Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1900 — McCOYSBURG. [ARTICLE]

McCOYSBURG.

Corn planting is about over. Temple Hammerton was here Sunday. Frank Meyers went to Chicago Sunday. Gustave and Ed Benhart spert Sunday here. | At the latest report, Mr. Bailey was some better. Miss Clare Lutz is spending the week at her home. One of Will Eldridge's horses was killed by the cars last week. Miss Alice Hellengreeu didsome sewing for Mrs. Murray last week. Wm. Arnott will take the census of Hanging Grove and Milroy tp«. Leonard Lefler of Pleasant Ridge, spent Sunday with Clyde Randle. Hanging Grove's graduates are Charles Peregrine. Jennie and Alice Eib. Childrens' night will be held at this place one week from next Sunday nigbt. Mrs. Lily Armstrong was appointed leader of the C. E. for next Sunday evening. Miss Rena Lutz and Charley Tnompson of the Osborne vicinity, were here Sunday evening. Some of our boys will be soldiers yet. They had quite a corn-cob battle last Sunday during the rain. Some of the young people of this vicinity went to Rensselaer to take teachers' examination Saturday. Quite a large crowd went to see the ball game last Sunday but the Pleasant Ridge nine didn't appear. Charles Bussel did some repair work in the way of replacing sills and flooring the porch for Mr. Foster last Saturday. Herman Nims will some day in the future make an umpire if he just has the courage to stay with it untill he gels it learned. Gifford, it seems, will build jnore than one railroad, as he has three lines surveyed up to this time. Still he doesn’t know where he wants the maiq line! - Some fellow who is willing to hustle can make a fortune in about two weeks. For further particulars call on phone N. Texas avenue, and you will hear something like this, “catching frogs."