The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-10-12
COUNTY NEWS.
MARSElLLkS.

Grand Fox Hunt by the Hunt Club.
ST. Osgood, our grain and lumber M,
had as acres OF grain burnt up on his farm
In Iowa, Sunday last:
W, ]. Bennett Is doing business In Chi
csgo this week.
Hiram Hilton left Tuesday for shor
visit In Kansas.
]. O. and II. r. Adams, are doing busi
pess In 81. Louis this week.
Mrs. u. w. stone, Of Trinidad, Colorado
Is visiting friends and relatives mere for
few weeks.
John Lansing IL on the sick list bu
some better at This writing.
Ell. Ward returned from Glasgow, Mo.
where he has been for few weeks vlsi
ting friends and relatives; his wife remain
ing for short time.
A union meeting of all the churche!
was held Sunday evening at the rink
which was attended by about 600 people to
listen TO the able sermon of DIR. Bristol, OF
the Trinity church of Chicago.
Z. II. Spicer returned last saturday from
Hastings, Neb. His reports are good from
that state.
Mr., 8. p. Osgood died last Friday eve
ming after long and lingering illness. The
funeral took place at his late home, Sun
day, at three o'clock, Rev. Is. +, Taber
officiating. Mr. Osgrood was one OF the
pioneer settlers OF Brookfield. About two
years ago he bought the property known as
the Ryburn place, on the bluff, where he
moved his family. A large number of old
friends among whom were G, w. Arm
strong and family, G. l., Thompson and X.
J. Gage came over rom BroOkfield 10 At
tend the funeral and follow the remains Of
their beloved neighbor and companion 10
Its last resting place In the Marseilles
cemetery.
Chas Knickerbocker and Geo. L. Clark
returned Tuesday with their wives from a
visit In Nebraska.
THE HUNT
The La Sale County HINT CiuJ came
Into Marseilles, Monday, to look upa place
10 hold their annual meeting. And through
the kindness and hospitality of Mont Ma
keever, they were escorted to his farm,
situated three miles above Marseilles, on
the south side of the Illinois river, on one
of the highest peaks In La Sale county
and overlooking MARSHES, Seneca and the
valley OF that great Illinois stream, where
the buffalo used to gather In olden times
TO fight the prairie flies, and where the
Indians met to watch the white settlers In
the Valley In the early days of the settle
ments Of this grand old county.
The club Is composed of VIM. Il. MILL
gan, President, II. X. Parr, Vice Presi-
dent, Samuel Grove, Sec'y. s. j. Hager,
Capt, II. II. Pooler, Buglelst, Walt Atkins
Chief Cook, They have lieutenants and
other officers all In regular order, number
ing about 80 members and also q consti-
tuition and bylaws complete.
Your correspondent, In company with
friend, dropped In on the party Tuesday,
where We found them comfortably located
in tents, With the.old American flag floating
at full breeze, In q beautiful grove of bur>
Oak and hickory trees, where Mont Makee.
yer had prepared water and other comforts
for the occasion. Mont being an old time
hunter In the early days of Ohio, kne "
just the wants Of the society. The Club
gives him great praise for his kind treat
ment and the use OF his fine natural park.
We found II. X Parr, the sporting man of
Serena. and r. H. Pooler p. M. of that
burg; s. f. Parr, George Milliken and
Walt Blackwell, representing the ,.I
" Of gamesters Of Rut' G 's sisr
arc a.. W. IL n'e'. ..u sam Grove, Utica's, fox
~ 4, Armstrong, the Wauponsee
chief Of Bfookfeld, and about dozen 9TH
ers, accompanied by COL W. j, Goodman
and Harry Clay, two highly respected and
wealthy gentleman and grea. hunting
sports Of Paris, Kentucky, who entertained
our Illinois boys with old war yarns equal
20 Cap Risinp's best
II, K. Parr, better known as Hank,
seemed TO be the king of the Club, In the
absence OF w. II. Milligan, who had gone
10 Ottawa In the forenoon. Sam Parr and
10 Armstrong we're talking up the binding
twine trust business as1we drove up, and
Sans thinks he and 10 could make
pile OF money If they could only control
this settlement, and run up the twine to
dollar pound.
The club hae 30 hounds and when they
turn them loose they beat the great Canad
ian band for music. IThey had using their
terms, "holed" three foxes that morning,
and Sam Parr, Highly, Sam Milliken and
Capt. Hager had been trying to dig them
out. The boys say II was the only time In
four years they knew Sam Parr to work.
But Milliken got disguised trying TO dig
the animals out of the sand bank and went
over to Narseilles for some steel traps, ETC.
In the meantime John Parr came into
camp with bag of apples. We didn't ask
him where he got them,-dld not think 1t
would be right After We had INDUCED In
a few games of euchre, my old friend, Hig-
by, postmaster, announced supper
awaiting In the dining tent, and invited US
TO dine, which we did with thanks and full
Justice to the fair, Wednesday morning,
the boys caught one fox and lost the other
two they had holed the day before.
The company had all gathered In camp
when President Milligan arrived from
Ottawa with John l.. Clark and Jim Briggs,
two other sports and members of the Club,
II being the first day for them, their appe-
tites seemed to be uncomfortable, and my
friend thought from the way they ate and
drank, they wouldn't need anything more
for six weeks After they had finished
their supper, a social game Of "hipp' was
INDUCED In until very early hour and |
can vouch for Briggs and Clark, as experts
at that game.
Ex.postm aster Highly being laid ap for
repairs, Doc Blanchard was sent for and
attended to his wants during the night. At
O'Clock Thursday morning the bugle was
started up by Pooler, every man and dog
on the ground ready for the march to the
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