The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-02
HOME MATTERS.
Personal Mention

FerHOuht
LINcoLy.-B. F. Lincoln has been in Min
nesOta this week.
FREp.-Fred Mattocks, Chicago, dined in
Ottawa on Thursday.
FoRBEs.-Geo. Forbes, of Fiske IL Beem's,
was homo this week.
Gnrecs.-Oakley Griggs and family spent
Thanksgiving in Ottawa.
FURsr.-Mr. and Mrs. Will Furst, OF Den
yer, spent Sunday in Ottawa.
CAToN-Mrs. Judge Cation has been very
i'll at her residence in Chicago this week.
ALLEN.-Ed. Allen, son Of the Mayor, now
Of Kansas, came home to give thanks.
swIrT.-Mr. and Mrs. E. Z. Swift have re.
turned from their visit to Connecticut.
WILL.-Will Kaufman, OF Culver, Page 81
Hoyne's, spent Thanksgiving in Ottawa.
BUcK.-Miss Buck, of Chicago. is visiting
her friend, Miss Kittie Hamilton, OF this city.
HALL.-W. B. Hall has gone to Joliet haV-
ing been employed in Dillman's wire works.
M1NN.-Geo. NJ. Leland and wife have re-
turned from Minnesota to Ottawa for the
winter.
BusHNELL.-Miss Vincie Bushnell and
Theron Bushnell returned this week from
Tintah, Mimi, where they spent the sum-
ner.
CoRNELL.-Mr. Cornell, Columbus, Ohio.
son OF Mrs. I. N. Been, spent Thanksgiving
in Ottawa.
BuNcHER.-Miss Buncher, of Detroit,
Mich, is the guest Of Miss Fannie Cheever,
in West Ottawa.
CALKINs.-W. w. Calkins of Chicago, well
known here, ate his thanksgiving dinner in
ottawa, He Will make his animal pilgrimage
to Florida in January.
HoN.-Congressmon Cullen left for Wash.
lngton on Wednesday morning, accompanied
by his wife and two daughters, Geneva and
Flora, who will remain at the national capt.
tai during the winter,
BARRETT.-Mr. Burt Barrett, of Earlville,
will remove to Ottawa when he enters the
sheriff g Office on Monday. Finding Difficult.
ty in getting suitable house, his family will
remain in Earlville for the present.
KANsAs.-Mrs. T. E. MacKinlay, accom-.
panied by her daughter Maggie and Miss
Morgan, has gone on visit to her parents
Col. and Mrs. W. l.. Gibson, at Eldorado,
Kansas. They will remain in the west during
the winter.
TRLEGRAPH.-J. F.. Dayhoff, for some time
an operator at the Western Union telegraph
Office in this city, has accepted situation
in the train dispatcher's Office Of the Chicago
& Northweste road at Chicago. His
friends here congratulate him upon his pro-
motion. Mr.. Hamblin, late Of Monmouth,
takes. his place in Ottawa.
B1ANCHARD-The house-warming Of the
palatisl residence Of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. l..
Blanchard, last Tuesday evening, WAS attend
ed by the fashionable portion OF the society
Of both La Sale and Peru, as we'll as Ottawa,
among the latter beng the Arion Quartettc
A splendid supper was served and most
pleasant evening was had by all. The resi-
dencc is one of the finest in the county.
MAT. -streator Monitor: MAT Kennedy,
conductor on the c., 3. & Q. road, has an
idea that he may not always occupy his
present position on the road. With that
idea in his head he has commenced exercis.
luk Als AhuoSaCo W ohAhaus IVA w
Grosh's blacksmith, every time the train ar.
rives. Mat makes An excellent striker and
in the course Of time Qong time) may COM
mand salary as an expert" It cant be that
Mat expects to do any bouncing. for most
editors on his run have credentials.
SEELY.-We have received no particulars,
but are convinced from circumstances that
our good friend Will Seely, Of the circuit
clerks office, can no longer be numbered
among the list Of Ottawa bachelors. VIII
has been acting that way for some time past
Occasional fits Of nelancholia, ely dives into
The furniture stores, surreptitious purchases
Of pictures. bric.a.brac, &C., pointed toward
o "wonan in the case" Then on Monday
be disappeared, and the next we expect Il
hear of him is that on Thanksgiving Day he
married Miss Kate May Smith, Of this city. al
the residence of her sister, at River Falls
Wis. Indeed, there IL no doubt OF it, for or
this evening his room at Mrs. Ford's will ot
made ready for Mr.. aud Mrs. Seely. We ex
tend our hearty congratulations. to both.
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