Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1903 — ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE.

Items of Interest Gathered In the Offices and Corridors of the County Capitol. Marriage licenses: Feb. 11, Arthur Baker to Lydia Iliff. —o — The White circuit court convened last Monday. The docket contains 117 civil causes. —o — Deputy County Treasurer James Parkinson will move back upon his farm this spring. —o — Barkley, Union, Milroy, Gillam, Keener and Wheatfield townships will have but six months of school the present term; Kankakee, six and one-half months; Hanging Grove, Newton, Marion and Jordan, seven months; Carpenter, seven and one-half months. The reports of the various township trustees of the county on account of poor relief for the year 1902, shows the following amounts expended: Gillam<2l 93 Wheatfield3o3 26 MilroyNone Hanging Grove.ls 00 Unionsß 00 Carpenter3B9 42 Jordan None Marion.Bo6 40 Kankakeelß 00 Newton None Walker 19 85 Barkley 427 88 Keenerl72 14 —O— The reports of receipts and expenditures for the Jasper county poor farm for the two years and 11 months that Mr. Clark was superintendent show the following totals: Receipts, 2 yrs. 11 m 0556,654 09 Expenditures, 2 yrs. 11 rn056,549 14 Surplus of receipts $lO4 95 The reports for the three years previous show a total deficit of $5,757.00, or about $2,000.00 per year. Judge Hanley has changed the style of the circuit court bar docket, and the one now issued will probably cost about five times more than that issued under Judge Thompson. The bar docket for the February term contains 1 ditch cause, 10 State causes, 8 guardian causes, 42 administration causes, and 70 civil causes. The list of attorneys shows that there are 27 attorneys in Jasper county —20 at Rensselaer, 4 at Remington, 2 at Wheatfield, and 1 at DeMotte. —o — The law requires the county commissioners of each county in Indiana to make an annual settlement with the county auditor and county treasurer at their regular January meeting of each year of all the business of the preceding year; to spread such report or settlement upon the commissoners’ record and to publish the same in the two leading papers of the county representing the two political parties, etc. This is done we believe in every county in the state except Jasper. Here we have not had a settlement as required by law since this law went into effect, and two regular meetings have already gone by this year since the settlement was due, and no settlement made. Why is not settlement made here at the time the .law says it shall be made? —o — New suits filed: No. 6446. Mary E. Florence vs. W. C. Bab- * cock, county auditor, and the county commissioners; action for re instatement of record and cancellation of mortgage. This action is brought to perfect title, and was made necessary by the burning of certain county records in the court house fire here many years ago. No. 6445. Julia E. Bishop vs. Peter Brook; transcript from Newton county. No. 6447. Matter of appointment of guardian for Mary E. Ramey. Court finds that said Mai'y E. Ramey is of unsound mind, and Richard Grow was appointed guardian. No 6448. Albert Graham vs. Patrick Halligan: action for damages alleged to have been done by defendant’s cattle breaking into field of corn on lands leased by plaintiff of defendant. No. 6449. Amos Winship vs. Everett Halstead; action on note. No. 6250 John Mohler vs. Abraham G. Hardy; habeas corpus proceedings. No. 6251. American Food Co.

vs.' Everett Halstead; action on note and account. > No. 6452. John L. Weber vs. Daniel W. Meyers; action in conversion. —o — The circuit court has been grinding all week, but not much of importance has been done Following is a report of the more important business transacted: State vs. Alva and William McNeil, for keeping gaming device; motion to quash indictment sustained. Ray D. Thompson as executor of the estate of David J. Thompson vs. Abraham Halleck and Ransom Halleck, action on note; Judgment for plaintiff in sum of $189.25 and costs. John C. Lowe vs. William M. West et al, action on note' and mortgage; judgment for plaintiff in sum of $466.04 and costs. Kahn Tailoring Co., vs. Fred Phillips, action on account; judgment for plaintiff, $131.29 and costs. William Della Lintner was adopted by Benjamin Richard, and Sadie Lorinda Lintner by Carl Willis. Mrs. Nancy Booth was granted a decree of divorce from Charles Booth and restoration of her maiden name of Nancy Gross; decree to be issued on payment of costs. Frank E. Babcock vs. board of commissioners of Jasper county, action on. account; plaintiff asked for change of venue from the court, county and circuit. “Honest Abe” appeared as attorney for the county and objected steneously to change from the circuit. Plaintiff was willing case should be sent to either White or Tippecanoe counties, and offered to go to the superior court at Hammond, but objected to going to Newton county solely on account of the great inconvenience of reaching there and the heavy expense of witnesses, all of which would fall on the county if he wins this case. Abe wouldn’t consent to go to White county because he had been whipped by plaintiff there once, and the county treasury was milked of SIOO to $l5O to gratify Abe’s personal spite. The court finally sent the case to Newton county.