The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-11-02
WEDNESDAY.

MOTHS Semm0nS, aSeu 81 years, ulcu
on Monday morning at Marseilles.
Frank ZwIck, of La Sale, trans
acted business in Ottawa yesterday.
Mrs. p. Stuart, after an extended
visit in Ottawa, returned home last
night.
The work of laying water mains out
to the new stove works addition has
begun in Aurora.
Tom Riordan, of Kansas City, is
spending a week with his parents on
West Walnut street.
M. ID. Reed, Of California, who was
dealing in Indian ponies, was stopping
at the Holmes house this week.
Mrs. Bertha G. Glover, who has been
visiting in Chicago for several weeks,
will return to Ottawa next Friday.
w. II. Richmond, of Marseilles. was
in town yesterday, and says Ottawa
has charms irrisistable. His head is
level.
The street car line is now finishing
to Guthrie street. South Ottawa, and
hereafter the cars will run the whole
length of the route on that side.
Geo. Hook, of Grand Ridge, was in
town yesterday, also his son, late from
Spring Valley, now with r. j. Hor'
nick, Grand Ridge, was also surveyin
our town.
State President Saunders, of Chi
cago, of p. G. S. of A., is in town, and
will go with ID. l.. Grove to StreatOl
today to arrange for the organization
of camp there.
The miners held a meeting in the
park at StreatOr on Sunday Afternoon
and decided to pay 80 cents per month
per man for the support of the striking
miners Of Spring Valley and Indiana
Ed. Kaestler, an old Ottawa boy,
now in Chicago, was in the city yes
terday. Ed. has been ''laid up for
some time past, but is now much i'm
proved, and will visit friends in the
country near Dayton, where he hopes
to thoroughly brace up.
Nine bold hunters, the pick of Peru,
went down the river Saturday night or
the steamer POcahOntaS, duck shoot
ing. After "a hours rafting fine sport
they returned with four ducks. During
the trip they saw eight ducks and A.
173 hunters.
The difficulty in the mines now in
Spring Valley seems to rest entirely
with the miners, as is stated by a gen
tleman who came from there yeSter-
day. The Company has conceded
to their demands, and contracts are
drawn embOdying all that was asked,
and at the last moment the miners
have refused to sign.
Two schooners, of 20 tons burden
each, passed down the canal this week,
each loaded with pleasure party, all
gentleman, on their way to New Or
leans from Chicago. The vessels
were lowed through the canal by horses.
The party were undoubtedly all old
bachelors, going down in the vicinity
of New Orleans to hate themselves to
death.
Clarence Glover's little boy, four
years old ii. O. Glover ID asked his
father for a nickle day or two since,
and his father replied: What do you
want of a nickle?" ride on the street
car" was the answer. His father
Scratching his head for moment)
said: II want my nickles to buy
bread" you do, do YOU" said the
little fellow. Come here and just
jock in the buttery-ma has bread
enough to last a week" He got the
nickle with return ticket.
Mr.. G. L. Ballard, who for 13 years
has been manager of the w. U. Tele-
graph Co. in this city, has re-
signed to take the position Of general
manager of the Ill. Valley Electric
Co. He is succeeded by Miss Ida
Hayes, of Chicago. Mr.. Ballard has
in these years, been very efficient
man, energetic, accommodating, faith
full to his Company and to its patrons.
The w. U. will hardly seem natur-
al for time, until the public get
used to the new order of things, but
the new management will no doubt
be cordially received.