Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1903 — ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE.

Items of Interest Oathered In the Offices and Corridors ol the County Capitol. Clerk Major made a business trip to Bracey and other points in Virginia this week. —o — In the commissioners’ sale of the Reed tract of land in Jordan tp., last Saturday, Thomas Reed, a son of decedent, was the purchaser, the price being $64 per acre. Marriage licences issued: Oct. 19, Allie Craword to May Erwin. Oct. 20, Charles V T. Davis to Dorotha E. Wills. Oct. 23, Edward Lewark to Mary Nelson. —o —

The south Barkley gravel road is completed and was accepted by the county commissioners Saturday. There are between seven and eight miles of this road, and it runs east and west through the southern part of Barkley tp. There is no court in Newton county this week and Judge Hanley is at home discoursing on the prospective speed qualities of his young trotter, while Court Reporter Walker is busily engaged in sparking six different girls and trying to convince each girl that she is “the only one.” New suits filed: No. 6561. Emmet L. Hollingsworth, administrator of the estate of Albert Bertrand; deceased, vs. Philomene Bertrand et al; petition to sell real estate. No. 6562. Dora Brown vs. Charles Burkland; action for slander, demand $10,000; transcript from Newton county. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff is over the age of 21 years, is aud alwayi has been a person of good character, honest and chaste in all her deportment, etc., that defendant, intending to ruin plaintiff’s fair name and reputation, circulated false and defamatory stories concerning her chastity and was living a fast life in Chicago. The plaintiff is a resident of Jasper county, and the defendant resides at Brook. No. 6563. Emmet L. Hollingsworth vs. William 8. Day et al; action on notes and mortgage. No. 6564. Jennie M Thompson vs. Federal Oil add Asphaltum Co.; action to quiet title.