The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-11
SENECA.

| SENECA.
| \ representative Of the FREE TRADER
swooped down on Seneca on "Wednesday, bu'
was able to present very feeble show OF items
Business was excessively dull, and half the
people were absent, either attending a lawsuit
TAT Ottawa or base bali match at Maiscllles
Not having seen the town, however, for five
or six years before, the changes for the better
were very striking and crcditablo. The i'm
proyemcnt Of Main street is very noticeable as
we'll As in the vicinity Of the canal bridge
| Then several handsome brick buildings now
grace the town, as the National Hotel, Of our
old friend Henry Betterman, Crotty's Hall, and
fJackson's Bank. Then "A number Of very fine
residences on the south side give the town Il
very inviting appearance in that quarter,
The grain tradeA-thc chief support OF the
town--though dull at present there as every
where, supports two large warehouses, owned
respectively by Garden & Bruce and q. c.
Griswold Both are preparing for a heavy
trade this fall.
The leading manufacturing establishment
of the placc-lhat of Watson, Walbridgc &
CO.-had stopped work for week or two to
straightcn up make collections and repairs,
and get Il good ready for the fall rush. The
firm seem to be full Of enterprise and grit, and
in good spirits Notwithstanding the dull
times.
Vaughey, the king of the dry goods and gen.
arnl trnlo ;ptn ,,nyitinp with
toned good nature of general adviser overscer
and pacificator. He is justice, notary, town
clerk and president secretary or director Of
about all the local, municipal society or joint
to try to do much business at Seneca in the
absence of Mr. Vaughcy.
Seneca has really gained great deal in the
last tewyears though the gains are more no,
first time in four or five years than to Il resi-.
dent. She has two good NOTES.-The Caren.
don, kept by our former townsman, Ed. Beck
with, ami the National, already mentioned.
Our representative did not take time to
make an inventory of the stores shops, church
es, schools &c, but is able to say the town is
quite as well and creditably supplied in that
way as any of its size in the state 1t has sew
cral heavy dealers in dry goods and general
supplies couple of well stocked drug stores,
stores, furniture stores, family gro
ceries, dealers in agricultural implements, &c,
&c
,-bi IL. 1upI
that he can get at any other inland town in the
state, the traveller can make a close search
through forty others before he will find a town
made up of Il more jolly, jovial, generous, big
hearted people.
1t has been mentioned that half the town had
gone to Marsclles to witness q base ball match
The match was, nine fat men of Seneca against
nine fat men OF Marseilles As all ourI
feelings were hotly en-
listed on the side Of Seneca, and the game
'esultcd adversely to that town, he rcfrains
rom giving further details Of it than
to acknowledge that Seneca
was beaten. But then Narseilles Ung in on
he Scnecas couple Of lean professionals, |
which Of course wasn't fair, and the Umpire
vas partal-of course he was. And the beat !
wasn't very bid cither-9G to -, or such g. |
natter. ~ the Scnccas had taken their pet /
,arson with them IS catcher, ard were conse-
luentIy on their rood behavior it isaltogethcr
Proper to say, as we can most trutlfulIv, !
hat ON no other such exciting occasion at |
Torspil To. in tho 1,1aTr,o1.,, ,t t',r IIyu ;rIo