The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-02-08

VIM. Anderson visited his mother
last Friday.
James Brady is able to be around
again. o, MI
nesday afternoon. ~
Fora Poundstone visited at Millers
the first OF the week.
Gertrude Hodgman Sundayed with
friends in Grand Rapids township:
Eva Dearth was down with la grippe
the first Of the week.
Joseph Woodward and family are
expected here this week.
Walter Dearth called on his brother
w. A.. on Wednesday.
Joe Fogle is helping Byron Read FOR
a few days.
Chas. Palmer is able to be ont once
more after an attack of the grip.
Jake Lucky contemplates moving
in a few weeks on the George Jones
farm.
An election has been called for the
ODD inst. to vote upon incorporation.
Reese Whitehill succumbed to the
unpleasant pains OF the grip.
Mrs. Samuel PoundstOne spent we'd
nesday with Mrs. Morphis,
The missionary society met Ihusday
afternoon of this week with Mrs. Nor
phis.
Chas. Woodward was able to be in
town the middle Of the week. Grippe
was the trouble.
DR.. Hester is able to be out again
and respond to calls.
George Jones is getting ready to
plaster his house.
Ira Anderson and family are expect
ed here in a few days. We are in
formed he is coming to stay,
James Anderson and wife visited
James PoundstOne's on Wednesday.
Casey ship ed car load of hogs
Tuesday evening.
Newton Dunaway was seen on the
streets Of our town on Wednesday.
Mrs. Joseph Gilleland was sick the
first of the week.
Mrs. George Porter is improving ana
is out of danger.
VIM. Rainier sold couple Of horses
last Thursday. Price $40 each.
Many of the coal houses are almost
empty. Can't we have some good
roads for a few days?
Elias Core and wife are talking OF
travelling next summer and recruit up
in health.
w. A. Dearth has not yet decided
upon a date for his sale.
j. G. Porter makes daily trips to the
Ridge, probably for his mail.
The stock sale of Joseph Boyd takes
place at his residence next Monday,
commencing at IL o'clock. A fine lot
of horses are to be sold.
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day of next week, IL being IL general
sale Of stock and machinery.
The sale of Mark Bussard also takes
place next week on Thursday. A gen
cral sale.
DR.. Lewis was sick the first Of the
week, but is now convalescent.
Workmen are repairing the bridge
this side Of Covel Creek, which has
deferred the passage Of trains to some
extent.
George PoundstOnc was in this part
of the township on business WedncS-
day. He is talking Of selling his farm
upon which he now lives.
Through the Kindness OF w. Nj.
Reed, the farmers in this township
have the privilege of reading the pro
ceedings OF the last session Of the board
of Supervisors.
f.. S. Snedaker received word, the
middle CT the week, Of the sickness or
his mother, and he thinks of starting
to Ohio next Monday to see her. She
lives near Cincinnati, and Is quite old.
Evans Finley shipped two car loads
of cattle to the city Tuesday evening,
and intends to bring back with him
some feeders. He must think 1t pays
to feed steers.
Rev. Lnckey returned home Wednes-
day, and the meeting at the Z. l..
church will probably close with We'd
ncsday evenings service. The roads
have been so bad and SO many sick in
the vicinity, it was thought best not
to continue the meeting much longer.
Mr.. Luckey's work was much appre-
ciated here. May he come again.
Most of the families i'm this locality
Jared better than Taylor Woodward's.
All of them were down with the grip
at the same time, and none could wait
on the rest or himself either. AT
present writing they are better.
Rutland.
RUTLAND, Feb. 6.--Thc roads keep
quite bad though not too bad for the
washing machine man to travel upon
from house to house, stopping only
long enough to do Il washing. He
seems to have good success, selling IA
a machine a every third house. His
machine is simple but works like IA
charm.
Mr.. ID. Vincent has colt that he
did think much Of (more than he
does at present, though He hitched
up the colt and got his best girl in the
buggy for ride and when about one
mile east OF Wedron the colt became