Mr. and Mrs. David Sisk, of Ottawa, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. O’Meara.
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Galloway Sundayed in South Ottawa.
Quite a number of relatives and friends viewed the remains of the two youngest sons, Leroy and Sidney, children of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Makinson, who died last Friday within ten hours of each other. Both were taken sick with the measles on Sunday, and on Thursday pneumonia set in and in a few hours both were dead. The funeral would have undoubtedly been a large one, but it was the earnest wish of the parents that it should be private. Both were buried at 11 o’clock on Saturday morning in the same grave at the Dayton cemetery.
Ottawa seems to be a ready market for our Dayton coal, and most of it is a superior quality. The people of our sister city know a good thing when they use it.
There seems to be no let up in the shipping of fire clay. The tile mill is kept busy every day shipping it to the cars.
Ice is forming on the Fox river here, much to the satisfaction of the small boy who owns a pair of skates.
J. McBrearty, agent of the C. B. & Q., is again troubled with the rheumatism.
Newton Connors is down with the measles.
Mrs. B. Jackson, of Millington, has been spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Trumbo.
Chas. Seward, becoming tired of our quiet little winter resort has moved his family to Ottawa, in which city he will make his future home.
Martin Wilkie had a narrow escape while mining coal on Monday. The bank caved in and he was warned by a passer by just in time to make his escape.
O. W. Trumbo is contemplating placing a private telephone at his residence.
The C. B. & Q. bridge over Nigger creek, just south of Dayton, is being repaired.
Miss Jennie Barends, who has been on the sick list for the past ten days, and has been taking baths at the mineral spring at Ottawa, is now much better.
Thos. Nagle, foreman of the Q. section, has laid off two of his men, as is customary in the winter.
AN election of the M. W. A., Fox River Camp, No. 6117, was held at their hall on Tuesday night.
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- The Ottawa [Illinois] Republican Times, 13 Dec 1900, p4.
Dayton and the Greens 