The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-09-22

east.
sMITH.--Miss Edna Smith has taken po-
sition with Forbes & Flick.
EcKLEs.-J. II. Eckles will spend Sunday
with his Princeton friends.
FIsKE.-Mr. f. L. Fiske and Miss Alice
Fiske have returned from the east
GILBERT.-Messrs. Gilbert and Eckels will
have an Office in the new Futterer Block.
DICK.-Misses Annie and Date Dick, Quin.
cy, are the guests of Miss Donlevy, Waltham.
DooLITTLE Mrs. Doolittle, OF Goodland,
Ind, is visiting the family Of Mr.. Abner
Strawn.
CARPENTER.-Mrs. Joseph Carpenter, Of
this city, left on Tuesday for four weeks
visit in Minnesota.
CUTLER.--R B. Cutler and family leave on
October LIST for San Francisco, where Mr..
Cutler will engage in business.
GRIFFIN.-Eugene Griffin, Of Utica, on
Thursday last had a few toes cut off one Of
his feet by machine in the tile works.
GoFF.--Mr G. Golf, once q popular mer-
chant OF this city, now Of Kentland, Ind,
was in town this week, and met lots of his
old friends.
MINN.-We have an intensely interesting
and valuable letter from Mr.. NJ. Osman, Red
Wing, Mimi, which we shall give to our
readers next week
REMovED.-Duncan, O'Conor IL Wall, law
yers, have moved their Office from Cameron's
Block to the new Futterer Block, on Court
street, opposite the court house.
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the marriage of Miss Gertie King, daughter
of s. E. King, Esq. to William W. Nash, son
of j. F. Nash, Esq, on Thursday, Oct. 4th.
! EURoPE.-H. Z. Steinmeyer, of this city,
sailed from New York on the Sth inst. on the
steamer "Hapsted," for Saxony, Germany,
to look after some property belonging to him
there.
CHIEf.-Mr w. j. Neeley writes us from
| Milwaukee, under date OF the 14th that on
the 18th, at Milwaukee, "Ottawa Chief
trotted mile between heats in 2:1S aston
ishing the sporting world not a little.
MlLLIGAN. Sunday last being Deputy
Sheriff Will L. r. Milligan's birthday, his
wife and father presented him with an ele-
CANT gold watch and chain, with an elegant
Masonic emblematic charm (from his wife,
SICK.--James Damon, cutter at Fiske &
Beem's, received a telegram last evening
saying that his sister who left here week
ago for Nevada for her health, was danger.
" ill., He left on the night train for Council
Bluffs
WARNEg.- Mrs. J. I. Warner has gone to
Chicago for a two weeks visit, while her
husband, the railroad land agent, makes a
pilgrimage to Kansas. This leaves Dry at
nome, keeping "bachelor's hall"
HAMMOND Our friend j. ID. Hammond
has so far recovered from his serious illness
as to be able to resume his duties again. He
leaves on Monday for New York, taking with
him the kind wishes of great many friends |
in La Sale county.
HossACK.--John Hossack, who last week |
was so Frustrated by surgical operation
upon his eyes, has been improving this week |
and will probably regain his strength, al |
though the family entertain no hopes Of any |
Improvement of the vision.
BANs.-Baltimore papers announce the en-. |
gagement of Miss Fannie Constam, belle |
Of that city, and Mr.. A. Frank, of Ottawa,
Illinois. The wedding will probably take
place in the spring. Our townsman is re-
ceiving the warm congratulations of large
circle of friends.
MUTEs.-Christian Camuirch, Amelia
Schneider, Willie, Hanley, Thomas Chris.
topher, Thomas McAley, Mary Sullivan and
Mary Brady. all mutes, were taken to Jack
sonville this week by County Agent Gibson |
for treatment in the asylum there.
BLAKE.-Mr. Joshua Blake, Of Cornell, |
LiAingston county, was in town yesterday |
visiting his relatives and old friends. Mr.. |
Blake expects during the coming winter to
remove to Texas, making his home at Waco,
where his father now u.s. his intention being |
to go into the stock business.
WMs-Streator Monitor: "S. W. Williams, |
proprietor of the Streator paper mill, met
with a severe accident this morning while
packing the jack pump at the mill, resulting
In crushing his wrist in o shocking manner,
but ampu,ation will not be necessary, though |
he will be laid up for several weeks"
RAYMoND.-The absurd story Is going
the rounds of the county papers that county
treasurer Raymond is going to resign. The
rumor is sbsolutely without foundation.
Mr.. Raymond is apundantly able to attend to
his Office In spite of his asthma, and the
county Of La Sale has not yet got beyond
the need Of his usefulness as a county official
by any means.
FULLERroN.-Slnce the reunion Of old sol.
diers last week many warm compliments
have been paid Mr.. Thos. C. Fullerton, OF
this city. for the very successful manner In
which the affair passed of. 1t was
largely to his devotion of time and thorough
knowledge Of military that this success was