The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-11
Personal Mention

Personal Mention.
GRIGGs.- Oakley Griggs and family spent
Sunday last in Ottawa.
DELANo.-Mrs. Chas. Delano, was in the
city this week.
LELANp.-Lorenzo Leland returned on
Saturday from Kansas.
JAY.-Jay Blodgett returned home Satur-
day after visit in Indiana.
ARIz-Frank Trumbo and James AngeYne
have gone to Arizona to locate.
Mc.-Mr. and Mrs. Mcclellan, (nee Anna
LYNCH spent Sunday and Monday in Ottawa.
TR1MMY.-Geo. NJ. Trimble left Ottawa on
Thursday for his new home, Washington,
d. C.
KEcK.-Mrs. DR.. Keck favors Ottawa with
another visit Nov 22d. See column ad. else
where.
SCHOOL,. II. Eckels and Prof. Boltwood
are at Princeton attending high school re-
union.
PIERCE.-La Sale Press: 'NMrs. Pierce, OF
Ottawa is visiting her daughter, Mrs r. L..
Sanderson."
HARD.-Mrs. DR.. G. Hard returned on
wednesday from visit with the family OF
Col. Plumb, of StreatOr.
STRAwN. Mrs. Ahner Strawn returned
home on Saturday last after quite an extend
ed trip to New England.
PowBLL.--Ben. Powell, an old resident OF
Ottawa, now travelling for Baltimore firm,
was in the city this week.
PoRTER.-J E. Porter Is building an add.
ton to his machine shops near the north end
Of the Illinois river bridge.
PERRY.-Mrs. Perry, and two daughters, OF
Pontiac, are visiting other members OF the
family in Ottawa for few weeks.
HOME. Mr. F. D. Sweetzer returned home
on Saturday after visit of several months in
Maine. His health is much improved.
BILL streator Free Press: Larry Donagh
no and Charlie Talbot have bought the TEN
perance Billiard Hall, formerly run by Wag
| ner.
| MITCH. Mr.. and Mrs. H. b. Mitchell, Chi
cago, and Warren Mitchell, of the Govern.
ment Printing Office, Washington, were ii
the city this week.
KENDALL.-F. A. Kendall spent Thursday
and yesterday in Indianapolis, where his wife
and child and Mrs. Libby have been visiting
for some time past.
PORTER. Eliza Porter has resigned
the presidency of the Young Ladies' Librar.
Association, and Miss Ida Strawn has beer
elected to fill the vacancy
CHRIsTMAN.--OscasJ j. Christman has re
turned from st. Louis, where he has beer
engaged as assistant book keeper, to take 6
position in Recorder Arnold's office.
HULL.-Geo Hull has been on the sicl
list and confined to the house for the past
two weeks. He did get up nerve enough t.
get out and vote il straight" on Tuesday
ESwLpV -s1 Monday Judge Stlpp reap
painted ~asts Fowler master IN chapecry FOL
ths ensuing trs years. Mr.. Fowler has Civ
en- eminent satisfaction during his past two
years of servics.
! DEGES .-Messrs. Degcn Bros have sola
Idspple gray stallion to Nick Schambaugh
and Mr.. Eaton, of Vermillion, for 50, 500, and
red dapple stallion to Jerome Carter, Of
Farm Ridge, for $1,000.
| " diner is announced elsewhere. /. is need.
less 10 say that since his return to Ottawa
| the Major has been receiving congratulations
at every turn.
HAzEL.--Nr. j. Z. Hazel has begun bust.
ness in his new store in Utica. Mr., Hazel
las done business aforctimes in Utica, and is
known to everyone in that region. Miss Lou
Sweet has charge of his dry goods depart
mlnt.
! DEAD.--Mrs. tanning, Of Utica, who was
burned some two or three weeks ago while
kindllng fire with kerosene, died of her in
juries on Tuesday last. She leaves family
Of two grown up daughters and a son, now
in his teens.
! MAzs.-La Sale Democrat: "Mr Samuel
Maze, a young man well knows IN La Sale,
Peru and Ottawa, has concluded to take up
the profession of medicine, and will in a few
days commence the study of how to take a
leg of, ke."
WILsoy.-C. G. Wilson, printer in the
Journal Office, has been dangerously i'll for
two or three weeks with typhoid malaria.
His condition yesterday was no better and
his friends entertain but faint hopes of his
recovery.
ARTISTIC. e. A. Perry, of Fiske Il Beem's,
is considerable of an artist in his way. The
large window Of their store bears evidence OF
this fact in ITS handsome decorations and
finely arranged wares.
ARD.-The family OF DR.. Macarthur were
in Aurora in Attendance at the marriage Of
Miss Virginia Hard to c. c. Sheppard on
Wednesday evening. Miss Jessie Macarthur
acted ns one Of the bridesmaids. The we'd
ding tock place at six O'Clock, and a recGp-
ton was held from eight to ten o'clock, after
which The happy couple departed on the
nipht train west for their future home at Bu