Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1908 — HANGING GROVE TOWNSHIP [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE TOWNSHIP

C. W. Bussell is moving a house in Francesville this week. Next week he will go to Monon and do some housemoving Where. Mrs. C. W. Bussell was in Rensselaer Monday visiting. Reed McCoy has already got some hardware stock to satisfy the calls of the customers since the burning of the hardware store. You can get nails, stone pipe, buggy whipsT-granfte and tinware, etc. So you see McCoysburg is not going to loose its good name for you can still get any goods you ask for. Mrs. Jerome Harmon went to Goodland, Tuesday morning, to see her daughter, Mrs. C. B. Cowden, she expects to be gone three or four days. Wash Lowman still continues qul e poorly. He has had a severe time of it, and it is hoped by all his friends, tint he may be out again soon. G. C. Petree visited Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bussell at McCoysburg. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. E. Jacks and family visited at C. A. Lefler’s Sunday. Oscar Home went to South Dakota Tuesday morning and will be gone a week or ten days. Wash and Simon Cook had a little excitement all their own, last Filday. They were ditching near the Lee (80) and set some fire to burn off some old grass. The fire got too much fcr them and burned over the entire 80 acres of brush land and for a while looked real fierce.

Mr. and Mrs. John Wilkins, of Hobart, came down Saturday et ening for a visit over Sunday with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Ringeisen. John returned to Hobart Monday morning, but his wife remained with her parents this week. Miss Stella Hansen of Rensseker is sewing at Mr. Moulder’s this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bruce visited Jas. Leflers Sunday. A movement is on foot now to repair the Hanging Grove farmeis telephone line. Several new poles wi Ibe necessary to put the line in good order again. The'Jasper County Telephone Co., are running a new line from McDonald’s corner east to C. L. Randles, and by so doing intend to cut out the line from McCoysburg to Randles as it is too unhandy to repair, especially in the winter time. Tomorrow is the first teachers’ institute of the season. Miss Hazel Lowrey and Mrs. Geo. Stalker were in Rensselaer Monday shopping. Phillips & McDonald sold some of their cattle the fore part of the week. Mrs. George Stalker attended the Methodist Sunday School Convention to Francesville Sunday, and reports an excellent program at both afternoon and evening sessions.