The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-21
TUESDAY.


with III. A. Butler.
Nick Yentzer is in Morris this week
putting in an arc light plant.
Chester Martin has decided to repair
and improve his house and premises
on the south side.
Thos. Smith was sent to the county
Jail yesterday TO serve 30 days on a
charge of vagrancy.
Mrs. j. c. Hall returned home from
Peoria yesterday, where she has been
visiting for two or three weeks
Charles b Hess has sold lot in
Hess addition to this city to Cyrus l..
Moore for a consideration Of $l25.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duckworth are rejoic-
ing over the arrival of boy, which
weighs ten pounds. 1t came Sunday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. c. X. Hodkinson have
returned from their bridal trip, and
are now located in the Colwell-Sher-
wood flats.
Mrs. Richard Cahill and child re-
turned to their home in Kansas City,
Saturday, after spending a few days
with Ottawa friends.
The demand for Chicago papers last
Sunday was very great: every one want
ed to know something about the jury
in the Cronin trial, hence the big de-
mand for the papers.
M. A. Gushing has put upa smoke
stack 80 feet high for the south side
pottery works. This institution is
flourishing, and has already become
an important factor in the prosperity
of Ottawa.
e. a. Nattinger has received his
commission as aide-de-camp of r. A.
Alger, Commander in Chief, of the
Grand Army of the Republic. Capt.
l.. b. Croker, of Men dOta, has been
likewise honored.
A StreatOr attorney yesterday, in
referring to Mead, who was acquitted
in the Fitzgerald trial, said that Mead
stays close at home, not venturing
away on any pretense. He lives on
the edge Of Livingston county.
Miss Della Penny spent Sunday
with her parents in this city. Miss
Penny has been in Kansas for several
months past, and will return in a
short while. MIR. Geo. EstabroOk also
spent Sunday at the Penny home
stead. He will return after the holi
days.
Morris has a toboggan slide. Morris
is the most unhappy town in the
United States to-day. The sports
there offer to trade it for old rubber
boots, quinine, or anything that can
be utilized with the mud ankle deep.
But then we cannot afford to revel in
Dakota billiards. and walk around
with icicles hanging to our eyes just
to accommodate those Morris fell
lows. We amt built that way.
Sunday afternoon little girl about
ten years old, while returning from
Sunday school, and when opposite the
court house, was attacked by dog
and had her cloak badly torn. The
dog was in playful mood, yet if it had
not been for Irving Harris might have
seriously injured the child. The dog
was driven away in presence of num-
Der of idlerS across the street, who had
not made move to assist the girl.
III. f. Gedney returned from Barry,
KY, Saturday evening, bringing with
him his aged mother, now SO years old,
who, for several months, has been an
invalid. Mr.. Gedney placed her on a
feather mattress, and she was brought
in this manner the whole distance,
$50 miles, in a hours, standing the jar
CT the cars remarkably well. Now that
she is with her son, she will have all
the care mother deserves. Mr.. Ged-
ney also brought his widowed sister
Mrs. II. l.. Evan, from Barry, with
him,