Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1909 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Miss Hazel Drake returned home Monday from her visit at Kokomo. Samuel Karr was a county seat caller Friday. F. W. Fisher, of Tefft, came down to his farm Wednesday morning on a short business trip. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ranton, of Hoopston, 111., are visiting W. C. Rose and family. Mrs. Hoy Rishling visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Osborne, from Friday until Sunday. Mrs. Geo. Johnson and Mrs. Foulk spent Thursday with Mrs. Jos. Stewart. The Methodist Home Mission met at the home of Mrs. Will Rishling last Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Johnson were guests of Lewis Cooley and wife Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. White, of near Medaryville, spent Thursday with their daughter, Mrs. B. Snedeker. Mr. and Mrs. Ray White, of Medaryville, visited at S. B. Snedeker’s Saturday and Sunday. Marion Sands has completed a 150 acre job of fall plowing on the Lawler ranch. Thomas Newbold, of Buffalo, is busy on the east side of Hanging Grove, shredding fodder. Joshua Ross has a new r portable corn crib which his landlord sent to him from Roanoke, 111. S. R. Nichols loaded a part of a car of hogs at McCoysburg Thursday evening and finished it at Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. John Phillips went to Monticello Monday for a few days’ stay. Ira Williamson come home Saturday evening from Cambridge, lowa, where he has been working for the past summer. Miss Ina Search returned to her home at Kewanna Wednesday, after two or three weeks’ stay with her sister, Mrs. J. D. Miller. Several from here attended the funeral of Harvey Phillips at Rensselaer Friday. More would have gone had they got the word in time. J. C. Warner, of Francesville, who has been driving his grocery and dry goods wagon on the east side, has sold his outfit and will go on the road in the interest of a wholesale candy store at Logan sport. George and Isaac Parker went to Marion Monday to see their brother, Jack, who is in very feeble health. Sam Parker, of Mitchell, S. Dak., is also there, and will spend a few days with relatives here before returning home. Last Saturday, while husking corn, Johnie Johnson found a copper one cent piece, Which was dated 1820, and in order to make his lucky find as far reaching as possible, he tossed the big copper in the contribution box at church. It was about the size of a half dollar. The big rain Monday night and Tuesday is causing a serious set back to corn husking. A number of farmers are howling because they must accept eighty pounds for a bushel and if the weather continues damp the grain buyers will not likely cut the number of pounds per bushel for some time. || ’ Grandpa Zable, the aged father of Wm. Zable, near Lee, and Mrs. M. Ringeisen, of this township, died at one o’clock Sunday morning, having been in feeble health for some time. The funeral was held at the home of Wm. Zable Wednesday at ten o’clock. Interment was made in the Osborne cemetery. The deceased was born in Germany in 1820, being 89 years, 5 months and 20 days old at the time of his death. He and wife came to this country and settled in Illinois about 1875, and in 1887 moved to the place where he died in White county. He was the father of five children, whom, with his wife survive him. There are forty-one grandchildren and thirtyfive great-grandchildren. Rev. Lindburst, of Reynolds, preached the funeral. A large crowd of friends and relatives gathered to pay ttfeir respects to the good old gentleman.