The Ottawa free trader., 1882-01-07
home MATTERS.



ETrA.-Miss Eta Nattinger is i'll with spinal
disease.
CRooKER-L. b. Crooker was in town on
Tuesday.
sTRAwN-Lcster II. strawn is in Kansas on
business.
BLACX-Chas. Black, of Springfield, was home
on New Years.
BooTu--S. S. Booth, Of this city, spent New
Years in Peru.
HARLOW. .--R. A. Harlow, Chicago, spent New
Years in Ottawa.
TAYLoR.-Maj. W. NJ Taylor made calls in Ot-
tawa on Monday last.
NEws.-norace Baldwin, OF the Joliet Ns'cs,
was in town on Monday.
STIPP.-Judge Stipp is at home In Princeton
much improved in health
SoRAy.-Misses Annie and Mary Soran, of Pi-
per CITY, are guests Of Mrs. Thos. McDermott.
HERE.-In Ottawa on New Years: Tom Little,
Eugene Rexstrew, Frank White, Jos. Rosenthal.
LELANp.-Miss Cora Leland is at home again,
after her visit of several weeks at Washington,
Ills.
hpAMs.-Jouimal: "Miss Annie Y. Adams, Bos-
ton, is the guest OF her sister, Mrs. Tony 81
mon"
BLAcK-Judge Black of Alabama, son OF X.
0, Black, made his relatives and friends visit
this week.
KEMr-Mr. Kemp, L. S. Marshals office,
Chicago, spent New Years with his brother-in-
law, l.. Perkins
PoPE-Mr. and Mrs. Pope expected visit
from their daughter, Mrs. Gregory, and also MIR.
Gregory, OF New York state, yesterday.
Ep.-Ed Bradford returned from Iowa on We'd
nesday. The surveying party of which he
is a member have stopped work for couple OF
months.
SKATE.--Among the most graceful performers
on roller.skates, at Peru, we are informed by the
Nc,cs, are Misses Minnie and Kate Mattocks and
Miss Maggie Brewster.
KoRN. r J. Bliss, formerly the FREE IRA.
DER, as It's local, who called himself "Korn," is
now clerk in one Of the departments at Wash.
ington." We want to know!
"Doc"-Frank D'Fpisy, for long time d
FREE TRADER employee, and very faithful and
efficient one, wa. here from Chicago on New
Years. looking "the Doc" all over.
CLARK.-Ed. Clark, mail clerk at the Post
office, handled last year some 100000 pieces OF
mail matter, and 1t is greatly to his credit that
the office can say it made on an average three
mistakes a month,
STUMpH.- Tom Stumph has been appoin ted
agent of the c., B. IL Q. road at South Ottawa
Tom is one of the best men that could have been
selected, and it is safe to say there will be nc
grumbling by the patrons OF that station.
GARDNER. Utica Gazette. "Mr. c. j. Gardner
leaves his position of agent at this place for E
7. Pusifer and goes into James Clsrk's employ,
at the bank. We congratulate Mr.. Clark on OBJ.
tanning the assistance of such an efficient man
as Mr.. Gardner"
RAND StreatOr Free Press: "a number OF
the friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Rand made
them surprise visit Saturday evening, the occa
sion being the 18th anniversary Of their wedding
George has long been the popular conductor on
the c., b. & G., and in coming in Saturday evening
was half an hour late, so when he got home he
= found his house in possession Of the raiders; but
he never let's little thing like that dsconcer
him. The surprisers had brought with them
set of cut glass goblets, and glaas fruit dish
with silver stand-all engraved with the mono
gram r. and J. H, Ayres, on behalf of the
company, presented these in a little speech il
which a full run 'on time and never ditched
were the principal figures George responded
appropriately, and then all went merry as mar
riage bell until late hour"