Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1901 — TAX-FERRETS’ REPORT [ARTICLE]

TAX-FERRETS’ REPORT

Complete Report of Findinss to Date As Shown of Record—Other Court House News. The tax-ferrets made a report of their work up to date to the commissioners. The summary shows: 1 Number notices sent ont 66 “ letters returned 2 ~ not hen rd from.. . .... 14 T ' " cases adjusted 20 “ cases dismissed.. 19 “ cases continued 11 Total 60 Ain't adjusted $ 2,503 58 Ain't collected 553 27 Balance adjusted but unpaid $ 1.950 31 The report sets out that the amounts set opposite the following names have been paid: Eleanor M. Adams, Rensselaer $ 53 20 G A Anderson, Rensselaer 4 51 Mary A Neir, Kankakee tp 37 67 Wm H Wilcox. Union tp 7 12 Same, 17 15 Daniel T O'Connor. Remington.../.... 12 17 Icadora Morris. Remington 103 65 Michael J Costello. Remington.. . 191 28 Robt C May, Carpenter tp 13 08 Nason Coulthurst. Carpenter tp 113 54 *553 37 Following cases with amounts owing have been adjusted, that is the parties have come in, we understand, and agreed to the assessments being placed on the special tax duplicate against them, the amount to be paid soon: George M Kessinger, Rensselaer $ 38 79 Kate Watson. Rensselaer 318 66 John Coen. Rensselaer 82 17 Wm S Day, Rensselaer 7 73 W O Florence. Newton, tp 32 86 W S Day, Barkley tp 26 88 David S Alter. Union tp 2 36 George M Kessinger. Jordan tp 7 87 Godfried Rose. Carpenter tp 40 03 $657 35

The latter figures were taken from the special tax duplicate in which the amount of the omitted taxes is placed. It will be seen that it is $1,292.96 less than the amount of claims adjusted but remaining unpaid. This, we presume, is from the fact that a number of claims have been adjusted but are not yet placed upon the tax duplicate. Our next report in the matter will include the above cases, providing they have been placed on the duplicate at that time and thus become a matter of public record. —o— Mr. Carnahan, one of the principals of the tax-ferrets, was here W ednesday. —O’Miss Mary Bates, the popular and obliging deputy clerk, is taking a month's vacation and will visit friends at Ladoga. , —o — Rev. Ward united in marriage Geutha M. Guild and Mary Nicholson, both of Gillam tp., at the Clerk’s office, July 4. Appellee's brief in the case of Charles R. Weatherhogg vs. Board of Commissioners of Jasper county was filed in the supreme court Tuesday. —o —

Philip Blue is collecting Jasper county's delinquent personal taxes, and we notice that the cowpuncher of the Barnacle is still several years “shy,” there being 123.62 charged up against him. We would kindly suggest that this tax be collected NOW, this year. Unless it is, someone might be disposed to make it warm for the officers who are making fish of one and flesh of another in the matter of tax-paying. New suits filed: Wm. B. Austin vs. Albert Sayers et ux; foreclosure. Jas. H. Chapman, atty. Landy McGee vs. Mary A. McGee; petition to have guardian appointed. Jesse E. Wilson, atty. Mrs McGee is Landy’s mother. She is 67 years of age and petitioner alleges is of unsound mind and incapable of transacting business. Her husband died a few weeks ago, leaving a residence nroperty and three acres of ground 2| miles west of town which the petitioner . says is worth about ♦7OO, and $54 worth of personal property. It is to prevent her from disposing of this property, the petition relates, that a guardian is asked for. Samuel R. Nichols vs. Emmet L. Hollingsworth, Rial B. Harris and the Commercial State Bank; for money on demand. Sellers <fc Uhl and Hanley <fc Hunt, attorn-

eys for plaintiff. The action is to recover money alleged by plaintiff to have been paid by him on a note given to A. McCoy & Co., in Sept. 1894, by John L. Nichols as principal,-and plaintiff and Harris as sureties; that at the time he paid said money he thought that he might have executed such a note and forgotten the fact, but he has since found that he never gave any such note and that flie representations that he had were false and fraudulent. —o — The County Council at its special session Tuesday made the following appropriations: One 40-ft iron bridge Barkley tp $750 Ot One 40-ft iron bridge Barkley tp 750 00 One 25-ft steel arch bridge Carpenter tp3oo 00 One 40-ft iron bridge Walker tp 750 00 One4o-ft iron bridge Walker tp 72® 9C One4o-ft iron bridge Walker tp 750 00 , Total bridge appropriations.. $4,050 00 Expense Ji. R. election Marion tp.... 172 70 To tax-ferrets 2,500 00 Omitted tax duplicate and record 34 00 For Supt. to look after county 's interests in the improvement of the streets about the public square. 150 00 An appropriation of $5,966.25 was asked for to pay for the improvement of the three streets about the square, but the council decided that it would be time enough to appropriate funds for the improvement at the regular meeting in September, and made no appropriation.