The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-01-18
SUNDAY.

SUNDAY.
Warfeld Ball, ST., went to Omaha
| last Thursday to spend the wintel
with his two sons, John and william
| Ball.
Pauline and William Schmidt have
transferred a lot in States addition u
Ottawa To Christian GaSser for con
sideration of 1900.
Ed C. Allen has transferred lot II
Aliens addition TO Matilda ID. Vernon
for 5000. NJ. n. Armstrong has als'
purchased a lot in the same addition
for consideration of 1900.
Mrs. VIM. Cullen yesterday started
for the west. She is going to Denver
Col, where her sister is lying danger
ously i'll. Mr.. Sumner Cullen accom-
panied her as far as Omaha.
James Watson, of Utica, was giver
a Judgment for $lS7 against ID. Ben
nett, of the same village, by 'Squir'
Larkin yesterday afternoon. j. j
Conway'represented the plalntitf ant
G. Griggs represented Bennett. Al
appeal will be taken.
The outside of the family creditors
of Misses Burns and Doner have mott
fed Sheriff Morrissey not to pay Owe
to Mrs. Ketter the receipts OF the
sale at The Fair on her Judgment oh
tanned in Henry county, as they pro
pose entering motion to have tht
same set aside on the ground of fraud
VIM. Johnson, the terror of the
county house, was yesterday removed
to Kankakee He had the reputation
of wild man, and for pastime h,
would tear up a suit of clothes, anC
make himself generally tough. War
den Reedy was about to have a cas-,
iron suit made for him when he wa.
taken to bis new home.
La Grippe stepped into c. l.
Simon's store the other day and asked
for sc. L." That gentleman wasn't
in, but Will was, and he took him
He kept him for about three days, and
then went back and took his father
&c. L. and at the present writing ht
is fiat on his back, though he will bt
all right in day or two.
Prof. Stockdale, of Peru, came uI
yesterday to hold IA regular monthly
examination. He went into Duncan
McDOugalls office and sat down, the
worst beat man in Ottawa for ten
years. He had left his keys to his
desk in Peru in his other pants, and
had been compelled to draw on the
county clerk for stationery, pens, ink
etc. He says from this time on he
will never attempt to support two
pairs of pants.
TUESDAY.
The Rock Island road is laying an
other double track between Chicago
and Joliet.
Samuel Nicholson and M. IT.
MOlOney went to Pekin yesterday or
professional business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hamilton are
happy in the possession of daughter,
born Sunday evening.
Ed Mccormick, r. B. Waterman
and VIM. McElroy, representatives OF
Seneca, were in Ottawa yesterday.
Last evening Willis dancing acad
envy was we'll attended, and number
of young society people enjoyed them
selves, as new dances were introduced
Supervisors Gum, Norton anG
Guam, of the La Sale County Board
of Supervisors, leave to-day to attend
the state convention of supervisors.
Miss Maggie Mccarthy is again
able to be around, after an illness OF
several months. Her friends will nc
doubt be much pleased to hear of hel
recovery.
Ed Halpin, of Pontiac, died Sunday
afternoon after only a brief illness
He had many friends in Ottawa and
his sudden demise will be deeply re-
GREETED. The funeral will occur to-day
from the c., b. & Q. depot at 3:35, and
the remains will be inferred in st.
Columba'S cemetery.
Fred Glenn is in the city to-day tC
see States Attorney Blake with regard
to entering suit against the Second
National Bank of Danville. The day
after Chase and Campbell secured
So. 600 from Glenn they placed de-
posit in that bank, and when Glenn
sought to recover it the cashier told
him provided he gave them good
bond. This Glenn agreed to do but
when he presented his bond the bank
officials said that they had reconsid-
cred the matter and would not give
up the money. Glenn will now enter
suit against the bank officials for its
recovery. Thus far he has recovered
only $1,000 of the money lost. He
says that he never expects to see the
two confidence men again, as he is
convinced that they will skip theil
bail. The two watches found on the
prisoners will be sold by the author
tiles next week, and Glenn has secured
a judgment on them. -StreatOr paper.
Obituary.
Mrs. Alison Woodruff, formerly of
this city. died at o'clock on Sunday
morning THE 18TH at the residence of
her son-in-law, Thos. Orion, Esq, at