The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-10-18
Rural Happenings.

BROOKLYN, Oct. Farmers are improving
this fine dry weather ditching and thing their
farms, and getting ready for wet seasons.
Mr.. Frank Cole has gone to the Black Hills
to improve his health.
Mr.. Weber has returned, well pleased with
Kansas.
| Mr.. A. Young of Iroquols county, was in
this vicinity to bid goodbye to his brothers,
Joseph and H. c. Young, who started last
week for Kansas.
Mcssrs. Perish and Helt have sold out and
will soon start for Nebraska.
| A. l.. Bouslough will start tomorrow for
Ida county, Iowa, for the purpose of explor.
ing the land
Mr.. d. Strawn has purchased Alexander
Adams's farm near Mendoza, for $40 per acre
| Mr.. Robert Cook is building a fine house
Mr.. David Houdren has completed his large
barn.
cago, where he was attending Bryant & STRAIT,
tons Commercial College.
| Mrs Rice fell down pair of stairs into the
cellar the other day, injuring herself severely
The Youngest child of Samuel jewell died
last week, aged year and months.
We have bachelor who is tired Of living
alone But no-he is a married man, whose
wife is on q two months visit to Pcnnsylva-
mia. Never mind, Milton, your sorrow Will
not last forever. HARRY DALE.
SANDWICH, H., Oct z lS19-Mr. Crossett
Democratic candidate for Treasurer was here
Friday. Crossett will be the next man.
Democrats, Greenbackcrs and Temperance PEG.
pie have united on him.
Three men were arrested and fined last week
before Esq, Montgomery, for having too much
licensed bcnzine aboard.
The diptheria is within one mile of the
northern limits of the city. We told that
two cases of diptheria among the children in
the graded schools at Somonauk were discov.
cred Friday, and that no children will be in
attendance this week in consequence.
ID, w. Crawford, our popular grocer, carried
off the first prize at the monthly rifle shooting
match last week.
4 German tumbled from his wagon one day
last week and the right hind wheel run over
his neck Cause: licensed hghthiHg.
Judge w. F.. Bick, formerly judge in In
dia," will give an entertainment at our City
Hall, Oct 90, 81 and 90, with his Euryscope
The new carpet recently purchased for the
NJ f. Church. will he LAID this week. The
gentlemen "clean up the church, and the lad
les have "bee" 10 lay the carpet.
hubbard Latham, Of Willamette; DIR. and
Ellison Of Michigan; Miss Lizzie Mas
90 ,, If Brooklyn; Miss Minnie Pierce, Of Chi
cage: Lon Cox, of Princeton; Mr.. and Mrs.
| T. w McKindley, of Kenosha; Mrs w. B.
Macombcr, of Chicago; Mrs. Chas Bushnell
of Connecticut others, have been visiting
friends and relatives here the past week
Mayor Hummel spent last week at the ST
| LOUIS Far; he thinks il was boss"
| Boodgood, of the Free Press received %
new subscribers during the past two weeks
Hccommenced running that paper Under many
disadvantages, but has got on a solid founda
ton, and running the largest presses, more OF
them and doing more job work than any other
printer in southern DeKalb county.
VIM. Walters has at last discovered the name
of the thief who stole his rife at the German
few Sundays since, and
| will have HIM arrested today. The rascal
lives IN Plano, and the trial promises to be Of
! interest
| Arnold Greenman was married 10 Miss Ives
last week, and the pair have gone TO Dixon,