Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1909 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Brook Snedeker made a business trip to Monon Saturday. Chas. Reed, of Tefft, visited Marion Sands Sunday. Hoy Rlshling and family visited Geo. Culp’s Sunday. Simon Parcels took dinner at Arthur Stewarts’ Sunday. Elwood Helfrick and family visited with Geo. Johnson’s Sunday. Mrs. M. Ringeisen has been on the sick list for a few days. Marion Sands had a case in court at Valparaiso last week. J. J. Phillips went to Bloomington on a land deal Monday. M. L. Ford and son, Kenneth, called on Geo. John Sunday evening. Geo. Johnson had business at the county seat Monday. Chas. McCashen has rented the Mrs. Lutz farm, and will get • possession about March Ist. Mrs. Jas. Tyler and daughter, Cora, visited with Mrs. Geo. Johnson Frlday. ~ . Rollin Stewart went to Monon Monday to have some repair work done on his buggy. Four sportsmen from Wolcott came over Tuesday morning enroute to the Kankakee with their camping supplies, evidently for a few weeks’ stay. John C. Ireland raised something Hike fifteen bushels of popcorn this year, the most popcorn any one family has raised In the township. Mrs. M. A. Rlshling came home Tuesday morning, after a visit with her daughter at Remington and also a sister at Reynolds.

Uncle Sam has raised the registry fee from eight cents to ten cents, also the amount for which he will pay for a lost registered article from $25 to SSO. August Tigler buried a good three year old mare Tuesday, that had only been sick a short time with swamp fever. P. T. Robinson has horses that are sick with the same disease. It won’t be long until some one who formerly belonged to the Annanlas club will tell us just how many bushels of corn he can pick from sun to sun. Miss Ina B. Search, of Kewanna, Is here taking care of her sister, Mrs. J. D. Miller, who is unable to walk unaided, on account of a gathering on her ankle. Orville Lambert, of Elwood, and a brother-in-law of Lewis Hooker, has sold his residence property at that place, and will work on a farm here the coming season. At present he Is husking corn for Mr. Hooker. Chas. Saidla will give a practice shooting match at McCoysburg Saturday afternoon. The targets will be thrown out for one cent each and If the boys wish to shoot for a purse It will be at their option. Mrs. Robert Drake and daughters, Hkzel, Ola and Ellen, went to Rens« selaer Tuesday, that being the first time since she started to school that Ola has been absent or missed, a minute's time, a record that comparatively few bold. Patrons of the rural route wjll probably be Interested .to know the amount of mall handled during one month. For the month of October the

carrier delivered 4,742 pieces and collected from the boxes 1,001 pieces of mail, received 24 money orders and sold stamps aggregating something like twenty-two dollars. There are 81 boxes with 90 patrons.