DAYTON

The coal industry is still thriving in our burg.
G. G. Galloway, our enterprising manager of the electric plant, has just placed a telephone in his residence.
It was expected that the shutting down of the brick mill so early in the season would cause a number of men and boys to lay idle until spring, but such is not the case. Our men, as weil as boys, are all hustlers, and scarcely an idle man can be found on our streets.
Mrs. E. McClary, who has had the measles for the past week, is now much better and able to be about again.
A special school election has been called for Dec. 15th to elect a director to fill the place made vacant by J. W Channel, now deceased.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clodt have had troubles enough of their own for the past two weeks. Their oldest son, Henry, has been sick with scarlet fever for the past two weeks, and the four youngest are laid up with the measles. The house still under quarantine.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Hill and Miss Bartlett, of Rutland, attended the dance at Woodman ball on Thanksgiving night.
A large gathering attended the dance at Woodman ball on Thanksgiving night, and everybody seemed to have enjoyed themselves.
The crown in one of the kilns at the tile mill fell in one day last week, but fortunately no one was injured. The kiln was full of tile partly burned, and will necessitate the emptylng of the kill and burning the tile over again. It will be repaired at once
The river is at a height to harvest a good crop of ice should it freeze up in the near future.

The old paper mill, at one time one of the greatest industries that Dayton ever had, is a thing of the past and a sight to behold. Hardly anything is left that could be carried away but the foundation, and the trust will be at no expense in clearing away the ruins.
Joseph Barends has lost his valuable shepherd dog.
E. Trumbo, of Rutland, is shipping cord wood from Dayton on the cars for the C, B. & Q R. R.
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Mills, of South Ottawa, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Galloway.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Emmons, of Marseilles, have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. McBraerty the past few days.

A number of rabbits have been killed here the past week.
Wm. Hanna and family have removed to Morris and will make that city their future home. Mr. Hanna is employed in the tannery
Emery Waller is still on the sick list, but was out for a while this morning.
Mrs. Susan Ellis, of Chicago, an aunt of Mr. Galloway died on Monday. Mr. Galloway left this morning to attend the funeral.
Mrs. Grace McGrogan, who has been sick for some time past has recovered.
The tile mill is still busy shipping fire clay.

A Thanksgiving dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Trumbo was largely attended: Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. W. Van Etten and three children, Batavia, Mr. Eugene Appleton. Miss Ella Green, Aurora, Wm. Miller, wife and three children, Rutland, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Green, Miss Carrie Green and Lyle A Green, Dayton.
Gilbert Masters, with the P. R. R.at Chicago, returned home on Sunday, after spending a couple of days among his friends here.
Mrs. Emma Boyd, of Seneca, is visiting Mrs. John Channel for a few days.

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1. The Ottawa [Illinois] Republican-Times, 6 Dec 1900, p. 4, col. 4.