Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-07
JOTTiNGs FROM JoSLIN

cinity.
Josln, April elsie Walker is in
very poor health.
Miss Eva incl returned home Mon.
day morning last.
Mamie Dillon commenced her
school Monday last.
Miss Allie Beal is visiting friends
in Valparaiso, Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Cox have lit
tie son il their home.
Work has been commenced on Will
liam Whites new residence.
Peter Schwennecker. Jr., Of Extra,
Iowa, is visiting friends here.
Mrs. Allsbrow aud her son, For
rest, visited with relatives and
friends near Joslin.
Roy Daley has returned from
school at Abingdon and will assis.
bis father upon the farm.
Wake g. Groh purchased and
shipped another car load of hogs for
which they paid IS 40 per hundred.
Miss Rics Brandt. who crippled
herself in jumping from her fathers
buggy, Can now walk without
crutches.
Albert III. Murphy, of Iowa. has
moved his family or his brother
Edwards farm, situated near the
Luma church.
Mrs. a. D Daley aud daughter,
Hazel, Of Clinton, have come down TO
Yuma TO spend few weeks with L.
\. Dailey's family.
John Mcconnell, of Atlantic, Iowa,
who came TO attend his mothers
funeral, viii spend few days with
friends and relatives.
Nellie O'Connell, of Joslin, visited
her brother, Mamie O'Ccnnell, Ct
Erie, returning home accompanied
by her brothers wife.
War, war, war, and the rumors Of
war are the themes upon every
tongue, and scarcely anything else is
talked of in our public stores.
Miss Rosa Virgins and Edward
Pophsm, Of Missouri, were united in
marriage Wednesday evening at the
residence Of Henry Fender, in Hills
dale, by Rev. E. w. Thompson.
Bills are posted in our village
stores announcing that George W.
and Il. NJ. McCaskrin viii address
our citizens the coming week. The
bill states: u. That dishonest man
will Doodle; >. licentious man will
disgrace Us, and. 3, that an ignorant
man does not know AID cannot pro-
tect our rights
The basket sociable given b. the
Royal Eeighbors at the Wooo nen
nall Wednesday evening last, with
regard 10 numbers and inteft ST mgG-
Tested, proved 10 be huge success
There were upwards OF hundred in
attendance, and the magnificent dis
play of boxes, which were deliberately
crnamented with tastefal designs,
we're beautiful TO look upon and
elected considerablsaou ment. There
was Instrumental and vocal music
and the utmost socisbility prevailed.
The boxes were put up at'pubiic
| anton snd fetched from . cents 10
Sl.45, Miss Amanda Nold's box
bringing the highest figure.
Those two old cronies, Mr.. A. and
Mr. b, met again last week, when
A. said: Il have been reading Of
late about what is called initiative
and referendum and declare ! do
not know what is meant by it, and
others that | have spoken to, like
myself, don'E know q thing about it.
should be very much pleased il Won
would give NE some explanation.
"Well," said s., Gas understand it,
the initiative and referendum is sim
ply intended as change in our man.
ner OF legislsting. It does not re-
quire any change in our public oni.
Gals, and their duties would be
pretty much as they are now, but it
would make a great change 10 the
power Of the members OF the legisla-
lures, OF the president. snd in most
states OF the governor. Under the
initiative, II the Legislature were 10
fail 20 adopt legislation desired by
any resPecta Die nun Der OF tn pep
pie, the people could initiate or be-
gin such legislation for themselves.
regardless OF the legislature. And
the Initiative aud referendum would
take away from the legislature the
power to defeat laws which q mal1r-
ity Of the people desire" At this
iuncture Mr.. 4. had to leave, saying
that ne now knew more sboutit, aad
was much obliged for the explana-
ton, and it seemed to him that "ini-
tiative and referendum" IL adopted.
would place 3 remedy in the peo-
pies hands against the enactment Of
any unjust laws by means Of cor
ruption and bribery.
! IL Can MT BIS Proven
that DR.. Bells Pine-Tar- Honey is the