The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-21
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GLovER.-Hon. j.. O.tGloyer was 10 town
this week. .E
LoxG. Lieut. J. A. Long is home from
West Point.
FORBES Mrs. Thos. Forbes Il in Earlyille
visiting friends.
CRANE.-T. W. D. Crane is in Indianapolis
on legal business.
sNow.-Bllly snow has returned to Peru
and the Ne,CS office.
GInns.-Dr. ~, E. Gibbs has gone west to
seek a renewal Of good health
REv.-Rev NJ. c. Peters, Of this city, has
been asked to deliver a lecture at La Sale.
BEGGs,-Mss n. c. Beggs, Of Pittsburgh,
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. Collins, OF
Wallace.
DEL.-P. NJ. Frame, Of Delaware county,
"a, Is visiting his sister Mrs. f. II. Smith, of
Vest Ottawa.
CoLLlNs.-J. W. Collins, prominent law.
yer OF st. Louis, Mo, !s paying his old home
visit, at Wallace.
GRANT.-George Grant, the glass cutter
and singer, of GAINESVILLE, Ohio, is spending
summer vacation in this city.
j. ID. Hour genial correspondent, j. ID.
Hammond is making west again. and prom
ises his Ottawa friends q visit reXt week.
HERE. DIR. Gaylord. Of Magnolia, Putnam
county, and Putnam Beckwith, wealthy
farmer of Wenona, were IN tAis city on
Wednesday.
LGcKwoop.-Miss Minnie Lockwood has
taken a position in the dry goods store of
Forbes " Flick, where her friends will find
her Ia the future.
ADMINISTRATIVE family Of DR.. Mariner,
Of this city, have gone on a few weeks visit
to friends at Chicago. The Doctor himself
remains at home.
STRAwE.-Mrs James Strawn and daugh.
Ter, Chicago, are visiting the family of Mr.
hbner Strawn. They will be in this vicinity
for some weeks visiting friends and relatives
NANTUCK.-G. W. Hayden, the "lost car
man." is taking little vacation, pleasure
combined with business, and is visiting his
old home away down east" at Nantucket
Island
BecKwITu Miss Mabel Beckwth, book
keeper for Butlord IL Son, photographers,
Chicago, accompanied by her friend, Miss
Dora Tucker, is visiting her home and friends
In this city.
MIrCHELL.-Miss Mitchell, of the Ottawa
Telephone Exchange, is again on duty, hav-
ing returned from her western visit. Miss
Cliff, of Hulps, has also returned and is at
her post again.
LUcKY.-J. II. Misner, a clerk in Maney
Il Jordan's, Of this city WAS recently award
ed a back pension Of 81 400. Mr.. W. will
make Judicious use Of his money, probably
investing Il part of it in western lands.
THOMPSON. Miss Minnie Thompson, Of
J this city, was telegraphed for on Thursday
20 report 20 Chicago inStonter, her services as
Il teegrapher being required, owing to the
strike o. the Brotherhood of Teegraphers,
which took place that day. She reported for
duty yesterday.
PosTMAsTgR--H. 5. Corwin, of the Peru
Nclcs, was in Ottawa one day this week look.
ing after the vacancy in the Peru postmas.
70 know ,fo p.r,
Lean who is more entitled to Mr.. Culien's
endorsement or who would make a better p
". than the before mentioned lib"
WEALTHY.-C. NJ Shaw leaves Ottawa uext
week for Nebraska with the intention Of buy
ing lands. II looks as though the growing
trade of Ottawa was profitable when the mer-
chant is obliged to go west with his surplus
profits and invest them in lands.
CEREUs.-On Tuesday evening +. Harvey
Smith caused night blooming ccreus
which was unfolding its blossom, to be ex
hibited to the public at Behring's drug store.
Bowman and Wheeler were there to make
views of the flower by the electric light--the
results being probably the first ever success.
fully accomplished.
CANE Rev VI. c. Peters, on Tuesday after
! noon was presented with 8 beautiful gold.
headed cane, by the young men OF the city
This testimonial of regard and confidence,
coming at such time, must be deeply ap.
precated by the Reverend gentleman, to|
whom certain newspaper Sensat,0naiists are
trying To give an .unenvahle nOtOriety.
MCPnEHsoN.-Re M. Mcpherson, lately
pastor Of tie Baptist church of this city, who
vent about year ago 10 Scotland to study
has received q call to the First Baptist church
Of Glasgow. This is the leading Baptist
church of Scotland Mr.. McPhcrsOn's many
friends in this city will congratulate him
and themselves, in that they persisted in
insisting he was rising man in spite of the
many unknd things said of him while here.
GEo.--We are glad to he able to cONgratu-
late our former townsman, Geo. VI. Trimble,
("Trimmy" for short,) now of the Surgeon
Generals Office Washington, D. &. He has
been in the Office less than 4 year, and this
week was promoted with 5000 added 10 his
salary. When we think of his work and that
Of his Ottawa colleagues, Warren Mitchell
and Avon Pearson in The Government Print.
,n- Office, we come to the conclusion that
is hard 90 beat the boys" Ottawa sends to
, The National Capital.
WILSON. C, II. Wilson, assistant general
superintendent Of the Central Union Tec.
phone COMPANY. was in this city on Thurs
day on business relative to the exchanges Of
Ia Sale county. He says line is being
built from Peoria to Bureau Junction, which
will ultimately be extended to Chicago, TAX.
ing in La Sale, Ottawa, Joliet and intermc.
date points, and that the service there Oh.
tanned will be frstclass in every respect. He
did not say just how soon the La Sale line
could he re. constructed.