The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-21
HOME MATTERS,
PeraOual.

Personal.
| THoMAs.-Mr and Mrs. VIM. Thomas have
gone 10 New York.
| PoRrER.-J +. Porter sp ent the week In Pitts
burg, Pa, on business.
ALLEN.-Miss Hattie Allen, of Riverside, was
at F. G. Aliens this week.
| HoLMEs.-R. W. Holmes, ex-circuit clerk OF
this county, was in town this week.
| CusHING.--M. +. Cushing was severely hurt on
Wednesday last by falling from a ladder.
UrroN.-Miss Sarah Upton and Mrs. j. 3.
Waite, sisters of the late Gen. Upton, are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. n. Armstrong, east side.
GLOVER. Miss Carrie Glover, OF tins city, has
been appointed principal of the Serena school.
SHuLER,-JoUnal' miss Fannie Grosh, OF
Strcator, is the guest of Miss Maggie Shuler,
west side"
HoME.-Miss Lillian Mattocks has returned
home from Chicago accompanied by her friend
Miss Manley.
WTLL.-Wiiliam l.. Miligan is located at Man.
ley, Jordan " Cowles's, assisting in the imple.
ment department.
HURT.-Miss Carrie Manley had a severe fall
at the rink on Saturday last the effects of which
were quite serious.
CULLEN Hon. VIM. Cullen sends us the Con
grcssional Directory and a volume of consular
reports ON our foreign trade.
DAwELL.-Mr. Dawell, of Cotton, Dawell &Co..
millers, has been confined to his home by sick
ness during the past two weeks.
BRIrH.-Solomon Degen and Samuel Drefus
represented the Ottawa Lodge at the Grand
Lodge B'na Birth at Peoria this week.
DEGEN.-On Monday Messrs. I. & j. Degen
sent out over the c., b. IL g. road SO head OF
young Norman horses for sale in Chicago
ABRAMs.-Peru Herdld: Isaac Abrams, ESQ,
has been suffering this winter from the prevail.
ing lung complaints, but is now improving"
CATION Mr.. Robt. Cation (brother of Chas A.
Cation, OF this city, who has been for some time
past IN the mining camps of Colorado, has been
tn town this week.
HURT.-Peru Ne,rS: "Mrs. T. D. Brewster was
severely bruised by the overturnlng of cutter.
Wednesday, in which she was riding with Mrs
Hagan. Her injuries are not serious, but will
enforce comparative quiet for a few days"
CLARk.The Peru Ne,cs says that Miss Char.
lotte Clark within few weeks will give an en-
tertainmcnt in Peru, in conjunction with a must
cal entertainment by Prof. Ledochowski, the
pianist, and Messrs. Bruner and Winheim, vo-
calists.
ELDREpGE.-Th Huse & LOOMS Ice and
Co. has organized at st. Louis.
with a capital of $3.50, 600, one half OF which is
paid up. Among the incorporators We find our
former townsman Geo. p. Eldredge, son of Judge
G. 5. Eldredge, OF this city. The company will
do general river freightng business and handle
ice, their houses beng just below Peru, In this
county, and have an enormous capacity.
COLLECTOR. Urged repeatedly by his friends
TO do so, Mr.. W. J. Graham has consented to be.
come a candidate for the Office of town collector
Tor Ottawa at the spring election. Mr.. Graham
several years ago was appointed collector to fill
a vacancy in the Office and served with marked
satisfaction to the public, making one OF the
most thorough collections ever made in the
town. He is too well known in Ottawa to need
from US, and we sure his
friends, to whom this announcement will be
news, will welcome the opportunity to vote for
him and work for his election
LYNCH. Mr.. Andrew Lynch, OF this city, has
his week published "a Combined Account and
Ledger Index, showing name, page, residence,
late and amount Of first charge, time of payment.
md monthly balance" The plan of the book is
TO furnish a Ledger Index that shall include on
me page both index and the condition of each
Individual account, so that If the Index is kept
Up the merchant or book.keeper, by glancing
'ver the index can see at glance the condition
If each account and its other essential facts
The details, OF course, are recorded and posted
Is usual. The idea is an excellent one and will
undoubtedly be popular. Mr.. Lynch has tested
t by years use in his business and finds it use
III, as will, we think, others who use the book