Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1911 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Mr. R. L. Bussell spent Friday afternoon at Wash Cook’s. Miss Minnie Johnson is helping her aunt at Monon with sewing for a. couple of weeks. George Johnson resigned his position as road supervisor and Isaac McCurtain was appointed in his place. Miss Dora Phillips went home with Mr. and Mrs. R. C. McDonald Sunday evening from church for a short visit Mrs. Evaline Randle came back to her son's, C. C. Randle and family, Sunday' evening, after a couple of weeks' visit with her daughter at Reynolds. Charles Bussell returned home from Chicago Saturday evening, wbere ho had been since Friday morning with his sister, Mrs. Mary E. Lowe. She was taken there by her local physician to undergo a surgical operation. Tht operation was performed Friday afternoon and seems very successful; how ever, it is likely to keep her in the hospital several weeks. Mrs. Wm. E. Jacobs, a sister of Mrs. Lowe, is staying with her. Mrs. Lowe s trouble was occassioned by a kick on the tibia bone by a cow, several years ago. The injury was not thought to be serious st the time, but the bone has become so affected and caused her so much pain of late that the operation was made necessary. Business transactions in McCoysburn are becoming almost as frequent as in some city. A few weeks ago Richard Foulks sold out all of h < property here to the groceryman, H. E. Lowman, and Is making preparations to move away about the middle of November. Reed McCoy closed out his store and residence property to Cary and Harve Lowman. They will conduct a hardware and implement store at one p'nee and grocery and dry goods in the other place. Mr. McCoy retains possession of everything until February first, when invoicing will be gin, which will probably consume a week. He will then have till March Ist to vacate his residence property. This change will also necessitate u change in postmasters, but the office should go to the store. keeper, as the compensation is not sufficient to pay anyone to conduct the office singly. The town will lose of of its best fam Hies, both from a business and social standpoint. Mr. McCoy is uncertain about what he will do in the future. Mr. Foulks has rented property in Wheatfield and will live there for this winter at leasL