Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1910 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Squire W. E. Moore was out to his farm Monday. Chas. Peregrine assisted Geo. Parker with his butchering Tuesday. Ed Patteerof Tulare, Calf., came to visit his parents and other relatives for a short time Saturday night: Fred Callahan, agent for the Indianapolis Life Insurance Co., is here this week writing up a few polieies. C. W. Bussell sold a pair of his wild geese to Charles Battleday, near Mt. Ayr, and delivered them at Rensselaer Monday. M. L. Ford is clearing his timber of limbs that were broken off the trees a year ago the 14th of this month by the big sleet.

McCoysburg is certainly a “measley” town. There axe two new cases up to Wednesday, and several more bsve been exposed. A son was still-born to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ireland Monday morning, Jan. 31st. Interment was made in the Osborne cemetery. The convention at Banta Saturday was only attended by a few. Wash Cook was elected township chairman and C. W. Bussell secretary. The automobile insect has stung another man or two about McCoysburg, and it is not unlikely that we will have some more mobiles here e’re long. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Miller visited their son, Elzie, and family Sunday, near Sharon. Elzie hr.s taken a claim in the west and intends to go out and improve it the coming season, and if he likes the country well enough, will make it his permanent home. S. W. Noland re-opened his school at McCoysburg Monday. His school was closed last week on account of the sickness of his daughter. It was first thought she would go into a severe case 6f lung fever, but prompt medical aid stopped the danger. Joshua Ross and family, J. F. Cochran and family and Ed Pattee, the latter of Tulare, Cal., took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Pattee Tuesday. Ed Pattee expects to return to California in a few days, as he finds this climate so much colder than the land of flowers. While throwing brush on a burning brush pile Friday, Wash Cook hooked a littlfe twig in his watch fob and jerked the watch out of his pocket into the fire. It was heated so much before it could be gotten out as to render it valueless. It was an extra good watch, and will be hard to replace.