Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-29

General Infosnsssoa Of Inssssss Yfsm
the Upper End q the Coansy.
Joslin. Sept. 28.-W. II. White
side and family are now comfortably
domiciled in their new residence.
Charles Wake has moved into his
new residence.
Mrs. fubbs and children are visit.
ing friends in Polo.
Marvin Walker went to Rock Island
to perform jury duty.
Frank Bryant has left for Des
Moines. Iowa, to attend school.
Chicken thieves are again abroad
in the land. David Adams claims to
have lost 20.
John Swank shipped . load OF hogs
Monday last for which he paid s
cents per pound.
MIX that used to find its way to
Hillsdale is now being brought to
the Joslin creamery.
Miss Rica Struss has been engaged
to teach the winter term of school in
district No. 8. Coe township.
Eugene Sheppard preached an in
teresting sermon to q full house at
the Methodist church Sunday last.
Miss Birdie Osborne still feels a.
tached to her home in the country.
She 10 visiting at the old homestead.
Miss Sadie Beal spent last Sunday
at home. She was accompanied by
Miss Bell McC onochie, of Rock ISL
and.
After all, Matthew Schafer will not
take his family to South Dakota. He
will improve and stay BY the old
homestead.
Henry Knockemus has bought the
John Cowley farm, which consists of
200 acres; consideration $500. or
$27. so per acre.
The Misses Sloan. who have been
visiting with the Beals and VAIN
wrights, returned to there home in
Chicago Saturday morning last.
There was . ''gypsie social" at
Wiedemau's hall, Hillsdale, Tuesday
evening last. Supper consisted Of
roast sheep, goose, pie and cake.
An addition has come to the fami-
~ of Charles Hass. II suffrage 10
granted to women, the child will be.
come a voter when it arrives at age.
Division Superintendent Besler, of
the st. Louis division of the c., B. &
Q. railroad, and j. o. Thorn, super.
intendent of bridges, have been
through this section on tour Of in.
spection. They returned Friday last.
IL. Hester, agent for Moline cloth
ing firm, came to Joslin by train
Wednesday morning last. During
the day he was riding on his bicycle
from house to house taking orders
and measuring young men for mar
risge suits.
Friday morning last DR.. j. W.
Morgan. Of Moline, met in consulta-
ton with DR.. Bruner, of Port Byron,
ct the residence Of Mrs. Fitzgibbons,
over the condition OF Miss Jane Fitx-
gibbons. who has been sick for sew
eral months.
+. Z. Crompton, Jr., had q nice
patch CT cabbage and tomatoes on
the bottom which he had tended and
hoed, and some person or persons
drove down there with Q shod team.
and very considerably have saved
Frank the trouble Of harvesting the
tomatoes.
The people Of this community
were very much taken by surprise
to hear of the failure of Mr.. Colds
worthy and the Hillsdale creamery.
The creamery has had . good run Of
milk, and In addition ground grain
for feed in large quantities, and il
was generally supposed that the
Hillsdale creamery was doing . pay
ing business.
special town meeting has been
called for Yuma, which reads % fol-
lows: "Whereas, the supervisor,
town clerk and . justice of the
peace, together with Is voters of the
town OF yuma, have in writing filed
in my office q statement that . spe-
oisl town meeting Is necessary Tor
the interest Of said town for the pur-
pose Of considering the law suit that
has been brought against the board
OF commissioners Of said town by
Fred Feuchter. The legal voters
and electors Of said town of Yuma
are. therefore. hereby informed that
. special town meeting will be held
at Wakes school house the I'd Of Oct.
ober, 1897. to commence at 2 O'Clock
in the afternoon and continue until
5 O'Clock Of the same day for the
purpose Of considering the law suit
already mentioned, which has been
brought against the town OF Yuma
BY Fred Feuchter. n. F. Schaier,
town clerk"