Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1913 — Obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Hanley. [ARTICLE]

Obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Hanley.

Elizabeth Peregrine was born in Scott county, Ind., Dec. 1, 1844, died at Chicago, 111, on July 20, 1913, aged 68 years, 7 months and 19 days. She was the daughter of Joseph and Catherine Peregrine, who reimoved from this county to Adams county, lowa. Her father, Joseph Peregrine, was an active pioneer Christian minister for over fifty years.

She was married to William Hanley in 1861 and to this union five children were born: ' Frank M.; Emma L.; Charles W.; Mary E.; And Ord C. Hanley. Emma L Hanley (Parker) died at Laporte, Ind., Nov. 4, 1882. The other children are all living. z Mrs. Hanley united with the Methodist Episcopal church in 1867 and has lived an ardent, consistent Christian life ever since. The funeral occurred at Independence church July 22nd, and burial was made in the Independence cememade in the Independence cemetery. ,7

Half a million dollars as a penalty and the transfer of 21,596 of the 24,500 shares of stock in the Magnolia Petroleum company of Texas from the individual control of H. C. Folger, Jr., and John D. Archbold to a trustee mutually agreed upon, was accepted by the state of Texas Monday in the settlement of the state’s $102,000,000 penalty and ouster suit. ■

Two hundred feet of the big cofferdam on the government dam being built across the Ohio river, seventeen miles below Evansville, gave way Monday with a rush of water. Four .barges filled frith coal, five pile drivers, a steam derrick, three launches and a lumber barge were lost. E. H. West, United States engineer, was caught in the rush of waters but was rescued.

Vern.T. Jacks and wife, who have been visiting friends, went to Lee this morning to visit his father and mother and other relatives until Saturday. Vern is convalescent from a very severe attack of appendicitis which confined him hi bed for two weeks. He was not operated on but expects this will come later. He has a good position at the Lahr house in Lafayette.

County Agent O. G. Barrett and County Treasurer A. A. Fell were in Remington and visited some of the fine farms in Carpenter township. Mr. Barrett will have his Remington headquarters in the parlor of the State Bank of that town and expects to be there two half days out of each month, and later more if his services are required.

City Marshal Shesler has a force of men digging up the sewer on Forest street, near the intersection of Cullen. The sewer has become filled with root Übers and Tom Lowe’s basement had water backed up in it. The sewer is .quite deep at that point and the'expense of digging It up is large, all of which augurs for some sort of adequate sewerage for Rensselaer. James and Thomas Hanley, the Arc oldest children of Frank Hanfey, of Chicago, remained here over last night with their unde, Judge Hanley and family. Frank and his wife and their four children came to Rensselaer after the burial of his mother In Gillam township and went to their home in Chicago on the “Hoosier Limited,*'