Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1902 — ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE.

Itemsof Interest Gather ed in the Offices and Corridors of the County Capitol. No marriage licenses have been issued this week—this was “carnival week” aud marriage licenses were not in demand. —o — Appellee’s brief in the case of Robert A. Parkison vs. the Jasper County Telephone Co., was filed in the supreme court last Monday. —o — Marriage licenses: August 16, Harry M. Wood to Elsie E. II ughes. August 16, Martin Harrington to Rosa Erwin. —o— . Tax-Ferret Workman was up from Lafayette Thursday night. He informed the Democrat man that §20,000 had been collected on omitted taxes in Tippecanoe county during the past two weeks, of which he receives 35 per cent. Joe is now traveling in special cars, figuaratively speaking. —o— New suits filed: No. 6361. David Platt vs. Cora Platt; action for divorce. Plaintiff resides at Rensselaer and alleges in his complaint that he was married to defendant, whose maiden name was Cora Adams,on July 31, 1895, and that on Jan. 3, 1899, defendant abandoned him and left the state, and has not since returned, therefore he asks for a divorce on the grounds of desertion and abandonment.

No. 6362. John C. Frazee vs. Hugh Lowe; action to quiet title. —o — Following is a complete list of the allowances made by the county commissioners to assessors and assistants in the various townships of Jasper county for 1902, showing the politics of each assessor: ‘HANGING grove. W E Culp $ 76 00 fGILLAM. Stephen Freeman $ 96 00 Stephen Freeman 2 00 Stephen Freeman 14 00 ♦walker. James M. Spriggs $ 70 00 C H Armstrong 70 OO Mary Armstrong, 5 00 fBAHKLEY. John L Lewis $ 26 00 Charles A W’alker 1(0 00 Charles A Walker 10 00 Laura Walker 12 00 "S Til ARION. N Hopkins sllO 00 Joseph Long. 42 00 IJORDAN. James P Bullis 1100 00 James P Bullis 12 00 Nettie Bullis 10 00 ♦NEWTON. James Yeoman 1102 00 ♦keener. F M Hart $ 92 00 F M Hart 12 00 Pearl Hart : 20 00 •KANKAKEE. Bert Vandercar $96 00 ♦WHEATFIELD. Win Grube J 94 00 Wm Grube 1$ 00 Mary Grube 20 00 tCAKPKNTEU J D Allman * 30 00 J H Allman 110.00 •milboy. W C Huston $ 60 00 t UNION. J R Mallatt SIOO 00 Hattie Mallatt 34 00 J R Mallatt 12 00 Huttie Mallatt .. 8 00 tRENSSELAEU. R B Harris $ 9b 00 R B Harris ' .. 10 00 Mildred Harris 10 00 •Democrat assessor. tßepublican assessor. . tPopulist Assessor.