Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1904 — ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE.

iMms of Intereot datborod In the Offices and Corridors of the County Capitol. Commissioners’ court convenes Monday. —o — County Superintendent Hamilton attended the State Teachers Association meeting at Indianapolis this week. > -°~ Txustees Maloney of Kankakee, and Clark of Wheatfield, were down Tuesday, getting their December draw of funds from the county treasurer. —o — James N. Leather man, the new county auditor, took charge of bis office yesterday. Mr. Leatherman will retain E. L. Clark as deputy for a short time, until he gets the run of the office. —o — There were 12 marriage licenses issued last month, against 10 for the month previous and 15 December, 1902. In December, 1901,. there were 20 licenses issued, 7 the day before Christmas. What means this gradual dropping off? —o — Marriage licenses issued: Dec. 25, Edward Francis Mills to Maude Joshua Healey. Dec. 25, Calvin C. Greenfield to' Celia E. McCullough. Dec. 28, Charles G. Weiss to Vesta A. Seelye. —° — W. T. Smith of Milroy tp., will resign his office of township trustee some time next month, preparatory to moving to near Mexico, Mo., where he purchased a 280 acre farm some time ago. His father, A. J. Smith, and brothers Frank and Lewis, have purchased a 330 acre farm just across the road from W. T’s. farm and will leave with the latter about Feb. 1. —o — The various township trustees will make their annual settlement with their advisory boards next Tuesday. Under the act of 1903 their reports must be itemized and published within four weeks after such settlement in the two leading newspapers of the county, representing the two leading political parties. Each specific item of receipts and expenditures must be set out in the publication the same as contained in the report made to the advisory board. (Acts 1903, page 112.) —o —

The commissioners met in special session Tuesday and awarded the contracts for stationery, approved the bond of S. R. Nichols, the new county treasurer, and allowed several claims. In the stationery contracts, classes 1,2, 3, were awarded to the Burt-Terry-Wilson Co., of Lafayette. The bid is on each article separately, and is not totaled, therefore the total depends on the amounts ordered during the year. Class 4 was awarded to Leslie Clark for $329.50, and the contract for janitors’ supplies was awarded to A. F. Long at $31.20. The bond of S. R. Nichols, county treasurer, for $160,000, was signed by Henry O. Harris, Joseph C. Harris, Alfred McCoy, Thomas J. McCoy, A. Parkison and Emmet L. Hollingsworth. The state agent for the Burroughs adding machine submitted a bid of $375 for an adding mach£fi,e> and a bid of $692.50 was submitted by a Chicago company for steel vault furniture for clerks and recorder’s offices. —o — New suits filed: No, 6598. Patrick Hallagan vs. Albert D. Courtright; action on note and mortgage. No. 6599. Mary M. Arnold vs. Christian- F. Arnold; action for divorce. The parties reside in Barkley tp., and this is the second application for divorce by plaintiff The first was filed May 26* 1902, but later the differences were patched up and the case was dismissed. The present complaint charges habitual drunkeneas, cruel <and inhuman treatment in beating aud choking plaintiff at divers times, also threatening to throw her in the river on or about July 1, 1901; striking her over the bead with a gun and inflicting a severe scalp wound about August 15, 1902, also making a voileut attack on her Deo. 1,1903, and chok-

ing her until compelled to desist bv bystanders, etc,, etc. The complaint alleges that plaintiff was compelled to leave defendant by reaoon of said inhuman treatment, and did leave him on Dec. 24, 1903. and has since lived apart from him. Plaintiff alleges that defendant has personal and realty valued at 12,500, and she asks for divorce and $6,000 alimony. Plaintiff is now with her people at Peru, and her attorney is Frank D. Butler of that city.