The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-30
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HULL.-Geo V. Hull has gone to New York
to get ready for his spring pilgrimage.
| STRAwN.-Mrs. Sarah Strawn and Miss
Strawn are at present at Corwith, Iowa.
| GRIGGs.--E. Y. Griggs and family spent
Christmas with Oakley Griggs, in Streator.
REMOVED j. F. Thompson, late of this
city, has removed from Sabetha to Seneca,
Kansas.
VErTE.--Miss Mile Vette is spending the
holiday season with her sister and lrieRds in
Chicago
CoRNELL-Miss Cornell, Columbus, Ohio,
daughter Of Mrs. I. \. BEEN, spent the holi.
days in Ottawa.
RUGER.-Mr. j. b. Ruger has removed his
office from Kneussl's Block to the Union
Block, La Sale street
AyN.-Thos. Lynch, Norman Hinsdale and
Nate Gegen, of Ann Arbor's University, are
home for the holidays.
! HILL.-George Myer, OF Chicago, and Chas
Myer, OF Dixon, are visiting their sister, Mrs.
c. f. Hill, of East Ottawa.
GREGG Rev. Mr.. Gregg's parshioners pre-
sented him on Xmas with handsome heat.
er and supply of hard coal.
! DRUMMER-Frank H. Cowles, travelling for
Peoria hardware firm, took Christmas din.
ner with his Ottawa friends.
| HARRIs.-Mr. and Mrs. '. G. Harris, o.
Girard, Kansas, are visiting their relatives
and old friends in this city and vicinity.
BRUsH.-Chas. II. Brush has returned
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dicate that he takes kindly to the country.
THoRNE-The Thornc family, children of
Richard Thorne, late OF this county, had
reunion at Engewood on Christmay Day.
! SHlpp-Rev Mr.. Shipp, of the Utica
church, was presented with gold.headed
cane on Christmas by admring townsmcn.
FORD. -Streator Monitor: "A. l.. Ford is
rejoicing over the arrival Of a small boy at his
residence yesterday. 1t is handsome
Christmas present"
BENEDICT. Miss Helen Benedict, who
spent Christmas week in this city, returns
to day to her art work at st. Marys School,
Knoxville.
TELEPHONE. e. +. Lyon, of this city, has
been appointed manager OF the Ottawa and
Streator telephone exchanges during Mr..
Booths illness. No better selection could be
made.
GEo.-The genial Geo. P. EldredgC, of st.
Louis, spent the week with his Ottawa
| friends. George is always greeted with a
, "hurrah" when he puts in an appearance in
Ottawa.
WEAvRR.-W. W. Weaver. of the firm OF
Hard d. Weaver, has been in the city for sew
eral days, looking into the condition of the
boilers which supply steam to the court
house and Jail.
PRRs.--The clerks in Circuit Clerk Taylors
office were presented by him with set OF
sleeve buttons each on Xmas, and they re tall
ted by throwing the whole English language
at Billy in the shape OF Webster.
WARNER.-O. A. Warner, for the past year
with Kingman d Co., Peoria, goes next week
to Sycamore, where he has been engaged by
the Marsh Binder Company. lie is celebrat.
Ing the holidays with his friends in this city
i BREADwELL.-Mr Ed. Breadwell, for the
past few months with Hapeman & Graham,
left yesterday for his home in Canton, H.,
where he has been engaged as bookkeeper
by W. 0. Dean, wholesale cigar manufac
turer
BooTu The telephone manager, w. ?.
J Booth, has SO far recovered from his in urIes
of two weeks ago as TO be able TO go home
whittier he was taken on Thursday. He is
!. determined to resume his business here as
, soon as his health will permit
WRIGHT.-Ccrtain of his friends presented
Hon. Wright Adams with Bible on Christ
mas After sitting at the feet of Uncle John
Miller on the Board these many years, Mr.
Adams ought TO be pretty well versed, es'
pecially as to Moses and the Prophets; YET
the Book is handy to have in the house
, However, he won't need it at Springfield
one must talk United States" there.
PICTURE Of the most unique souve
Mrs we have heard OF came into the posses
sion of Miss Belle Gibson last week 1t is
portrait, painted on silk in China by a Chi
nese artist from cabinet photo model, ant
, is an excellent likeness. 1t is full length
figure, the costume being that OF Chinese
lady of rank II is in banner form, viii
lAnuSOtue III ROlu duu Soioie
with ivory end sticks. 1t is a most beautiful
piece OF work, and was obtained for her by
friend in the China trade.
Book. Like Byron our genial friend ant
most interesting occasional correspondent,
: j ID. Hammond, who has been in the cit,
: this week, woke up one afternoon to finC
, himself famous. VIDE Streator Free Press
"He is author of a historical and descriptive
5 work on Deer Park and Starved Rock that il
: Very highly spoken Of" This is little pre-
vious as to the book. but perfectly true OF hi:
letters on the subject In times past in til,
FREE TRADER. We trust, however, that The
book will appear soon that we may say tn,
. same of il.
D HATHEwAY The kankakee Gdzstte in III
report of the State Horticultural Society:
e meeting, says: "E. c. Hathaway, one OF thu
q best vegetable gardeners in the state, sent il
: paper on Vegetable Gardening which was
attentivelv listened To. He spoke OF th,
, change taking place in potatoes OF the new
l varieties now being introduced. He recon-
mended the Early Ohio and the Magnum DO
c num- but said the Beauty Of Hebron eciipset
5 them all. The Early Rose and other old vari
e cites were considerably affected by rot thii