The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-08-16
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Baptist church, on the christian Sab
bath"
Some twenty-five or thirty of the Mendo.
Ia people attended Miss Gilmore's enter
tainment last Thursday evening,
Miss Lizzie Lanning, of the Center re-
turned few days since from Chicago,
where she has been visiting friends for
some time past.
Adam Gilmore returned from Dixon
Monday. Adam, we understand, will WELD
the birch in the Grove this winter.
Rev. Gibbon, of the Pine tree" state,
preached in the Baptist church in the vii
lage last Sunday morning
1t is said that Mr.. Waterman, the gentle
man who was here in May securing the
right Of way for the new railroad (air and
paper line), was here last week settling for
land We have failed to find any one who
has received any cash as from the railroad
for land. The excitement runs high.
Chas Mclaughlin, ST., and Henry Peters
were delegates from Dimmick to the Re.
publican convention at Ottawa last Tues.
day
otto Krausse and his partner, Tony Cline,
of Mendoza, leave in about two weeks for
Salem, Oregon, to engage in the boot and
shoe business
We are pleased to report that Mrs, Thos.
Gardiner, who has been i'll for so long, is
able to be around again.
Guy Simpson is expected home this
week from the Dixon Normal. We are
sorry TO learn that the crops on Mr.. SIS
place in Hamilton county, Neb., were de
stroyed by hail few days since.
Harry Short and George Huck, two of
the village boys, who are attending the
business college, have the commercial
course and are expected home this week,
Misses Mary Connerton, susie Dimond
and Sophia Iiamel are attending the teach
ers' institute at Peru.
Peter Coleman, "A well to do farmer Of
Troy Grove, has the boss oat tield-lOO
acres.
The people of the Troy Grove Bethel
are making arrangements for special servi
ces next Sunday evening
Some farmers in this vicinity cut grain
last Sunday 1t usually is the case that
these poor teilo,es rho are compelled to worh
on .Sund0y do more work on that day than
any other day in the week.
Rev. Dinsmore, Geo. Wills H. b. HiCock
and A Gerlach We're sent as delegates from
Troy Grove to the Republican county con
vention last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs NJ. l.. Salyard's friends
will be pleased to learn that they are doing
well in their new home in Carthage, Mo-
They have Just had a fine residence com
pleted on their lot,
Some of the East Dimmick and Dim
mick Station boys had a match game OF
base ball last Sunday The scorers failed
to agree. II is said by disinterested par
ties it was nip and tuck game.
The Troy Grove township ). s. cOnven-
ton met last Sabbath afternoon in the
Presbyterian church in Homer and held an
enthusiastic meeting, in which the leading
points in Sunday School work were dis
cussed by home and talent from abroad
! The following were selected as officers for
the coming year Pres, Samuel Swisher
Vice Pres, Henry Mitten Sec'y, Urlas
Myers; Treas Robt Moore. Postmaster
AndresSan and Miss Lizzie Hastings, of
Mendoza, were present and gave the meet
ing increased interest. The reports from
different schools were very encouraging
The entertainment given last Thursday
evening in the PRESBYTERIAN church in Ho-
mer by Miss Mary f. Gilmore, the elocu-
Zionist, of bingham, H., assisted by Miss
es Gertie Schick and Lottie Hicks, of Men
dOta, and some local talent, was the finest
| literary and musical treat ever given the
village Miss Gilmore as a Juvenile per.
senator is without peer. Miss Schick and
| Miss Hicks furnished some very fine mu
sic. Miss Schick held the audience spell
bound in LET the beautiful gates aiar'
Miss Hicks accompanied her on the guitar
Deutsch's orchestra sustained its reputation
by furnishing some excellent music. The
affair was financial success receipts
S32 10 All are very anxious for Miss G
to give another entertainment. 1t is to be
hoped that she may be induced to give an
other one some time in the near future.
The young men and boys who perched
on the fence on the east side of the Pres
byterian church last Thursday evening,
during Miss GilmoreS entertainment, We're
quiet and orderly, and no doubt got the
benefit of the entertainment in that way
about as well as those who were inside
but, as the entertainment was for good
cause, it would have shown better spirit
to have given your money for money
worth and not played the dead beat by
roosting on the fence and getting benefit
you had not paid for NJ. r. A.
DlMMlCh, aug. 10, lCCf.-SIuchlHS.
Boomng-threshing.
Most of the rural schools have commenced.
The prospects at present are very flatter-
ing for a large corn crop.
1t is impossible for the Homer people to
give up the new railroad. They speak of it
as a certainty, and have counted the dollars
1t will increase their property in value.
Miss Jessie Wylie reassembled her forces
in district No. ! last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Merit, of Homer, left
Monday morning for Saybrook, Mclean
county, for a two weeks visit Mr.. NJ. has
land there
Percy Woods, of Iowa, late student of
Knox College, is the guest of L. Dimmick
and family
Frank Gibbs. of Iowa, was in town first of
the week handstaking with friends.
Mrs. Hattie Reed, of Homer, sold two lots
in the above mentioned burg to George
Ransbarger few days since, for S75 piece.
Miss Mamie Wenner is enjoying the hos
pitality of Mendoza friends.
Miss Emma wilkins gathered her school
marin robes about her and re-entered the
sanctum in district No. q, Troy Grove, last