Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1910 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Mrs. C. W. Bussell went to Rensselaer Tuesday W. C. Fulk and R. S. Drake receive ! a car of tile this week. Chas. and Ernest Mellender are tile ditching for R. M. Jordan. Jas. Brandenburg is helping -C. W. Bussell pull some hedge for Ed Randdle. M. L. Ford has recovered from the measles sufficiently to do his own work again. Mrs. Nate Lee, of Rensselaer, visited friends in Hanging Grove a few days this week. Mrs. Foulk-came home Monday evening, from Salem, where she had been visiting her sister. Jas. Stewart fell from a wagon a few days ago, and sustained some fractured ribs that are causing him considerable pain. He does not know the extent of his injuries, but believes he has cracked a rib or two. The census enumerators will begin their duties in a few days. They will have a host of questions to ask each farmer and the word that they are coming should be passed around to those that do not read the papers, so every person will be prepared. There will be some instances where the person will not understand what the cen sus is for.

Mr. Rusk considers that he was very fortunate in not losing more property than he did in the fire Monday morning. All of his horses, harness, wagons, carriages, two incubators, hay, corn and oats were in the barn when it was struck by lightning, but Mr. Rusk and his two song succeeded in getting all the horses, carriage and some harness out before the building collapsed. The oldest boy was quite severely shocked and was sick for several hours afterwards. Had the barn been struck a few hours sooner, they would no doubt have lost all of their horses, etc.