Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1901 — ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE.

J. B. Workman, chief of the taxferrets, returned Sunday from a weeks absence in Lafayette, Indianapolis and other points. Chicago expert came down and put the court house clock in running order again. It is understood, however, that this expert couldn't hold a candle to those who are alleged to have accompanied the commissioners to Milwaukee when the clock was purchased. —o—yl Sheriff W'ildasin of Newton cbunty, was in the city Sunday for the purpose of taking “Hoopty Doodle” Powell, the Brook terror, who has been in jail here for some time, to KeDtland for trial. He found his prisoner too ill to be moved, however, and had to go back empty handed. ■ —o — Marriage liceuses: Oct. 12, Homer A. Lakin to Grace C. Armentront Oct. 16. Oren Francis Parker to Cedelia Agnes Harris. Oct. 16, Jay W. M. Stockton to Stella £. Perkins. Oct. 16, Cyrus Earl Duvall to Leona Myrtle Biggs. The heating pipes sprung a leak recently in the tunnel just south of the court house, and a hole was dug down to them last week and the leak repaired. Thg leak was where the main connections are made, and the hole was bricked op so that in the future it will be easier got at if any trouble occurs there. —o— New suits filed: No. 6202, Wm. B. Austin vs- Hester Grayson; note and foreclosure. J. H. Chapman, atty. No. 1165, State of Indiana vs Parker Overton; appeal from Justice’s court. No. 1166. State of Indiana vs. Warren Bullis; appeal from Town Clerk of Remington. —o — As a result of the tax-ferret investigation the following sums have been placed on the "omitted tax duplicate” since our last report: PLACID OH DUPLICATE AMD PAID. Edward T. Whaatfleld tp *33 78 Edward T. Bins, Wheat field 36 82 Cynthia A. Barnett, Remington 13 S 3 Samuel Bowman, Remincton 7 TO Bvered Blake, Carpenter 14 M PLACID ON DC FLIC ATM BUT UNPAID. Wm. H. Randle, adm. Nancy J. Shaw eatate, Renmelaer $ 7*7 63 W. W. Bedford, Marlon tp 114 George V. Bloom, Remlngtoo 12 70 Farnum R. Curtia, agt. for AlioeCoulthurat. Remington 1,063 68 The records of Jasper oounty can boast of some literary gems in orthography qnd syntax. Here is one verbatim et literatum that appears on Commissioners Dooket No. 9, August term, 1900, and is supposed to be in the "hand write” of the Hon. Simeon A. Dowell, the cattle dealer, and who aots as commissioner for Jasper county on the side: “aug Turin iqoo 3 day Comes the ptitioners by hanly and hunt and shoes to the cort the filing of the Report of the viewers on july 3. 1900. of writen notice bering ol report published in ‘the Ransleir Rebubican a corddmg to law. parties defulted bird finds that the report is acording in haus to the preposed ditch is of bumic eutility conducte to bublic helth and the same is spesified in viewers report-the viewer to meat on monday aug. 13 and make final report"