Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 119, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1909 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Miss Theresa Knopinski is here from "Chicago visiting her parents. Miss Alice Middleton, of Rensselaer spent Saturday night and Sunday ■with Miss Ethel Parker. ibd Peregrine and family spent Sunday with his son, Frank Peregrine, and family. Mrs. J. R. Phillips went to Morocco Saturday for a short visit with her brother, Sam Robinson, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Parker, of north of Rensselatr, visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Parker. Ed Becker and family, of near Goodland, visited relatives in McCoysburg Sunday. Philip SUstner, of East Dunn, Benton county, spent Saturday and Sunday with his tenant, J. H. Montz, at McCoysburg. R. S. Drake cemented the basement of his barn last week, also put a cement floor in one of the feed pens to feed the hogs on. Mrs. Minerva Titer and her father-in-law came up Saturday morning from Crawfordsville for a few days’ visit with the formers relatives in this county. Mrs. Titer is a half-sis-ter of Mrs. C. W. Bussell. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eldridge came up from Monon Thursday and spent the day with their son, Nate, and family at McCoysburg. “Uncle” Tom is nursing a carbuncle on his right hand. Chas. Erb has his new barn completed except painting. It is a very nice building and is quite a credit to his farm. Mr. Erb is a very careful farmer and as a result he has afforded much improvement on bis farm during the past five years. The quarterly meeting of the circuit will be held at Lee. The preaching service will be on the evening of November 19th and business meeting will be Saturday morning at ten o’clock. A representative from each point should be present If possible. The “useful shower” for Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Parker at John Mornits’s Saturday fight, was attended by fbput twenty-five of their friends and relatives. The young couple will begin house keening March Ist on the Will Shesler farm, east of Rensselaer.