The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-03-03

William Burkart will work part OF thu
Zorn farm with his brother Christian.
Homer was TO have had new restaurant
but 80 far II has failed to materialize.
Rev. Saylor, of the Baptist church, leave
the LIST of March. PEDRO.
Bright Seneca.
The net receipts of the Catholic Fai
were $55725, enough to more than clea
two.thirds of the church debt Fathe
Dunavan Is very well satisfied with thu
outcome, and hopes, In another year, to en-
tirely wipe out the Indebtedness and place
the church upon solid financial footing.
Hon. Geo. w. Armstrong, who suffered
a stroke of paralysis on the left side of hi'
face few days ago, has recovered his
nerve force Ia remarkably short space OF
time, and does not seem TO be affected by
the attack.
Henry Boyd now has five fine Clydesdalt
horses In his stables. They are fine look
ING animals, and Henry never tires OF
showing them TO friends and dilating upor
their pedigrees.
As predicted some time ago, we have
band. II Is a real live band, too, AND
with J. II. Armstrong, 9. A. Morey, 8. Ir
win, Burt Waterman, w. A. Graves, ii. 4
Beaubien. VIM. N .ckerson, W. v. Graves
A. G. HawD and j. +. Mclaughlin In
martial attire behind snare and bass drums
comets and from bones, the air OF the fetld
southern slmOOm will be tempered with
sweet sounds of falling clubs and waving
bootjacks. Their first parade will I've glo-
rious.
Mr.. Higgins, a miner. drew the cow
Frank Coughlin won the cutter and Patrick
McCue drew the sewing machine at the
close of the Catholic Fair.
Dennis O'Donnell goes to MinnesOts
with his family next week, where he will
indulge In the laudab!e enterprise of rails
Ing stock on bllzzards and Ice gorges.
shall expect to see Dennis In seneca Ia
about year with four billiards and d
frozen political speech under one tent, u,
one admission price.
OF course | know that there Is no advan
tage gained from taking fourteen prescr!p
tions for one Ill, and as everyone has aired
his boom theory, | only repeat the words OF
a prominent business man upon our chance
for boom: "What Seneca needs Is less
lassitude and more energy, less mounting
and more solid work, and above all the
abolition of the petty jealousies existing
among our business men, This, more than
anything else, has kept US back, and until
il Is abolished, We can never bOom-no,
for 500 years"
Billy McGetrick Is wearing face whose
length would compare favorably with any
telegraph pole along the great Rock Island
Route Billy's roadster has gone lame, and
he can no longer crow of Its speed as In
former days. It's an outrage on patience
but II won't last long.
Ed. Stewart and wife are now residents
Of Dwight, and John Yoder is the occu
pant of their late residence. WATEM,
MarseiIles
MIR. and Mrs. A. r. Waibrige, of Clark st
entertained a few invided friends on Friday
evening last, There was music aud dancing
and a general good time is reported.
ApropOs OF teas, the Congregational tea q,
Mrs. Morey's nelted SO so, and the Methv.
dist tea AT Mrs. Moores drew IS net.
Had il not been for some rather tall hust-
ling, A. j. Tburber's residence would have
been burned last week.
The young ladies of the Baptist church
gave a neck.,i social on Tuesday evening
at the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. 8. T. 0s
good. Now II neck-tie social is something
calculated to separate husbands and wives
tear asunder gallant, and swecthearts, and
produce general household division-for
about ten hours. You see the girls each
wear calico neck.scarf, and the boys buy
similar scarfs neatly enclosed in paper
which they select from box When the
young man opens his purchase, he searches
for the mate TO that tie, and finding il, es-
corts It's fair wearer to supper
A basket social, the first this year, be.
lieve, was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs
II. Il. Adams on the bluff, by the Congrega
tioanl young folks on Thursday evening
Each lady brought basket containing lunch
for two and the gentlemen who purchased
the basket shared the lunch with her. II
was novel and entertaining treat.
The Valley Reading Circle organized last
week, met at Mrs. A. j. Thurber's on Mon
day evening. ID. Samuels oi6cated as pres
ding officer, and Mrs. W. A. Morey as vice
II will meet every Monday evening.
Arch. Brodbeck has added line Of dry
goods and underwear, and is proving him
self @ hustler in business. Young BLOOD
always tells.
Miss Lottie Wallace, Of Ottawa. has accept
ed position as dressmaker at Mrs. Cullar 8
There seems TO be some dissatisfaction
among the universalists over the neglect o.
your writer up man to mention their demon
iDation with the other churches. Thi.
church, of which Rev. Miss A. Shaffer i.
pastor, Is numbered among our most success
full aud thriving institutions, and has brill
ispt prospects ahead. RxroR.