Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-08
JoT1INos FROM JosLlN.

GenSfAl 1nformati0n ~ sAGofS8t From
tie Upper End Of tho County.
Joslin, Sept. s.--Miss Sadie Be
commenced teaching near Milan .
week ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stubr and son, of
Moline. visited over Sunday with j.
Donahoo.
Joshua Dillon has returned home
from his visit with his invalid sister
In Ohio.
Mrs. Charles Rathburn and chill
dren have been attending the fair
and visiting with friends.
Willow Vale school commenced
Monday last with Maude Crompton
- teacher for . 2.montha' term.
Mrs. G n. Hubbart aud her two
sons are visiting with her brother.
G. N. Seafle and his family, in Sac
county. Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Daley. OF Full
ton, came down to visit with Mr..
DAileys parents. Mrs. Daley will
visit for week or SO.
The Joslin school commenced Mon
day lsst with Thearle Jordan, OF
Davenport, as teacher. Miss Jordan
Is engaged for q year.
The Zums school has been in ses-
sion for a couple Of weeks with Miss
Lizzie Dunbar as teacher for . 8.
months term Of school.
Rev. Chou left Thursday morning
last for the purpose Of attending
camp meeting at Polo, in the inter.
es. Of the United Brethren church.
Mr.. and Mr.. Ed Wainwright, Mr.
and Mrs. Judd Wainwright and John
Leasure leave Wednesday for q visi,
TO their old home in Ohio. They ex-
pecs to be gone for u month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Clark and
son and daughter. OF Rock Island.
have been visiting with friends and
likewise attending the fair. MIR.
Clark joined his family Saturday.
ZstL Heald, who has recently been
grated a pension, is hauling lum-
Der from Moline for the purpose OF
remode!ing and enlarging his resi-.
dence. He will likewise enlarge his
barn.
Madison Bowles, who has been
troubled with nervous neuralgia fol-
Is years, has been worse than com.
mon for a month or 20, is confined to
his bed mostly, and is under the doc.
tors care.
Holders OF corn in this vicinity
are preparing to commence sbellipg
their corn and getting it in marker
as soon as possible, before the bears
and the present administration inau
gurate drop.
Thursday evening there will be s
Court Of Honor barbecue supper a,
Weideman's hall, Hillsdsle. Supper
consists CT roast pig, roas. chicken
duck and turtle soup and other dsin
ties. Supper Is cents.
Sam Adams, returning from the
fair with his best girl, when q little
beyo Hillsdsle. came in contac,
with a vehicle driven by g newspaper
agent who is soliciting for the
Clinton Advertiser, the result being
broken shafts for the agent. and al
four wheels of Sans buggy bsius
totally demolished.
Rev. Brock. who left here with hi.
family short time ago, has paid /;
visit to JOHN and vicinity on hi
way to Sewell. Iowa. where he ha!
been stationed to preach for the com.
ing year. He expects his family tc
| Join him as soon as he can make tn
necessary arrangements. He callet
among his friends at this time TO
the purpose Of CT, airing up q scuS1i
lous and scandalous report which
has been going the rounds of the
neighborhood rejecting greatly upol
his character as christian minister
He Informed US that he had met hi
accusers who we're completely dam b
founded and had not word to sa,
for their own d.: use.
| d. d. Pottinger, who conducted
boarding house in Moline q few year
age. and who has been keeping res
taurant and lunch counter in Bars
tow, and who has been running al
eating booth and lunch counter a
the Joslin fair, saw what he supposed
was Ere Friday evening last, an
made the remark. There. some poo
fellow is being burned out, and hav
ing been burned out twice myself.
can synpathize with him" Lo. i
was his own premises at Barstoy
that were on fire. and everything wa
consumed with the exception Of .
piano, which was carried out. Sat
urday morning MT. Pottinger made
the remark. with a tremor upon hi
lips, that he felt bad over it on hi
| wife's account.
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