The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-08-07
HOME MATTERS.
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visit.
LELANp-Mr. Cyrus Leland, FL Dorado, Ka.,
Is at L. Leila nd's.
VETTE.-Mrs. John Vettc, Chicago, made her
friends in Ottawa visit lately.
BLANCHARD. --Chas. Blanchard Esq, in st.
Paul
CANDERs.-Frank Is happy. It's 1a-pound
boy.
BRIGGs-C. B. Briggs, of the Abstract Office,
goes to similar establishment in Chicago.
Mc.-Samuel McIntsrf, late of Serena. now OF
Somonauk, in town Thursday.
CHAPMAN.-Mr Sam'l Chapman, down for a
few days with fever, is up and out again.
COoK.-Mr. d. A. Cook has gone to Colorado
again.
HULL.-Geo Hull has begun his fall trade sea-
son on the road
RED.-Thos. McDermott, a few days ago re-
ccived from Rochester, N. Y, a full bred red
Irish setter-a beautiful animal.
HoLLIsTER.-L. NJ. Hollister, n former Ottawa
warehouseman, but now of Chicago, is visiting
relatives in this city.
MmLIGAN.-Jas Milligan. Of Fiske Il Beem's,
Is home. Boston is frghtfuly stony place"
but Mr.. NJ. is as good as ever.
GRIGGs.-The Griggs boys are home from the
Lake trip The Streatorites will be glad to wei
come Oakley home.
BnApFoRD.-Mr Frank Bradford, Mill Run,
Pa, is at her fathers, 7. r. Johns, in Deer
Park.
HARRISON Harrison, whom our musi-
cal people well remember now of Kalamazoo,
Mich, is in the city for few weeks rest
PERKINs-Nuah c. and l.. Perkins were called
to New Bedford Mass, on Monday, by the death
of their father, a gentleman well known to many
of our people-of lung disease we understand.
WRlGnr.-Miss Minna Wright, Mendoza, has
gone to Sea Cliff, Long Island, where she will
enjoy the sea air and bathing during the season.
De STIEGER.-EdwardA A. De Steger the chief
book keeper Mt the De Stieger bottle factory, La
Sale, started, on Monday, for brief tour to Eu-
rope.
KEATING.-Father Heating, late Of this city,
now of Champaign, was in town Wednesday.
Father X. has a fine parish in Champaign,
blessed with a fine church and other facilities
BENEDICT Mrs, Sarah Benedict, widow OF the
Rev. T. n. Benedict, late of Geneseo, has moved
TO Ottawa, and will occupy the Macarthur build
ing on the southwest corner of Jefferson and
Clinton streets.
CHERRIER-The firm, Stamate, Cherrler q Co.,
has been dissolved by the withdrawal of Mr..
Cherrier, who goes to Willoughby, Hill IL Co..
Chicago Messrs. c. L. Stamate and II. Nash
will continue the businesa, the firm name being
c. l.. Stamatc Il Co.
RAYMoND.-Uncle Sam Ray mond with wife and
daughter have gone to visit their old home in
Vermont No one deserves rest better than Mr.
RAYMOND and we are sure the air of the Green
Mountains will send him home new man phys-
cally.
WARp.-Marseilles PiaindedLer: "a few days
ago while Mr.. Newton Ward was attempting to
put rope on a cow, the animal, in shaking her
head to scare off flies, suddenly struck him vio-
lent blow with one horn, hitting the bones
around one eye, and very nearly the eye itself.
HoLMEs-Prof. j. A. Holmes, late of our High
School, married Miss Maggie d. Barton, of La
Sale on Monday. The ceremony was performed
at the Catholic parsonage by Rev. Father byrns,
of Streator. They have gone to New York; and
thence may go to Colorado.
nATHEwAY.-Dr. Q. p. Hathewey, formerly a
resident of this city but for the last eight or ten
years doing business in Chicago, was in the city
on Wednesday The Doctor is sadly afflicted
with rheumatism and contemplates seeking re-
lief in an extended sea voyage.
MANLRY.-Miss Carrie Msnley, while on Wis
1t to Painhcld, was, few days ago, taken sick
with cold and fever which became so serious
that her mother was sent for. We are pleased
to say she is recovering, though not yet able to
come home.
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Office building has his counter ornamented with
a couple of speckled trout, which he caught
while out with Streator camping party in Can
ada, the trip ending last week. They are not
large, but they make bass fisherman's fingers
tngle as he thinks Of the sport OF lifting the lit
tie beauties from their native waters.
NEw.-Our old friends T. McCarty, at Hee-
mans for years gone by, and j. H. Shindle also
once an employee of Heenan & Co.'S, are about
to move to Cedar Rapids, Ia, where they
propose to start for themselves in the dry
goods business. The gentlemen have had the
training to be thoroughly conversant with the
business, and being popular here, are sure to be
SO there soon. We wish them good luck
SIMPSON,. w. Simpson, former citizen of
Ottawa and subsequently publisher of the Morris
Refomer, but for the last few years prospecting
among the silver mines of Colorado, paid us a
visit few days ago. Joe took time to tell us
that he THINKS he has a good thing in Colorado,
and that he has no doubt the state will go for
Hancock and English, Garfelds anti.silver
course in congress having killed him in that
state.
CUMNINGs.-The Aurora Beacon tells this story
mil xyhc all ha
word knows, as related by an old railroader:
"Twenty five years ago he was running freight
train between this city and Mendoza; the c. b. &
O. road bed and rolling stock was not in the SUI
perb condition it is to-day, and the little engines
in use had all they could do to take through
twelve or fourteen loaded cars. One morning