The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-15
COUNTY NEWS.
Grand Ridge Doings.

Wednesday night,
This kin ot weather for so long time 1t
something unusual.
Hornlck x Co. seem TO be taking the lead
in these par,s Tor g,oves, having OH s"u
100 pairs, ,,,
Jonn Lehy intends moving into the hlig'
if h. caa ger suitable properly,
Gallon 3 m ut market Is again IN iull run
ming force.
Wasaley Y,cim lost II $40 horse ias'
week
Now is the time to get your girl Christ
mas present wniie there Is a large assortment
to select from
there was hop in Hayes Hall Thursday
evening Oh last week, winch was qulte well
attended Ball orchestra furnished the
music.
A travelling mau who was selling clothing
visited our burg last saturday afternoon.
The way our expressman, Jake woodward,
can handle trunks is rem TkaDle, doing the
work with etseund grace
The noted repleSin suit OF LucSey vs.
Puse, wa Uejldei III tn county court las
week giving Luckey five dollars judgment
and throwing the costs on Pu-ey.
Don.t fan toask sooner what kind of a
building Bert Hay es is putting up-he knows
Evans Finley ade a hJr, mp 10 Chicago
lat weeA
Miss Whitney Sundayed in Aurora.
J. l.. McAuuen has been shipping hogs TO
Chicago q short time since he seat uP
tNeuty-lx that averaged ABOUT 400.
There WAS quarterly meeting at lAie
church last sunday a. 3 o'clock, Rev. Baker
oiCia Ing.
On account of the quarterly meeting nj
Yale Sunday afternoon, Rev. Lord had no
service at Hickory Point and assisted in thc
service at the q + ia the forenoon
Rev. Bell fied the c. 7, pulpit last Sum
day in the absence of Rev, M0rphis VINO is
~ Wenona, where good revival meeting Is
in progress.
Ume slaughter Of cattle occurred on the
rilroad opposite Jack Butes last week 1t
appears that VIM. Casey had drove of cattle
in corn stalks on Mr.. Bute's place and the
cattle IN some manner managed to get gate
open which opened onto the track. Inc result
was three OF mem were led and another
so badly injured that 1t had to be shot. The
section hands skinned the carcasses and
shipped the hides to Chicago. Under The
circumstances, Casey will be pad tor his
st0cS.
Miss Emma wayne, Of Gllesburg, is visit
il z her cousin, Mrs John Heath.
Johu Dearlh made flying trip to Ottawa
last Saturday, 10 get something taken out OF
his eye. He came home much relieved.
Casey ha, been shipping several car LOADS
Of stock TO Chicago OF late.
Rev Hale breaches every Sunday after
noon ia the Brook heli church.
A MIR Baur OF Iowa is visiting his sister,
Mrs Hampson. ia the east end OF town
Mr. Denton is able TO be out again we are
glad to note
BE careful as you pass the harness shop
fresh paint
One OF the busiest men in our burg is Nell
son Jones, our worthy blacksmith VINO is
now prepared for the winter trade, having
Oh hand about $50 horseshoes,
The pink'eye is here again. Henry Lang
ley has horse affected with it.
Joe Butte was here last week from Living
s,on county, TO attend the funeral Of his
mother,in'luw, Mrs. Joues If otter Greek
township Mr. Butte WAS formerly resi-
dent OF these parts
Skies Case Of Iowa reports splendid
weather there and fai" crop Of all cereals.
Chas Ellsworth was north of Ottawa last
Saturday after some fine bred hogs,
This paper is securing number Of new
subscribers IN this vicinity. Tell your
neighDor to call on us if you don't know
who We are, inquire of the postmaster and he
will solve the conundrum-and get the news
for the year.
While out hunting the wary hare last
Saturday, we CHANGED to pass the corn field
of " A. Dearth AS WI passed dreamily |
on, almost unconscious Of the dongs of the
its Il, eamy mood to something, -ah! what
could II be? not distant thunder, although
the first sounds resembled much the we'll
known rum bling in the distances; but when
we glanced above, the sun was shining
brightly and no clouds were to be seen. Our
next thought was, the cars; but no train was
to be seen We we're dumfOunded Being
in tall corn stalks, our next thought was to
run for the nearest fence 30 we could get q
better view Of our surroundings. We star
ed iull tilt, aud after laundering over corn
stalks, etc we came up to "A wagon where II
man was huskng corn. All out of breath we
we're but in moment we took in the stua-
ton The mysterious noise We heard was
nothing hut the ears Of corn playing n mo
noronous tune on the batteriRg boards. The
fellow ha4klng WAS Steve SkldmOre, who
was trying to beat the record for corn pick
ing in these parts He huskcd l27 and on O.
halt bushels in nine hours and ten minutes
Dew Dior.