Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1911 — HANGING GROVE, [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE,

Mrs. J. E. Ross and children spent Tuesday at J. F. Cochran’s. Ethel Parker went up to Gillam Tuesday to stay with her aunt, Mary Parker, for a while and learn the dressmaking trade. Owing to a misunderstanding among the teachers, the Milroy. teachers held their) institute at McCoysbutg last Saturday, and now the Hanging Grove teachers will have to hold their’s alone nex't Saturday. * Rev. Kuonen is spending the week calling on the people of his circuit, paying them a farewell visit and collecting his benevolence, which is charged to this circuit He goes to conference at Terre Haute next Tuesday. The German of near Montmorenci, who have rented the John Price farm at McCoysburg, came up Tuesday evening with their teams and plows and expect to do considerable fall plowing on the farm before cold weather. The case of -R. C. McDonald vs. John Anderson was also set for trial at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon, but the defendants failed to put in an appearance until long after ..the time set, so the Squire rendered his decision in their absence, giving the plaintiff a judgment for 615 damages and the costs, S2O in all, against Anderson. Defendant appeared,' however, before court had adjourned, but failed to settle, staying the judgment tor thirty days, with the intention of appealing to higher court Mr. McDonald seemed very fair in the matter, offering to compromise several times, but without avail. Squire C. W. Bussell’s court was very busy last week. On Friday. Ben Richardson, of Barkley, had Orange Brewer, the Gifford road section foreman, arrested, charged with disturbing the peace. Brewer sought to take a change of venue from Hanging Grove, hot was unable to give bond, and rather than go to jail, pending a hearing in some other co4rt,* plead guilty and paid his fine, together with costs amounting in all to $2.60. Richards, feeling a sense of uneasiness, came back again on Saturday afternoon and intended to bring action to place Brewer under SSOO peace bond, but ’friends of both parties sue ceeded in keeping Richards from filing suit, on a promise from Mr. Brewer that he would apologise to said Ben Richards for his wrong doing, and be good hereafter, so the matter was dropped. -