Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1904 — COURT HOUSE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest Gathered In the Offices of the County Capitol. • Marriage licenses issued: May 20, Edwin H. Greenwalt to Florerrce Wood. • May 25, John McMillan to Elsie May Fepters. May 26, Floyd E. Martin to Clara Vicory. —o — No will of the late Joseph C. Harris has as yet been filed for probate, but two deeds, one conveying 320 acres of land in Newton township, to Henry O. Harris, dated July 31,1908, and one conveying certain * lands in Union township to Elbert T. Harris, dated March 21, 1903, were filed for record this week. The considerations stated in the deeds are $10,476 and $28,000, respectively. Dr. A. E. Kirk has just compiled a list of the farmers and householders in Jasper county, from which we find that there are 867 householders in the city of Rensselaer and the incorporated towns of Remington and Wheatfield, as follows: Rensselaer, 566; Remington, 208; Wheatfield, 96. There are 850 farmers in Jasper county living on farms which they own, and 1090 tenant farmers. This list is compiled from the records of the township assessors.

« -°- The wife of John Blaze of Union tp., was declared insane Monday by Squire Troxell and Drs. Miller and Kresler of this city. The family have been living in a tent all winter on the Yeoman farm, and their quarters are said to be filthy in the extreme. They have five children, the youngest but 18 months old. She is thought to be only temporarily insane, and that a short stay at Longcliff will effect a cure. The family formerly resided at Remington, and later in Rensselaer. The woman is a daughter of M. F. Goble of Fair Oaks. J ~ Q ~ AC. M. Blue has filed his resignation as trustee of Marion town- | ship, to take effect June 6. It is rumored that Geo. W. Goff, the republican nominee for the office, will be appointed in Blue’s stead, to serve until Jan. 1, Regarding the propositions nnally made by Blue to assist his bondsmen in making up the $3,000 township funds which he had in the defunct McCoy bank, we are told that he kept putting off doing anything, and finally went back on the jjropositions entirely. The bondsmen then told Blue they would get off his bond unless he did'something or resigned, and he filed his resignation. The agreement with his bondsmen when they signed his bond," is said to have been that the funds were to be left at the First National—or then the Commercial Bank—but Tom McCoy secured the position for Philip Blue as superintendent of the poor farm, it is said, and the depositing of funds in the McCoy bank was possibly in payment for services rendered in that connection.

—l o — suits filed: No. 6674. John P. Levi vs. Anna M. Levi;, action for divorce. The complaint alleges that the parties were married Jan 17, 1900, and separated on Dec. 15, 1900, when defendant left and wholly abandoned plaintiff without his wish and consent, etc., after selling all plaintiff's property, consisting of 2 mules, 1 cow, 500 bushels of corn, farming implements and household goods, and pocketing the proceeds. Defendant is now alleged to reside somewhere in Adams county, Ohio. The plaintiff resides at Eniman, we understand. No. 6675. James H. Chapman, Trustee of A. McCoy & Co., vs. Winifred N. Pence et al; action in injunction. The complaint reoites that said banking firm borrowed of the Central Trust Co., of Chicago, $30,000, some time prior to April 18,1904, and deposited aa collateral security notes of divers persons amounting in the aggregate to $46,000; that said loan had been reduced to $13,000 since first made; that pn April 18, 1904, there was $25,000 of said collateral in the vaults of said Chicago Trust company; the remainder having been sent to Rensselaer banks for collection and proceeds to be applied on said debt of A. McCoy & Go., to said T rust Co, It further alleges: * * "that said

Alfred McCoy was, on said April 18, 1904, indebted on his own individual account and liable as securities for others in the sum of over SBO,OOO. That said Thomas J. McCoy was indebted on his individual acconnt and as surety for others in the sum of over $200,000. That said Alfred McCoy and Thomas J. McCoy then were also members of the firm of McOoy, Son & Porter, a limited partnership, which firm was indebted in a sum in excess of the valufe of its assets. That said Alfred McCoy then was also a member of the firm of McCoy & McDonald, which was also indebted in an amount in excess of the value of its assets. That said firm of A. McCoy & Company was and is indebted in th% sum of mt>» than $420,000 as shown by its books of account and records, and.its available assets do not exceed in value one-half that amount. That on the 18th day of April, 1904, said firm of A. McCoj* & Company was hopelessly inaclvent, not having property subject to execution to pay its debts and the residue of the property of the individual members of said firm, after the payment of the individual debts, added to the assets of said firm will not be sufficient. * * * That said trust (A. McCoy & Co., assignment to James H. Chapman) is insolvent and the assets, however judiciously managed, cannot possibly pay all the valid claims against said trust, and as this affiant is informed mad now believes will not pay 50 per cent of the valid claims against the said A. McCoy & Co.” That said defendants have begun Buits in Chicago to attack the colliteral in said Trust company’s possession,, to secure the payment of claims of defendants against said A. McCoy & Co., and plaintiff asks that defendants be enjoined from further prosecuting such suits; that the collateral may be returned here after paying balance of Trust company loans, and the proceeds thereof be applied to pay valid debts against said insolvent company and said defendants thereby may secure only their pro rata share with other creditors.