The Ottawa free trader., 1880-05-29
Rural Happenings.

a splendid exhibit OF backbone stiHeheo uP
with starch in their preliminary meeting at
the Grand Pacific on the eve OF starting 10 lhe
convention, resolving ta e
That We the regular delegation from COOK
coun,y. pledge ourselves to stand togetherap
IN accent no terms of the Springfield conven-
ton except the admission OF the whole regular
{Farwell HalD delegation
Or words 10 that effect But after John a.
Logan had taken the starch out of them, they
appeared before his committee on creueh''a's
as limp as rags and piped IN this p'aihl'e
strain
By appearing here as we do, and acceding
to the terms imposed upon us, we wish II us
tinctly understood that if you shall be pleascu
To seat a norton OF this delegation ana snail
reject portion, it Is left entirely to our option
whether that portion will go into the CONVEX
tion or stay out We may rescinu that reso'
luton; we may not we expect however,
that we shall stand together as we understand
1t now
And they gladly accepted Logans terms "
admit little more than half of their number
.'as they understood IT."
BROOKLYN.
BRooKIYS, May 25-Farmers are s'il' shell
ing corn, but most of 1t has been marketed.
The present crop looks well, having good
stand, and most of the early birds have finish
ed plowng the first time.
1t is feared that the chlntz bug pest will de
stroy the wheat
Mr.. Snuggle is building large barn, which
improves the looks of his place.
Mr.. Mahlbracht has adorned his yard with
a very beautiful fence.
Mr.. Earskin has started for Nebraska with
number of horses and plows, for the purpose
of breaking and improving his farm.
Last Wednesday Mr. A. c. Mcln'ire had
thoroughbred mare, named Belle, die ot lung
fever The mare was Mambrino Allan, dam
by Woiul grandam thoroughbred, ana was
valued at $500 Mr. FoulR also lost a yaIu.
able colt by lung fever
Miss Sherbn will start for Iowa next week
on a visit to her brother
Mrs Schwitchenbargcr is on the sick Ilst
this week, ditto Mrs. Ray.
The community was shocked by the sudden
death of Mrs Yenerick. She was well on
Sunday, and by 10 O'Clock on Monday was a
corpse She was GO years old. She belonged
to the Evangelical church. and was loved by
IL.
many friends to mourn her loss.
FALL RIVER.
FAIL. RIVER, May 26--Mrs Whaley and
family had II narrow escape on their visit to II
sick brother at Pontiac. Out near Mud Creek
the car was thrown from the track AMI came
very near being demolished and Its occu.
pants killed Mr Whalley will make his home
IN Indiana near Goodland.
The West Fall River Sunday school will en-
terrain their friends at a strawberry festival
next Tuesday evening at Mr.. Albert Richard
sons The school IS prosperous, and the peo-
pie in that neighborhOod generally make a
success of whatever they undertake, so there
le no doubt but that it will be highly enjoy
able The hickory Point South Ottawa and
Strawn Sunday schools are invited to attend
in body
Some Rutland hunters had rare sport in
trailing a wolf through east Fall River last
week Some fifteen hounds were out but did
not succeed in bagging the prize
Mr. Horace Stevens is about to erect IN the
COvl Creek ccmetry beautiful Italian monu-
mcnt to the memory of his former wife. The
shaft is an elegant one, and will be an orna.
ment 10 the beautiful burylng ground
Reports from several former Fall River peo-
pie who are now IN Kansas and Nebraska,
show that the drought there is unprecedented.
There has been no rain to speak of since last
August The eat and corn crop will be
failure unle rain falls very soon High
winds and du Universally prevail.
Mcssrs. Pu and Soule and Miss fusey
were appointed delegates to the red ribbon
convention at Morris last week.
Mr.. Puscy is being mentioned NV his friends
as "A suitable candidate for representative to
Springfield lie is good man for the posi-
ton, and will doubtless command the hearty
support of his party in this town and Grand
Rapids III.
GRAND RIDGE May FIN your issue off
the 18th 1 find the following:
"The C.. p. charch, newly plastered and fur
nished, was dedicated last Sabbath by Rev j
q. Foster, the pastor. Its debt Is already paid
The church has requested the writer to insert
the following resolutions"
Passing over as very slight errors for this
correspondent to make when writing of the
c. p. church of Grand Ridge, the mistakes as
to initials, and the fact that he states that the
church was re-dedicated on the 9th of May,
whereas it was not re-dedicated at all, but was
simply re-opened on the I'd INST, please allow
me to say that as the article IS signed by c, of
Fall River, 1t subjects me to false imputations
ior IL is well known that no one was furnished
copy of the resolutions which follow or re-
quested to ask their publication by the church
but myself and did furnish both the Free
TRADER and the RepuJiicaM copies OF these
resolutions, as was requested to do.
Very respectfully J. d. FOSTER
oPHIR.
'OPHIR, May, 26.-I trip hrough Ophtr.-
Last Sunday the writer took it into his head |
to take jaunt through the north end of
Ophr and sec how the crops and inhabi-