Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1911 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Frank Peregrine went to Wolcott Friday morning to join his wife and children on their journey to Mitchell, S. Dak.

J. P. Gwin has bought a six-acre fruit farm near Mammoth Springs, Ark., and will move his famil,’ ihere some time in March. C. E. Maxwell moved from the Poole farm Wednesday to their new home near Rensselaer. John M. Johnson and family and his father and mother will occupy Mr. Poole’s farm this summer.

Several from here attended the big Thompson ranch sale at Parr Wednesday. There was an immense amount of property sold, including about seventy-five head of milch cows. Everything brought good prices. Mrs. S. B. Holmes and children visited friends and relatives here a few days last week before leaving Sunday for their new home near Jamestown, N. Dak. Mr. Holmes preceeded them last Monday evening with the car of horses and houselidld goods. Ben L. Bond’s sale last Tuesday on the Horton & Moseley ranch was also a very gdod one. His sale totaled $7,380 and of this amount only $270 was paid in notes. Mr. Bond is yet undecided just where he will locate, but will go to Mexico, Miami eounty, for the present, at least. Mr. Hack’s dredge will soon be 4m operation. The boom has been raised and as the dipper is now in place, work on the Randle ditch will begin. One car load of coal has been hauled out and piled in various places along the proposed ditch. This new ditch, when completed, will reclaim a vast amount of land that heretofore ha j been very uncertain for farming pur poses. The main ditch will cross the road at two different places, as will also the lateral, thus making it necessary for the trustee to put in four nsw bridges. Isaac, Parker and Ed Peregrine loaded their cars Wednesday and Thursday at McCoysburg and billed them to Mitchell, S. Dak., Thursday evening. One man accompanied each car. The families will visit friends and relatives for a few days and will leave for Mitchell the first of the week. Miss Feme Parker, however, will remain here qntil her school is out. This is* her third term of teaching, and all at the Moore school. Each term has been very satisfactory, as has also been her township institute work, from which she will be greatly missed by her fellow teachers. John H. Montz and family will move to a farm east of Monticello Tuesday. They will load everything in a ca* except the live stock, as it will be almost as cheap by rail as by wagon road. The southbound passenger No. 37 wili stop and take on Grandmother Montz for Monticello. She is 88 years old and has been quite poorly for some time, and the family consider it a great favor that the train will stop on special orders. Mr. Montz and family have lived here four years, ar.d in that time have made a host of friends. Their absence will be most keenly felt in the church and Sunday school work, as Mr. Montz has beer> the leader of the choir ever since thej have lived here.