Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-17
Jl)SLIN.

JOsL1N, July 16.-Sylvester Dali
lev's large new barn, which is 80
feet in length. shows itself across
Rock river bottom away into Henry
county.
At Joslin on the goth OF July will
commence the quarterly meeting OF
the United Brethren church. Rev.
Hooker, of Dover, will preach Satur-
day evening and Elder Weakly will
preach Sunday, the 2lst.
X. Pearsall, agent for the Coe and
yuma Mutual Insurance company
for the township of Coe. handed in
to Hugh Mccall, the secretary, the
other day, ~ applications for insur-
ance, aggregating, $2l, 76O.
Two games of base ball were
played at Joslin Saturday. The
game in the morning between Coo
and Cordova resulted in IS to 8 in
favor of Cordova. The game in the
afternoon between Munson and Yuma
was 9 to24 in favor of yuma.
A letter was received this morn
ing from G. N. Searle, OF Sac county,
Iowa, containing sample OF this
years wheat and oats. They have
had abundance of rain, which was
shown by the wheat measuring B
feet, 8 inches and the oats 8 feet, 10
inches in length. The farmers in
that section are jubilant over the
prospects.
Wednesday last F. Z. Crompton,
Jr., and his hired hand. as they were
working some distance from home.
took their dinners in a pail as usual,
leaving it in the wagon box as they
are in the habit Of doing. On I'M
hitching at noon they made the dis
covery that the dinner was gone
pail, dishes. knives, forks and spoons,
and they were obliged to dine with a
neighbor.
Christopher Whiteside has not
been very well for sig weeks or so.
He was taken very sick about week
ago while at his brother-in-law's.
Joshua Dillon. DIR Charles
Whiteside, of Moline, and DIR. Bru-
ner. of Port Byron. were called in.
The doctors agreed that the trouble
was chiefly with his heart, and his
nerves are very much affected.
There was a man at Joslin this
morning who called himself John
Heckler, said he had footed it from
Rock Island, had come from Kansas.
had been put of the train and called
lousy tramp, said he was not a
tramp and was indignant at being
called lousy. and showed small
tooth comb which he carried always;
said he had lost or had been robbed
of $20-didn't know which. He
wanted to get to Sterling, where he
had friend. A collection was taken
up and he was sent on his way re
joicing.
Last week it was reported that
during the storm the roof of James
Mills residence, near Hillsdale. had
been blown off and that his two
windmills had been carried away.
+. j. Whiteside. who erected the
mills, desires us to say that portion
of the roof was carried away and
some trees were blown over, but that
the windmills withstood the storm.
II ever our farmers have felt that
there is God in heaven controlling
our destinies" they certainly felt
that way in the morning; after Sun
day nights very timely rain. There is
not happier man on the face of the
earth than the farmer, when the crop
prospects have the appearance Of
recompensing him for his labor.
And there is not a more Respondent
man when everything seems to be
going the wrong way. Need there
be any surprise if farmer is running
store account and is carving a
mortgage at the same time that he
should be deeply concerned when he
asks so anxiously: well, how are
the crops?" Please don't tantalize
the farmer then, by saving that there
is no kind OF weather suits him.
MUITIrN IN PARyO