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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-06-22

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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-06-22
TIE POET POWERS

A feeiing OF gratitude impels me to
ack nowledge the great merits of your
CuricuRA, and / cordially recommend ii
To the public as a very valuable remedy.
II. y POWERS. BRIDaEPoRr, CoSN
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-06-22
CUTlCURA ABROAD

Through q home-returned Norwegian
l have learned to know your CUTICURA,
which has in a short time cured me Ofa
Eczema that my physicians medicines
cou Il not heal. CHR. HELTZEN.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-15

RANSOM, Dec l3.--rhe city council on
Tuesday evening had plenty Of business on
hand One of the many orders was TO
serve notice on the school trustees 10 burn
all the hedge around the school section,
giving them ten days to perform the work.
Well the trustees are Ms mad as hatters,
and say they would advise the council TO
read the highway and road law before serv'
ing notice ON said trustees again
Mr., o f. Smith, teacher In dist No. 7,
has organized literary society, 70 hold
meetings in the school house every We'd
nesday evening. All persons interested in
such matters are cordially invited to attend,
II Is 70 be hoped the society will prove II
success. for II will improve the minds OF
our young folks W. II. Cunard is presi
dent of the society.
The proceeds Of the dance and oyster
supper Thursday night was SOL 35
The dance at James Harty's WAS a sue.
cess and many report good time.
Mr.. Jones of California is visiting with
his daughter, Mrs. +. o. Whitmore.
The first meeting In December of Geo
II Thomas Camp, No. 1l0, Sons of yeter-
ans the following officers were elected
Captain, A b. Wilkinson; LIST Lieut., VIII
Bradlsh; I'd Lieut., Ed Brown; Camp
Council, A. b. Wilkinson, Marion Carr
G. X. RINGER; Delegates 10 State Encamp.
ment, Fireman Spencer, W. w. Smalley
Meeting every Saturday night All Broth
ers of the Order are cordially invited to al
tend ID.
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Miss Nellie Donahoe Is attending ST,
Y .y;ar AccsIamy nj Ottawa

Miss Nellie DOnahoe Is attending 81
Xavier Academy nj Ottawa.
Edward Morrow says that his Harri'
SON stove is a daisy, though 1t did cost two
prices. -,
Cornhusking is about completed. The
quality Is good and the quantity greater
man has been raised In this vicinity for
number Of years.
A number OF our young folks attended
a darce At Mr. James HaIy's in Allen
Friday evening. They say they had an
Immense time.
Andrew o Laughlin entered the North
ern Indiana Normal School last week,
where he will obtain some useful inlorma-
ton during the winter months,
Miss Nellie GilChrlst, Of Forrest, Ia, Is
visiting relatives and friends in this VEIN.
ity. Since leaving here, however, she has
changed her name TO that Of MIS-. Nellie
Mahrr.
Dennis Conley, Of Rutland, called on his
hes, girl, Sunday. We will tell aOout Den
mis- Ia the near future, perhaps.
School Is in session In all our schools At
present Miss Lizzie lloag teaches In
District No /; Miss Mollie Mitchell, in
No 3; John b Coyne, in No. 3; win iliC-
gins, IN NO. Z; Miss Nora Taylor In No. u,
and NJ j. WEIGH, in No. 1,
If present rumors should be verified,
many Of our young men will visi' the cnun'
" clerks office before the holidays are
oyvr. WARBLER
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wallace Writings.

