The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-25
PersOnal.
SCoTT. j. f, Scott is in Kansas.

the city yesterday.
Standardization. p. Eldredge of st. Louis,
is in the city this week,
KonLER.-D. II. Kohlcr, of Wenona, was
in the city Thursday last,
FogD.-Mrs. Ford he's gone to the city to.
day to purchase new goods.
SToNE.--I. w. Stone, of Lawrence, Kansas,
was in Ottawa last Wednesday.
CoRCoRAS.-Miss Mary Corcoran, Of La
Sale, has been at the Clifton this week
SHAVE. II. Shaw, Beatrice, Neb., is
paying his brother, c. NJ. Shaw, brief visit.
WlLsoN.-W, d. Wilson, of the late Utica
NarS, is now connected with the Times Of
this city.
INs,-Messrs. Thomas Carson, and Force,
special insurance agents, were in this city
yesterday.
| BLANCHARD. -Gcorgc l.. Blanchard, the
big grain and flour merchant, of La Sale, was
here yesterday.
WATERMAN.-Miss Fanny Waterman, of
Chicago, is in this city. She is the guest of
her sister, Mrs. l.. Perkins
DrNcAN.-Mrs. VIII Duncan was called to
Peru last Thursday, by the death of her faith
err. He was about 80 years of age.
AMEs.-,I. c. Ames, Mayor-elect of Streator,
was in Ottawa, the day after his election.
He received 222 votes over F. w. Fades.
CLARK Ed. II. Clark, salesman for
Wholesale tea house in Chicago, is spending
the week on visit to his home friends.
REvs.-Rey. Asa Leard, of Farmingdalc,
H., and Rev. T. w. Lcard, of Watham, were
the guests of. o. Harris last Thursday.
FINLEN.--J. a. Finlen, brother of County
Clerk Finleu, was in this city Monday, and
left for visit to New Orleans the same day.
REVIEW. G. Reeve, vice president of
the Peru National Bank, was here last Tues
day placing stock of the Illinois and Wiscon-
sin Live Stock Company.
GREGoRY.-G. A. Gregory. the horseman,
is in Princeton, where lie will purchase car
load Of draught horses, TO be shipped to
Albany, n. Y.
KENDIG.-Miss Marion X. kendig, of IIar-
risburg, Pa, arrived in the city Thursday,
and is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j f. Kendig,
on Clinton street.
! CoRCORAN-CONNELLY. "A second wedding
at st. COLUMBIA church last, Wednesday,
united JAS. Corcoran, of Streator, and Miss
Mary Connolly, of Rutland.
O'NEIIL.-Rev. Father O'Neill, his many
friends will be pleased to learn, is not going
away for the present. He has received orders
indefinitely postponing his departure
McCoNNELL.--Joseph Mcconnell the Strea
tor detectiyc, was in the city all the week.
Notwithstanding this fact and thst Ottawa
has the luxury of a lynx. eyed Ii kerton,a bur-
glary is reported to have occurred on the west
side.
EMEs.-L. II. Eamcs, of Chicago, expires
dcnt Of the National City Bank, of Ottawa,
and now director of the Commercial Nation
al bank, of Chicago, was in the city last
Thursday
PYLE.-Mrs. VIM. Pyle, of South Ottawa,
left last Wednesday for Il summer visit to
relatives and friends in DevOnshre, England
Her little boy, Charlie, accompanies her.
She will be gone about four months.
MCDoUGALL-Duncan McDougall returned
from his two weeks trip to Florida last Mon
day. His checks have ford tint, and he
expresses himself as highly delighted with
his visit TO the Peninsulur state.
ALvoRD-R owE.-Married last Tuesday by
Rev Il. Baker at South Ottawa, Banks c. Al
word and Miss Jennie Rowe, of Farm Ridge.
THOMPSON Justice Thompson, of Men
dota, was in this city Wednesday last.
AGRICULTURAL.-The crop correspondents
of this county for the year Isl are as follows:
Chas T. Farrell Ottawa; Thomas j. Davis,
Triumph; Geo W. Armstrong, Seneca; l.. A.
Burgess, Tonica; Frank A. wilkins, Troy
Grove; Elmer Baldwin, Farm Ridge.
IrEMs.--Thc Readers of the FREE TRADER
are requested to send in items of society and
personal gossip or any such local news which
they would like to see in print concerning
their friends or ncighbors, which il not OBJ
iectionable will be gladly published.
GEARY-M CDoNALD.--Joh Geary, of this
city, and Miss Mary Mcdonald, of Wallace
township, were married at st. COLUMBIA
church last Wednesday morning. John Ma
gle, OF this city, acted as groomsman, and
Miss Annie Carroll, of Chicago as bridesmaid.
WARREN-W. II. Warren, representing
the Il G. Dunn e Co. Mercantile Agency, is
on a two-wccks' business stay in this city.
MI. W is u plcdNdul anu COlil -ClIN4'hiai
to meet. He was once a newspaper man, and
after that joined a show company. Ask him
to give the story connected with his debut.
It's a good one.
FowLIE.-Monday evening, March 20, was
the occasion of the celebration of the lOOth
anniversary birthday of Mrs. Fowlie, at the
home of JOS Fowlic, in Fremont township,
Iowa, where large number of invited guests
assembled to greet the centennarian. Mrs.
Fowlic at her rare age of 100 years is able TO
be around and do more work than many at
30. This aged lady is the mother of Mrs, Geo.
Leslie and the grandmother of Mrs. Philip
Smell, of Deer Park, and of Mrs. Fred. Guam
dell, of Troy Grove.
A decided sensation was created in society
circles last week in Mendoza by the announce
mcnt that Minnie Wright had been secretly
married at Waukegan, last September, TO Ar