Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1908 — HANGING GROVE TOWNSHIP [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE TOWNSHIP

Clyde Bowman went to Delphi Friday on a business trip. J. M. McDonald was in McCoysburg a few minutes Friday afternoon.

Reed McCoy went up to Kersey Thursday morning to buy some more potatoes for his customers here. Mrs. Hetherlngton, who has been visiting Mrs. J. V. Lewis, returned to her home in Boone county Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Armstrong visited at J. R. Phillip’s Wednesday and attended the republican rally at Rensselaer Thursday. Mrs. Jerome Harmon returned home Friday morning from a visit with her daughter, Mrs. C. B. Crowdeu, at Goodland.

Geo. H. Thomas, of Lafayette, came up Thursday mortiing on the milk train and visited the Wetheral farm. He returned home the same day. Mr. Burlew, of Medaryville, came down to Geo. Potts’ Friday and got his hay pressing outfit, which has been there since he finished pressing hay for James Lefler. The carpet that the charitable citizens here donated material for and had made for' Mr. and Mrs. John Knopinski,is now comp e e l and rea ’y to tack down.

If nothing unforseen takes it, the ■wheat crop in Hanging Grove should be quite extensive next year considering the amount that is usually sown here. Several acres were sown this fall and the wheat Is up 2 or 3 inches high and looks good. Ghas. W. Bussell went to Logansport Wednesday to assist Mr. Pullins, of Rensselaer, with the elk he was to deliver to Wilson Searight, who also has quite a park of deer, wild game, pheasants,' etc. The elk was crated and shipped by express. Another child in the family near Navoo that have the diptheria died Wednesday about 9 o’clock, making the third one that has die! from the dread disease. It is reported also that two, more of the family are in a critical condition and are hardly expected to pull through. The physicians surely have the disease checked as so far no new cases are reported.

Mrs. John Knopinski and daughter Theresa had some thrilling experience about a mile east of Rensselaer Thursday evening on their way home Their horse became unmanageable and ran into the wire fence. Fortunately neither of them were injured, but considerable damage was done to the buggy. A neighbor happened along about the time of the accident and took the victims home. Assistant Superintendent of Railway Mail Service was here Friday confering with Postmaster Reed McCoy. His business here was in the interest of establishing mail service on the C. & W. V. Ry. But that would require a regular passenger train to run on schedule time. It certainly would be a wonderful acoomm< d ‘tion f r pe pH dJong that line should it finally be established.