The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-09-05
From Marseilles.
MARsEILLEs, Sept. i.
JOHN S. ARMSTRONG,


NJ. H. Pitts has resigned the Office of SUI
pervisor for Rutland, and the Town Clerk has
appointed Cyrus Shaver 10 I'LL the vacancy
BIC. Olmstead threshed from ten acres OF
oats five hundred bushels. He sowed in
March. Another field near il, put in in
April rave on ten acres three hundred
bushels.
Mr.. Freemand is jnst completing resi-
dence one mile east of Danway.
Mr.. Woodbury. and Mr.. DeveieauX have
returned from the Nebraska excursion. They
went to Hastings and Grand Island. They
bought IA half section nine miles from Hast
ings at five dollars per acre.
Thomas Scott is making one of the most
substantial improvements in the village-a
sidewalk of Joliet tagging, backed by wall
two feet high surmOunted by neat iron
fence. AS the whole extends sixty rods it is
quite an outlay,
Isaac Underhill has moved his office from
Bank block to his Warehouse office. He has
a few buggles made "pon honor which he
will be happy to show. Colonel Mckahin
has bought out the wagon stock OF Mr.. Un-
derhill, rented his shops, and is carrying on
the making and repairing of wagons. He is
la superior workman.
Mr.. Rogers has sold his Leland hote, for a
fruit farm half mile from Benton Harbor
Mich
The Marseilles Manufacturing Co, are max
ing an addition to their wood shops.
Everything in the manufacturing line here
looks forward 10 heavy increase the coming
year.
The unsto!ea balance of the books belong
ing to the Library Association has been NOV
ed to Masonic Hall.
A new whistle calls US to meals and labor
Blacks sent up its last cali in a wall over its
own destruction, since which no call till the
new one on the "Marseiles" Paper Mill.
The above mill has been receiving other
improvements The paper-making machine
has been moved to the new building prepared
for the machine north of the main mill. The
machine has been put in perfect trim and new
gearing attached.
Rev. Albert Erhrdge, of Chicago, will
preach at the Congregational church, morn
ing and evening at the usual hours next Sun
day. the 9th.
Next Monday, the eth, the school rooms OF
New Marseilles will again be occupied by
happy faces. Five rooms are now ready and
will be cared for by Mr. Brady and Misses
Clarke, Hays, Dean and Damon.
Mr.. Shelton lost a child on Monday two
weeks old.
Mrs Baker has opened bran new stock
of millinery goods in the retltted store, cor
ner Nam and Clark streets.
If we must have Il republican to represent
us we can stand f. II. Spcer, Of Manlius, as
we know lie is a, least intelligent, active ana
honest, but that man from Eden, II he dwells
in the gard,t Of Eden, he'd better stay there.
II. Clark has gang OF hands clearing out
the machinery from Blacks Paper Mill.
The school in East Marseiiles is taking
scholars from other districts as usual, and
numbers among those of this tern from Al
len: Miss Fry and Miss Higgins, and from
Grand Rapids, Miss Hanna, and Miss Wilson
of Fall River Many of our successful teach
ers have been under Nr. Johnson's instrac-
ton.
J. II. McCalla has returned from a visit 10
Monroe Co, Iowa, where he has been to lock
a; land He will probably 'tade his interes,
in stock OF goods here for 100 acres Of land
there.
On Wednesday Eugene, son Of Lieut. VI.
l.. Butterfeld, OF Rutland, while in the act
Of jumping from wagon, caughthis toe ana
fell to the ground and broke his forearm. 1t
was promptly set, and he is doing well.
Stolen. from Nr Laing's farm in Brookiield
horse. The case Is being ferTetted out.