Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-21
JoTTINcs FROM JosLlN.

News Of MlscollAneous Interest About the
Uppsf End.
JosLIN. May. 1.-THE dead spots
in the oats which were spoken of q
week ago must hsve been caused by
the hail storm. and not chintz bugs
or blight. as was feared, as the oats
seem to have grown out of it.
Supervisor Swank is said to be
very sick with pneumonia.
William Byers, who worked for
Ambrose Scarf last year. is very
much improved in health. He has
obtained situation in Chicago as
assistant cook.
Elder Vandeburg started for Cali
fornia Wednesday last. purely on q
pleasure trip. He expects to be
gone three or four months and have
q good time. Mrs. Vandeburp's
niece accompanies him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Talby spent Sunday
last at Alpha. Mr.. Talby returned
Sunday evening. Mrs. Talby pro.
longed her visit until Wednesday
evening. They had q pleasant time
among their old friends and acquaint-
ances.
Evangelist Little, of the United
Brethren church. who is travelling
with huge tent, is expected in our
neip hborhood early in June. The
ministers Of all denominations are
cordially invited to take part in the
exercises.
Leslie & Martin, who have leased
the Joslin fair grounds for the pur-
pose of training horses. have made
arrangements to board with Fred
Brockman on the James Rathburn
farm. They expect to train a num-
Der of horses.
The showery weather we have been
having has been very beneficial to
the pastures and meadows in this
vicinity. The rye is headed out and
seems very healthy and stands thick
upon the ground. The timothy is
stooliDg out quite thick.
Daley & Coffee report work more
plentiful than money, but nothing
strange should be thought of that
with eggs at cents per dozen and
gilt edged creamery butter at 10
cents per pound. With those prices
the farmers have no margin left with
which to pay debts.
Rev. Newlands, of Port Byron. ar
rived at Joslin on his wheel Monday
morning last. He and the mail train
arrived about the same time. Wish
ing to go by train to Sterling. he was
in fidgets for some time for fear he
should be left. It was a close shave.
The train was held while he obtained
his ticket and checked his wheel.
Saturday evenings gale Of wind
was very destructive to hay barns,
which it upset and scattered in all
directions. Aft Wainwright's barn
was blown over and two buggies
were badly mashed. John VAIN
wright's barn was served likewise.
implements that happened to be out
in the field were blown over aud over.
Wagons and buggies were started off
in all directions. and roofs were
stripped of their shingles. A dozen
wind mills within a few miles of JOS
lin were wrecked, or partly so, and
fences we're blown down so that quite
a number of farmers were kept busy
Sunday in putting things to rights
again.
Three or four days ago a tramp by
the name of George Busbce called at
the residence of Fred Osborne on
Rock river inguiring for work. Mr..
Osborne employed him to help him a
few days. On coming in for dinner
the second day. Mr.. Busbee after
haying his horses, repaired to the
house for dinner. After being asked
if he had removed the harness from
the horses, as is Mr.. Osborne's GUS
tom, he said he had not, but could do
SO after dinner. Mr.. Osborne re.
piled that he would have the har-
ness taken of before he got any din
ner. Busbee then said he would
quit work and demanded his pay.
MIR. Osborne refused to pay him. add
words coming to blows it was but a
short time before they had to be
separated. MIR. Osborne coming out
of the fray with torn shirt and a
sore head. Mr.. Osborne's son Ben was
called in and brought his shot gun.
and Busbee was hauled to Joslin. A
warrant was sworn out and he was
brought before F. w. Whiteside,
charging assault with intent to kill,
but as 1t was proven that the man
had no weapon but his fists Mr..
Whiteside held that the charge could
not be sustained; therefore Busbee
was allowed his liberty. and he
travelled off in an easterly direction
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