Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1909 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Til ■. \ ' \ > sis 9s . **'7 R. S. Drake shipped another car load of hogs .Thursday evening. Mrs. Mary E. Lowe, of Rensselaer, spent Wednesday night with R. L-> Bussell and family. . Mrs. Lottie Swisher, of Medaryville, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. Williamsoh, and family. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lehman, Friday morning, July 9th, a daughter, their second child. No wonder “Bill” raised such a slashing big crop of wheat this year. Mrs. Chloe Hinchman and daughter, of Brook; Mrs. Tom Walters, of Barkley; Mrs. Geo. Robinson and Mrs. Marion Robinson visited at Geo. Parker's Thursday. Mrs. J. D. Miller returned from Rochester Tuesday night, where she has been at the bedside of a sick sister. The latter is in a hospital at that place for treatment, and while she was better when Mrs. Miller left, her case is very doubtful. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. McCoy are here from Indianapolis visiting the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McCoy, also his brother, Reed McCoy, and wife. Mr. McCoy holds a very prominent position in one of the large stores in Indianapolis. J. D. Miller was the victim of a severely sprained wrist last Thursday, that will cause him considerable pain for a few days. He was loading some millet seed in a wagon and somehow his arm was caught on the bed, which allowed the heavy sack to come full force on his wrist. A farm house east of the Osborne school house, belonging to C. M. Horner, of Monon, was destroyed by fire early last Monday morning. A man by the name of Jim Smith was living in the house at the time, and lost every thing they had. It will be remembered by some that this same Smith fired the threshing engine for Franks Bros, a couple of years ago, and that same fall he had a long siege of typhoid fever The origin, of the fire is supposed to be from a defective flue, as they had built up quite a fire on returning from "the celebration at Francesville Sunday night. The fire was not noticed until the eleventh hour and they considered themselves lucky to save the children.