The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-13
The wind last Sunday evening caused

The wind last Sunday evening caused
great damage to orchards and grain in this
section. Corn appeared in mourning the
next morning as if it had been worsted.
Mrs Dr. Houtze, Of Lincoln, Neb, is
the guest of VIM. Wenner and family this
week.
Miss Emma Myers, who has been at,
tending Mount Carroll Seminary for some
time past, is now engaged in teaching
near that place.
"Chas." Mclaughlin and Chas. Zorn are
pushing Fred Zorn's house rapidly toward
completion.
Miss Annie Stephenson one of our pop
ular village school,ma'ams, is teaching in
West Brooklyn this summer.
Mr.. Sanders and wife, OF La Sale were
the guests of +. Dimmick and family last
Sunday.
Jas. Wallace and Ed. Small, two good
looking and manageable young men of
Waltham, were cycling the scen,ry of this
vicinity last Sunday
Mrs. Aiken, nee Miss Sophia Gatiss, of
Ottawa, was the guest of her brother, Jos
Gatiss, of Dimmick last week.
H. r. Gilbert was the favorite here in
the recent judicial election. Judge
Blanchard stood second in the race,
Steve Stephenson returned home from
Danville, Ind, last Saturday, where he has
been attending business college,
Miss Maggie Deaner returned home
from Dixon, H., last Friday. Miss Mag.
gle is attending the Dixon Normal, and
will return in few days
The Sunday school will observe Child
rens' Day." next Sunday, June 18th. 1t
will pay you to attend.
John Shut, of Reddick, H., was the
guest Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs, Jacob
Shut, first of the week.
Dr. Wetherby of Campus, H., spent
first of the week here, the guest of his I'm.
Gle, DR.. Everette.
Harvey Short, formerly one of our boys,
but of late of Dixon, spent the latter part
of last and first of this week visiting his
parents and friends in the village Harvey
is engaged in the musical instrument bus
mess in Dixon and spends much of his
time in the country canvassing. He is a
good salesman.
Miss Efiie Dimmick is expected home
from Mt. Carroll latter part of this week
Miss ID. has given special attention to
music in her work at the Mt Carroll Sem.
mary, and, owing to her great proficiency,
had very prominent part to perform in
the musical part of the commencement
exercises
We were surprised to learn from the
De. Press that our genial friend Will Wen
ner is about to be "tied for life to Wis
consin Maiden" and then go to "Green
county and edit a newspaper" Will is a
lively correspondent, and AS for presiding
over family of II, Will would rule with
dignity,
The storm Tuesday of last week was
very destructive in Homer. Richard Por-
ter's, Charlie Smiths and Mrs. Newells
barns were blown down and lumber carried
around like SO much straw. Henry Ettin-
gers building, known as the :" old harness
shop" had the roof on west end of building
torn of. Chimney blown off John Konen's
blacksmith shop. John thought the day
Of judgment was at hand when some of
the timbers from Porter's barn came crash
ing in the shop. Baptist church is minus
chimneys. w, p. Nixon's buildings par
tally unroofed. Squire Gerlach's fences
|" walked" the one on south side on to the
porch, and the west fence raided" his
vinyard The porch was blown off Mrs.
house, now occupied 10y Frank
Kurtz. The storm was the severest that
has ever visited this section. NJ A. r.