The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-04-20

GRAND RIDGE, April ia fine rain
Thursday night.
the present wet weather Will make pas.
| ture
from present appearances stock Will moi
suffer for hay next winter.
Il J. HOrnick is at Ottawa todsy, Friday.
The oat crop seems to be coming good
and the fields look green.
William Black has fine field of winter
wheat.
Lou Wright has been busying himself
for few days repairing fence.
Samuel Miller and wife were in Ottawa
Thursday last
Katie Read has the measles. She is In
Ottawa not being able to be brought home
Rev. Morphis has been quite unwell
since last Sunday. He was not able to
preach on Sunday. We are not certain that
he will be able to fill his appointment mex,
Sunday.
The Presbyterian Sunday School will
celebrate Easter by giving special eXer
cises appropriate 10 the occasion.
We are glad to note that the enterprising
firm of T., Finley 4 Co have erected new
hltching posts in front of their store, and
it is substantial improvement Why not
others follow their example
Mr.. Frisbie's family, of Ottawa, are
down with measles. Mr. ana Mrs George
Hook were there good part of last week
assisting to take Gaze Of the little ones
Elite Dunaway came home from Ottawa
with what they supposed an attack of mea-
| sizes. We have not heard since that eve.
| ming.
Cora Fisher Is down with the malarlal
| fever We have not heard from her for a
| few days.
Lou Scherer has an attack of the malaria
fever
Ddna Finley was sick the first of this
week
Sam Redmond has a horse sick with the
spinal disease.
William RAINIER had horse affected
with spinal meningitis and supposed 1t fully
recovered, but upsn commencing to work
it again was taken worse than before. He
will let 1t rest for while.
George Towle will plant corn next week,
so he says. We think it will be rather cool
work.
Dearth Il Pashall are ceiling their store
Evans IL Mullen are doing the work. They
worked by lamplight portion of the week
Hornick has the foundation completed
for the new building. Tue carpenters will
have the frame up in IA few days,
e. &. Snedaker Is waiting for the plast.
erer TO go TO work 1t Will not be long be-
fore he can move in.
q. Frank Bangs and Walter Folge are at
Dayton today on fishing excursion We
think 1t will be rather cool work
Misses Ida Helper and Rena TOmbaugh,
and John and Grant Helper spent Sunday
at j. c, Porter's.
Clark Woodward Sundayed at Bazzel
Sessler's.
A large number from this vicinity were
In Ottawa last Sunday attending the funer.
al of Olive Watson, nee Anderson, who
passed away the Friday preceding. She
was we'll known in these parts, and the
family have the sympathy of the neigh
borhood In this their time of bereave-
ment Rev Day OBLIGATED al the obsequies,
and the Congregational church choir rend-
cred the music. She was Inferred in the
cemetery of West Ottawa. -Four of the
pail bearers were from here, viz: c. A,
Porter, Lou. Stason, Glib. Finley and
Andrew Hook. Mr.. Anderson, her father,
has been quite unwell for some time.
Reese Whitehall is quite & lather, putting
on something less than one hundred yards
day. The boys say he gets up at three
o'clock In the morning, thus doing a half
days work before breakfast. The neigh
bors are going to object TO that, as he dis
turbs their slumbers. He Is also starting
lumber yard.
A number of the Prohibitionists were at