WALLACE, Dec. 1.-THE weather Is fine
and all enj y il, especially those VINO nave
not their corn husked.
schools have all opened add are all pre-
sided over by yOung ladies' with the eXCep'
! tiun of one, McDonnald's.
! Miss Nora PilIion still continues 10 teach
in Fall River. she says she Is Ia love Win
the town.
Mrs. Jas. Gahan, VINO has been very sick
is now CUnyales1ent.
Thos. Corcoran, jr., smiles that smile
which is 50 becoming 10 him. They are
twins, boys.
PM McGinnis also feels jubllant, He
Is the father Of n boy.
So the population Of Wallace Is increas-
ing rapidly, and the Increase is of the right
set, too.
win Black, of Clinton, Iowa, is visiting
his parents in the northwestern part OF this
town.
Frank J Brown and Jas. Doherty have
had very successful fall in digging wells.
lhe last one they dug was for Ed Brown,
and they struck a splendid vein Of water at
a depth of only 40 feet. All in need Of Il
new we'll or an old well deepened will do
well To give them call
Rob. Mcdonald has embarked in the
poultry business Pretty good scheme,
Bob. All who have poultry should hold
them for him MS he will pay the highest
price for them.
Mr.. Kelley of Ottawa, is also seen In this
town looking for Eat fowls. Mr.. X saws
the best ones are raised In the western part
OF the town. | believe you, Geo.
Mr JAS. DOherty who planted 100 fine
ci,apha uees around his farm last fall, was
surprised one morning quite recently, when
he got up and found 100 OF them pulled up
and thrown along side the fence, most of
them broken in two. The person who
would do such thing Is not fit 10 live in
any community aud the sooner he leaves
the better. Mr.. DOherty says they live Ia
the direction from whence the coolest wind
blows; but he will not prosecute them
througnt respect for their parents They
we're feeling pretty good rs Mr., Gahan says
who saw them going home, and did not
know what they were doing. Surely they
should be prosecuted, but MIR. ID, says that
ne will not through respect for their par
ents,-through respect TO their parents
pocket book, he should have said.
Your correspondent from Waltham In
last weeks items, stated that If certain
young men from Wallace would go over
10 that town they would secure partners
for life for them inside OF twenty iour
hours, Mr. }. |. q. If you are so good as all
that at seeking such partners, your services
would he more valuable at home, as there
are lot of material there to work upon.
Charity should begin at home first, Mr. }.
l. O.
Miss Bette Hoxie spent last Sunday In
Freedom, the guest of Miss Lula Dobbins.
Jas. Nicholson il visiting friends in
WaItham. CHRYs A. LIS.
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A slight snow fell Wednesday night.
All the farmers are through husking corn
as far rs we have heard
Charles Ellsworth, who lives south Of OF
tawa, WAS in this vicinity last Saturday after
fine. bred hogs.
Frank Beach spen, Sunday visiting u
friend in Streator.
Messrs Frank and Charlie Roberts, and
sister Clara, visited from last Thursday I'M
I'll sunday Mt Oliver Turner's, southwest of
Ottawa.
Henry Pool got u move on himself this
week aud now has all that wood sawed that
We referred to last week. He's Il hustler
when he gets stared,
The Meeting at Xion Hill church has been
poslp oned until after holidays.
We are informed that Mr.. Kelly, of Prai'
RE G. inter-, is organizing singing school in
Serena They meet Tuesday and Wednesday
evening of next week, and don't meet again
until after the holidays. This opportunity
should be accepted by the young people of
this vicinity.
Dave Hall traded n road cart for COW
with Ike Parish this week
Quite number of persons from this vi
cinity hauled grain to Ottawa last Saturday
Dan Gregg, of Harding, is on the jury this
week
Walter Bradshaw is at Strcator this week
George Bradshaw will cut wood this win,
ter at Ed Jacobs east of the creek
Frank Bradshaw will work for Moab
Trumbo the coming winter The above are
all the Bradshaws we will refer to AT this
writing.
John Duffy has been quite sick Of late
with a fever. AT last accounts he WAS nc
better.
Frank Parr and family were in Ottawa
last Saturday,
Levi Stocklcy aud Will Ferguson visited
the Bend school last Monday,
A sad accident occurred last week at tn,
Indian creek bridge near Harding. MIR
| Hinohman was driving team and walking
very close to the whiiiletree, drawing up 4
weight which was used to drive piles in the
ground for an abutment, One Of the trace;
| had been broken and fastened together agar
with nails. The team was started with tn,
weight attached to the other end Of the rope
and il being quite heavy, proved too much
for the weakly fastened trace, which broke
letting the whifletree strike him in thu
chest with great force, lie lived two o,
three days, but hos died of the injuries, II,
was formerly of Seneca, Illinois,
win Ferguson is spending few days a
home recruiting up, but will soon return Il
Ottawa
As Peter Jacobs, wife and daughter Nelly
we're coming up Superior street, Ottawa, oil
Wednesday evening on their way home thei
team became frightened at goat in tn
road which some boys were playing with
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The Sunday schools are busyng them
selves in the preparation Of Christmas enter
anments, and the holiday week promises to
be delightful one
Lncian Warren has sold out Lis interest in
the Leland Express which is now run by
Wentworth 4 Go
The mumps have broken out here again
and are rapidly going the rounds.
William McCune will have sale at his
place six miles northeast OF town on the
l7.h
The yield of corn in this neighborhood is
very large.
The young peoples society meets Salur'
day evening at the NJ, L. in the interest of
missions.
j. W. Arkell will have sale on the 18Th
at his place, six miles north Of Leland.
We are informed that the Holiness people
have been denied the privilege Of worship
ing in the West Serena NJ L church.
A FmEyD.
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Full line of holiday goods at Lorrisux's,

