Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1914 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Ml and Mrs. Gaylord Parker and children met with quite an accident Thursday night while returning home from hand concert at Rensselaer. The young horse they were driving took fright at a white pony beside the road, about a mile east of town, and overturned the buggy and occupants in the ditch. Mrs. Parker received a broken nose and bruised face, with some other bruises about the body. She held a two-month-old baby In her arms at the time of the accident. None of the other members were Injured, fortunately. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Parker, happened along in their automobile soon after the accident and took • them back to town, where a doctor was called to dress the wound. Mrs. Lizzie V. Cole, of Rockville, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Jordan. W. H- Berry and family, of Pleasant Ridge, J. N. Tyler and family and Claud Fulk and mother visited at Geo. Johnson’s new country home Sunday.

A number of friends and relatives gathered at the home of Mt. and Mrs. Geo. Parker Sunday for a sort of reunion and picnic dinner. The occasion was in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peregrine, of Valparaiso, who c%me down Saturday evening and could not remain longer than Sunday. The dinner was spread under .the shade trees in the yard and everyone ate at the first table. Those present were, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peregrine and two children, Valparaiso; (Mrs. Van Wood and children and Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Hamilton, of Rensselaer; Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Parker, of Pleasant Ridge; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wells, and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Robinson, of Barkley; Miss Cory, of Oaklandon; Morris Jacks, of Lee; Mr. and Mrs. Wash Cook, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. McDonald, Mr. and* Mrs. Roy Bussell and families; Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Cook; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Armstrong, Mrs. J. R. Phillips and Scott Robinson. Miss Iva Poole eame in the afternoon and furnished music for the crowd with a graphophone. One of the Monon trains set Are in the Delos Thompson pasture 'between Pleasant Ridge and McOoysburg Sunday 'about noon, and burned over a large tract of land. With already a pasture shortage, the damage will be keenly felt. A large force of men fought very hard to keep the fire from spreading rwor&e.

Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Hatton, of Lowell, were over-Sunday guests at the home of his father, Sylvester Hatton. Mrs. Kenneth Rhoades and Miss Jane Parkison went to South Bend today and will Join their uncle, Rev. D. A. Rodgers and family for a week’s outing at Little Lake Hudson. G..W. Lowry, after a visit with his brother, Spm and their aged mother, left Saturday for Marion, where he will sperid a few days before returning to his home in Texhoma, Okla.

Miss Emma Hirschey, after a visit of three weeks with her sister, Mrs. Oscar Hauter, left today for Three Rivers, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Crebs, of Frankfort, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hopkins. The ladies are old friends and both formerly lived at Goodland. Miss Anna Clager returned to Englewood today after a visit over Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Barry Brown, on the Loughridge farm, north of town. No matter where you go you can have The Republican sent to you every day “it is published. If is a great pleasure to have the home paper coming every day during a vacation. Ofttimes very important things occur and it is nice to keep posted. The Evening Republican will be sent to any address in the United States for 10 cents per week. President Wilson has had congress in continual session since April 15th, 1913, and the hope of a summer vacation has now faded away, for President Wilson Is determined to keep them In session to pass an anti-trust measure. It is a difficult thing to get enough members of each branch together to secure a quorum, but the wearied lawmakers believe that there will be no rest before fall or possibly not until spring.