Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-20
.IOSLIN.

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John Joslin farm of Mr.. Klnk.
Colonel David has rented F. E. Cromp-
toms house and barn, with small plat
of ground.
Mr.. and Mrs. Giipin have moved upon
farm near Cor1ovs, owned by Mr.. Gil.
pins grandfather. Mr.. Dunbar presented
his daughter with household furniture
and the pick oul of eight cows.
Mr.. Richard Clark has rented and
moved upon the Lipple farm.
Prof. Harper Of Port Byron. must
have some rapid method of putting on
the finishing touches to persons educa-
ton. Mr.. Sylvester and Lyman Daily,
who moved their families to Port Byron
two years ago, with that object in view,
have moved back again upon their farms.
Yesterday we met in the Joslin depot
Mr. Reed, who will be ninety >pine years
Of age on the I'd day of June. next Mrs.
Reed, he said, would be ninety three next
April. They live by themselves and Mr.
| Reed is able to chop and saw his own
wood
Mr.. McCullough's statements at the
farmers institute, showing what can be
raised upon an eighty acre farm, has
caused considerable comment and has
caused many to exclaim: who wouldn I
be farmer1" The most laughab!e part of
it seems to be the quantity of potatoes,
onions, celery, etc, that can be raised
and the prices that are guaranteed. Sup.
posing one-half the quantity of potatoes
and onions, as stated, were raised upon
each eighty acres of land in the United
States, what prices could we expect for
themr Would not great portion of the
crop be apt to rot upon the ground for
the want of a marketf Then again.
nothing is said what would be the cost of
fertilizers and the labor which would be
necessary to bring land up to such a
state of cultivation and production
One of our leading republicans says,
, ''the fact that the Voice has not prose-
cuted Quay. Dudley and Clarkson is
sufficient evidence to him that it is a
trumped up charge which cannot be
proven against them" This sweet trio
had any amount of money during the
campaign and thousands of dollars left
over. Why then don't they prosecute
the Voice for sanierP
| Corn in some portions of Iowa and
Nebraska is only worth fifteen cents per
| bushel. If it WAS not for our wonderful
protective policy there is no telling how
low the price would bel
We are told that we have now fifteen
millionaires in the United States senate.
Will they be apt to work for their own
| interests, or the iu terests of the poor
laboring MANI
II President Harrison has not a pretty
strong stomach he couldn't swallow
ClsrSson for cabinet position. No
man can stand more than a certain
amount of crow.
suppose worse men could have been
| found il you only knew just where to
have put your hands upon them. than
Mr.. Harrison has selected for his ad
visors. but after ell does not the selec-
ton smack too strongly of solid northf
The president, vice president and six of
the cabinet officers are from the north
Does not this make the republican party
a sectional psrtyf Does not this 90
to say that there ara no suitable men in
the south and the rapidly growing west
suitable for cabinet positions.
Statistics tell US that during the thir,
teen years from 1874 to 1885. 72,OUO
Hungsrisns, 10000 Italians and $1,000
| Poles came to the United States viii
| some protectionist please rise and explain
how the admission of this foreign ele-
ment, duty free. protected the laboring
class of this country.
Prot Myers. of .Coe, who gave a lee
ture on Sunday evening last at Joslin,
and was to have given series eff eighteen
lectures on psychology, phrenology and
all the nthpr i'm olnniaS Fat cd %
draw an audience. partly on account of
the roads and partly because Mrs DR..
Andrews had taken all the gilt off the
gingerbread in that line.
1t is reported that Mr. Tim Buckley
has left all his proper ty to his widow who
is either his second or third wife, and
nothing to his children. which has caused
quite bitter feeling, his children saying
they helped to make the property.
II a AZ per cent tariff-war policy is
what Is needed to land US in the haven of
prosperity and happiness, why does BUSH
ness languish 30 snce the election of
| HARRISON Has not Harrison been elected
sufficient length o. time to be giving
confidence to our manufacturers, so that
common laboring men can obtain 81 per
day and plenty OF roast beef, which was
promised them2 The facts are, that the
new republican administration has not
helped things so far. 1t is claimed on all
hands that the high tariff policy of this
country is sending the country to the
dogs. Every year the millionaires have
more and poor people have less. 1t is
claimed likewise that the mortgage in
debtedness Of the west is constantly in.
creasing, and the ability to pay is as con-
stantly diminishing. and unless there is q
change before long. the largest financial
crisis ever known in history is near at
hand. MULTUM IN PARvo.