable society may be found.
Cultivated people have made this their home.
Coupled with the educational advantages offered
by our schools and the atmosphere of morality
pervading the town, we can truthfully say that
BILE place in which to rear family.of children
and keep them uncontamnated by the bad in.
iuepces of large cities, or dwarfed by the re.
strcted advantages of small place
BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS
| OF these We have 6 agricultural implement
dealers, 26 attorneys at law, Z bakers, 3 banks,
barber shops, blacksmith shops 1 book binder,
book and stationery stores, 2G places where
boots and shoes are made aud sold, brick yard,
broom factory, business college, butchers,
carriage makers cigar and tobacco dealers, 8
clothiers, cooper shops, ) crockery dealers,
dentist, ! dressmakers, drug stores, 16 dry
goods stores, grain elevators, file manufact.
tory, places where -four and feed are sold,
| Touring mills, furniture dealers and makers
glass factory, 10 grain dealers 81 grocery stores
gnnsniths, ) hardware stores, II hotels, 6 in.
surance agents. , jewellers, 4 leather dealers, 3
Wholesale liquor stores, livery stables, lumber
yards, 3 marble yards. merchant tailors, Z
millinery shops, 3 newspaper and job printing
Offices house and sign painters, 3 photographers,
Is physicians, pump factories, 3 real estate
|
only Al saloons, 6 dealers in stoves and tinware
and wagon makers.
| OUR BUSINESS MEN
Are generous class Of men, who are ready at
oil times to aid any worthy cause, whether it be
in the way Of money or advice. Below we give
many Of them in detail, but were compelled to
leave many out for the want of time to see them
and their line OF enterprise. Many other worthy
ones should be mentioned here. First in the
category We will mention
| DIR. DIMMICK BRO,
| Who are leading men in the drug trade Their
store room is large and cemmodious, and their
goods are arranged in beautiful order, showing
that they know how to besutify Is we'll 40 utilize
Their store is stocked with every variety of goods
usually kept in first class establishments, and
comprises drugs, chemicals, perfumes from rare
exotics, fine toilet goods and notions, 70 essential
to human comfort: also foreign and domestic
wines and liquors for medicinal aud sscramental
purposes. These gentlemen are pharmaceutis,s of
undoubted ability, and prescriptions ore com.
pounded correctly. Their goods are the choicest
and best, and proprieters and clerks are courte.
GUS and gentlemanly to ALL All have come to
know that they will get pure goods BY calling at
this store, northeast corner of the Court House
square.
! DR.. Dim,nick is also agent for the celebrated
Mason Il Hamlin Organs, which, for richness of
tone, durability and other good qualities, are the