The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-11-02
CITY lind COUNTY,.
THURSDAY.

tne receipts Oh tnelr Ddii'
The Aurora butchers have all agreed
to close entirely on Sunday.
A Plano foundry has made Joliet a
proposition to move to that city.
0The marriage of Miss Emma Mars,
ton and Mr.. Cert Rider is announced
for Nov. 18th.
Misses Meta and Alice Wood leave
today for Denver, Colo, and may re-
main all winter.
A young Hungarian, living west of
town. killed large rattleSnake on
Tuesday. 1t wore five rattles.
Mrs. E. N. Lewis, who has been the
guest of G. l.. Simon and family for
few days, returned to Chicago yester-
day.
l.. w. Brewer was in StreatOr Tues
day. When an Ottawa lawyer goes to
StreatOr, every lawyer in that city
takes his hat off.
The new Baptist church, now in pro-
cess of construction, is assuming pro-
portions. 1t will be credit to Otta-
wa when completed.
Miss COrnelia SimOns, daughter Of
G. l.. Simons, who has been visiting
in Sedalia for the past six months,
will be home Friday.
The unexpected rain of yesterday
caused some delay in the construction
of foundations for the fifty or more
houses recently begun in Ottawa.
The Streator Md- Times intimates
that the election of j. J. Geraghty as
mayor means a new police force. The
astuteness of the 1T is really as
tOnishing.
AS stated in yesterday mornings
FREE TRADER, Major GibSon's injur-
les are not dangerous. He is still
quite sore, but says he will be about
in day or two
When the street-car approaches your
mule Just yell with all your lung
power, and then pound your colt.
This will scare the car and break your
colt-break him all up.
The Free Press says there is little
chance for meeting between Myers
and Carroll, as CarrOll'S hackers will
not agree to any of the rules usually
governing such encounters, when their
bluff is called.
The Episcopal church has been beau
tilted by the addition of new slate
roof, which makes it tireprOof as far
as outside influences are concerned. A
new furnace, of an improved modern
pattern, has been placed in the forw-
ard portion of the basement.
Aurora has signed a contract with
NJ AZ n nf
CO. by which they agree for a consid-
eratiOn of five acres of land and cash
bonus, to erect an implement factory
on the donated land within 80 days.
1t is expected the works will employ
about $50 hands at once.
Thomas Lunny and Miss Mary Hart
were married at st. COLUMBIA church
yesterday morning by Rev. G. A.
Hausser. Mr.. VIM. Reilly and Miss
Kate Hart, sister of the bride, Off
ciated as grOOmSman and bridesmaid.
The bridal party repaired to the resi-
dence of the brides mother, on East
Marquette street, where wedding
breakfast was served.
f. f. Taylor and wife. formerly of
Utica, ILL.,, now of Toronto, o., and
their daughter, Mrs. Coulter, Of Chi
cago, are visiting w. II. Hull and
wife, having arrived in the city yes
terday. Mr.. Taylor, who is the man
ager of the business of Francy, Pugh
& Co., of which firm he is member,
looks as though he had been doing a
good deal of hard work of late, but is
the same genial, whole-souled fellow
he was when he lived in this county.
An enthusiastic meeting was held
in Lisbon on last Saturday night in
the interests OF a railway from that
village to Joliet. Representatives of
the E., j. &. e. were there and said
the road could be built for $4,000 a
mile, using an old right of way, partly
graded, but abandoned. A commit
tee was appointed to visit railroad men
in Chicago, empowered to guarantee
shipments of 100000 bushels year.
The citizens of Lisbon seemed deter
mined to have road: and should they
succeed, Morris would probably lose
the handlingof some 300, 900 bushels of
grain year from that section.