Rock Island Argus., 1898-12-21
JOTTINGS ABOUT JOSLIN.
Breezy Batch of Happenings From the
Upper End of the County.

Breezy Batch of Happenings From the
Upper End of the County.
Joslin, Dec. 2O.-Frank Daley re-
ports business as being very fair in
his blacksmith shop.
ID. Allen is now welding the black
smiths hammer with Frank Daley.
Mrs. f. E. David, of Hillsdale, and
her three children, were reported to
be very sick.
Mr.. and Mrs John Walker and
granddaughter, near Hillsdale, have
been very sick.
On account of the scarcity of milk,
Sylvester Daley has shut down his
Zuma creamery.
Most of last week five of Mr.. Tubbs'
family were down sick with fever at
the same time.
About 5000 pounds of milk are
now received each alternate day at
the Joslin creamery.
Mrs. John Fitzgibbons, of near
Joslin, is down sick, and her daughter
Kate has lung fever.
f. f. Walker has been compelled to
quit work on account of hip troubles
and other complications
+. f. Crompton drove over to
Port Byron Friday last and sold
his turkeys to Mr.. Newton.
Saturday last Rev. Mr.. and Mrs.
May, of the U. b. church, gracefully
received donation party.
Mrs. j. W. Guthrie, formerly of
Zuma, now residing near Hillsdale, is
under the doctors care, suffering with
pleurisy.
Newton Bassett has rented and
moved into Jesse Nicholson's house
on the bluff road and will reside there
the coming winter
Fred Cox, of Nebraska, son of Hi
ram Cox, came to Zuma week ago,
and showed his good sense in losing
no time in placing his name upon the
register at the Port Byron academy as
pupil.
Teams by the dozen are now cross
ing the ice to the coal banks near JOS
lin. If man wants a load of coal
and does not wish to wait the greater
portion of day, he certainly will
have to 90 the night previous.
1t will be remembered that Rev.
DUNCAN lost his wife a short time
ago and brought his children to be
cared for by his brother-in-law, Frank
Taulbee, of Wake. Since then Mr..
DUNCAN has died and Mr.. Taulbee
took the four children to their fathers
funeral. 1t is said that no near relatives
attended the funeral, and by the time
Mr.. Taulbee reached his brother-in-
laws residence, most everything of
value had been taken away. 1t is the
general opinion of the neighborhood
that the persons carrying away those
things should be prosecuted.
Fred j. Whiteside's fodder and cat
tie barn, which is 56x56, is approach
ing completion. Mr.. Whiteside was
unfortunate in falling from his new
building a distance of 10 feet, and
although he was somewhat crippled,
and is walking around very carefully
vet, no bones were broken.
Friday last Charles Osborne was
running a machine by steam power
which is known as a shredder. An
armful of corn fodder is fed into the
machine. The fodder being cut into
intinitesimal small pieces. is then car
ried into the barn by an elevator.
The corn, husked clean, travels off in
another direction, and is deposited
into n wagon box, and a bystander
was led to exclaim, What next?'
Ex-Deputy County Trea surer Rob
ert Whiteside and his brother, DIR.
Charles Whiteside. of Moline, came to
Joslin with all the accout rements and
paraphernalia necessary for Staying
anything in the way of game. They
were Joined by their brother. W. H.
Whiteside, and they certainly made
things howl with shot and shell, and
the air was laden with smoke from
powder.
Thursday last F. F. Gro mpton, Sr.,
called upon Uncle S1~ 80 '-ainwright !
and was sorry to see ,...u his mind |
was almost complete wreck. His |
memory has almost entirely deserted !
him. His language is fitting and |
continually changing from one per-
son and subject to another. He is
frequently getting up, both day and
night, and requires great deal of
care and watching. He can scarcely |
recognize any of his neighbors or
friends, or even his own children, and
vet, physically, he is strong and
hearty eater, and calls for food be-
tween meals.
If anv person wishes for an after
moons entertainment he should call
on Madison Bowles and listen to his
He will not only carry
YOU away back to the DAYS of slavery,
but he will tell you that he was once
an owner of slaves himself, that he !