Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1909 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

The balloon, both on Thursday and Friday, landed in the neighborhood of John P. Walters’, southwest of McCoysburg a couple of miles. Mr. Gifford brought his new steam shovel to McCoysburg early Friday morning for use at the over-head crossing. It .has been in use at the north end all summer doing grade Work. , Dicie Zook, foreman of the steam shovel, was struck by a falling hammer on the back of his head Wednesday at Zadock. Quite a gash was cut in his scalp, but he was taken to Kersey and a doctor called from’ DeMotte, who sewed up the wound- Chas. Stevenson is temporarly managing the steam shovel. Section foreman Smith Hughes was on the sick list last week. About twenty-five people went to Rensselaer from McCoysburg Saturday morning. Miss Hazel Drake was in Chicago, a few days last week, visiting relatives. M. L. Ford has bought a half car load of feeding cattle. G. W. Brandenburg has a brand new school transfer wagon for delivering pupils to the Pleasant Grove school. For the past two years he has used a wagon of his own manufacture, that served the purpose quite well. But the new one is much more comfortable, having an enclosure for the driver too. Former Mayor D. B. J. Schafer was nominated for mayor on the first ballot at the republican city convention in South Bend Tuesday by one vote. Other nominations follow: For city judge, William N. Bergar; for city clerk, Casimir Woltman; for councilmen-at-large, Jos. Kish, Harry S. Badet and Charles E. Maurer.