The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-06-25
HOME MATTERS.


BRowy.- Mr.. and Mrs Neil Brown rejoice. A
girl.
HuLL.-W. II, Hull has gone to Iowa to look
after some lands.
BoNTER-Ed. Bonter made his Ottawa friends
visit this week.
HOME. Mr.. Rial Strickland is in Ottawa, re-
turned from Minnesota
HArHEwAY.-Dr J. c. Hathaway has gone to
Minnesota for a few days.
GIBsoN.-Journal; Mrs. W. L. Gibson returned
on Thursday fam Kansas.
RAYMoNp-Prof. Harry Raymond, Of Union
City, Ind, is in Ottawa this week
HULL,-IIoracc Hull is home for the summer
vacation Of the Union Law School
CAToN.-Mr and Mrs. Chas. A. Cation are re.
joicing over the birth Of a daughter.
BURRELL.-Miss Emma Burrel, Of Boston, is
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Hamilton.
DYRR.-Mrs Dr. Dyer returned from the east
yesterday afternoon, accompanied by her mother.
SINoN.-Thomas Simon, the new policeman,
takes hold well and promises to make a very Ill
cient officer.
HuGHEs-Mrs. Benz. b. Hughes, nee Nellie
Collins, and Infant daughter, of lie Claire, Iowa,
are the guests of Mrs. Henry Hertzner.
PORTER. Jennie Porter, some nine years old,
daughter of Geo. r. Porter, while lettering, on
Tuesday, fell from the board, dislocatng an
elbow.
CLARK-Miss Charlotte Clark entertained
number OF her friends at her home in Utica last
evening. Several couples from Ottawa were
present.
HARLow-Morris Hc,uld: Hon. Geo H. Har-
low, former Secretary Of State, has accepted the
invitation to address the people Of this county
on the 4th of July"
RHoApEs-Thos Rhoades, who has been in
Pittsburg since January last, returned this week.
He says we may expect to see some Pittsburg
glass makers here this summer.
BRowN.-R. X. Brown, another of the Ottawa
colony in Minnesota, is home for a short stay.
Brown is, like all the rest, infatuated; couldn't
be hired to leave that country" &c
SwEErzER.-Rpublican; "Mr. F. d. Sweetser,
who has been suffering from i'll health, will take
a trip up around the lakes for summer jaunt.
He will be gone till cool weather in the fall"
PROMOTED. Fred Jones, night operator at the
Rock Island depot, and John Dumphy have been
promoted to day operator and freight clerk re-
spectiyely, which every one will agree is just
right.
GoNDoLF.-Morris Herald: Emil Gondof
is one Of the best young men we ever had
TO do with, and his success in business pursuits
is only governed by the opportunities to do
business"
ZwANzIG.-Mr Zwanzig, Of the HeroH, has
bought the interest in that paper of Capt Fuchs,
and is now sole proprietor. Mr.. L. prints live
ly, good paper, which is fast gaining substan-
foo tbo1 to- I, ND cphs ~,
ton list.
CoLLINs.-DeKalb Collins, of ST. Louis, Mo-,
formerly Of Wallace, H., obtained leave OF alb
sence from the firm of Dodd, Brown II Co.,
wholesale dry goods merchants, and after spend
ing two weeks vacation with his parents at
Wallace, returned to st. Louis on Monday.
CIRCUS. Reed u Co. got in this week three
separators, powers and engine from the celebra.
ted works Of j. |. Case, of Racine. And the pro.
cession they made Of over block long, on Co
lumbus ST., convinced the small boy for the
time being that strange circus had dropped
in on us!
HoUGHTAL1NG.-Gen. Charles Houghtaling,
formerly of Ottawa, a veteran Of the Mexican
war, and who also won distinction as commander
Of Houghtalngs Battery in the war Of the rebel
lion, has been shaking hands with his old friends
in Ottawa this week. He is now resident of
Carmi, We believe and holds a position on the
Cairo and st. Louis Railroad.
MUsIC.-Prof Harry Raymond, late of this city,
and Frank Fitzgerald, of Ottawa, who blows a
cornet, leave Ottawa this week to join the Or
chestra and brass band of the Nellie Boyd dra.
matte company, now working toward California.
We must plead ignorance to the abilities of
Miss Boyd or her company further than as to
these members, who good.
JEKYLL.--Miss Emily Jekyll, one Of the best Of
Ottawa's teachers has resigned the place she has
occupied for number OF years. Miss Jekyll will
in the fall, we understand, 90 to New York City
TO spend the winter at an art school to perfect
her knowledge and improve her skill In design.
ing, drawing and painting. She has already pro-
duced some very eredtable art work.
CIGAR.-Our frinds W. Fl. Fowler & Ed AL
schiller are about to branch oHt as retail tobac.
eonlsts, having rented the room In tie Opera
House block lately occupied by VIM. Trailing.
Fowler & Co. have built up a splendid trade as
manufacturers by selling only firstcass goods,
and We are sure as retailers carrying full line of
tobaccos cigars, pipes, &c, &C., they will in the
same way meet with as liberal treatment from
the public as they have enjoyed heretofore from
the dealers.
Married.
ARMsrRoNG-OsGoo the residence of the
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