The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-12-27
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NEW YEARS CALLS.

charming young ladies Ms assistants, will receive
calls at her fathers residence on New Years.
SnERwoop-Mrs. Z. c. Lewis, Deer Park; Mrs
> l.. II. Tower, Wenona; Miss Jessie W. Babcock
. Orange, N. j., and Miss Louisa Eames, will re
ceive with Mrs. F. A. Sherwood and Mrs. II. NJ
Anthony.
: MoRsE-Mrs. John Morse, assisted by Miss
I Rooms, OF Peru, and Mrs. Beaubien: Miss MinH
e Morse, assisted by Miss Emma King, Josie Stout
and Miss Mamie Morse, assisted by Misses
5 May Stormont, Mamie Hall and May Trumbo
will receive calls on New Years at the residence
OF Mrs. Morse.
McARTnUR,-Mrs. DR.. Murphy, Aurora; Mrs
Albert w. Hard Chicago; Misses Jeanne and
Margaret Macarthur, Aurora; Miss Bell Parks,
n. Y; Miss Virginia Hard, Aurora; Misc Mollie
Osnan and Miss Alice Macarthur, Ottawa, with
, Miss Jessie Macarthur, at the residence Of DR..
Macarthur, corner of Benton and Cass streets.
1 OsMAN Misses I.ottie Clark, Ida Strawn and
Vincie Bushnell will receive calls with Miss
Fannie and Mrs. Moses Osman, on the East side.
MISCELLANEOUS.
HIsH-Mrs John Hise OF Ch:cagos in the city.
WILLIs,-Scth Willis has large class in Stres-
tor whom he is teaching the festive art.
SMITH.-Prof Chas. A. Smith. of the Peoria
High school, Sundayed with Prof. Botwood.
! GrBsoN.--Miss Davis, Of Ohio, is the guest Of
Miss Belle Gibson, in the town Of Rutland.
CoLwELL.-Mr. John Colwell has returned
from the West, where he has been for several
months.
BARNEY-Thos Barney, formerly Of this city,
has opened market in Cedar Rapids, Ia, and is
doing well.
MooRE-Mr. Thomas Moore, one of the old
settlers of this county, died in South Ottawa on
Wednesday. He was very old man.
ToDD.--Mr Charles Todd and wifssp =.
mas 10 Ottawa. Mrs Todd has been for some
weeks the guest of Mrs. I. Simon cher sister, and
other friends in Ottawa.
PoRTER-M J. +. Porter talks of moving his
agricultural implement rooms from La Sale st.
to the Calvin block, corner Of Main and Clinton
streets, about January lst.
CRooKER-" Loosh " Croker continues to de-
light in piscatoria recreation, and proposes to
plant another lot Of game fisl la Fox river IS
soon as the weather permits.
WlLsoN-Watts Wilson Is no longer editor de
Jacto OF our lilEiputian cotemp. 1.-THE paper is
80 well established it will run without brains;"
and Watts was requested to resign.
RUssELL.-On last evening Peter Russell had
bad fall on the street. He was badly bruised
in the back but no boken bones could be found
by Dr. Macarthur, who examined him.
BULLocK.-Joscp T. Bullock, of Tonica, died
Of pneumonia on the 18th, aged nearly 70 years.
He was born in Massachusetts, and moved to II. |
inois in 1886, settling in Tonica township, where
he lived until his death.
LEE-Francis j. Lee for many years past as |
sistant to the general passenger agent of the |
Grand Trunk railway, has been appointed gcner-
al agent for the Dominion for the Chicago, Rock |
Island Il Pacific railway.
PORTER j. Z. Portcr's outlook for boom
ing" trade in haycarriers this coming season is
very encouraging, orders coming in daily nor
for carriers for June use something novel and
very unusual in the hay tool business.
BoLrwooD.--The Troy Grove lecture course
was announced to begin on last evening BY the
by Prof. Boltwood, of this city, of
lecture entitled 1.-THE Whale and Whale Fish,
ing"
BRADY.-A friend in Strea,or writes us-daIe,
Dec. TO- "On last evening Miss Mary Brady sus
tanned quite u severe injury by falling down
stairs at the residence of d. Ileenan. Nothing
serious, however"
HAYpEN.-Mr. HAYDEN station master Of the
C., B. IL Q. road at Ottawa, was carried out Of the
Opera House last Friday evening unconscious,
having been stricken down by congesive chill.
He WAS soon brought out of danger by Drs. Hard
md Macarthur.
COLLEGE PHoPLE.-Miss Fiske, at school In
'hcago; Ellie Hathaway and Ed Bull Of the
Michigan University, Ann Arbor; Chas. Hamil-
on, Northwestern, Evanston: and Ralph Dyer
attending lectures on medicine ut Chicago, cele-
rate the holidays at home.
ZELuFF-Mr s. NJ. Zeluff, formerly Of this
uunty, sends us a copy of the Blanchard page
ointy, la Record, new paper established
eadablr Journal is nicely printed. and has a +,
.ood adver ising patronage for "Vol l, No. =" 9
NACY-Few institutions OF Ottawa are more a
Interesting or valuable than Miss Macy's Kinder 4
ten school on the East side The lady has .
-rn very successful in interesting the little ones
nd Christmas morning she capped all by giving
hem a Christmas tree. What q bore it IL to be a
ID "
B,KNEs-we we're unable to hear Rev Mr.. v
srnrs's lecture-"True Nobility last Friday
htrta re-