The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14
TAX TAKERS.
Who the People of Rock Island County
are Paving Their Taxes to this
Year-..An Official whom Few
People Like to See.

The tax collector is an official whom
the generality of people who are possessed
of property dislike to see. While YOU
may be great friend of the man person
ally, officially you do not care to cult
vate his acquaintance But death and
taxes are generally accepted as two inev>
liable results of this life. The tax col>
lector as rule does not find his ccupa>
ton happy one, although often while
it lasts it is lucrative. lie must first give
bond for double the amount of the tax
alton in his town. Then he, if he be a
collector in the county townships, must
ride around and solicit the amount that
each tax payeris assessed and he is never
a welcome visitor. But with all these
little unpleasant connections TO the duties
appertaining to the office OF tax collec-
toG, the stern fact remains that taxes must
be paid or the property assessed sacrificed.
In Rock Island county the total amount
of taxes 70 be paid this year is over
S350.000. The ARGUS has taken some
pains to prepare a list of the tax colIec,
tors of the county, their bonds and sure
ties, which are as follows:
Rock Island; Collector, d. F. Krell;
bond $24S,156; sureties, Thos. j Rob
inson. James F. Robinson, Phil Mitchell
and Cornelius Lynde. South Rock Island:
Collector, Matthias Paulson; bond 50, 7S5;
suretics, Hans Paulson and John NJ. Gal
| lagher. Moline: Collector, II. B. Kelsey;
bond 1856, 800; sureties, s. W. Wheelock,
| Herman A. Barnard, j. NJ Gould and G d.
II. Deere. South Moline: Collector, G. W.
Parker; bond $24, S16; sureties George H.
Edwards and Charles F. Hemenway
Black Hawk: Collector, Charles E. Smith,
bond ST, 400; sureties, j. Huyett How~
ard Mccullough and Wm. Goldsmith.
Bowling: Collector, Robert Moffitt; bond,
! Sl3.535 sureties, James Z. Mcdonnell,
| and Thomas BOwes Andalusia: Collect
or, Charles Hayes; bond So, 1879; sureties,
| John Vandeveer and Burril Smell. Buff
falo Prairie: Collector, Philip Fuhr, j.
| bond $13,04 sureties, Valentine Fuhr
and Perry |. Drury. Drury; Collector,
Thomas Watson; bond $12, $50; sureties,
H. Meyer, J. II. Foster and Jacob Frey
ermOuth Edgington: Collector, Clifton
Stanley; bond $4,000; surcties. NJ
Wait, Rufus Walker and Dr. F. Stuart.
Rural; collector, John A. Bosold, bond
$l4, 800; sureties, John A. Wilson, Lewis
Wilson and Andrew Donaldson. Coal
Valley collector John Dandy, bond Sc, \
451; suretics, George Hitler and John
Parks Port Byron collector, c. 7. Al
brccht, bonds, IS, 500; sureties George d.
Moore, John Gillespie and j w Max
we'll Cordova; collector, Charles Phil
lips bond, S9,S13; sureties Rufds NJ
Grcnell, Jacob F. Rake, Jesse s Daley
and W. G. Marshall. Hampton: collector
Reinhold Letsch, bond 1868; suretics,
Elisha P. Reynolds and Thomas S. Silvis
Coe: collector, William II. Ashdown
bond, S13, 351; sureties. Mark Ashd0wn,
W. II. Devin and A F. HOLSTER Canoe
Greek: collector, VIM. r. Golden, bond,
SC, 099; sureties, J. M. Walker and John
B. Cain. Yuma: collector, A A Wells,
bond, 1885; sureties. George c. Wake.
John L. Noah and D. W johnson.