The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-03
DAILY EVENTS.
Thursday, May I, 1890.
q. May day.
"Call me early, mother"

Samuel Nicholson is improving from
his recent serious illness.
Miss Lena Gebhardt, of Morris, is
the guest of Miss Julia Walthers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gentry, of Galesburg.
are the guests of r. II. Trask and
family.
Canal Commissioners John A. Ames,
Of Streator, was in Ottawa yesterday
on business.
Hon. Benz. Edgecomb, of Ophir, was
shaking hands with Ottawa friends
yesterday.
John Oppenlarder and wife have
sold part of lot IA, block 4, in Union
addition to Henry Henkel for 800.
The Knights of Pythias are busy
making arrangements for the grand
encampment at Milwaukee in July.
Herman Fischer represented the OF
tawa class at the entertainment given
by the funniest at Mendoza last even
ing
The Bicycle club will drill every
Monday evening hereafter. There
were thirty wheels in line on Tuesday
evening.
Charles Finlen, of Broken Bow,
Neh., stopped off with his brother, p.
Finlen, on his way from Streator on
Tuesday.
II. A. Chase, one of the oldest resi-
dents in Earl township, was in OF
tawa yesterday as a witness in the
Circuit Court.
Mrs. NJ. A. Conkln was called to
HOOpstOn, H., yesterday to attend
there Tuesday.
Ninety acres of land just west of
the city limits has been purchased by
Ottawa parties and will be staked off
into lots and sold.
John r. Hoffman is home from the
Chicago Medical College. He has
another year of study and will then
hang out his single.
An Azalen Indica, displayed in Rig
den's windows, has attracted consider
able attention during the past week.
Its beautiful flowers are rarity in
Ottawa.
The FREE TRADER is indebted to
Photographer Bowman for eight
splendid views of OttawaS glass and
tile Industries and of Twin Bluffs and
vicinity.
Street supervisor Scherer has a
gang of men at work cleaning to alley
ways throughout the city. This is a
wise move, as warm weather and rub
bish piles are productive OF disease.
Will Hapeman returned yesterday
from fo,r-mOnths' visit at Ashville,
Nc. He reports the southern states
in a flOurishing condition and says
many extensive Improvements are
being made throughout the country
Rev. f. II. Williams, of Rochelle,
who conducted the revival meetings
recently held at the Presbyterian
church, stopped off at Ottawa yester-
day on his way to Granville. He was
the guest of Rev. Gregg,
Catherine Ryan, wife of Michael
Ryan, died at the family residence, a
few miles south of this city, Tuesday
evening, aged Il years. The funeral
will be held from st. Columbia church
at 10 o'clock this morning.
In 1876 w. f. Bowman took photo
graph of the interior of Cooper 4
Bailey's circus tent III this city. Yes
terday he received an order from
Messrs Barnum & Cooper for several
larger copies of the same photograph.
A. Lynch, NJ. It. Moloney and Henry
Mayo, of the committee appointed by
the Ottawa Business Mems ASSOca-
tion to procure members for the organ
ization, visited a number Of business
men yesterday and succeeded in get
ting 1870 signatures. This was an
extraordinary big days work and the
success of the undertaking is assured.
The committee will work again to-day,
and expect to get seventy more names
at least The initiation fee is - and
81 will be collected from each men,
Der every three months. 1t is the
intention to procure hall to hold
meetings. An effort will be made to
get the rooms now occupied by the
Owl Club, in the Leland-RoSecranz
block. if the Owls can be induced to
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