Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1913 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

J. D. Miller spent Sunday with his son, Art. Miller, and family. Miss Fay Brown, of Gifford, is visiting her sister, Mrs. John Pursiful, and family.. Hulbert Maxwell is spending the week with his sister, Mrs. C. L. Downs and family, south of Pleasant Ridge. H. F. Davisson, the Monon agent, was relieved Sunday for a few days, a young man from Brookston coming to take his place. V H. E. Lowman fias been quite seriously sick this week with a very bad case of quinzy. The doctor came out Monday afternoon and lanced his- throat. C. C. Randle is driving the former Ed Randle Chalmers-Detroit car, and Ed is driving a fine new PopeHartford, 40-horsepower runabout. It is a very fine machine. -Mrs, W. JL_WillU spent Sunday with her brother, Wm. Eldridge, and family, near Pleasant Ridge. Mrs. Eldridge has been very poorly following an operation the 29th of March, but is thought to. be safely out of danger now. Quite a number of people attended the circus at Rensselaer Wednesday and all were very well pleased. The performances were all good, especially the seal performance. It certainly showed a marvelous gift of training. About thirty relatives and friends came in Sunday, May 18th, with well filled* baskets and gave Roy Bussell a birthday dinner surprise. It was i fine day and the event was enjoyed by all, especially the one in whose honor it was given. J. F. Prictf was up from Lafayette Monday, conferring with some contractors about repairing the damage done to his barn recently by the wind storm. The barn on the Brandeberry farm, occupied by Ernest Ramsey, was almost blown down by the storm. It was rendered entirely unsafe for horses or anybody to be near, as it is apt to go down at any time.