The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-02
Personal

ORR--Miss Jessie Orr has returned from Min
nesOta.
TowER-L. II. Tower, Hastings, Neb., in town
yesterday.
RErsE:-C. NJ. Reese is again the I'VE" Of the
" Crhe.blah.
ELpREpGE-.Tudge G, s. Edredse has moved
hs office TO the post office block.
Baowk.-Mr. Brown, Of the Imperial Northern
Irs Co., made DR.. Harris visit this week.
BoSs-Charley Smith and Ed. Nattnger be-
gan ,OO0.mile walk this week. Both boys
SHAvRH--J. r. Shaver Ia in Bloomington at
tending the Illinois Transportation convention
BKiGas-Mr. VIM. Briggs, respected citizen
Of this city died 81 his home on the east side last
evening.
BlAck.-Chariey Black has gone 10 Montana
| w., in pany With Mr.. Geo. Campbell, late
thie city.
TgIMBLR.-Thc 25th anniversary OF the mar
riaga Of MIR. and Mvs. Z. d. Trimble occurred
on Sunday last.
hossAcK.--To the intense relief Of the evening"
papers, Aid. Harry Hossack arrived home from
| The west on Wednesday aud qualified.
CusnlsG.-Charley Gushing, of Princeton, ~,
made his many old friends In Ottawa Vlsit this
| week. Charley is prospering, AS usual.
PAIsg.-ur. Geo. s. Paine has moved me
office from Gedneys block Ia Rooms 8 and O.,
Armory Block. with MIR, David A. Cook. -,
CLIpr-Mss Dsma Cliff left thi. city on We'd
nesday to Join her fathers family IN Kansas
Miss Dems will be missed by large circle vi
friends.
SCoTr.-Mr. Thos. Scott, OF the well known
grain firm of Scott 4 Harrington, Mareeilles
died al his home IN that village on last Friday
afternoon.
LoosgY our friend Jerry p. Looney, late OF
| the Rock Island depot telegraph office, in this
city has been promoted 10 the position Oh tram
| dispatcher at Rock Island
JoEpAN.--Morris Hei'Gld, April |: Miss Kate
| y. Jordan leaves Morris on Saturday next for
J Peoria H., where abe Is TO sing IN one oil TIE
ph,,po f that CITY and teach
| CIuC.Co.-Chicago people In Ottawa TINS
week: Viii. kaufman, "nret bird OF the season" ,
| Herb. Mearr, with his brother Alfred, just from
the Montreal Veterinary College; Miss Katie
McCi'eb Evanston.
! HuLL.--We were IN error last week in saying
that ). h. Blanchard is to be captain OF me o.
| lava Guards. The captain selected Is WlIilaih
| II. Hull, whose presence al the head OF The com
pany cannot fail 10 infuse the new me ,n.o IL !,
| had needed for so ;gaDy months. Mr.. Blanchard
VAL he LIST Lieut., and for the immediate future
| drill master, than whom none can be better
| HIsE-Mr John Hise, con of Hon. John Hise,
is the happy owner OF half interest IN an ehor'
nous Goa, bank recently discovered near Camp
i Grant, Arizona Ty., The mine showing four
veins aggreEating 80 feet Of coal We see IN the
Morris iadepeEdtnt statement OF gentleman
OF that territory that all the coke used for silver
smelling is hauled from Pittsburgh! AZ the ne"
coal Of which Mr.. hite is owner Is hrst class iuei
for smelling without going through the process
Of coking the value Of the mine can readily be
appreciated. We congratulate MIN.
CoLwFIL.--J0iet EstcS: "Thos. Colwen, OF
the firm of Culwell Bros, contractors at Ottawa
was up here Monday contracting for stone Tor
La Sale cOunty's new court house. The penl-
entiary folks will supply the cut stone, viii
all comes from our 5oliet quarries Colweli
Bros are big contractors on curt houses. They
built $780, 600 one for Lake county, Indiana;
then i $75 600 oIe for Shelby county, Illinois;
contracted for the Ia Sale county one for sll7,.
.UD; and are now figuring on the new one al La
fayette, indiana, which is to cost nearly quarter
OF a Million