The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-01-10
Rural Happenings.


, IIennis' front door was caved in; two sets o
, billiard and two of pool balls some money
etc, were distracted. The thieves broke til,
lock on Harman's front door, took n lot o
| welLfled bottles, few balls, plenty Of drink
and some change. The back door of Johr
G.. Munich was busted, and a revolver, all the
change IN the tIll billiard and pool balls, Z
boxes of 10cent cigars, and other articles
carried away. Total amount stolen, abou,
$3.50 or $500. The thieves evidently had a
mania for balls.
Col. D. b. Geddis harness shop on Main ST.
WAS also b1rgarized by forcing the front door,
breaking the lock, etc, from the main walk,
on Saturday. Jan. 3, about halfpast 12 o'clock
noon, while the proprietor had gone to din
ner The raiders captured some haversacks
and valses with which to carry off the stolen
saloon valuables. This Is the second day
| light thief who has pounced upon the Col
onel, wko had been CLEANED out" by thieves
three times before.
Over twenty Umzooees called on New
Years They kept it up all day. Indian
tactics were maintained by fighting in squads
Their cards were models of neatness, and con
sisted of a trio fastened with a ribbon. The
outer one read, "Umzooees New Years
lOOO. uC ncht tIc DdIUcS Oh
squad, tribe or callers. The third was most
impressive, and simply showed u revolver
Hon. j. NJ. Hummel our mayor, was mar
ried in Hlllsdale, Mich, New Years, to Mss
Lillian Gregory. Himself aud wife came
home Saturday evening, and were welcomed
by numerous citizens, the bands etc, and es-
corcd to their fircside.
Mrs. Margaret Jones died in the town of
Worthwhile, last Monday, about 81 years old
Mrs. Joseph Dickson, Mrs, Eliza Callahan,
Mrs. Andrew Brodie Mrs. j. NJ. Fox, Lewis
and John Jones, Of Worthwhile, and William
and David Jones, now out West, are her
surviving children, all OF whom have fam-
lies.
1t is now publicly announced that Mrs.
Trim, Of Worthwhile, larcenied number of
articles from the store of Pratt and Gurley
here, and she was discovered and compelled
to dIsgOrge.
David Hughes, a Sandwich baker and res
tauraner, feeds his customers about $50 in
oysters alone every Saturday, Sunday and
Monday. Quite "A boom, isn't il?
The frost has dropped out, and our roads
now have no bottom whatever.
A. p. lIudgens, of Worthwhile, now visiting
Florida is writing letters concerning south
ern scenes, for publication Evidently he is
much pleased with OrangedOm.
We were at Plano, the other day, on little
business for lawyer Blake, of Ottawa; heard
of the smallpox cases and made inquiry; two
physicians had pronounced j. such, and the
ranch was fenced in with barbed wire, lattice. |
work, so to speak. The old sexton thought
the physicians might be mistaken, and it is |
hoped the old fellow was right.
What do you think of 262 tickets having
been taken for our New Years masquerade
danceY Over 600 persons were In attendance
at our opera house.
III. Butler, young man living in Leland,
came here New Years got pretty full of
benzlne, insulled some ladies and a respccta |
BILE resident and business man, got stuck by |
the fist of second party, was jagged by the |
city marshal, and next day was required to
leave 50 with the proper authorities, with
which to help build sidewalks etc.
Matthew Brown, Esq, formerly an old set, |
tier of Worthwhile, now resident out west, |
came to this city, Wednesday, on a visit to his |
numerous La Sale county relatives and |
friends. He Will stay number of weeks.
The textbooks of Worthwhile and Somonauk |
are now in the hands of the collectors, and tho |
taxpayers are beginning to {. o. D.
Elk UNo.
MENDOZA, Jan. 5.-They prayed the New
Year in and left behind all their inward cuss
cdncss, sin and depravlty-l mean the Mayer
and aldermen of the City of Mendoza After
having fought among themselves for the last
two years over the marshalship, they finally |
effected reconciliation and held Jubilee |
to greet the year 80
Eyes unused to weeping were bedimmed |
with tears as they beheld those erudite alder
men, who had been at swords points for so |
long a time, embrace with the affection of
brothers,
Every cheek was wet with tears when the |
mayor and ex-cIty marshal embraced and |
many heart was touched, causing the tender |
cords to vibrate with emotion when Mont |
gomery Address, our sllvertongued alderman. |
and Alderman Coleman, from the bloody |
Fourth, sang II want to be an angel" I'll
was the story of the lion and the lamb. All
the conclusion of the song Alderman Marks |
got down on his marrow bones and prayed |
that the Lord would forgive him and those of |
his brother aldermen who had opposed the
mayor for the last two years When he
calculated amen" in ministerial tone a
sanity smile ovcrsprcad his countenance
telling too plainly of the feeling within.
Other aldermen prayed and sang, and as the I
bell chImed out 1880 there was fur
Their embracing and Misunderstanding, when the
happy participants adjourned and wendell
their way TO their yrtuous couches
Our local papers treated us To "a holiday /
issue. The Post ISSUED carriers address, ex.
hibiting the enterprise of our popular young
editor Mr.. Kieselbach, whose vigorous style
as a writer is fast gaining him public favo
and patronage. Continued success and pros
perity to him!
The political atmosphere Is heavily sur.
charged nowadays with discussions and
opinions of Grants chances for the presl-
dency. The republicans think he can be
more easily defeated than any other man in
the party. JUNIUs.
GRAND RIDGE, Jan. Merry Christmas
times and good roads may he said to be things
Of the past. The late heavy rains have
nlayed havoc with onr rnals nnfflnn q sfnnI