Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1909 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Mr. and Mrs. Reed McCoy tpok With J. H. Mont* and family Sunday. W. C. Rose went to Chicago Wednesday and bought a fine bunch of cattle. Mrs. James Lefler returned to Wisconsin Monday evening, after a week’s visit with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. George Parker and daughter, Ethel, visited with Mrs. Mary Parker and family in Gillam township. Rev. Pltzer, who formerly preached in Milroy a couple of years ago, preached to a small audience in McCoysburg Sunday night. R. C. McDonald’s store was closed from noon until 6 p. m. Friday during the funeral and burial of his sis ter-in-law at "Rensselaer. The marriage of Mr. Gaylord Parker and Miss Gertrude Downs at Rensselaer Thursday came as a complete surprise to their friends and relatives, even the parents did not know of it until a few minutes before the wedding occurred. But' it is generally supposed that seeing the offer of the King Floral Co. for the first couple to get married during the horse show, was the cause for them making up their minds so suddenly.