Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1904 — COURT HOUSE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest Gathered In the Of* flees of the County Capitol. Commissioners’court convened' Monday. o— Amount of unloaned school funds on hand June 1, $747.93. —o — A new telephone has been placed in the Clerk’s office this week. —o — Marriage licenses issued: May 28, William Schulze to May Rodgers. —o — Mrs. John Blaze, of Union township, recently declared insane, was taken to Longcliff Thursday. Mrs. C. A. Roberts assisted the sheriff in taking her there. The matrimonial business improved somewhat duriug the closing daysof May and the total number of licenses issued for the month numbered 7, against 6 for the preceding month and 4 for May, 1903.

—o — The county board of review meets next Monday to hear complaints and equalize assessments. The board is composed of the County Assessor, County Auditor, County Treasurer and John J. Porter of Remington and M. J. Delehanty of Wheatfield, the two latter being appointed by the judge of the circuit court. -—o — Next Tuesday is the day 6et for hearing the Iroquois ditch matter. While there are some who are opposed to the improvement, the great majority of those we have heard express themselves in the matter think the improvement should go through. It must come before long anyway, they argue, and it is better to have done with it and be reaping'the benefits.

Changes in voting precincts must be made at the June session of commissioners’ court. It is the duty of the township trustee of Marion township to notify the commissioners of the fact that in the second precinct of said township an excess of 250 votes (294) were cast at the last general election, and a change in boundary lines or the creation of another precinct must be made.—

New suits filed: No. 6676 Esther C. Williams vs. Charles C. Starr et al; action for foreclosure of morgage, Demand $5,000. No. 6677. John A. Tolman Company vs. William R. Crisler et al; transcript from the Newton circuit court. No. 6678. Oaksford & Fahnestock vs. Jerry Shannon and Thomas Shannon; action in attachment. No. 6679. Victor T. Brossard vs. Christian Larsen, et al; action on note and mortgage. Demand SSOO.

Elbert T. Harris of Remington, has taken out letters of administration in the estate of his brother, the late Joseph C. Harris. We understand that this is done simply to collect life insurance carried by deceased, of which he had two policies of $5,000 each. The report in dispatches from Dublin and New Castle that Joe’s affianced wife, Miss Needham, was named as beneficiary of all his life insurance is probably without foundation. It is rumored that Joe gave her $5,000 last winter, which, if true, is probably all she will receive from his estate.

The hardware firm of Warner Bros, have filed a mechanic’s lein against the new K. of P. building for $1,300 for heating and plumbing furnished in the construction of same. The Knights have thns far been rather unfortunate in renting the rooms in their new building. The structure probably cost them upwards of $30,000, and in addition to the $15,000 or more raised by sale of stock, the Dickinson Trust Co., hold a first mortgage for $12,000 on the property and John Eger holds a second mortgage for $4,000, the latter mortgage having been given last October. The rental rrbm rooms at present is probably insufficient to pay interest and insurance, to say nothing of paying any dividends on the stock issued. - •