Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1913 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur German returned home Saturday from a few days’ visit with relatives at Mont? morencfr “ Miss- Mattie Jordan is sick with pneumonia. The sickness of her brother, James, -was mentioned in last week’s items. He is better at this writing. Roy COchran lost his watch Saturday night while*ofi his way home from McCOysburg. -It was a silver Watch with Elgin works and la gold chain attached. Mrs. W. C. Ross has the distinction of being the first person to receive a package by parcel post on the rural route here. Considerable personal mention has been made through the larger daily papers of pefSons who happened to be first to receive mail by the new parcel post. ..J Wash Lowman now owns a half interest in the Lowman Bros.’ store, having traded his brother, Carey, out of his share. Carey will move where Wash now lives, and will also assume ownership of hiS'farming paraphinalia. No invoice of the store will be made, as the trade was made on the basis of last year’s* invoice. Gifford Marrs returned Sunday morning from his visit with his parents at Harrington, Kansas, for a couple of weeks. The weather was excellent all the time he was gone, no snow at all. On the way out, "while riding on the Chicago & Alton road, a few miles out of Springfield, 111., the train was held up and an attempt was made to dynamite the express car. The robbers held the train for over an hour trying to blow the safe, but they were frightened away before they had succeeded.