The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-09-19
Personal,


business trip East.
this week on business.
McKEEL.-Miss Eva Nickel paid visit
to friends at Earl last week.
| HoFFMAN.-Asa Hoffman made a flying
visit to Springfield Tuesday.
MoRAHN.--John Morahn took charge of
the Sheridan postoffice on Monday.
MErcoLM.-Mrs. j. b. Metcolm of Streator,
is in the city on visit to her parents.
TRowBRIDGE.-I. II. Trowbridge, Mar
settles, registered at the Clifton Monday.
HossAcK.-Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Hossack,
of Des Moines are here on visit to relatives.
WEsT.-M. N. Armstrong, Esq, returned
| this week from trip to Iowa and the West
HAYNE.-Miss Ella Hayne returned Mon.
day from month visit to Chicago friends.
DEGEN.-Chas. Degen received the blue
ribbon at the State Fair for the best boy
rider.
GILBERr.-Miss Nettie Gilbert daughter
of II S, Gilbert, is attending school at Mount
Carroll.
WILLIs-Prof Willis returned Wednesday
from his months vacation to the watering
places Of the East
CoNcERr.-Profs. Stokes and Fitzgerald
were at Yorkville last night assisting at q
band concert there.
GoDFREY-Abe Godfrey, formerly with
McMullen, is now with Dennis Fielding,
boots and shoes, Streator.
SMURR.-Mrs. u. A. Smurr and daughter,
Miss Bonnie, visited Mendoza friends last
week and were present at the fair.
DENvER.-P. +. Duffy and Frost Malasie,
nf Loo f,r Enl
where they will spend the winter.
TELErHoNE,-W. s. Chapman, secretary,
and C. II. Wilson, manager of the telephone
company, were in the city Thursday.
PHELPs.-C. s. Phelps has been on the
sick list and confined to his rooms at the
Clifton with neuralgia during the week.
KNEUssL.-Mrs. M. Kneussl and son Max
Jr., are in Chicago this week taking in the
state fair and exposition and visiting rela-
tives.
SUMMRRFIELD.-L. w. Summerfeld, of
Chicago, who formerly kept clothing store
where Trabing is now located, was here this
week.
MCKEoN.-Misses Jennie and Mary Nc
Keen, of Chicago, the latter sister of Miss
Kittie McKeon, paid that young lady visit
on Tuesday.
SM rH.-Miss Jenny F. Smith returned to
l. ne ,ln, Neb., this week where she will re-
sumo her position as principal of the
o street school.
LELANp.-Sherman Leland started on
Tuesday for Kansas where he intends to re
main few weeks, and will probably buy up
a large slice of that state.
PESNEY.-Miss Edith and George Penney
left on Monday, for Ithaca, n. Y, to enter
Cornell University. They were accompanied
by their father. Geo. Penney will take the
full college course.
JONES' w. NJ. Jones, the newly appoint
ed p. NJ. at Grand Ridge, was in the city
Tuesday. He served throughout the war in
the 1O4th Ill.,, and was severely wounded
during his service.
EcKLEs.-J. II. Eckles left Wednesday
night for Rock Island, where next day ne
delivered an address at the Jefferson Club
banquet of that city. He will address
colored meeting at Princeton on the 22d.
SCHMIDT. Henry Schmidt, postmaster
Finlen's deputy, of Streator, was in the city
Tuesday. The latter, who had been danger
ously i'll last week, is regaining his health,
and it is the earnest wish Ofhis many friends
throughout the county that his health may
be permanently restored.
KELLEy-Mrs. Martin Kelley, of Indiana,
by her daughter, Miss Minnie,
and her sons, Henry and George, have been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Kelly this
week. Monday night party ofyoung folks
to the number of about 30, surprised the
visitors, by appearing in body and taking
possession of the house A pleasant evening
was spent.
CRowLEy.-Jas. f. Crowley, of Prairie
Center has obtained position at one OF the
railway depots at Aurora. He was up there
visiting his old schoolmates and friends
when he was rendered the place. Our
friend Crowley is an energetic young man,
and bears good reputatian as to honesty
and sobriety, and will, no doubt, be success
full in his new position. The Prairie Center
girls will sadly miss Jimmie.
ZIMM.-S. Zimmerman returned this week
from the State Undertakers Association
meeting held at Peoria. The feature of the
convention was the treatise on embalmlng
the dead. This science has been so far per-
fected that it is now possible to keep BODY
for a practically unlimited length OF time
without ice, and the secret of the art Is, OF
course, in possession of members of the AS
The next meeting will be held at
Decatur. and in October the national conven-
aion will be held at Philadelphia.
BRApFoRD.- telegram sent Chas. l..
Bradford at Aurora Wednesday brought HIM
home that evening on the double-quick-in
fact. he felt like chartering train to make
the run Mt n 75-mile an hour gait. Every
one who has been there for the first time
knows how it is himself when he hears the
clad tidings that his frst-born has arrived.
In this instance it was a first experience,
and when he got home a pretty little baby
boy, with its papa's eyes, and having the ex-
ternal revenue stamp of Charleys features
on its face. looked out at him and smiled
md crowed a lusty crow. Talk of being
happy, why Mr. Bradford is the happiest
man o-day north of Mason and Dixon's line.
May the little fellow grow to be an honor to
his fond parents, and as solid young DEM
ocrat as his father.
Bridge or No Bridge!