Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1904 — COURT HOUSE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest Oathered In the Offices of the County Capitol. Commissioners’ court will cornvene Monday. —o — W. H. King, who was recently adjudged insane, was taken to the asylum at Longcliff Monday. —o — The annual estimates for expenditures and tax levies must be published by township trustees next week. —o — New suits filed: No. 6691. Jacob Younglas vs. Mary C. Teter et al; action to quiet title. No. 6692. Catharine Mosier vs. Matilda Springer et al; action to quiet title. —o—

The McCoys have been given thirty days additional time in which to file their schedules in the bankruptcy court. This means that the first hearing before Referee Bowers will lie postponed about that length of time. —o — The Democrat is requested to publish the fact that now is the time to kill willows growing in open ditches, and that it is a fineable offence to allow such obstructions to remain in such ditches. Any time up to the 15th of August willows may be effectually killed by pulling the bark down the sides of the larger trees or cutting the smaller bushes. —o — Richard Wilkin, who is in jail here awaiting trial for burglarizing a saloon at Kniman recently, attempted escape a few days ago by sawing out a, window sill with a saw made from the hoop from a pail and tearing away the brick and mortar underneath. He was discovered before a hole large enough to give him his liberty was made.

Judge Hammond and W. V. Stuart, of the law firm of Stuart. Hammond & Sims oE Lafayette, were in the city Wednesday on business, connected with the Mc-‘ Coy bank matter. An effort is to be made to have Referee Bowers call a meeting earlier than the thirty days extention of timp granted for filing a schedule, and have a trustee elected. We understand that a number of the creditors favor E. P. Honan of this city for trustee. —o — Clerk Warner with his wife and baby, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Thompson and baby, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Nowels and baby and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Brenner picniced in the woods near Foresman last Sunday and dinnered off fried chicken and other good things which they took along with them. Besides spending an enjoyable day they visited the splendid farm home of George Ade, the noted Hoosier author and playwright, west of Foresman. Ade probably has the finest farm residence in the state, and it is most luxuriously finished and furnished. —o — Unless something happens today, July, 1904, will go down in history as one of the poorest July’s fm* the marriage license business Jasper County has experienced in the past twenty years. Of the few issued thus far this month, one was to parties from Monticello, and did not properly belong to this county. The following record of the number of marriage licenses issued in. this county for the month of July past during 20 years will be of interest: 1885 3 1895 12 1886.. 4 1896 6 1887 2 1897..... 4 1888 5 1898 6 1889 6 1899 5 1890.. ...10 1900 4 1891 0 1901 11 1892.. 6 1902 6 1898 6 1903 9 1894.. .... ...... 3 1904....... 2