The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-06-07
Tuesday, June 3. 1890.
Day for a country stroll.


-Troilus and Cressidd, w., 1.
NJ. w. Baldwin has gone TO Cincin-
natl, o., on business.
Jacob Markle, of Broken Bow, Neb..
is the guest OF relatives in this city.
Mrs. Ellen Gillen returned from a
six months visit in Texas yesterday.
Mrs. f. G. Allen and daughter
Margerie have returned from Moline.
w. II. Gilman is painting Rev.
Whittlesey's house on the north bun.
Miss Burmese Cleland, of Kansas
City, is the guest Of Mrs. Ed. Boeher.
Is ii proper TO call policeman an
ignoramus because he likes TO ignore
a muss?
1t is said the curling iron turns the
hair red. The white horse will have
to hustle.
A license to marry was issued yester-
day to James Downes and Margaret
Neary of Utica.
The foundations are being laid for
two new cottages to be built opposite
the county asylum.
The police force began shooting dogs
at sunrise yesterday morning, and by
I o'clock had reaped quite harvest.
The Peru's and Ottawa's played at
the former city yesterday and the OF
tawa boys were defeated. Score-2o
to5.
A base ball nine from Brickton
played the "Snipe-ShooterS" Sunday
afternoon. and the former won by a
score of 40 to 30.
Mrs. NJ. w. Bach was called to Chi
cago last Saturday by telegram an
nOunctng the serious illness OF her
sister, Mrs. George ID. Kinney.
A dozen members of the bicycle club
took a spin to La Sale on their wheels
| last SUNDAY. The roads were in eX-
cellent condition and the boys had an
enjoyable time.
A sport which is becoming quite
popular with Ottawa cigar-makerS is
frog hunting. George Keim and Nor
ris Flynn captured several dozen OF
these pet animals at Dayton on Sun
day.
John Vernon HicksOn, the 5-mOnthS
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Hickson,
died yesterday morning and will be
buried at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
This is the second death in the family
within six weeks.
During the month of May John At
kinsOn, a window glass blower, earned
$4O4. Charles Miller came next. with
1866, and VIM. Perkins made S34O.
The remaining twenty-five blowers
made on average OF $500 each.
A game of football was played on
the Flint House grounds Sunday after
noon. p. Nj. Gordon and James Muir
ply were captains of the respective
! teams. Murphy's team wOn-scOre
too Gordon fell down in rush and
was slightly injured.
The census enumeratOrs, who are
employed to visit every home in OF
taWa and ask whole cart-lOad of
questions, commenced work yesterday
morning and are expected to finish by
July l. p. A. Hall, enumeration fol
District No. l, commenced operations
by visiting the Jail and found eight
teen prisoners, including one negro
The other enumeratOrs are Edgar q
Dyer, VIM. Jencks, Jesse b. Kruger.
Wade Williams, M. Hanifen, John
Scout.
Ed Morgan was arrested Sunday
evening on complaint Of Hop Van a
Chinese laundryman employed by Hop
Wing on a charge of assault and bat
terry. Morgan met the Monaghan on
Columbus street, and according to
Hops story Morgan struck him fear
| full blow over the left eye. At any rate
Hop was hit and the blood flowed in a
perfect stream fully minute, besmear-
ing his purple silk blouse. Morgan
was arrested by Officers DAILY and
Walsh. Squire Weeks continued the
case until Thursday evening.
Morgan claims Hop Van called him
foul names, while the Mongolian says
the assault was made without the least
prOvocation.
Rev. Struckmeyer has been in Otta-
wa several weeks endeavOring to form
German church of some kind. He
has taken advantage Of the dissensiOn
in the German Evangelical and Ger
man Lutheran churches, and has in
duced large number to join the new
church. He held services in the
French church Sunday morning and
preached to a large congregation.
There is very little doubt but that
Rev. Struckmeyer's efforts will be sue
cessful and now he is looking for a
building in which to hold services. 1t
is understood an effort will be made to
rent or purchase the old Baptist church
building on Jefferson street but this
cannot he obtained until the new Bap-
| tiststructure is finished. In the mean
time services will be held every Sunday
in the French church in West Ottawa.
The street and alley committe of the
council. together with f. J. Ward, a
bridge builder from MarseilleS. made
a hasty examination of the structure
which is used as bridge across the
Fox river on Main street yesterday
afternoon. AS result of the con-
sultation. Mr.. Ward was ordered to
make a thorough examination of the
present condition Of the structure and
report at the next meeting Of the
council. 1t will take at least one week
to complete the examination and in
the meantime the residents of East
Ottawa can look with longing eyes
toward the completion of new and
more substantial structure.
1t was cOnfidentially stated that
a fter the examination Yesterday Mr.