In the matter of able attorneys, it seem.
bers at least, Cor according to the la'eat re.
turns he had secured for his side of the tus
sic with Barrett the following attorneys;
Mayo & Widmer, B snow, +. C, Fuller.
ton, W, II. Stead d A. Cook, McDougall &
Chapman, A j. Williamson, +. c Swift, r
c Hut, Griggs 81 Allen, A. I. Larden, jas,
calvin, n. Degen, Horace Hull. f G, Dyer,
Walter Reeves, II II nicus, j. I Murdoch,
II. n. Ryon, o b Ryon, Shay IL Shay, X
d. Mcdonald, John T.amberton. ". A Mo
rey, 81 erman Leland, Murray Blanchard
and J. j. Conway. What's the matter with
the La Sale re,urnk?
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and becoming unmanageable ran at a fact
gait under the aqueduct, running on two
wheels for distance AZ that place on nc
count Of the short turn. On they went over
the G X & p railroad track. over the feed
err bridge and & b & Q track, and to the
cemetery on the hill before Mr. Jacobs got
them under control As luck would have ii
the carriage did not upset, and therefore
no one was injured. The carriage was not
badly broken. It's needless to say that the
ladies were somewhat frightened
The happlesl man on the east side of the
creek IL Ell Jacobs-a ten pound girl
The latest Out--a new way Of king for n
company home, Enquire nj Harding
GRANGER.
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The auction sale of horse, at the Lawrence
stables, on Columbus street, Saturday, Dec
9Th was quite an event in horse circles, Mr.
Seeley, the auciioneer, being instrumental
In bringing good prices The entire coz
signment was the PROF erty of Mrs .Bostwick,
formerly a resident of La Sale county
Gladis, stan !ari bay mare, sirel by Com
peer. 1872; dam, Neelys Henry Clay, 800
sold to G. L. Tryon for $3.50 Kiusley, bay
stallion, sired by Caslillon 1928, son Of Gov.
Sprague 4i4, dam, Compeer 49, was
sold at good figure. The bal
ance eleven bead, including draft horses AMI
ponies, brought very good prices
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probate Court.

REPORTS Estates of Godfrey Lebr, Lott
sullivan, Mariah Barber, and Mary G.
Randell Guardianship of Wendell 5,
Buckley and Kate Sullivan.
Letters OF administration issued to Ell
more II Whitaker, in estate of James
Cunningham, and to Rector G Hit in es-
tate of Roger Barrett; of guardianship is
sued TO Otto Kieselbach Tor Edmond and
William NOlk.
FInM Settiemeat-Ordered in estates of
David II Roath and Smith II Olmstead.
Petitions Of John Nicholson to en-
quire into suiliciency of bond of Ida Hogan
In estate of Daniel G Hogan. OF Clara ii
Hamer to be released from bond of Ran,
soma Bullock and Henry Gum, in estate OF
Joseph Bullock, OF G b Chapman, to loan
two hundred dollars wards money,
N5ScellaRe0uS-Ch Denehy VS. ID
lIeenan, Admir- Lomssney estate. Judg-
ment for Plff 500 SO
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County NOnrt.

David BusOre VS. Norton Macdeo &nd a
IIlllenbrand, Judgment by confession for
plff Sl092,
First National Bank OF Ottawa VS. Baker
& Daily, judgment by confession, rgainst
defendants, SOLO.
Chas Harvey VS. Norton Msckey, judg'
ment by confession against the delft for
So3 ~
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IsrookfieId News,

BRooKFIELD. Dec. 18th As you have
no correspondent from this town | shall
endeayor TO write some Of the news
The weather Is beautiful and the roads
are in excellent condition.
Daniel Kelly is engaged hauling coal
from Streator.
Willie Coughlin smiles until the corners
of his mouth meet at the back Of his neck
The cause is ten pound feminine which
recently arrived.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-15

On Wednesday afternoon last Julia E. Ray,
daughter of the Lieut. Governor elect, was
married to Clifton W Jordan, of Morris The
wedding was quite a brilliant affair The
groom is IA relative of the Jordans Of this
city, who were present, as ware also MIR F.
L. Fiske and wife.
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VIII You Read thi. for $500?

For many years the manufacturers of Dr.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy, who are abund-
antly responsible financially, as any one
can easily ascertain by enquiry. have offer
ed in good faith, standing reward OF
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THE COURTS.
Circuit Court.

