The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-12
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MANY iuuics IN olIiWa PROVIDED wine Tor their
New Years callers, and as q result some of the
boys became badly muddlcd in their conversation
before they got around.-Frte Press.
No, Mister Press, not one Of the Ottawa ladies
provided wine for their New Years callers"
1t is true we did hear of a few boys who became
" badly muddled" along about midnight when
the bar-keeper would make them drink poor
sherry while they had been drinking the good all
evening, but not one of them got drop At the
ladies houses.
The last hours of the old year disappeared
in Peru" says the Herald, under the lively
music of Meyers orchestra at Apollo Hall, where
the Turnvcrein were having the liveliest Mas
querade dance ever gotten up in Peru. The hall
was filed too fun for comfortable dancing, but
the spectacle of the masquerade was grand. Our
reporter. who visited the scene, describes it rs
among the best parties Of the kind he ever wit
messed
Supervisor Lynch was reappointed by the Town
Board on Monday last. He gives bond in SIC, 900,
c. H. Green, Esq brought into town on Tues
day and sold to Phelps IL Curryea so hogs, whose
weight aggregated 20, so pounds-an average of
416 Is pounds per hog. Who's next?
Mr.. Z. A. Nattngcr, of the Ottawa Daily Times,
called at our Office last Tuesday. He reports his
newspaper enterprise a fine uccess.-Shertlan
NctrS- Letter.
Fine? How fine? Fine as a geometrical point?
Monday morning was the coolest of the season
the mercury at o'clock standing three below.
On Wednesday evening a bold dash at "a rain
was made
White, the brewer, has been at work filling his
ice house this week, packing ice about six inches
in thickness.
This hell question is getting interesting but
will never be satisfactory to us till the Times and
the La Sale DcmocrGt give us their ideas on the
subject
The La Sale Democrat says that deputy sheriff
Clark was in Dimmck, last Monday, and sum-
moned VIM A. wilkins to appear at the next
term of the circuit court, at Ottawa, to answer
the charge of defamation of character in suit in
which the damages are laid at SO, 900 by John J.
Swceny.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gregg on last Sunday celebrated,
in quiet way, their Golden Wedding. They
have lived in Ottawa for about so years and the
longer and the better they are known the more
their friends see their many good qualities, May
we all see the day when they celebrate their Da
mond Wedding.
The La Sale City Council have instructed their
police to see that all saloons are closed at 1880
p. NJ, and not opened at all on Sunday
The militia boys on last Thursday had drill
in uniform. The outfit makes them look quite
solder-like. But tramps who saw them running
about town before drill declare Ottawa q poor
place for gentlemen travellers" why every other
man you meet is a policeman, you know"
1t is quite evident that the present winter is
not a repetition of that of l01 years ago when
Washington and the Continental army were quar-.
tered at Valley Forge.
Talking Of hogs, Mr.. John Bragg sold, some
days ago, 5 hogs to Phelps & Curryea, the aver
age weight Of which was ATS lbs. Good. Next.
1t gives US pleasure to announce the formation
Of new law firm in this city, to-wit: Lincoln q
Nicholson. Mr.. Lincoln is well known here;
while Mr.. B. +. Rlchoson, just admitted to the
bar, has yet to make record as a lawyer. Both
arc men Of ability, have a genius for hard work
worth ten mems ability, and are men Of sterling
worth We predict successful future for the
new firm.
One Of the oldest ladies of Ottawa died on
Thursday Mrs. Fox, aged 95 years.
Shuler and Rathbun, II. l.. Hossack and W. II.
HOssack have taken out licences under the scales
ordinance and are authorized to do weighing,