The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-02
Rural Happenings.
NIArsellles.

her daughter, Mrs r. L. Nen.
Prof. Brady Is spending his vacation IN
Minnesota - 49,, .,
where he mas been for some time on business
for the Land and Water Power company,
Lew Smith, formerly of this place, VINO mas
been engaged for some times past IN me hatu-
ware business in Seneca, skipped the Town
last week, leaving his wife aud children and
creditors in the lurch. Conjugal infelcty aud
business embarrassments are sald 10 NC 'hc
Arch Galloway and Terry Cosgrove met on
Main street last Saturday and had quite
racket. Sick people in Ottawa and adjoining
towns were made very uncomfortable by tue
noise. The parties concerned were formerly
mariners IN the butcher business Galloway
sold out to Cosgrove, and Cosgrove CLAIMS ne
Maid Galloway two hundred and seventy DOL
lars too much
The Pitts Manufacturing company are ship.
ming three and four Car loads OF theshers per
dsy. They have shipped this season fliteen
car loads to California which were made eX'
nressly for that trade, being forty.tour inch
cylinders and selfteeders
If ]. G.. Scott don't have lot OF spoiit corn
we'll set 'em up. 100000,
Burton Bros. will furnish 100000 brick for
the new jail. 49,. ,..
prominent business man in this town
thought the profits would stand his keeping
horse SO in company with Root Robinson,
the exdrver OF Goldsmlh's Maid, Great East
ern. Rarus, and other good ones, started out 10
find one. 1t didn't take long for the eagle eye
of the eXdrlver TO find one lie was word
healer So said the owner OF the steed, who,
by the way, is the man who thought he couIu
heat the three card monte man at Ottawa last
summer and paid $500 to find out he couldn't.
They brought the horse home and took HIM
back; and now if you want TO ruin your cred,
il with the prominent business man just say,
Flows your horse?"
The genial Sam Parr, cX.supervisor oil this
township, was around shaking hands with his
many friends one day this week.
The village trustees closed up the billiard
hall because it was running the morals OF the
Young men But 1t Is all right for members
OF the same board to play cards for cigars all
day Sunday IN the presence OF the same young
men. That don't affect their morals. On, no!
Gean Smith says the stone work on the Ca
nal bridge will take all the money the village
has on hand, and he's right.
Robert Jackson, of Seneca, spent Sunday
with his brother, A. +. Jackson.
Trowbridge don't keep half enough copies
of the FREE TRADER.
Jim Wlthrow has started colony several
Marsellles boys will join him, it is said.
Doc Blanchard has bought steam caliopc
to keep him awake while he watches the com
ct.
Tom McDermott was up to see Mike Mitch
ell last Sunday. ~
A ghost story match will come of on Mon.
day next between Geo. Forbes ann Jack llo
bart at Marbles store.
Lee Hill went and done it'-that IS went
up to Galena and got married this week
John Rogan has gone into the dairy busi'
ness.
Messrs. O. Glass and Harry Carr have en-
gagged barrel of lemonade and bushel OF
peanuts, and will take in Barnums show.
A number of prominent citizens will attend
the LAYING of the corner stone OF our new
court house in Ottawa, on the 4lh. Some of
them will deliver speeches. The following are
a few of the subjects they will discourse upon:
A. l.. Stone "What | Know about Mules"
p. Butterfed, "The Time to Buy Hat mike
Mitchell ana Ham Richmond "The Time to
Trade Horses with the Gypsles;" John Gallo
way and p. NJ. Mitchell, "The Time to Assist
Your Partner" Mccain and Ethrdge, "The
Quickest Way to Bankrupt the Town" Chef
Cowles, when to Buy Horse" John Par
sons and John Netf, THE Advantages of
Temperance Town 10 us);" Doc Montgom-
ery and Bill Ferguson, "What We Know about
Men who Tell the Truth" Bird Bickford and
ID. Hurd, "The Proper Time to Say Amen"
+. G. Smith and f. Evans, "The Swindle IN
Our Last Election" Squire Pomeroy, What
Know about Old Women" Will Taylor,
"The State of Wcnona;" Pete Macarthur, MY
Buryng Ground" the Adams Bros, what
We Know about Partners :" Dutch and Hiram
Hilton, THE Time to Raise Your Rent; "Chas
Clark, 1.-THE Rock Island Road Before and AT.
ter l Owned IT." Cooney Thompson, Alex.
Bruce, Bill Knickerbocker, Frank NeG and
others, "Why is This Thusly;" Capt, Preston,
what Don't Know about Whisky, Politics
and Bob Ingersoll."
A. Frank was inspecting our town last Sun
day.
L. Colburn, salesman for the Marseilles Pa
per company, spent Sunday with Josh Pil-
lings.
NJ. Hess, of A. Hess Il Co, Ottawa, was in
town on Monday.
We have an addition to our town IN the
shape of a South Sea Island Missionary.
The parties on the corner OF Main and
Bluff streets had better go outside the corpora
ton the next time they feel like calling each
other pet names.
A team belonging to Geo. Shaver and being
driven by his wife, got away from her while
she was getting into the buggy in front of the
residence of Alonzo Walbridge on yesterday
and ran about two miles before they were
stopped, dong no damage to anything
The sheriff of Peoria county was here one
day last week, looking for man by the name
of YORK, who runs boat on the canal. lie
had Just lett for Chicago 1t appears that he
and his steersman had some difficulty which
ended in a fight, the steersman receiving inju-
ries which may prove fatal at any moment
+. l.. Y.
Speak IA Good Word for the Boys.
SYCAMORE, Ills, June o, 1881.
Court 10 running nicely. Thermometer %
TO 100 degrees; is just melting life up into
grease.
Last week our old friend, Hon. Samuel Rich
olson, tried divorce suit here that lasted lit,
tie over one day. While here some three or
four days Mr.. Nicholson spoke highly of the
treatment he received at the hands of our
County bar, and their honors, Judges Upton,
end Kellum. His management Of his clients