The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-03-28


Hug the wall and not the boys,
And take that bogus quarter"
After this month the rink will open but
three evenings each week.
Music at the rink to night. All ladies at
tending will be given complimentary tickets
for Monday night next.
Will WEIGH, Mart Vollmer, jr., and Bob
Winheim, Of La Sale, attended the rink last
Saturday night, Mart remaining the guest OF
his friend Arnold until Monday evening.
Streator Free Press: "A gentleman in Otta-
wa considerably boards at hotel in order
that his wife can have time to attend skating
Kinks and not trouble herself about dishes,
dinner, or work pertaining to married life"
Next Wednesday night there will be calico
party at the rink-all skaters, ladies and gents,
will be required to dress in calico. An exhi-
bition will be given at Q O'Clock by "one OF
the fools" Music by Fitzgerald's band.
Regular admission prices-l5 cents.
The wheclbarrow race at the rink Saturday
night last was highly ludicrous. Jimmy
O'Neil and Fred Sanders won the first prize
Of 81 each. Harry Harding and Jas. Angevine
took second money, so cents each. Jim
"fouled" on the last quarter, or he would
have probably helped capture first money.
The entertainment given by the Canery
Livesey & Gilmore combination of bicyclists
and roller skaters at the rink last night drew
out the largest audience that ever greeted
any troupe at the rink. The seating capacity
of the rink was thoroughly tested and fully
900 persons witnessed the performance
which was remarkably fine.
There was n large audience at the rink
Thursday night to witness the race between
Dan O'Leary, the famous pedestrian, and
Jimmy ONeil, of this city, Jimmy to skate
two miles while Dan walked a mile and one.
eighth. Jimmy finished one lap ahead, de-
feating O'Leary; time, 9:03 As. Next Mon.
day night Arthur Hook and O'Neil will have
another contest. Art will attempt to run ten
laps while jimmy skates fifteen.
One of the finest land great many compe-
petent judges assert that 1t was the best ex-
hibitions given at the rink was that Of last
Monday night, when Miss Hattie Harvey
skater. She was neatly dressed in a costume
of white silk, and the beautiful little skater
captured the hearts Of her audience, especial.
ly those OF the male persuasion. She is I'M
questionably an accomplished and highly
graceful skater, and gave many new feats OF
skill in performing the various evolutions of
the art Of skating, for 1t was certainly an art
as represented by Miss Harvey. The Jig
dance was highly appreciated, and when
"called back" she gave perfect imitation OF
a train going up steep grade and down.
The attendance for Monday night was un-
usually large, about 500 people being present.
She returned to Streator Tuesday night; was
at Rockford Wednesday and Thursday nights
Beloit, Wis, last night and tonight.
The play of "Michsel Erle," produced by
Minna Wright at Mendoza last week, was not
up to anticipatons, though to Miss Wright is
given the credit Of saving it from total fail
ure. The Reporter, in reviewing the piece,
says that 1t was an unfortunate selection, and
that it was zone of those cheap productions
making MP in sensation what they lack in
plot and we'll defined characters, that profess
sional playwrights grind out by the dozen,
after pattern. 1t is totally devoid Of lead
ing idea. II an equal amount of hard work
and conscientious care had been devoted to
more suspicious play, the ladies and gentle
men in the company would have just harvest
cd laurels. That unfortunate character of
Mary Woodward was in the hands of an able
interpreter. Miss Mlnna Wright succeeded
in the hard task Of making it palatable to the
audience, and showed that she has fine talents
and dramatic powers, which at some future
time, would give her place in the foremost
ranks Of the profession, should she choose to
follow 1t. Her talents run to the heroic, and
she would be great in such parts as Medea or
Lady Macbeth. She may well be satisfied, if
not with the selection of part like Mary
Woodward, yet with the success she achieved
in its rendition. The many bursts of applause
that greeted her showed the appreciation of
her audiences. f. s. Brownies Maniac Lover
was altogether very credltabe effort, and
the people were not slow in perceiving it, be-
slowing upon him rounds of applause. He
rendered the softer moods of the maniac es-
pecially well, showing that he had studied the
carefully. In the passionate scenes
his voice got the better of him, at times"
J.J. Geraghty sold his interest in the Strea-
tor roller rink to the military company, who
took charge last Monday. Mr.. Geraghty has
proved himself to be a first-class manager.
He has been among Streator's people only
short time, but he has made large num-
Der of friends. Tuesday night last the new
proprietor gave him benefit, and the rival
rink closed to let all attend. Streator will
miss Mr.. Geraghty. He was foremost in ev-
cry charitable project-always the first to
come forward and tender the use of his rink
and his services gratis in aid of any public or
benevolent purpose. He was the proprietor
of rink in that city for three winters past,
and became almost as popular as Col. Plumb.
In fact Senator Plumb and Manager Geraghty
were Streator's big guns, though the latter
left the titled gentleman considerably In the
shade the past season. While Mr.. Plumb
movements were uppotlced by the press OF