Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-21
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lev has taken a serious relapse, and
DR.. LOCKER is in attendance.
Donnahey & Filbert are still en-
larging their implement house.
Farmers have commenced cutting
up their corn in order to save it for
fodder.
Frank Wake has bought a corn
harvester from F. W. Whiteside, and
has commenced harvesting corn for
his neighbors.
Two cars of lum Der have arrived
from Clinton for W. II. Whitesidc's
| new store. The lumber was pur-
chased through Mr.. Butter, of Hills
dale.
+. ". Whiteside has tried the corn
| harvester spoken of last week. Mr..
Whiteside reports that wherever the
corn is standing it works like q
charm.
The Coe base ball nine has leased
F. w. Whiteside's pasture as a play
ground and crossed bats with Hamp-
ton Saturday last. The Goes were
the victors.
Mr.. Brandt has a field of corn on
the bluffs that he felt certain would
90 60 or 30 bushels per acre. Now
he says the dry weather has so af-
fected it that it may not.
An olive branch has been left at
| the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. G..
| Bucklv. II female suffrage ever be-
comes the law of the land, the child
| will become q voter in the course OF
time.
John Swank's prospective corn
crop is SO immense that he has de-
cided to build new double corn
crib. He is now hauling the lumber.
which has come by rail from Clinic a
through Mr.. Butter, of Hillsdale.
John Leasure was lifting 4 hayrack
from n wagon when he sprained him.
self so severely that he hal to be
assisted to get into the house. DR..
LOCKER has prescribed for him, and
today he is able to go around with a
crutch.
The Zumas were to have played at
Prophetstown Friday last, but after
some of the boys had met at the
depot, a message was received over
the wire that Prophetstown had
failed to obtain pitcher. therefore
the game was declared off.
There will be some heavy fields OF
corn upon land that is low and rich
| that has not wanted for m moisture. but
on upland and light land generally.
the crop will be cut short, especially
those localities which were not
favored with the late rains.
Word comes to US that Mrs. Leslie
Hanna met with very serious acct
deaf. that she was leading a horse to
the watering trough, and by some
means she was thrown down and her
shoulder or collar bone fractured.
DR.. LOCKER adjusted the difficulty.
Nothing further has been heard
from the Joslin burglars. nor from
the butter checks they carried along
with them. But whenever two or
three are gathered together you are
sure to hear something said accus-
ing each other of being in some wav
connected with the missing checks.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Beal had run
away experience in Moline last Fri
day that they don't care to have du-
| rlicated. The rivets in the neck
yoke holder had worked out, which
let down the tongue. upsetting the
buggy, breaking the neck-yokc and
single-tree, throwing out Mrs. Beal
about 10 feet forward. and Mr.. Bcal
alighted upon his nose upon one of
the front wheels. causing quite a
designation. Yet, considering
everything. they might have Jared
very much worse.
The Yuma base ball players. from
anything they knew TO the contrary,
bad leased the inside of the circle at
the fair grounds from Elder Nandeburg
for base ball purposes. They have
now been Informed by the Fair asso-
citation that MIR. Vapdeburg had no
authority to lease the ground, the
association having priority. The
boys have been to Prophetstown, AL
bany and Cordova. and had made ar
engagements for return games during
the fair. but the members of the
association have informed them that
they cannot have the grounds for
base ball purposes. This has caused
some hard feelings which will not
be laid aside for some time.
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