Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1911 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Mrs. Richard Foulks returned home Wednesday morning after an extended stay with relatives in Logansport. Mr. Hagen, of Cass, Mich., came down to Rensselaer Tuesday on some land business, and while there took occasion to call on C. W. Bussell and family Tuesday night. Mr. Magen is a neighbor and friend of Mr. and Mrs. James Lefier, qrho went to Wisconsin two years ago. Mrs. Mary E. Lowe, of Rensselaer, visited friends and relatives in Monon a few days this week. R. S. Drake and Joseph Stewart hauled a couple of loads of telephone poles out from Monon Saturday, and will soon have a telephone each on the Monon line. John Phillips went to Rensselaer Wednesday and had an upper jaw tooth that had been causing him considerable pain the last few days, extracted. Word has been received from J. P. £win, of Mammoth Springs, Ark., that they have got moved to their little farm and are getting pretty well settled. Chas. Bussell went to Logansport Wednesday with his cousin, Wilson Searight, for a short visit. The eight-months-old baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ross, whose sickness has heretofore been mentioned, died Monday, March 20th. The funeral services were held at the house Wednesday at 1:30 o’clock, conducted by Rev. O. B. Rippitoe, of Francesville. Interment was made in the Osborne cemetery. A. large number of friends and relatives attended the funeral, some from quite a distance, several coming from their former neighborhood near Francesville. The floral offerings were many and beautiful. The following obituary was read: Mabel Irene Ross was born July 16, 1910, and died March 20, 1911, aged 8 months and 4 days. Beside her devoted parents, Joshua and Hattie Ross, she leaves three sisters and two brothers to mourn her untimely departure; also a large number of other relatives and friends. She was of a very sweet disposition and will be greatly missed, not only by the family, but all who knew her.