The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-27
Personal Mention

I
ED.-E. C. Thompson, OF Tonica, was in
town Yesterday.
| Bow.-Mr. Garyey Donaldson, late Of IN
diana, is now operator at BOwmgr's gallery
| SouTH.-Lou. f BraunaB, the artist, ha,
| gone TO FloIica tor II, t,Lth, # HE health
| BAKER.-Mrs. L. J. Baker, of Champaign,
Ill, is the guest Of the fsmly of c. D. De
Lapp, West Ottawa.
| TEL.-The Streator Free Press says John
L. Dayhof has taken telegraph Office II,
Baraboo, Wisconsin,.
| SOUTHWARK. Carlisle NJ. Pool, Freedom
and George |. Pool, Serena. leave to day fol
New Orleans, where they will witness the
mardi gras festivities.
! DAN.-Dan Trsluor, OF La Sale, we are In.
formed, is quite Ill with maiarIal fever. Dams
many friends will join in Wishing him a
speedy recovery.
RICH.--Aurora Beacon: zone Of the wealth
lest residents Of the capital of Nebraska /.
T. 2. Quick, who mauy years ago was u boot
| black ut the Ottawa House, Ottawa, III"
SURPRIsE.-Isaac Alderman, of Ottawa
Center, WAS treated to e surprise party on
| Wednesday evening by numerous friends, the
event being the sixty irst anniversary OF his
birth.
Moss. f. W. Moss returned from Wahoo,
Neb., Thursday, after spending the holiday
with his brothers. His brother Joseph came
| with him. Reports good sleighing and lots
Of fun.
RAYMOND Some Of our contemporaries are
trying TO Kill of Uncle Sam Raymond His
asthma has troubled him not little during
The winter, but when the papers this week
we're reporting him seriously i'll he was feel.
ing very much better than usual
SApP.-Mrs. s. E. Sspp, of this city, was
called to Peoria on Wednesday by the sud
den death of her brother, Benjamin Weld
knecht, of apoplexy. The deceased was a
nephew of Cadet Widman, well known in
this city few years since.
HuMMRR.-Ls Sale Democrat: "On last
Monday evening, while w. B. Hummer was
standing on q step ladder in bis drug store,
the ladder gave away, throwing the gentle
man heavily on Ills right hand, causing q
compound fracture OF the thumb and pain.
fui sprain of the wrist"
FITzGERALD.--Frsnk Fitzgerald writes his
friends in Ottawa that the Nellie Boyd ORA
matte Company, with which he 10 connected
as leader of brass band and orchestra, Is In
New Mexico. Frank will be home, perhaps
to remain, some time In March. He may be
assured of q warm welcome.
LYNcH.-La Sale Democrat: Mr.. John c.
Lynch, general manager OF the La Sale and
Peru Gas Co., will resign his position March
and leave for San Francisco, where he goes
into the business Of ship building with his
father. Col Lynch. While a resident of this
city Mr.. Lynch has made host OF friends on
every hand, who will regret to hear that be
will soon leave them"
DUNcAy.-La Sale Democrat: "Mr. vii.
liam Duncan, one Of the most popular young
men of La Sale, and certainly of the class of
leading druggists, is now stationed at Otta.
wa, the manager Of w. b. Hummer & Co.'S
drug store. The young society Of that city
will find Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan worthy of
their esteem and confidence"
HoME.-Mr. and Mrs. w. Bushnell return
ed this week from their southern trip. Mr..
Bushnell is looking much improved. He re-
ports some sudden changes OF temperature
in Florida not usually noted by land agents,
&c. Two days before he left there ice was
formed ir Jacksonville and also in st. Au-
gustine while on the day he lett the mercury
showed sc degrees, and ladies were out with
parasOls
The fire OF Saturday night demonstrated