Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 307, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1914 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Mrs, Millard Fross and two children went to St. Joseph, 111., last Thursday for a week’s visit with her relatives. Harold Parker, of Marion, is spending his Vacation with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Miller and John D. 'Miller visited, at Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Miller’s Sunday. (Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. McDonald and children went to LaCrosse on Thursday evening lor a few days’ visit with friend's and relatives. iSam Cook has another carload of hogs to be shipped Tuesday night. Mrs. C. C. Randle and two children, Paul and Clifford, attended the Christmas exercises at. Lee last Thursday niigfht and remained until Saturday-morning visiting her sister, Mrs. W. L. Stiers and family. Beginning with the first Sunday in the new year'the Sunday school hour will be 40 o’clock a. m. Mrs. Robert Cook is considerably better and will soon be able to be up and about again. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bussell, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bussell and James Lefler ate Christmas dinner with Chas. Bussell and family. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Westphal and family, of Francesville, spent last Thursday night and Friday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cochran and They started over in their auto but had to abandon it at Mr. Hobson’s' and finish, the trip on foot, on account of the snow drifts. James Lefler went to Geo. Werner’s Saturday to stay over Sunday. Mr. Werner’s condition grows worse every day and does not seem that he can last much longer. W. S. Ixxwman,jeturned to Lafayette Saturday night after spending a couple of days at home. Little Frank’s leg was taken off about half way between the knee and hip Wednesday at 4 o’clock. Three x-fay pictures were taken of the Injured knee the day before, showing the bone to be in a softening condition, even above the knee, so the ony thing left to do was to take off the limb. Frank did not know they were going to take it off uptfl he came out of the anaesthetic sind found it gone. Mr. Lowman has been told by the hospital doctors that the boy now stands a good chance of getting well. It will be four months the first week in January, since Frank cut his knee with the corn knife and during that time be has only missed two or three days of being worked on by the doctors. He has shown re markable grit and has won .the admiration of all who have made his acquaintance. Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Johns had a fine, fait goose roast for dinner Christmas day and had their son, Robert and wife, of Seafleld, and Mr. and Mrs. Dobbins over to help them eat it. They aso had a home Christmas tree Chas. Stultz has been confined to his home the part few days with the grip.