Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-07
FROM JosLIN.

/ O0SllUs Obu. Os-0Es ouO mrs. 4.
Miller. of Davenport, spent Christ
mas with relatives here. .-
Eddie Blackman, of Moline, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Whiteside.
1897. Hadn't We all better turn
over q new leaf and try to do better?
Five Aolinites came up Saturday
on a rabbit hunt. They captured
i've.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Lloyd. of Rock
Island, visited E. Donahey and fam
lily over Sunday.
Cornelius Buckley has had . very
sick child with lung fever. Dr..
Block has been in attendance.
Cornelius Buckley, ST., row of
Rock Island, but former resident of
Yuma township, is said to be quite
sick.
Miss Cora Dillon and sister. Of Mo-
line. spent the holidays with their
grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua
Dillon.
Miss Davies spent Christmas at
Davenport with her parents. return
ing Monday morning to resume her
school duties.
| MAe. GMmo OIL uUlos VI hGBWICk,
Iowa. arrived here Christmas eve on
a visit to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Dunbar.
c. E. Donahoo provided bounte-
Gus New Years dinner and invited
q numb Der Of his friends and relatives.
F. j. Whiteside did likewise. No,
we were not bid to the feast on
either occasion.
The Rock Island Art company hav-
ing offered . prize Of $40 to the one
who sent in the largest number Of
words obtained from the word Rock
Island" Lille Crompton has sent in
a list of 269, and yet she don't expect
the prize.
c. NJ. Hubbart has q one dollar
silver certificate bill, series of go,
which the government has called in,
on account Of the word tranquility
being spelled with one |. He Is hold
ing on to the bill until all the others
are called ir-then he will sell ont.
The Waldron family, who traded
a residences in Moline as part pay for
James Cooks farm. near Joslin,
have concluded to make another
change and have traded the farm
back again for another residence in
Moline, of which Mr.. Cock is the
owner.
Mr.. Bender's sale occurred Tues
day last, and considering the times,
Everything was bid off at . gooa
; round price. Whiteside & Donahoo
bought the corn at 49, cents per
bushel. John Noah was the auc-
tioneer.
The annual meeting of the Coo
and Zuma Mutual Insurance COM
pany was called Tuesday last, at the
Pleasant Point school house. for the
election Of officers for the ensuing
year. and to hear the secretary's fin
ancial report.
You need not make common talk
Of it: but it has just leaked ont that
several hundred dollars is the
amount that q certain young man
has had to pay for the settlement of
little feminine unpleasantness that
has recently happened in our com
munity.
There are some gold-standard re-
publicaus who have contributed to
the support of Rev. Brock, OF the
United brethren church, in the past
who decline to do 80 in the future.
because he bolted for Bryan and free
silver. Consequently his silver
friends are circulating . petition and
raising a subscription which is meet
ing with good success.
Charles Mold who 10 now Q student
in q medical college at Nashville,
Tenn, has been spending his Christ
mas vacation at home. He
returned to his studies the 4th.
Charles says "the climate Of Ten
essee 10 all right. but as . farming
country it 10 not to b compared to
illinois; II 10 too rocky"
| Another tariff farce 10 being en-
acted ut Warrington by calling
prominent msnufacturers before Q
committee for the purpose Of ascer-
tanning what duties are to b placed
upon certain goods, thus making
them more costly to the consumers.
Will this help the farmers to pay
their indebtedness BY increasing
their expenses? IL it not about time
that farmers should be called before
that committee in order to ascertain
their wishes?
Two men rented good sized farm
near Erie and raised good average
crop OF corn, oats, potatoes, etc.
They were to pay 81, 100 cash rent.
They commenced to thrash their
small graio, and then made an esti-
mate Of what their crop wsuld fetch
them at the present prices, and ssw
they would have nothing left for
their labor after paying their rent
and other expenses. The result was
they slid cut in the night, leaving
the crop for the rent.
MULrUM IN PARyO.
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