Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1913 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

The Gifford dredge used here for railroad building, has been dismantled and loaded on a flat car to be shipped away. Harvey Phillips did not return to school Monday on account of a slight sickness. Harvey plays on the high school football team and did not have much to boast of concerning the Hammond game Saturday. John Herr has traded 160 acres of Michigan land for the land here that he formerly traded to the State Savings Bank of Evarts, Mich. The Ladies’ Aid will give an oyster and pie social at McCoysburg Saturday evening, Nov. 22, for the benefit of the church. The ladies are requested to bring pickles and pies. McCoysburg i|vas visited by thieves Tuesday night some time and the depot .and bowman Bros.’ store was broken into. The depot was thoroughly ransacked but nothing was missing. They mashed the ticket case and scattered things around in great shape but overlooked the express order books as well as -some other valuable packages. The Lowman store was entered by a rear window and among the booty taken was two eight gallon cans of cream that Harve had taken in during the day. The exact amount of their loss is hard to determine but will likely -amount to several dollars. No trace of the thieves was noticeable except <a 1 uggy track where a rig had turned near the scale office where the cream cans were, but this became confusing after being tracked out a short distance. Wilson Bussell’s store was unmolested, presumably because it is so near Korah Eldridge’s residence. A few years ago, it will be remembered, that Reed McCoy’s store was robbed, including SBO.OO worth of stamps taken from the postoffice. There was no school at Parker Wednesday on account of the teacher being sick.