Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1909 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Dora Phillips went to Rensselaer Wednesday. Chas. Saidla made a business trip to Rensselaer Tuesday. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Porter, May 24th, a son, and their first child. ’ rs... > Mr. and Mrs. Crowden, of Goodland, came up Saturday for a visit over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Harmon. Mrs. Clara P. Bussell, Mary E. Lowe, Sarah and Virgie Holmes, of Rensselaer, were out to C. W. Bussell’s for dinner Sunday. ' Moffits dredge is now ready to begin work, but is detained by the tardiness of a car of coal that has been ordered several days. Word came to McCoysburg early Tuesday morning reporting the death of Bent Wilson, east of Monon. Mr. Wilson is an uncle of Mrs. Robert S. Drake. J. H. Montz went to Monon Monday night to secure some more song books for the singers at the commencement to be held at McCoysburg tomorrow evening. Chas. Bussell had the misfortune to lose his pet deer Monday. It was sick a few days and all medical aid seemed in vain. It is thought black tongue caused its death. Mrs. Kessiner, of Fair Oaks, came down to McCoysburg last week to visit her husband, who is working on the new dredge, and while here took a few snap-shots of the beautiful scenery near McCoysburg. G. W. Infield Is out to his farm here this week making some improvements. He is-fixing up the former hotel building for the section foreman and his family, and the house will be ready to move into probably next week.

Miss Donna Schlegelmilch, of Monticello, who has been visiting Rev. Scott Simonson and family for the past couple of weeks, gave quite an Interesting talk on missionary work in the foreign countries, Sunday evening, at McCoysburg. She has spent some time at the Moody Bible Institute at Chicago preparing herself for that line of work and is expectelng an appointment to a vacancy in the missionary force in Japan soon, and if successful, she will sail from Seattle for that country in a couple of months. Speaking of sacrifices, it surely must mean something to leave our friends and relatives and native Iknd to go among heathens.