The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-02-15
Rural Happenings.

SENECA. Feb. 10, 1S19.-From the whiStllng
of the wind for two or three days, we JUG
tina, February is anticipating March' rue
"white mantle" so lately DOTTED has erch uohi''
ed again by mother earth, v bu, 1t IS very unn
and will soon fall away under Ola o"i l'iNth'
rays. qualifications, go
THE protracted meeting, which has been IN
prorress for three weeks al The NJ Ia Chu''i
nae come 10 \ close-for the present, ut least
A deep interest in spiritual concerns mas nee"
awakened, and quite II number have been re
ceived into churchliellowship. Our pastor
wife Is an earnest christian, deeply imhlca
with a spirit OF home-missioaary w~rR.
Last evening an Episcopal service was he.u
in the Baptist church. conducted by Key. f. D.
Nash, of Ottawa. Tie attendance was looo'
responses hearty, and the sermon deep ana I'M
pressivc Mr.. Ms mannerot drawing compar
isons is very graceful, and his figures are good
His text--St Luke 0, GIVE have heard DIS
coursed upon before, hut never so nell as on
last night. We understand that an Episcopal
society has been organized here, ana MI Nash
will preach once in two weeks.
A mission is to be held in St Patrick churcA
commencing this morning. We have not
learned who the ncwly.arrivcd priests are but
presume they are the Italians who have been
laboring in other towns on the X. /. t. H.
Church sociables are now the order OF the
iay-or rather ereaing. The Episcopallars
met at Mrs. +. B. lIoyt's on last Friday even
ing II is unnecessary to speak OF MIS- IL ;
supper--evcry one knows she Is pf0rtrbtdt Ill
the way OF dainty, as well as substantial tables
but many of the guests were unable To do
iustic, to the vlan,s, having attended the Got,
ton wedding" of Dr. and Mrs. Clymcr and
there parlaken of a sumptuous rcpaSt The
next sOciable of the society will be held AT Mrs.
f. II Pcrchin's The McthOdists held sOcl-
able in their church on Wednesday evening,
The programme-cOnsistlng of music, reading
&c. was highly entertaining. We would like
to give list of the musical selections, but time
fails us. Sociablcs will probably hc he'd mi
the NJ L. church every two weeks Al me
next one debate upon The Chinese question:
will he the leading feature, and after It, we are
promised IN unusually attractive programme
Of literary and musical exercises
The good people ofScncca are anXious--yca,
even iMpaticDt to see that number uf Food'SI
Htgaziue' Is it SO carefully laid away in the
archives Of the Record Office that it cannot bel
found? II would be II great pity if it is fatally
mslaid, as it is the only one OF The kin4 ever
published UNA.
SANDWICH, Feb 12-EN-Scnator Miles h |
Castle and wife were ruSiCatlng IN spring
field Il few days this week.
John W. Trout, formerly .! Sandwich, has
been appointed superintendent, Of the general
Office Of the Singer Sewing Machine Company,
in Lansing, Michigan.
The Red Ribbon movement hercabouts
seems to have baked for some reason The lad.
les hold regular meetings. yet the gentlemen,
i appears, do1'L come to time and hold few
meetings $4,000 taxes are to hc collected this
winter 10 apply on the debt Of the city. The
collection of this sum will cause many 10 vote
license next April who otherwise would vote
4ati-ticeJse.
Tuesday evening of last week Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Jones, of Worthwhile, had happy time
celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of their
wedding. Quite Il large number of friends,
nelghbors and relatives assisted in making
everything pleasant and enjoyable
The suit of Mrs. Josephine Wilsey rs. An
drew Jackson Wiscy, for divorce, has not yet
been tried. Meanwhile the parties are grow
ing uneasy, their attorneys anxious, witnesses
pcrf.cAed The bitter feelings seem to lntcn-
ST, and the 8n'mo.iti"o are upycldirg.
Nm. VI Montgomery Of Iowa Falls, Iowa,
II in the city visiting his brother j IvOr Mont
gomery. He will remain Il few weeks. and call
0n old friends IN Norliylue ~"r"nn and Adams
lore returning nome, lis Judgment is that
lo"a Is II better place for young man (ot Inn
H'I means to commence farming than Hi
nos.
Wm. Barnes, Of State Center, Iowa, formerly
of Worthwhile, is in The city
Paul g. DuChailu will lecture before The
Sandwich Lecture Association next Wednesday |
trcuiug. Already cnough tickets are sold to !
quj.a I'll the auditorium and galleries of the
Giv Hall.
Ge'rgc X. Kinsmd president of our Red
k .uon CluO, aud a good speaker delivered an
t..c!lcni Temperance address at Wilmington, 6
Friday evening.
large number of our people attended the
funeral services OF the late Mrs. Charles II -
Carr, at SOmonauk, last Saturday. Mrs Carr
VA, Il sister of Mrs James Powell, Somonauk
aud Olrin Stafford, of Leland She was mar
rrl to Nj Carr in 1912 and came to North
v'i", Illinois, in 1913 p
Niles Il Castle and son are editors of the
"".tg ArgnS here They publish a ncwsy
I''r, YET make some mistakes We think IA
sc "'ls one on interest appears in the last mum
Der nj Their paper. What makes il look worse 7
i iuat hr. Castle is IL banker and il man of
large Influence. They say: I'VE believe in
Hrf rent. ~ the legal rate, and allow contract.
al such As can be agreed upon" They also
icct to the popular theory of our state leg.
"a are Ia cut down the rate of interest, as par.
l % - communists" principles" To destroy
cal limitations Ot the amount of Interest
ID he lIke'pultng gunpowdcr and fire 10.
"r make 1t dangerous for all persons in p
'ed Tx CNO
T;A%D, Fc5. l2.-Dn Friday evening, Feb y
'"!"H' |"c!a! hop was given by Mr.. aud g
4, N. shaver for their son Charles. Bv a,
O'Clock The guests began to arrive and %
90" 800" iHi"" !Ht'"r- were. we'll filled with
.u.aa. comprising all HE elite of the
'h"rhood, "S well aS few guests from
va, VINO were soon eager 10 thread the
lance or "Trip DE light fantastic toe"
err wGsirW"s furnished by the Shaver
~ {, Sha"cc and J. Shaver OBLIGATED rs
tor The quadrillrs and colIlons which
lancet; nut rDunu dances seemed most
l' "da sJ"Io q. dc Wa.ilcs and pOkas \
80" '''h'' y mi c4"ti Ia Krnnmcr's,
At l""'' v"ry good IN" dancing con. \
until a late hour all seeming loath 10 =