Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24
JoTTINcs FROM JOsLIN.

Hiscsllanee1s News Of Casreus mistress
From the Upper End.
Joslin, Dec. 24.-Six or eight COM
mercial agents by one train will
sometimes be seen in cur village.
Are they all taking orders?
Friday ". H. Whiteside was in
Davenport looking up and buying q
stock of Santa Claus goods for his
store.
Mrs. Charles Beck went on q visi.
to Coal Valley for the purpose OF
seeing her sister and brother In law,
Prof. and Mrs Gilpin.
Christmas evening at the Yuma
Methodist church will be q Christ.
mas tree and entertainment both for
children and grown up people.
Whiteside joined in shipping q car
load of stock to Chicago. They like
wise sent q car load of rye few
days ago.
John Swank shipped another car
load of hogs to Chicago, for which
ae paid $2.S5 to IS per hundred
John Schall is likewise around buy
ing hogs.
Letters from the physicians at
jacksonville state that Mrs. Schaib!e,
Mrs. d. Adams mother, is recover
ing rapidly, and will be able 10 re-
turn home within few Gays
Tuesday, Dec. 30. Louis Bender.
who resides upon tie Kerry Stephen
son farm, will have sale Of $500
bushels Of corn, hay farm imple-
ments, all nearly new, team. harness
and other effects. John Noah is the
auctioneer.
G. j. Champion, of Browning Ill +,
has been sending and receiving mes.
sages during Mr.. Hu5bart's abseuce
MIR. Hubbart and Henry Kuocke mus
returned from their western tip Sat
urday last. Mr.. Koockemus has q
! good word for Sac county. Iowa.
Charles Beck has arrived from
Kansas to Join his wife in visiting
with Mr.. anu Mrs. Dunbar aud rela-
tives. Nj. Beck states that last
years corn crop is about all sold out
and that this years crop is being
rapidly disposed of and taken to
Texas, where failure occurred las.
year. This years crop is beiog sold
for 16 cents per bushel.
Saturday evening next Rev. Brock
will commence revival services q,
Enterprise. and the week following
quarterly meetings will be held u,
Joslin, when Rev. Borgess., presiding
elder, will be present, and will re.
main with the people one week.
Monday evening last Newton White
and James Donahoo had occasion 10
go into Mr.. Donahoo's barn with q
lighted lantern in search o; Bride
One Of the horses was so trigbts. Q
that he kicked and smashed tbe
lantern. aud also kicked Newton
White in the head with such force
that he lay unconscious for SON
time, and broke Mr.. Donaho1's srn
below the shoulder, the end Of one
bone protracting through the flesh
All accomplished with one kick. Dr.
LOCKER and Daily adjusted the frao
ture. Mr.. Donahoo was fortunate il
having renewed his accident insur
ance three days previous, which al
| lows MIN SlO weekly.
When in Rock Island Tuesday last
on coming up from the Burlington
depot, a man of about 80 years o.
age sidled up, and entered freely
into conversation. He claimed h,
was member of q Chicago firm
lwho was down to Book Island OF
business. His friendliness and so
liability was somewhat astonishing
On coming opposite one Of the bank
he gave a side glance and made the
remark, at the same time taking on
$50 bill, "This is too early for thu
banks to be open; could you chang
ne this bill?" We said, "No. sir !;
aud left him. What was bis littl
game?
Some say times are getting better
We have been told that the c.. b
Q. is putting on extra trains, and
that is an indication of better ii mes
we are glad to hear it. That ma,
mean better times for the railroad
companies, but il those cars ar
loaded with 81 SIS hogs aud Is csn
corn, is that an indication of naticna
prosperity? 90 the other band, m
neighbor, Mr.. Head. who has JOS
come up from Davenport, tells m
that the streets are crowded wit
laboring men out OF work
who stand in groups discuss;n
their grievances, very much di'
satisfied because they were premise
plenty of work after election. Civ
the following quotation from q lette
received yesterday from my daugh
ter in Sac City, Iowa. SEQ mile
west: "Did you ever see such awiu
times as we are having? What wi
the poor laboring men and their fam
lies do' Why, the streets are ful
OF lsboring men with nothing to dc
who say they were promised plsni
/ of work after election bscause coat
dence would be restored. And wi,
: corn at y cents q bashel, :he farm
ers are almost as badly OF as Il
laboring men,"
\I MCLTUM IN PARyo.