Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-20
JoTTlNcs ABOUT JosLIN.
News OF . Miscellaneous Character From
the Upper End.

meat at the Woodman hall Monday
evening was literally patronized.
Prof. Linn being a cripple. people
attended from feeling Of sympathy.
Charles Hilbert has been sick for
several days with what DR.. LOCKER
pronounced gastric fever. At this
writing he IS up and around again,
but is still feeling very weak.
Mrs. Wesley Hanna, who has been
SO severely afflicted and helpless for
SO long. has now taken the ailment
which carried off Mr.. Hanna The
family sent telegram for DIR.
LOCKER.
Col. l.. W. Beal, now a resident of
Cherokee, but a former resident OF
Rock Island county. is visiting with
his friends and relatives in this
vicinity. He says: I'VE have an
immense crop in Iowa"
when Alfred Wainwright was last
seen in Joslin with that peculiar
walk and tell-tale smile upon his
countenance it was surmised at once
what had happened. 1t is lovely
little thing of the femenine persua-
sion.
Mr.. Hannegan and two of his
neighbors of Henry county have
purchased the corn husker and fod-
der cutter from F. w. Whiteside.
They will take it over into Henry
county. where they say there is a
vast amount of work for it to do.
Mr.. Hannegan informs us that there
is an epidemic which is carrying off
a large number of hogs in their
vicinity.
Thursday evening next there is to
be a social festival at Wocdman hall,
especially gotten up by the Wood
men for the purpose of raising
4 fund to enable them to fin
ish the painting and making some
other necessary improvements. In
addition to other Injuries, there will
be an oyster supper and general in
vitation is given to all. Price 40
cents per couple.
We have had q beautiful fall for
outdoor work and corn husking. but
the storm that was dreaded has come
at last. There is a number of our
farmers who are through husking,
and there are those who are not. 1t
makes it very disagreeable to have to
harvest corn with snow upon the
ground, especially this year on ac-
count of so much of the corn being
broked down. Perhaps the snow
will be gone in day or too.
Horace Bull, Walter Guthrie and
Henry Clarke have decided to go to
southwestern Missouri, about eighty
miles south of St. Louis. They in
form us that wild land can be bought
for $3.50 to IS per acre and i'm
proved farms from $40 to *l5 per
acre. Mr.. Guthrie bought farm of
100 acres. upon which there is a
hewn log house of six rooms, good
stabbling, smoke house and other
outbuildings, CD acres under the
pillow. Price $1,000. Mr.. Guthrie
intends to go sometime the coming
winter.
Wednesday morning last a darkey
called at the Joslin depot and said
:: he was hungry. Mr.. Hubbart took
him home and gave him his break
fast. He said he wanted work, but
. could not get any. The people were
afraid of him. especially the women.
The last farm house he called at the
farmer wanted help badly, and would
have tried him, but his wife sidled uI
to him and stepped upon his toes.
When he saw that, he knew his cake
was dough. He was going to &c,
back to st. Louis again as quick a:
: he could. where people were not
afraid of a niger.
Wesley Hanna, one Of our Oldest
settlers, who died at o'clock Thurs
day morning. was inferred at the
family burying ground in Henry
county Friday last. The funeral
services were held at the residence
by Rev. Thompson, of the Methodist
church. AS the family had requested
that the services be brief, the minis
ter lined out hymn which wa.
sung. and Rev. Brock, of the United
Brethren church, prayed, after which
Rev. Thompson read the 14th chapter
of John and made some appropriate
remarks, stating that for 20 years
Mr.. Hanna had walked hand in hand
with the church and had lived the
life OF a sincere christian. The
funeral services we're made impress
sive by the singing of two select
pieces by the Yuma choir. d. Ad'
ans, George Walker, E. Donnahey
W. Filbert and Frank Tinsman acted
as pail bearers, aud Undertakes
Wendt, of Port Byron. had charge o.
the funeral. There we're IS vehicle:
in attendance, IL of which crossed
the ferry to the burial ground.
Yesterday was pay day on the c.
B. & Q. Charley Netzer got hi.
check cashed at the store and man
aged to lose IS bill. Tuesday
morning he was hunting it with poo
success. MULrUM IN PARvO.