The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-08
HOME MATTERS.
Personal Mention.


FRED.-Fred Mattocks, jr, Chicago, spent the
Fourth IN Ottawa.
HERE.-Miss Lille Clarkson, Of Magnolia, is
the guest of Mrs. Chas. Bradford.
CAroN.-Hon ]. D. Cation and wife and their
children and grand children are in the city
DR.-Dr Bascom has returned from the west.
WEsT.-Geo. Griffith and Geo. Sweet started
for Kansas on Thursday.
SrRAwS.-Miss Mary Strawn has returned
home after quite an extended visit 10 northwest
ern Iowa.
OscAR.-oscar j. Chrstman, OF st. Louis, a
former Ottawa boy. is home on four weeks
vacation.
WEsr-Wiiam Dryer, Of Lynch's, is view
ing the west and visiting friends near Emporia,
Kansas.
KAN.-Misses Mary and Della Finnerty left Of
tawa this week to spend July and August with
friends at Humboldt, Kansas.
GEo.-Geo. Nj. Nattinger, one of the good fel'
lows of Ottawa few years ago, now Of Oman a,
spent Sunday in Ottawa.
HoN.-Hon. VIM. Cullen, one OF the escort OF
the body of the late Congressman Hawks, spent
the 4th in Ottawa.
MIrcH.-A. J. Mitchell spent the Fourth in
Ottawa Mrs. Mitchell has been in the city for
some time, at her fathers.
sApp-Mr and Mrs. F. NJ. sapp, of the Repub
lean, left on Thursday for Cincinnati and Colum
bus, O., for a 10 days vacation.
OrTAwA-Mendota Reporter: "Miss Kate Nc
Caleb and the Misses Macarthur, of Ottawa H.,
are visiting Miss Mamie Mcintyre this week.
BAuEY.-Mrs Theo. P. Bailey, we regret to
learn, has been quite sick with malaral fever for
two or three weeks. She is slowly recovering
now.
BENEpICT-Mss Helen Benedict who gradu-
ated recently at st. Mary's school, Knoxville,
returned to her home in Ottawa on Thursday.
WALLAcE-Mrs. Wallace, having rented her
residence, "The Oaks, is making her arrange
ments to 90 10 the Sandwich Islands this fall for
an indefinite length of time.
WAGNER. Lieut.. Wagner, T. s. A., now at
the Gainesville, Fla, military school, is in OF
tawa spending his vacation, the school having
closed for the summer.
ILI.-Hon. 6. w. Armstrong has been confined
to his home in BrookIied during the past IL
days by serious illness. He is improving
rapidly now and able to be around again.
BusnYELL.-Mrs W. Bushnell and the baby
and Miss Vincie Bushnell left the city on Thurs
day for Tintah, MINI. Miss Bushnell viii eX-
pect to spend the summer there.
WHITE-Miss Nora White, late Of the Utica
school, ha. resigned her position and will re-
side in Ottawa. Mr.. w. White, her father, has
taken The Oaks" residence of Mrs. Wallace,
having removed his family from Utica to this
city.
SKIFF-Wil Skif, the only and original
walking dictionary, Familiarity known through
the States as Porter's Hay Carrier man, is home,
having abont wound up the travelling season.
He will devote himself to setting up binders and
the edlficatIon of the "peasantry."
CowLEs-On a recent visit through Peoria,
our Mr.. Williams was shown through the whole
sale hardware store of Cutter, Holdridge Il Co.
By his old friend, Frank II. Cowles, who holds a
position with that house as travelling salesman.
Another Of Ottawa's young men, Charles Beck
with, is similarly connected Herewith.
BASGs.-Mss Nellie Bangs has many friends
in Ottawa who will relish the following, sent Il
Chicago paper from Des Moines, Ia: 1--WE had
LItta and her company at the Academy on Thurs
day evening, June lst, 10 a good and very enthu.
siastic audience. Litta is quite a favOrite here,
and so is Miss Nelies}angs, whose brilliant play.
ing is still well remembered. For the first solo
she played Polka de la Reine;" for her second,
"Bubbling Spring." by Rive-King; and for an
encore, Nearer Ny God to Thee ian arrange
ment of her own Miss Bangs hiss made great
progress since last heard in Des Nones; her
playing has gained in depth and is more thor.