Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1913 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Four applicants tpok the diploma examination at Banta Saturday. Mrs. Ira Williamson is quite poorly at this writing. Her mother, Mrs. Potts, of near Reynolds, came up Friday to stay with them a few days. The hard wind Friday did considerable light damage, such as unroofing some old buildings, and untopping a few hay stacks. Frank Ringeisen lost a good 90x90 horse blanket Tuesday March 11th, somewhere between the Holder farm and Frank Cochran’s, to which latter place he had been to get some chickens. >. A “Useful Shower” was given Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lowman Saturday night at McCoysburg. Quite a number of their friends came in with some nice presents. The band boys came out also and furnished the music.

A. Blasdel, who recently sold his 80-acre farm to Willis Lutz, has bought a dairy farm near Akron, Ind. He has also bought a half interest in the dairy stock and will receive one-half of the earnings this season. The man now on the place has possession yet for this year. Mr. Blasdel expects to move to Akron this spring, and will spend a large portion of his time at the farm. Louis Messenger moved to Rensselaer Monday and W. T. Hawkins has gone to Gary to receive employment on a street car line, to which place he will shove his family as soon as a suitable place can be found. The shutting down of work on the Gifford railroad has temporarily put several men out of employment, and it is quite likely there will be more vacant houses soon.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Armstrong bought of .Simon Cook Saturday twenty acres of land he owned east of Wash Cook’s home. This piece of land is quite a distance from Simon’s home farm, and perhaps the inconvenience of farming it was what prompted him to sell it at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong intend to build a home on the land they have bought, but perhaps not for a few years at least. L. West, the relief man who came here a month ago, to assume the duties of Monon agent until a permanent agent could be located here, left Saturday noon to assume a similar duty at Medaryville. A man by the name of Keen has been given the job here and will move his family here as soon as a house can be secured. The telegraph in- 1 struments have been installed and already several trains have stopped here to take orders.