Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-10
JoTTlNcs FROM JosLIN.


miscellaneous News Ut Current Intsresi
From ths Upper Emo.
Joslin, Dec. 9.-ff debts could be
paid with confidence farmers would
cot be the least con Ger ned as to the
present price of corn and hogs.
Rev. B:ocx has commenced revival
meeting at the Rose Hill United
Brethren meetings house, which are
to be continued SO long as an interest
is manifested.
Mrs. Hubbart, mother OF C NJ.
Hubbart. of Fulton. has been visiting
her son aud family for about q week
She MAKES il . prac'ic ice to come TO
Joslin very frequently.
Andrew Jansen, who has worked
upon the John Josiin farm for over
q year, has hired out to Roland
Whiteside, who will manage his
fathers farm located near to Joslin
station.
Ed Do1ahey, who has been a great
suff rer with the quinsy for a
couple OF weeks, is now on the mend
and is again behind his counter, wait-
ing upon customers, and handing
out the mail.
1t is reported that Elzie Walker
and Herman Shoemaker lost q
dressed calf while on their way TO
Moline Friday last, but they were
fortunate in finding the man who
picked it up, and he gave it up to
them.
Jesse Walker is agent for a Chi.
cago firm in the picture frame bust
ness. Anyone having had photo
graph of their re-idencs taken by
Mr.. Burnand, OF Port Byron, can
have them framed at the least posi-
bic cost.
Ed McMurphy, of Moline, who
owns considerable land in the neigh.
borhood Of Joslin, comes up FREE
quently by train, to see TO mis- farm
log interests, renting of his lsnd.
stock arrangements and other bust.
ness matters.
Sylvester Daily will occupy the
| new residence he is building aud his
| son, John, OF Moline, will reside in
the one in which his father now re-
sides. Mr.. DALEY will have three
residences upon his farm, not far
apart. beside creamery and q whole
host OF outbuildings.
Prof. Ruger, of the Port Byron
Academy, and +. S. Gates, Of Port
Byron, were recently working in our
vicinity in the interest Of the acad-
envy. Jesse and Will Donahoo,
Frank Sheppard. Frank Swank. Al
vim Frels, Fred Schafer, Samuel
Wainwright and Roy Daley are at
tending.
Lizzie Dunbar has been engaged to
teach at the Cement school house
for the present winter term, Myron
Yolton at the Wakes school. Mics
Davies, Of Davenport, at the Willow
vale. Miss Mamie Dillon ut the
Walker, and Miss Lucy Dunbar at
Josin. No sickness is now inter
ferring with the children's attend
| ace.
King Matthews has built him q res
idence upon the Walker estate, and
he, with his family, is now residing
there. 1t wss Mrs. Matthews 40;h
birthday Sunday last, and the whole
| walker family OF brothers and SIS
tiers, with their wives, had a family
gathering at the Matthew residence
to celebrate the event.
| The claim for rent that Kerry
Stephenson had against Louis Ben
der, and upon whose crop of corn he
levied, has been amicably settled, a
friend of Mr.. Bender having ad-
vanced the money. Mr.. Bender con.
siders himself, and is looked upon by
his neighbors as an honest man, and
he claims that his reputation has
been injured by the publicity given
to the whole affair. There has
been about SIP of costs incurred tha,
might have been avoided.
MULTUM IN PARvO.