The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-12-20
Prepared for last ,oeek,l
Rural Happenings.

y ferred by Mr.. Kahn to George w. Davis by
. chaltel mortgage. Davis sold the mule a,
:, auction a week ago in this city for SIS. Said
mule was remarkably well preserved, The
. mule and mate helped build the Illinois &
t Michigan canal, working on It from the time
$ work first commenced until its completion.
4. For twenty years the mule has had no teeth,
Sixty years ago the animal worked well, and
Z will do rs much work on farm now as an
ordinary horse.
An effort has been made to induce the lecture
committee to secure Prof. Davis, the La Sale
lecturer, to complete our lecture course but
other arrangements have been made We
would like TO hear Davis knock lngersol
"higher'n a kite"
Leander La Brant's wife and daughter died
last summer with diptheria. lie now gives up
farming, and will sell his stock, etc. next Wed
: nesday, aud will move into Sandwich again,
where he has property.
: Florence Herberts Combination troupe is
IN town, and will exhibit at our opera house
tonight and tomorrow night.
We saw Josiah Bageys mother the other
day Isl" lives IN Serena Is an old settler
and his mother Is over fourscorc years. We
extend the hand of fellowship to 81, Isaac
Dolph, Sam. b. Elwell, and other Crawford
county people, in Serena. Come to the Craw-
ford county picnic at Sandwich fair grounds
next year with your wives, babies mothers
and all your friends.
III. H. Chapman has some true blue" friends
here who think the prosecution in the trial
now progressing in Ottawa is manipulated in
the interest of a powerful corporation to crush
out the life and usefulness OF an innocent man.
Christmas evening the Sandwich Union
band will give masquerade ball at the opera
house. The leader says it will be the grandest
OF the kind ever known hereabouts.
A. Manchester, Esq, Of Newark, father OF
+. A. Manchester, a merchant of this city, was
married last Thursday by Elder Stebbns, of
the church of the l.. ID. s, to Mrs Heavenor,
of Plano. His many friends here would be
glad to see him. Cigars cheap
The continued insanity of Mrs. PAMELA
Brigham eXcites the greatest fears of her many
friends for her condition. Her only brother,
John Brown, master mechanic, is supern-
tending railroad bridge building near Gaines
vile, Texas, while her only sister lives in OF
tawa Saturday she received letter from her
brother, which greatly overjoyed her. For
and insisted he had written her letter.
Mrs. Packer wife of Packer, of this city,
died last Friday The funeral obscques took
place at o'clock p. NJ. Sunday, from the l.. ID.
| =. church. Rev. Stebblns officiating.
| The officers and employees of the Sycamore
| Marsh Harvester Co. bought and erected
neat marble monument to the memory of X.
f. Howe, late Of their number, formerly of
Sandwich. Its neat appearance in Oak Ridge
cemetery is fitting tribute to the many noble
qualities of wcllspent life and beloved
friend.
Perey Berry is still alive, although lying IN
a critical condition. When the sxyearold
lads two legs were cut off by the cars several
men said better be dead than alive" When
amputaton took place and since, the same Ian
guage has been repeated. Your correspondent
poured balm on wounded hearts by saying
mo, no. | recall little Terry Simmons; he
lived IN Leland; his legs were both cut OF by
freight train and | helped carry the boy
home. He was about ~ years old then; now
he is fine useful, respected citizen an honor
to society, publishing paper and running the
postoice at Marseiles, and Is yet worth 1901
dead men"
At the monthly shooting match of the rifle
club last week the silver badge again changed
hands NJ. s. Hendricks came out ahead, and
now he's champion.
Rev. g. II. Robertson is editor of the Sand
witch Gazette and minister at the NJ. p. church
at Somonauk. Last week his friends gave a
donation for his benefit at the Somonauk
church, and we learn that over 1925 was real
lied.
The chime whistles at the Plano shops we
heard the other day at Leland, a distance of IA
or Is miles. Elk UNo.
r bau hisI
blacksmith shop and contents to the former
owner, Mr. Schempp.
Why don't some of the wolf hunters in and
around Ottawa come out here? Wolves are
plenty along the Little Vermlion, and sport !
would be lively.
The Dimmlck and Triumph lyccums are
poorly attended, owing to the lnclemcncy of
the weather.
Mr.. Alex Wallace's "husking" last week
was largely attended \ good dance in the
evening wound 1t up.
Now another poor soul has "done" it, This
time it is Mr.. Nathan Kleinfeller and lady
from the south part of the state We wish the
young couple long life and prosperity.
Herman Hoffman is as happy as lark, ana
sleeps with half his body out of bed; he says
the baby takes up all the spare room. Well,
it's girl. Billy Scott, of Waltham, is also
happy because it's girl.
There is a movement ..on foot to have Geo
Pietry come back and preach at No 6. Let
him alone and try IIoutze or Carr.
Homer has now tinker, Mr.. Shlrtleif of
Ohio Station.
Jno. Wyle has begun his labors in District
No. 8. The scholars speak very highly of
him.
| l.. ID. Crimmns has started in District No
q Il.