Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1914 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Obituary. George Washington Dennis was bom near Circleville, Ohio, 1848, and when 9 years old moved with hii parents to Douglas county, HL, where he grew to marihood. In 1884 he was married to Susan FickliU, who is left to mourn her loss. No children were bom to this union and besides his wife he leaves one sister and three brothers. They moved to theQarm,east otf.McCoysburg, where he died, only a few years ago, but during that time Mr. Dennis had made many friends. Short funeral services were held at the home Sunday morning at 9 o’clock and the remains were sent to Tuscola, DL, for burial. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hitchings visited with their son, O. E. Hitchings and family Sunday. The success of the hoys’ ice cream supper Saturday night was somewhat marred on account of the death of Mr. Dennis. It was first thought they would postpone it, but having their cream on hand they were obliged to make some disposition otf it

The Brook town board has passed an ordinance making it a violation to either keep or sell fireworks within the corporate limits otf the town. • v Miss Ethelyne Champion returned to her home in Chicago today, alter a ten <daytf visit with her aunt, Mrs. Leslie Clark. Her cousin, Miss Ruth Clark, accompanied her for a week's visit in the cityProfessor Longwell and famly Were in Foresman Tuesday evening, where the professor gave a talk to the Brotherhood there on the need of a new constitution in Indiana. The Brotherhood express themselves as well pleased with the talk and Fred is more than pleased with the lunch that came afterward, and the visit of good fellowship.—Brook Reporter.

Attorneys. Parkinson and Honan were in Lafayette Saturday in the interest oftfoe Indiana Northwestern Traction Co. They were opposing the plan to grant ajranchlse giving all the roads of the county over to the Brown-Elmore people. The commissioners there saw very readily that a franchise should be granted only for a definite route and Brown was required to select a route. This will cause the proposition to lay over for a month and the franchise to be republished. Water is running low in the wells that supply Rensselaer. The pumps are adequate but the supply short. There is a considerable abuse of the use of water and it will eventually result on water going on a meter basis. The sooner the better that a notice of warning will be published in a day or two and that the use of water for lawns and gardens will be curtailed. Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Wartena and their two sons, of Leßoy, 111., are spending a few days with-his brother, A Wartena and family, arid his sister, Mrs. Fred McOolly and family. Lorenzo started his vacation by going to Chicago and buying at a bargain a 1912 model Hudson auto, which he is devoting to his family’s enjoyment durng a month’s vacation. Lorenzo and Luther are the owners of the light plant at Leßoy and they recently completed the building of a transmission line from Bloomington, Hi.. 16 miles away and have abandoned their own plant. They are able to purchase the current for less than their coal cost them when they generated the electricity themselves. In addition to this they pass through another small town with their line and this enables them to supply that town and some of the country side. They are finding the new system much better than the old.

There is quite general favor expressed about a concrete bridge across Washington street and only one thing seems to stand in the 'way. That is the possibility that the present channel of the Iroquois may not be sufficient to carry off the water when the Ryan ditch Is completed. That ditch with its various laterals wIH be almost 100 iKiil in length. This will bring a great amount of Water with a oongidenabte rush and the channel as it now exists may not be sufficient. If it would have to be lowered or widened through Rensselaer the cement arch would have.to be taken out or the dredge dismantled and taken through or over. Some one has suggested that before the arch is built the rock beneath might be blasted and taken out, making a hole sufficient to permit the passage of the boat when the spuds and booms are removed. Business men along Washington street are all very anxious for the new bridge if it can be built without too great a cost. It should be as wide aa the brick street, thus almost doubling the driveway, --i