Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1908 — HANGING GROVE TOWNSHIP [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE TOWNSHIP

• • • •- . • '■ . • • 4 4 The McCoysburg barber shop has sgain changed hands and is now ownqd by Orlando Mannen. Oscar Howe has returned from Mitchell, S. Dak., and he thinks the wind blows too strong in the west —Miss Lora Phillips has been siek for several days and has been obliged to miss some of her school. '.'-A'A’A Mrs. Hetherington, of Boone county, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. V. Lewis. Miss Maggie Robertson, of Indianapolis, came up Saturday morning for a.short visit with relatives here. Newton Bowman, daughter Goldie and son, of Battle Ground' are here visiting relatives. Miss Theresa Knopin ski, of Cincinnati, Ohio, is here for a short visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Knopinski. Mr. and. Mrs. G. W. Bond and son, George, and Mrs. Matilda Smith went to Fowler Friday for a visit with relatives. - - -. Lawrence and Effie Blunk, who. have been making their home with Jos. Ross this summer, went to Monon Saturday to see their father. Remember the excursion to Lafayette Friday Oct. 23, only 80 cents for the round trip. This is an excelent opportunity. 7 Miss Lillian Frazer, of Lafayette, returned home Friday after a few days’ visit with Miss Gertrude Downs. • A very dense smoke swept down over Hanging Grove last Sunday evening and continued all day Moni day, evidently some marsh was on fire some where. Another big fire was set out by the eleven o’clock train last Wednesday, sweeping everything clear for nearly a mile, burning several tele-’ phone poles off at the ground. Aunt Mary Ann Robinson and granddaughter took dinner at J. R. Phillips’ Sunday, also Mr. and Mrs.. Van Wood, of Rensselaer, Mr. and Mrs. Willard English and Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Armstrong. Reed McCoy went to Chicago Monday morning to buy a car load of potatoes for his customers. Rensselaer isn’t the only place that potatoes are shipped in car lots. The useful shower given for Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Porter Wednesday night of last week, was attended by a number of their friends. .The happy young couple were the recipients of many useful articles. Rollin Stewart went down to Pence, Ind., last week to visit bls brother Alvin and family, and also to' look for a job husking corn. But people were not ready to husk there yet so he came back home. The republican meeting at McCoysburg Wednesday night. was attended by a large number of . voters as well as women and children. Dr. Sparling’s address was well received by the audience. He was followed by a few remarks by County Chairman Leopold. Another large fire was started Wednesday by. No. 5 on the north side of the track south of Ed Peregrines. It came north to the public road, burning a vacant house, several shocks of fodder and some standing corn. It took a number of men to extinguish the flames. Omar Osborne, of Schenectady, N. Y., is home from a visit with relatives and friends. His parents live north of Rensselaer, but he has a sister and brother living in Hanging Grove. Omar is a graduate of Purdue University, and Is now employed as draftsman, in one of the large steel plants at Schenectady. There has bean considerable clover seed hulled in Hanging Grove this fall. Jas. Lefler and Bob Drake had the largest acreage with 147 ft bushels and 109 bushels respectively, and the seed Is of excellent quality too. Mr. Drake did not have all of his clover cut when the machine came so will have another small job of milling. R. V. Johns, our village blacksmith and mechanic In general, was seized with a pain In his right ear and also his throat Friday afternoon and by Saturday morning It was exceedingly painful. He consulted a doctor at Monon and it was pronounced an abcess. For more than 48 hours he could not even swallow water, however by Monday morning he was able to take