Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-18
JoTTINcs ABOUT JosLIN.
The Weekly Budget From the Upper End
GoS The Cnr ~tv

the Weekly Budget Prom the Upper Emo
6of the Cor atty.
.JOsLJN, Msrch 1s.-F. ". White.
side is baling oat straw for Henry
Knockemus.
The taxes of Yuma township are
IS. 3S5. S6, about five.sixths of which
is now collected.
1t was reported in our village tina,
Hon. William PAYNE was not Keeling
in the best possible condition.
During the last week on account
OF thawing and freezing the roads
have been very rough to travel.
James Walker was taken seriously
sick Friday last with peritonitis
Dr. LOCKER was called in and he is
now better.
Asa Shaw, who for several wears
has rented the farm of Mrs. vii.
liams. is now anxious to hire out to
some farmer for .he coming season.
MIR. and Mrs. John Donnahoo, of
Moline. came to Joslin by train Sat-
urday last. They we're accompanied
by their daughter, Mrs. Charles
Wake.
| +. Z. Crompton. Jr., has sold a
line horse, weight about 1,4OO, to
the Victor Scale works. of Moline;
likewise a couple of cows to John
Joslin.
Tuesday last James Roy Clemicus,
minister of the African Methodist
church of Moline. paid Joslin a fly.
ing visit in the financial interest OF
his church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel Mumma
and family. who have resided during
the last season with Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Daley, have moved back again
to their farm in Coe township.
Minnie and Sadie Searle, daugh-
tiers of Fred Osborne, came from north
western Iowa to attend their fathers
marriage. They visited friends in
the neighborhood of Joslin. and re-
turned to their western homes Mon
day last.
Frank Daley and Mr.. Coffee have
formed copartnership. They now
have wind and steam power and
have added a new emery wheel and
polishing apparatus, and are as well
equipped for the repairing of plows
as any shop in the county.
The Joslin creamery. with its large
and powerful mill for the grinding of
feed. is now doing an increasing bus
mess. The quantity of milk brought
to the creamery increased 1900
pounds during the last week, which
is quite flattering to the sharehold-
ers.
There is still considerable talk of
prospecting for coal. and in all prob
ability an arrangement with MIR.
Barr will be consummated in the
near future. 1t will be very fortu-
nate. indeed, il coal is found in pay
ing quantities in our vicinity. as it
will increase the value of real estate
and make us feel as rich as julius
Caesar.
Tuesday last Henry Knockemus,
who believes in rproviding we'll for
his family, butchered two large hogs
and the next day slaughtered COW,
for all OF which he finds a home mar
ket. In relating his experience, Mr..
knockemus stated that in shooting
one of the hogs the bullet passed
through the heart; in fact, through
the entire animal, then entered and
passed through a corn crib. Smelling
off considerable corn.
Louis Gumtan, who died March Q.
was born in Germany Jan. s, 1886,
and came to Illinois in 1873 and set
tied in Coe township. where he lived
until his death. He lived a consis-
tent. christian life and was mem Der
of the German Lutheran church.
The relatives extend their heartfelt
thanks to the many friends for their
acts OF kindness, to the singers for
their excellent music and to the min
lister, Rev. +. L. Brock.
sMULTUM IN PARyO.