The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-04-28
From Ophir.

OPHR, April 23.-Ncry pleasant spring
weather this. The soil is turning over
nicer than ] ever seen it before. Small
grain looks well.
Mrs Miles, our old dlrectress, was given
the grand bounce on Saturday night and
Mr.. RObt. Pietcrs elected in her stead.
Mr.. C. krausse, our worthy dry goods
merchant Of Homer, was quietly married
Sunday to Mrs. Wagner, of Peru The
couple have gone to Wisconsin on their
wedding tour. Pedro congratulates the
couple. May they live long and prosper
Kirsteatter's new kitchen is done; it
looks immense,
The lightning rod fiend is abroad again
his latest victims here being Messrs G.
Zorn and Robt. Pieters, who have their
houses well ornamented by lightningrods
Died. Friday, little Jesse Smith, son
of Albert Smith, our old mail-carrier The
little boy was very bright and intelligent
child and the mother will miss her little
son.
Billy Wixom, understand, is going 10
start n wagon on the road to peddle groc-
cries mo use, Billy, to do that; 1t won't
pay, yoa hn0,o."
Robert Pielers's new house is now all fin
Ishcd with the exception of plastcrlng, and
when that is done Robert will have u nice
and comfortable home.
BILLY Mitchell !imps bad; it's sore
knee joint
The road commissioners of Waltham and
Ophr are at lagerheads concerning that
bridge west Of Iergers. Ophir claims
Wal,ham will have TO pay half the cost
and Wal,ham says 1t Is not so. SO, of course,
some lawyers Will get the most of the pile.
No, the thing Is right here; Some one is
wrong, and as the cost of the bridge will
only be 500, I say Ophir, go ahead and
build 1t, for If you law about it twill cost
twice as much as the hing Is worth, and
then no bridge built Bear in mind Wal
than has all the lawyers in the state hired
to attend their bridge suits Give them a
rest Ophir
That dirty little sheet, the Ottawa Jour-
nal, is trying hard to get good footing In
this vicinity One Of its emmissares came
to Pedro, saying: what will you take to
write and work for the Jouradly" lrcplied /;
81 am engaged to work for the TRADER,
and will stick to that paper as 1t Is honest,
&C." The young man left me IN disgust,
They then sent a sample copy to every one
in this vicinity with the exception of Pedro
he got none. But read it nevertheless.
How Is it anyway, John, that was sighted.
am looking tor wedding to come Oft
every day. When it does / will give par.
tlculars
Sancho, who wrote several letters to the
TRADER from Homer, has gone away. Thus
we lose our correspondent,
Brush College, Dlmmick, had an election
matinee Saturday night IN which some OF
the parties succeed in making first class
fools of themselves. Who they are 1 will
leave to the readers to guess, and will give
the particulars from good authority Mr..
Mike Shay, Luke Doyle and Fred Gibbs
were the old directors. MIR. Doyle and
Shay engaged teacher to begin school the
middle OF the present month. Mr., Doyle's
term of uirectorship had expired, and Mr..
Gibbs claimed that he had no right to en-
gage teacher. Mr.. Gibbs would not give
up the keys, so there has been no school as
yet Saturday night Gibbs. put up pet
candidate III the person OF Mr.. Hucklngs
and the other element run Mr.. Doyle. The
Gibbs party were AFRAID If defeat for his
pet, so they got n lot of their ladies' to vote
for their pet The ballots stood at the close,
Doyle, 81; Huchings, II. Doyle Is too
good man and citizen to be easily beaten.
Mr.. Huchlngs Is also n gentleman as all
are that took part in the tableaux, only they
can't agree.
Mrs Frestlne had the VISIT Of niece
from Pennsylvania last week.
OTTO and John Kraussc were home Sun
day to witness the marriage of their father.
1t is a sorrowful thing for Pedro to chro-
nicle the death of Mrs. Jessie kerl, nee Jes-
sic Galloway, formerly neighbor of mine
and very highly esteemed one at that.
Miss Galloway was born in Glasgow, Scot.
land, June 18th, 1860 and came to America
young with her parents. She was always
a strong, hearty and robust girl, as jolly as
a lark and having smile and good word
! for all January 18th last Jessie was mar.