Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-02
FROM JosLiN.

JoTTINos FROM JosLIN.
00n0eAl Inf04mation Of Interest From
the Upper End Of the County.
Joslin, June There 10 now Q
great demand for cars ON the c., B.
& Q. for the shipping Of grain Of all
kinds.
On the Path an incre ase Of family
came to the residence OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Bender, of the feminine per.
suasion.
Mr.. Coursey has rented the build
ing for . residence, formerly occu.
pied BY William Whiteside as q
store.
E. B. McKeever. superintendent Of
schools, came to Joslin by train
Thursday morning last, and visited
the schools during the DAY.
The farmers are now through the
first planting af their corn, and they
are making the discovery that the
seed will not germinate. Conse-
quently they are replanting.
The directors OF Rose Hill cream
cry will put new residence for their
butter maker Is soon - possible.
Mr.. Taulbee has rented the tenant
house Of j. c. Swank.
A large car of lumber has been re.
ceived at Joslin for James Donahoo,
who is about to erect Q barn 40x72,
lS-foot posts, which will have q
stone basement.
G. F. Schafer, Jr., has insured his
residence and barn, and the direc-
tors Of the Joslin district school have
insured the school building with fur
niture. in the Coe and Zuna Mutual.
c. M. Hubbart, our operator, took
business trip to Erie Friday morn
ing last, leaving his student, William
Payne, to receive and transmit mes
sages, and to attend to other Office
duties during his absence.
There was . dance at Woodman
hall Friday evening last, and 1 an
informed. there was . large attend
ancs. King Matthews and son were
the musicians.
their teacher. Miss Jordan, of Daven-
port, held a picnic in the grove on
the bank Of Rock river. last Satur-
day. They partook of . sumptuous
repsst, played games, and enjoyed
themselves to the utmost
The Rose Hill creamery being
about ready to start up, a meeting
Was held Friday evening last. for the
purpose Of appointing permanent
officers for the ensuing year. Henry
Struss was elected president; Frank
Wake, manager; William Schafer.
secretary and treasurer; Samuel
Bryant, William Mold. and Frank
Wake were elected directors.
Mr.. Taulbee had lively runaway
while moving his goods to his new
residence, but he managed to keep
the horses in the road BY vigorous
saving of the bits, and finally
stopped them without any damage,
although they ran over . mile.
F. Z. Crompton, Jr., has had the
milk Of 10 cows tested separately by
the BAbcock test at the Joslin cream
cry. The average test Of the 10 cows
showed AZ pounds of pure butter fat
to the 100 pounds of milk. The low
est test was SIS. the highest ga, and
the COW that tested the highest gives
the most milk, which 10 valuable
piece Of information. showing how
It is possible for . farmer to improve
his stock.
Saturday last the graves Of the
soldier dead at Yuma cemetery were
decorated with . profusion Of beau
tiful flowers with due solemnity and
reverence for the sacrifice Of their
lives on battle fields and in prisons,
for the good Of posterity and the
American union. There was . large
gathering in attendance at the
church and ct the cemetery, which
was addressed BY Rev. J. F. Robin
son. Of Moline; Rev. Thompson, Of
Fort Byron, and Rev. Baker, Of
luna, all Of whom spoke feelingly
and appropriately for the occasion.
Rev. Robinson was the chief speaker
AID his Grafton was highly appre-
ciated. A quartet composed Of
Messrs. Daley, Flanagan. Ingram
and Washburn sang several sppro-
PIRATES selection at the church, Jesse
Donahoo accompanying upon the or
gan. after which an imposing pro-
cesston Ct conveyances WAS formed,
headed by martial band composed
OF W. Donahoo. bass; James Dona-
hoo. tenor. and Teddy Flanagan,
mute. which discoursed suitable
music to the grave yard and during
the decoration Of the graves. after
which the gathering was solsmnly
dismissed.
Marcia E. Dunbar died Satur.
day. May so. She was born Jan. Is.
1882, being Is years, 4 months and
8 days Of age. leaving father, mother,
three brothers and Eve sisters. Her