!
The divorce case of Lila OConor VS.
Martin A. OConor, is on trial and will
probably be decided to-day. They were
married in 1885, according to the nara
tive of Mrs OConor, and the declarations
in the opening statement of her attorneys,
Their married life was sadly marred by
the abuse and cruelty of the husband. He
was at that time proprietor of the La Sdlle
Times, now defunct, and running behind,
borrowed all her ready money, some three
hundred dollars, to pay hands, etc. When
this was exhausted, he became abusive,
and at length threw her down flight of
steps. hrusng her In shameful manner.
This was at TIE home OF her mother.
O'Conor pleads bad case OF motherin-
law. and SAYS he never struck or abused his
wife at any time The old lady, So he al
leges, is responsible for the proceedings.
james Baker and J II DAILY, judgment
by confession for plff S2GOO,4S.
NEW CASES.
Chanceyv-Catherine Wolf, of this city,
asks for divorce from her husband Titus
Wolf They were married in Wurtem-
bug. Germany, in 1915, and in 1891, he
deserted her and came 10 this country. She
followed him in 1886, but has been unable
10 ind him She therefore sues on the
ground of desertiOn.
Eliza J Hunt has filed petition for the
partition of the estate of Alexander Fink
Ter, deceased, late pop manufacturer of
this city, and asks the appointment of a
guardian or guardians for minor heirs.
Kate W. Gallagher, of La Sale, widow
of the late Peter Gallagher, and admins
tratrix of his estate, petitions for parti-
ton.
Law-An attachment was issued against
the goods of Nelson Wells, for debt to
the La Sale Pressed Brick Co, who al
lege that he has fraudulently conveyed
away his property, in order to defraud his
creditors.
The La Sale National Bank files an &C,
ton in assumpsit against the National City
Bank of Ottawa, claiming $4,000 damages.
Duncan, O'Conor IL Gilbert, attorneys
Frank Quincy VS. Edward G Davis, ap-
peal from La Sale. Quincy obtained a
Judgment for $4S. 90 IN the Justices court.
Seth 9 Ballard VS. the g. Il. |. IL p, II.
II. Co, appeal. Billiards. pony was killed
bv the cars, and was given judgment for
5000 before the justice.
Jacob jacobson VS. Arthur Mason. Tres
pass damages claimed five thousand dol
lars particulars withheld.
Adolph Capsul VS. Sedwick Hupp; APP
peal. Capsul obtained judgment for nine
teen dollars for labor, the latter appealing
Graves and Johnson vs. August Walk
ling. Trespass on premise. Damages
claimed, on judgment note, five hundred
dollars Parties from Seneca,
VIM Harth VS. Charles +. Eaton assum
sit; damages claimed five thousand dol
lars no particulars Moloney ~ Stead at
tOrneys,
CITY of Ottawa vs bucket bucket was
dned for disorderly conduct, before Justice
Lockwood, on Oct Goth
Samuel G. Bartlett Il Co., of Peoria,
have filed an affidavit, asking that writ OF
repev,n issue against Charles Nj. O'Neill,
TO recover 1869 bushel of corn and 1851
busnel of oats, which they aliege TO he re-
tanned unlawfully by him. John g. Jones,
attorney.
VIM Uarth VS. John l.. White; assump
sit. Damages claimed five thousand dol.
lars.
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DUNCAN. o'CoNoR & GILBERT
l.. Fiske and wife.


NJ ASTER'S SALE.-STATE OF ILLINOIS CoCN.
vi TS OF LASALLE-ss La Sditr County Circuit
Court
In the matter of tho Trustees of Schools of Town.
shin number Thirty-three (). Range one d. east Of
rs Julia bowling Martha Scott. william scott. Anna
iiei,h George ieaCh Ihos. bowling, Sarah A0wlinS,
John bowling. Margaret bowling, Theresa and
close Mon tJdge.
decrrtal order entered In the above entitled cause in
said court on the 18th day of December, lsSS, |,
ThOs. c. Fullerton, Master in Chancery of said Court,
on Tuesday the eshtn day of January 1882 at2 o'clock
In the afternoon uf said day. shall sell al public auction.
10 the highest and best bidder fer cash. AT the north
door of the County Court House. In ottawa, in said
county, the following described real estate much
thereof he necessary to satisfy said Decree stu
acd in the county of La Sale aud state of Illinois
"a wit:
Lot eight (S In block sixty.sx t66l in Nnewas add
tion TO the old town now city OF Peru also lot ave 90
IN block three S in Niles addition Ia the city of Peru.
Ottawa, illinois, December Il, lSSS. -
THOS. L. FULLERTON,
drcl5iw Master in Chanc ry of said Circuit CoHrt
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5000 for case Of nasal catarrh, no mater
now bad or of how long standing, which
they cannot cure. The remedy is sold by
druggists NJ SOC.
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CITY PROPERTY v As s1se& Ssyd az

doubt though prices still favor buyers and now Is the
time to huy Come and look over our list. a few min.
utes time may save you many dollars. -
sepl.iOw DIR. j. q. HARRIS SON.