The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-14
HOME MATTERS.


personal,
Mr.. Walter Hoge, of the streator Free F'tSS'
called on us on Monday last.
Miss Ruger returned from school last week
and is now living in the city with her brothers.
Miss X lte Eldredge, also, arrived home from
Rye Seminary. near n. Y. city, last week
D.O.P. llalucway of Chicago, Illuminated our
sancigm on Thursday last.
Hon. b. Cook was in to see us on yesterday
morning. He is looking finely and is really en-
ljoyng excellent health.
Mr.. Al Schock, Ottawa's representative at the
Ia Porte Firemen's Tournament on the 4th, took
the third price as runner.
Hon. F. Goodspeed, of Joliet, candidate Tor
Circuit Judge, gave us brief call on Monday
He is evidently no less gentleman than an able
and accomplished lawyer.
Mr.. John Higgins, an old settler of this coun
~ who for many years lived near Seneca, died
suddenly on Sunday last, aged about 20 years.
Mr.. Ecklcs, of Princeton, one of the accumu.
lating candidates for the newly created Judge.
ship, was in the city on Monday, the guest OF
| c. d. Tlimble, Esq.
| H. g. Cotton, formerly OF this city, strolled
around looking at the improvements in town
since he left some years ago
Among the interesting personals overlooked
by us last week was the return of Miss Fannie
Hull who reached home on July 4 after an. alb
sence of eleven months, the larger portion OF
which were spent at the Hunkerford Collegiate
Institute, at Adams, n. j, It appears that she
carried Off the honors at the Institute, IN music
at least, having been awarded the annual prize
for excellence AZ the piano. We have also heard
her reading was very highly compllmented-an
accomplishment very much rarer than even eX'
cellent piano playing Mrs. Hull, mother OF
Geo. V. and VIM II. Hull, returned with Miss H..
The friends of Mr.. Quin Whitman, remember
ing the especially agGravaling circumstances oil
the case which caused him to commit man
slaughter, will doubtless be glad 20 hear that he
has been pardoned by the governor and released
from the Iowa penitentiary.
ALI. SORTS
Oh, it's "pull down your sgLs."
"TeXas Hen" and "Wild Jack" have got back,
and now white the dry goods boxes with senu'
! inc Texas Bowies
The editor of the La Sale patent democrat Ia
bors through three.quarters OF column 10 say
that he had been ION paper that issued jo'
numbers year-tutal, $3.50 papers" In anoth-
cr column we read: "IIe rather over "oae the
thing so to speak" 1t was quite evident then
that he was on the daily paper-sat on it, FASTING
paper for the stereotypers, probably.
They have precoclous child in Rutland, SO
much so that we cannot consent to see him hid
den under bushel. At the Strawn sociabe she
remarked to her mother, Mamma, this ice
creern makes me feel as though ! was barefoot.
CD On another occasion the family were dis
cussing the wiles of lawyers. Mamma SAID
she, what is a lawyer" THAT, my dear, is one
of your inexplicablc questions. But there's Mr.
r Blanchard, he's lawyer, and so is Mr. Mayo
and Mr.. Eldredge, and Mr.. Bull, and Mr.. -
MAMMA" said our hopeful, "our 'cow-ball,' is
he lawyer, too:' Sensation.
Tie Times told Us on Saturday that the Sisters
of Mercy, by their dinner on'the ith cleared :l2,
jCO what fearful disappointment the hgure'
must have caused which showed that they ha(
made only about SO.
The train had moved out rapidly aud was wei
on its way east, when suddenly pistol sho
was heard above the clatter Of the cars gen
teman Of this city, on board, fell back in hi'
seat and with a heart.rending yell clasped hi
hands on his left side. \ crowd Of passengers
gathered around him to learn the cause OF hi
disturbance. Investigation showed thata Dotti'
in his pocket of the "best liquor in the city, sir,
; had shot out its cork, hitting him in the sid|
and deluglng his clothing with blood! Iableau
+ The gentleman removed to the smoking car
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Tho matter Of freeing Illinois river bridge has