The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-31

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will be at home on Monday, after "o'clock, TO
receive his gentlemen friends.
Mrs. Geo. V. Hull, Miss Chandler, Miss Davis,
Miss Mae Blanchard and the Misses McArthur'
with Moe Osman, west side
Mrs. F. n. Hossack, Des MONIES, Iowa; Miss
Ida Strawn, Miss Grace Mayo, Miss Sue Richard
son, with the Misses Porter, after one o'clock, al
the residence of J. Z. Porter, south bluff.
SroUr.-Dr. John stout, OF Peoria, was in OF.
tawa this week.
Mc.-B j. McGinns spent Christmas with his
friends in Ottawa.
DooLAY.-M,ss Dooan, La Porte, Ind, is the
guest of Miss Amy Gregg.
X.MAs-ChriOtmas gifts To John Morse, n
boy; to Henry Holmes, girl.
MLLER.-Mr W. b. Miller, of Sheridan, has
been very i'll for the past week.
FIsHER.-Miss Fisher, ColdwGter Mich, Ii the
guest of Miss Katie Mae Smith.
MC.-The Misses Macarthur, Of Aurora, are at
DR.. McArthur's, on the west side.
CAToN-Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Cation spent Christ
mas in Joliet with Mr.. Cations people.
GEo.-Geo. Medill, now Of d. Heenan " Co.'S
Streator, was in greeting his Ottawa freads yes
day.
ANN.-Ed. Bull, Norman Hinsdale and Tom
Lynch are home from Ann Arbor for the holt
days
HERR.-Herr John /wanzig, just from "Fatf-
erland" has taken a DOS ton in the Hrold
office.
BrRD.-Kittie Croois, Morcie Eddy, Laura
Gaylord, Lockport, are visiting with Birdie
Hapeman.
BLAcK.-Mr. John S. Black and family, of
Iowa, have this week been guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Forbes.
MArHER.-Mr and Mrs. Mather Chicago,
spent Christmas with Mr.. L. H. Eames and the
sherwoods, in this city.
SKIFF.-W. L. Skif, one of j. L Porter's trav.
cling men, hove into port yesterday from Iowa,
to spend New Years In Ottawa.
CLARK.--Mlss Charlotte Clark, of Utica, was
in the city this week. She has been reading
lately with much success in Indiana.
GILMAN..-William Gilman, the genial painter,
has been hourishiug elegant gold headed
cane since Chrstmas--from his employees.
NAsu.-lnformation comes that Rev. and Mrs.
F. B. Nash, now at Philadelphia, this week lost
sheir younger boy aged one year, after short
Illness.
BECK.-Charles Beckwith, late with Marley,
Jordan Il Cowles, has gone to Peoria, taking a
position with Cutter 4 Co.. hardware wholesalers
Of that city.
CANE,-Circult Clerk Taylor sports an elegant
gold.h cane, Xmas" from the clerks OF
the office, and one of the handsomest one can
see In many day.
BREwER.Yorkville Record: Lawyer Brewer, |
Of Ottawa, was in attendance at our county
laxt IIa 10 ,.,,1,
man-for a lawyer"
REDDICK. -1imeS: Mrs. Aud and daughter
and Mrs. /. N. Aud, of Vinton, Iowa, are visit.
Ing MIR. and Mrs Reddck and other relatives
Mrs. Auld and Mrs Reddick are sisters.
PRHEs.-At the rink, on Thursday evening,
Miss Annie Hathaway and Charley f. Hook cap
sured the prizes for best lady and gentleman |
skaters The prizes were pair of skates.
VoGT.-Ed. Vogt, late with Hull e. Bartes |
has taken position in the dry goods store Of
Henry Brown, La Sale. Ed is fine young |
fellow, and will make Mr.. Brown a valuable |
man.
CULLEN.-Hon. Vim. Cullen is home from
Washington for the holiday recess. We are in- |
debted to him already for valuable public docu.
ments--the more welcome because they are IN |
truth valuable
TEXAs.-John Dunavan and family, of Dayton, |
have moved to Denton, Texas which will be their |
> home for the future.--Messrs Jos. Barnes, Of
Rutland, and Dewitt B. Snow, Of this city, also
started this week for the same state.
X.MAs.-They ate turkey in Ottawa on Christ |
mas: VIII Kaufman, Fred Mattocks, Arthur
Hobe-t, Ed. Miller, Capt Rising, Tim Lucey;
Mr.. Kenyon, private secretary Of Mr. Lowell, |
general passenger agent of c. b. IL @ railroad. |
DAvE.--Streator +. p: "The boys at the com |
! pany store reminded Mr, d. Bachelor that an.
other Christmas had rolled around, and Mr. |
Dyer, in behalf of the boys of the store, present
I'd him with handsome Masonic monogram. |
Another complete surprise"
WMs.-The event of the week at Joliet was the |
marriage of Miss Carrie Williams, whom many
people in Ottawa will remember kindly, to Mr.. |
Seward Dilman, of Eng!ewood, on Wednesday
asst, at the brides parents residence. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dillman will reside in Englewood.
SAM--Jolet Netcs; "Sam'l Dittonhotrer, of the |
clothing firm Of j. Elsinger & Co., has been The
recipient Of an ell gan silver watur set by those
in his employ. This is certainly pleasant re
nembrance Paul Deiss, Albert Staehle and Will
flsinger, the donors, entertain for their employ
or. II is worthy compliment TO MIR. Often.
toffer."
CHEss.--Our townsman b. +. Lincoln has &C
CURED quite record" in chess circles of the
country by numerous contributions Of problems
ID chess columns of the chief papers Of the cOHn
ty; and on Christmas received copy of Samuel
10y DIS new work On Chess Strategy, or the Con-
s.ructon OF Chess Problems, with the compli-
ments Of the author
ERRoR.-In making mention two weeks ago of
an assault on Jack Mccormick the names of the
Corcoran hoys, living some distance northwest