Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1913 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

R. V. Johns has resumed work at the blacksmith shop, after a eouple of weeks’ sickpess. He has been missed at the shop quite a good deal as there has been considerable horse shoeing. J. D. Miller went to Montieello Monday to be on hand for the Kime vs. Miller trial. The complaint arises from a little fistic squabbley which occurred at Lee a few weeks ago. Quite a few from here at planning to attend the stock show at Chicago part of this week. C. Wilson Bussell was in Rensselaer Monday having some dental work done. Elvin Bussell kept the store for him. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hitcbings returned home Tuesday after a short visit here with O. E. Hitchings and family. John Maxwell completed a large job of tile ditching last week for John Wuetrich in Gillam and is moving his ditching outfit to the Lawler ranch. New gas lights have been procured for the church at McCoysburg. They are here now and will* be put up ready to light the building Monday night for the revival meetings. Th£y will be put up and if not sufficient another one will be used. The three will be installed and guaranteed for SIB.OO, which amount will be raised by special donations. It is hoped every one will come out to the services, help enjoy the new lights and also be right on hand when the subscription paper is passed to you. J. Quince Richardson received a" telegram from Pontiac, 111., Friday stating that his father, John Richardson, was very low. He left early Saturday morning for Pontiac, and word has since been received that his father was better, although any hope for his recovery has about been abandoned. John Richardson owns two good farms here, the one occupied by his son, and the other by George Potts, and Is in a way a very estimable old gentleman and those who knaw him will regret to hear of his illness. Miss Cecil Jordan, teacher at Osborne, is to have a box social Friday evening, Dec. 6. The chief thing is the good program to be rendered. Miss Florence Waggoner, of Francesville, is staying with Mrs. J. Q. Richardson while her husband is away. , The steady rains and foggy weather has made corn husking miserable. The fields are getting soft and huskers are compelled to unload three and four times daily. Corn lying in open cribs will become more or less damaged. The stamp of disapproval has been placed on Sunday hunting by the coutr of Hanging Grove and from this on these Sunday nimrofls will have slim picking. Wash Cook and M. L. Ford shipped a load of hogs to Chicago Thursday. James Lefler came in Tuesday evening from Wisconsin and will remain here for some time. The weather has been warm and rainy with them for the past two weeks, as it has been here. Curtis Belcher is at Star City this week, seeing after the building of a new house, in which he will move When completed. Ernest Cook is putting all the corn huskers to “route” this season. One day last week he husked, weighed and scooped 110 bushels in 8 'hours and unloaded three times. Harry Willits arrived Tuesday evening from Culver for a short visit with W. R. Willits and family. He has been working at the carpenter trade for several years. J. D. Miller won out in the suit brought against him by G. M. Kime in the White circuit >court Tuesday, by a good substantial margin, and Mr. Miller feels quite proud of his victory. The case was the outgrowth of some trouble they had when Mr. Miller was a tenant on Kime’s farm a few years ago. Monday evening a wild goose came and lighted in the park with C. W. Bussell’s flock of wild geese and has remained in the park and seems to be perfectly satisfied. It Is quite tame and does not shy very much when Mr. Bussell walks among them to scatter their feed. If it remains for any further length of time an effort will be made to drive it in the shute with the other geese.