Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 211, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1915 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Mrs. Frank Dempsey went to Indianapolis Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bussell ate Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cook. Wilson Searight and ■Son, Ralph, of Logansport, visited Charles Bussell and family Sunday. C. C. Randle had eighteen acres of wheat thrashed out last week that made 40 bushels per acre. Miss Georgia Edmonds, of Fbwier, is Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heck and family for a few days. Mrs. W. S. McDonald and children went to-LaCrosse Thursday evening for a visit over Sunday with relatives. S. W. Noland has picked several fine, big ripe strawberries from 'his patch this fall. This is not hearsay, dither, for tfhe writer had the chance to taste some of the fruit last week. Hubert Maxwell is suffering considerable pain from an injury done to his foot several weeks ago by cutting it with an axe. He has been confined to his bed for the past few days. The flood of several weeks ago was almost duplicated Saturday night again. Rain fell in torrents for nearly two hours, besides raining slowly the balance of the night. No thrashing will be done before Tuesday. Geo. Potts ran his Ford into the ditch west of Thomas McDonald’S place Sunday morning when attempting to pass a buggy, but fortunately no one was injured nor was any damage done to the car.

Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Paris and two children, of Terre Haute, came Saturday evening for a visit over Sunday with the former’s sister, Mrs. Chas. Stultz and family. Mr. Paris is a car inspector for the Vandalia and 'has served in th'at capacity for a number of years. He also resided here about twenty-one years ago. Lightning struck Chas. P. Swing’s barn Saturday night during the rain storm and totally destroyed it, burning several tons of hay and other articles. A good mule worth S2OO was killed on the outside of the bam. Mr. Swing and his hired man were just returning from Lee when the lightning struck the barn. They succeeded in getting out all the horses and most of the harness before the heat drove them out; The barn was a large, modem sructure, having been built only about two years ago at a cost of probably SI,OOO. Everything was insured.