Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1913 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Millard Fross has moved onto the former Daily farm, near Chas. Erb’s. Mrs. 8. E. Fulk has beep quite poorly for several weeks. Miss Cora Tyler has been assisting herewith her work. / Mrs. Van Wood same out front Rensselaer Saturday evening for a short stay with her mother, Mrs. J. R. Phillips, who is quite sick. Saturday was a legal holiday for rural letter carriers and those in this locality may congratulate themselves on staying at home, as it would have been a very unpleasant trip. Mrs. Mary Ann Robinson and two sons, Sam and Scott, came over from Morocco BundflV*morning by auto to see Mrs. J. R. Phillips. Mrs. Phillips" condition has been such all week as to have the doctor but every day and twice on Saturday. J. J. Molitor is, having considerable sickness among his horses just now, as. he is trying to arrange for moving to Ohio. He has one that is in such a condition that he feels almost certain he will lose it. Mr. Molitor keeps extra good farm horses.

Adam Pfledderer, who is coming to the MolltOr farm, took the train at McCoysburg Saturday morning for his home near Cissna Park, Hl. He came out Friday evening to bring foiir of his children and see after some other matters. Mr. Pfledderer has nine boys and four girls and all at home, and Mr. Molitor also has nine boys and four girls. One hundred friends and relatives came in on Mr. and Mrs. M. Ringeissen and family Sunday at about 11 o’clock with well filled baskets and gave them quite a surprise. It was a great day for Mr. and Mrs. Ringeissen, as they are getting old and to have their friends come in to pay their respects in this manner was very gratifying to them. The crowd would have been still larger, but on account of Mrs. Phillips’ sickness, some were prevented from going. Mr. and Mrs. Ringeissen have bought property in Rensselaer and will move there shortly. Their daughter, Mrs. John Wilkins, will continue to make her home with them. Everyone present at the dinner had a very pleasant time and wished Mr. and Mrs. Ringeissen a happy retired life in Rensselaer.

Squire C. W. Bussell had a wedding ceremony to perform/late Saturday evening in McCoysburg. The contracting parties were Jessie Brown, of Gifford, and Miss Zelphia Jeffries, of McCoysburg. Constable Harry Cochran took an active part in getting the young couple to the marriage altar. He wefit up in the vicinity of Gifford Thursday, armed with a warrant for young Brown, and broughtahim before Squire Bussell late Thursday evening, where he had a hearing and acknowledged to be the father of a son born to Miss Jeffries about ten days ago. Constable Cochran kept the young man in his custody until Saturday evening, when the ceremony was performed. Not quite a week before this, Harry Cochran went over in the neighborhood of Wolcott with a warrant, sworn out by Ed Harper, of Gillam, township, and arrested a young lad named Wiley Haskins and brought him before the squire to show cause, if any, why he should not marry a Miss Harper. A license was procured and the marriage ceremony performed late the same evening. Thus ends an extremely busy week for Squire Bussell and Constable Harry Cochran.