Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1909 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Jas. N. Tyler Is doing some tiling on' his farm this spring. Paul Wiltsen spent Sunday with relatives at Medaryville. C. W. Bussell made a business trip to Rensselaer Monday. » Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McCashen, Saturday, April 10, a daughter, first child. Wash Lowman’s baby continues about the same condition with the whooping cough. Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Baker of Fowler visited at August Tlgler’s a few days this week. Cecil Rishling now has a steady Job on the section at McCoysburg for the summer. Misses Elsie and Zera Smith went to Brook Saturday for a few days visit with relatives. ... Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bussell and daughter took dinner with Chas. Bussell and family Sunday. Robert Johns has secured employment

at Lafayette for this summer and started to work Tuesday. , R. V. Johns made another trip to Monon Saturday night .to have a growth on his eye-lid treated. W. C. Rose unloaded a car load of cows at McCoysburg Saturday night and took them to his farm. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rishling visited with their son Cecil Rishling and wife a couple of days this W’eek. A man by the name of Kalb has moved on the Davis farm that was vacated early in the year by Geo. Potts. Miss Ruby Cooper of Indianapolis has been visiting for several days with Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Smith and family. Chas. Saidlai received a nice box of fresh fish Monday evening direct from Chicago. They were soon all sold out. Miss Carrie Parker, who has been working in Chicago for some time, is coming home this week to remain all summer. Mrs. Ed Downs and children, of Indianapolis, returned home Saturday after a few days visit with P. B. Downs and family. Mrs. J. H. Robertson and grandson, of Indianapolis, returned home Sunday evening after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. John Marnltz. Lark Blunk of Monon came up Tuesday for a couple of days visit with his brother Lawrence, who is staying with Joshua Ross. There was German church at McCoysburg school house Monday, such a stormy day preventing many from coming out. Geo. Potts unloaded a car of fertilizer at Della Tuesday. The roads were quite muddy and it requires four horses to each wagon. . ■ Mrs. Jerome Harmon and daughter Harriett were in Rensselaer Saturday helping decorate the church for the Easter exercises Sunday. Miss Mary Molltar, of Chicago, has been home the past week helping take care of her brother John, whose sickness has been mentioned heretofore. Considerable land lying along Alje Gilmore ditch that has heretofore been idle will be cultivated this season and some of it should raise an abundance of com too. Assistant postmistress- and clerk Vlra Lefler has been sick for several days and unable for duty at the store, but she expects to be able to resume 'her work soon. Andrew Knopinski lost a good "every day" shoe on April Bth, somewhere between the Ridge and Rensselaer. Any one finding same would confer a favor by returning it to him. Bob Drake went up to Halleck's nursery Saturday and bought a number of nice young fruit trees which he will set out on a lot west of his house. He selected some very choice varieties. Great clouds of sand were sent rolling in the air Monday by the terrible* strong wind. The wind almost as bad here as it was nine years ago this fall, when we got a touch of the Galveston storm. Roy, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Wash Lowman, died Tuesday evening of pneumonia and whooping cough. The little follow was past two years old and Just begining to talk and was recognized by all who knew him to be a very bright child for his age- The funeral

was at the house Wednesday at two o’clock and burial was made in the Smith cemetery in Barkley township. The new Ringeisen ditch about to be dug will necessitate the buying of four new bridges. Arrangements will be made if possible to -have the material, ready to construct the new bridges as soon as the grades are cut through. It would be a good thing too if another ditch could be made before the dredge crosses the Monon, starting in south M os C. C. Randle’s and following the old open ditch down to the main channel, but this suggestion will not likely be carried out at this time.