Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1914 — Francesville—From The Tribune. [ARTICLE]

Francesville—From The Tribune.

Relatives from Indianapolis who have been visiting at the William Johnson home in Gillam, returned home Tuesday. Mrs. Elijah Rees has been quite poorly lately having suffered from a second stroke of paralysis. Her daughter, Mrs. James Pogue, of Greenfield, is expected here to care for her until her health is better. C. L. Bader, of Winamac, ( hhs been here overseeing the removal of the bridge east of town, a part of which was taken out Tuesday. Farmers from the east are compelled to go south to the Severns’ bridge or north to the old Engle bridge to get to town. Misses Blanche Minnicus, of cago Heights, Edna Stiller, Bessre Koster and Messrs. Harry Cover, John Osborne, of Monon, and Harry J. Myers visited with friends at Lake Maxinkuckee, Sunday. Ernest Kopka purchased the former Hayworth property from W. E. Spitler Tuesday. Mr. Spitler, took in exchange Mr. Kopka’s residence property in the north part of town and a cash consideration. Herman Bush, of Beaver township, was operated upon in Logansport Wednesday of last week for the removal of his right eye. The eye was seriously injured -when a splinter from a spike tooth penetrated it while Mr. Bush was driving the tooth through the harrow frame. He consulted specialists but they •could not save the eye. E. Timmons reports that he has a crab apple tree in bloom on the W. C. Myers farm northeast of town, and H. A. Myers comes 'along with the nature story that he has an apple tree on his Residence property in the west part of town that bloomed every month last summer.