Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-16
JoT1lNcs FROM JosLIN.
General Information OF Interest Erou
the Upper End OF the County.

General InfoYmstion OF Interest From
the Upper End Of the County.
Joslin, June 14.-There has been
. large amount of replanting of corn,
which is backward for this time of
the year.
F. NJ. Walker is laid up with a
crippled knee. caused by jumping
out Of a wagon.
George Leslie is training horses on
the fair ground, and makes his home
with Ira Wainwright. fsi tnA Or
There was children's day services
Sunday last at yuma, Joslin and
Hillsdale, all of which were largely
attended and very interesting.
A consultation has been held be-
tween Drs. LOCKER and Bruner over
the condition of John Fitzgibbons.
for whose life there does not seem to
be much hope.
Hon. William Payne is home again
recuperating from his arduous duties,
and glad to get away from the risk of
life and limb at Springfield.
"Uncle Johnny" Searle. of Henry
county. SO years Of age, who has
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death for some time, died Thursday
last, and was inferred at Cleveland
Sunday.
Mrs. John Mercer, who, with her
husband and family, has resided in
Geneseo of late. and who has friends
and acquaintance on this side of the
river. died Saturday last.
A telegram was received at Joslin
Saturday last. stating that Mrs.
Emma J. Searle. of Sac county. Iowa.
daughter of F. E. Crompton, died at
$3.50 the same day and was inferred
Monday last.
The Walker school closed Wednes-
day last, and Miss Mamie Dillon has
been engaged to teach another year.
County Superintendent McKeever
prefers the teachers engaged for q
full year rather than for single
term providing the teacher gives sat
isfaction.
William Adams, son of David
Adams, who was taken very sick
while at his work at Barstow, died
at his fathers residence at IL O'Clock
Wednesday last. the funeral sermon
being preached at the residence by
Rev. Ghon, of the United Brethren
church. Three selected pieces were
sung by the Yuma choir and there
was large gathering of neighbors
and friends at the funeral, there be-
ing 60 conveyances in the cortege.
81 of which crossed on the ferry to
the Hanna grave yard in Henry
county. where the body was inferred.
+. +. Crompton, Jr. John johnson.
William Cowley, William Filbert,
Shelley Walker and Roland White
eide acted as pallbearers, and I'm
dertaker Wendt had charge of the
funeral.
G. c. Wake left on Wednesday
mornings train, for the purpose OF
making short visit to Mr.. Sover-
hill, an old acquaintance in Tiskilwa.
He returned Friday evening last, and
during his stay visited cheese
factory in that vicinity. He ascer-
tanned that farmers who take their
milk to the cheese factory are getting
IS cents per hundred for their milk,
while the farmers who take their
milk to the creameries are only get.
ting 80 cents per hundred, and MIR.
Wake says he is completely disguised
with the whole business. But Mr..
Wake and everybody else should
know that the creameries have not sc
much to do with and cannot be cen.
sured entirely for the farmer get
ting 30 little for his milk; the chic
cause is the Cutting of the msrke,
with butterine and oleomRrgarine
which are substituted for butter
and it is that that is running tn,
dairy business of the country.