Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-06
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JosrIN, June 5.
The Erie creamery paid over 800, 600
to the farmers last year.
There is to be Children's day at Yuma
church one week from next Sunday.
A new base ball club has been organ
lied at Joslin, to be called the Indepen.
dents.
There will be school picnic in the
grove at Yuma church on Friday next.
All are invited.
Mr.. Swinneker's residence, which will
cost in the neighborhood of 80, 900, is
approaching completion.
There are invitations out for surprise
party TO enjoy music and dancing at
certain residence on Thursday. evening
next.
There is good opening for creamery
at Joslin. It's in good locality for the
business. and it is a matter of surprise tn at
some one does not make the venture.
Mrs. Samuel Christ, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Netzer. of Osborn, became
mother of male child on Wednesday of
last week.
In Belgium person arrested for drunk
enness is compelled to sweep the public
streets for two hours after he gets sober.
What spotless thoroughfares we might
have by adopting this plan.
MIR. William Sheppard has asked per.
mission from the Coe and Yuma Fire In
surance company. to make alterations in
his residence. He intends building a
new kitchen and raising the main part of
his house.
The republican senate intends raising
the import duty upon sisal from SIS to
$50 per ton and the protective duty from
35 to 40 per cent. Therefore farmers can
expect to pay higher price for binding
Irvine next year. Whewl
The first official act of woman mayor
OF Kansas is reported to have been filming
man five dollars for plain drunk. On
the same day she made two gingham
aprons, set hen and returned I've calls.
Could man do better?
F. E. Crompton, of Yuma. has a dandy
buggy team five years of age that are
likewise good for any kind of farm work,
also young Clydesdsle horse and two
brood mares with colts, any of which he
would sell.
The game of base ball played last
Thursday at Erie resulted in the defeat of
the Yuma Red Csps-Erie 10, Yuma ID.
The day was rainy and chilly and very
dsagreeable. Erie had secured several
star players from a distance.
II it is all the same to Mr.. Mansill we
would like little more favorable corn
weather this month. II he will give US
the corn weather in June that he prom
ised and predicted we should have in
May. we will call 1t square.
1t is amusing to hear some of those re-
publicans who voted for war tariff on
the 9th Of November, last, now peppering
their language with very strong adjec-
tives denouncing the binding Irvine I'M
position. An important question to ask
is. how will these men vote in the future2
A friend of ours recently said, NEARLY
thirty years ago three doctors met at my
residence in consultation and said my
son would die if he did not take the
drink" He did not take the drink; he
lives and they are all dead. 1t was no
doubt very scientific of the doctors and
very foolish of me. But if they are salts
fed am.
There was an invited surprise party at
the residence of Nathaniel Mumma's on
Thursday evening last. Mr.. 8. s. Beal's
team got tired of standing outside aud
left for home. After running a short
distance the wagon was overturned,
which left the wagon box in the road,
dragging the wagon wrong side up as far
Yuma church Young Mr.. Toner offered
his services to escort Miss Beal home in
his cart and had gone but a short dis
lance before he ran into, or over, the
wagon box. Mr.. Toner and Miss Beal
were both thrown out of the cart and
that vehicle was considerably demoral>
lied. But their many friends will be glad
to learn that there were not any limbs
dislocated and that there will not be any
surgical operation required.
We have few prominent republicans
in Zuma, whom, if you wish to see
frothy and wrathy, you have simply to
say sisal grass. The Mills bill asked
permission to put sisal grass upon the free
list and to reduce the protective duty
from 35 to 25 per cent, which would have
given the farmers cheaper binding Irvine
but on the 9th of November last, these
wiseacres said NO." and now they are
holding indignation meetings and kicking
against their own votes Verify, there
is fool born every minute and some of
them live. MULTUM IN PARvo.
HILLSDALE.