The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-06-28
DAILY EVENTS.
Saturday, June 81, 1890.
Longest day.

MISFlTS-THAl ALl'
id. Hammond, of Chicago, was II
this city yesterday.
Mrs. Jane f. Clarke has returned
from California and is the guest OF =
G. Glover and wife. .,
The PAINTERS will finish work on The
court house to-day. except extra worn
will take another week.
A liar from Grand Rapids says that
IL was so hot out there the other day
that the corn popped in the fields.
There will be Sunday school con
yentiOn at Wedron tomorrow and
several Ottawa people will take part
W.K. Stewart has been given the
contract to erect a $1,000 cottage fol-
Mrs. Thos. Cunningham near the
organ factory.
If the length of neck measures the
enjoyment of drink one would scarce
look for prohibition among popu'
lation of Ostriches.
The La SALES were shut out by the
Galesburgs on Friday. The game was
played at Galesburg. Score-Gales'
burg. 10: La Sale, 0.
When you feel rlvluet OF moisture
surging in tOrrential measure down
the back of your neck you can safely
put ice on the butter.
James O'Donnell, an attorney at
Cherokee, Iowa, returned home this
week after two-weeks' visit with
relatives and friends in Wallace town
ship.
Mrs. Furch and Miss Hattie Dreifus,
daughters of Mr.. Samuel Drel1us, OF
Omaha. are guests of Herman Drelfus
of this.city, the ladies having arrived
yesterday.
Hon. Phil. Geheber, of Ransom, lost
valuable horse this week. The ami
NAL meandered into the corn CRIB and
ate an enormous quantity OF corn.
Death soon followed.
There is no change in the condition
of the home markets this week over
that of last. Wheat brings SO cents
and butter and eggs sell for cents;
hay at So and SO per ton and straw at
$3.50 and 81.
Lvle Brewer, "RoSCOe," one of the
street car conductors, grasped the main
wire while standing on a car last
Thursday and the force of the current
threw him to the ground. Heescaped
unhurt, however.
Mr.. Kennedy O'Brien, one of the
very old settlers of La Sale, was in the
city yesterday. Mr.. O'Brien is eighty
years of age, but is as bright mentally
and as active physically as man
twenty-five years younger.
The funeral of Mrs. May Reed took
place from the late residence in East
Ottawa at o'clock yesterday after
noon. Rev. w. +. Day offered prayer
at the house. The remains were in
tered in Ottawa Avenue cemetery.
Attorney A. r. Greenwood, now cor
poration counsel OF the city or spring
Valley, has been nominated for county
judge by the Republicans of Bureau
county, where Republican nQmi-
nation has for years been equivalent
to an election.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. O'Conor, of La
Sale, with their son, have gone to
Mt. Clements, Mich. Mr.. O'Conor may
return to-day, but Mrs. O'Conor and
son will remain there for some time
for treatment, both being subject to
attacks of intlamatory rheumatism.
James Stevenson, of Bloomington.
is the guest of DR.. j. O. Harris and
family. Mr.. Stevenson is somewhat of
a ventrilOquist and sleight OF hand
performer and yesterday he executed
several skillful tricks. For instance
he placed five cent piece on a table
and covered it with straw hat. One
of the party guessed she ads" were up.
The hat was upifted and you can i'm
agine the surprise Of those present
when they found big potato resting
where the nickel had been.
1T is strange" said the doctor,
chow the trick was done. | watched
+ closely and know he did not get the
potato from his sleeve. | did not have
potato in the house at the time, and
where he got it is mystery to me-
Thk Ottawa Boat Club gave dane
ing party in honor of Mr. and Mrs. f..
G.. Swift, who leave Ottawa on Tues
day next for three months tour of
England, Germany and Northern
France. at the boat house last even
ing. Balls orchestra furnished the
musical part of tho programme, and
light refreshments were served. The
evening was very pleasantly spent.
Those present We're:
y. =. SWllJ anu Wlle. II. W. AIltll
and wife, c. A. Cation and wife, Chas.
E. Hook and wife, II. M. kilby and
wire, w. ii. Nash and wife, II. Z. Cole
and wife, Mrs. Davis of California.
Misses Mabel Hoffman, Alice Near
thur, Orr, Clark, Hays. Blanchard,
Camptield, of Yankton: Sternes, Of
Moline: and Messrs. Nate Degen, Art.
Hook, Irwin, Dyer, Lardin, Taylor,
Lynch, Hit, johnson, Buffers, Hull
and Strawn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Swift will spend IA
week in New York city before sailing
and will be joined there by DR.. and
Mrs. Ryburn and Miss NJ. A. Chand-
ler formerly of Ottawa, all embarking
for the old world on July =.
Sunday, June 22. 1890.
Greeley eyneditiOn rescued, 1854.