Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1904 — COURT HOUSE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest Gathered la the Offices of the County Capitol. The annual County Teachers’ Institute will convene Monday, Dec. 19. —o — The McCoy cases venued to Lake county will come up at the opening of the December term of the Superior court at Hammond, which convenes Dec. 26. —o — The term of County Superintendent L. H. Hamilton will expire in June, 1907. Under the present law the county superintendent’s term is four years, and Mr. Hamilton was elected in June, 1903. —o — Four years ago the democrats elected a majority of 149 of the township trustees of Indiana. This year the republicans forged ahead and elected 508 trustees to the democrats 503. There were also seven independent candidates elected this year. —o — Marriage licenses issued: Dec. 3, Emerson Matheny to Muriel Donnelly. SL.Dec. 7, Clyde Davisson to Myrtle Barkley. Dec. 8, Homer Slaughter to Zora Blankenship. —o — Crumpacker has recommended Tom Burt for postmaster at Lafayette. Burt is a member of the Burt-Terry-Wilson stationary firm that charges the taxpayers of this and neighboring counties in their territory two or three prices for books and stationary, and is a politician of considerable prominence in the Star City. —o — suits filed: No. 6753. Harvey R. Hartman vs. Jacob Dyke et al; action in attachment. No. 6754. James E. Myers vs. Nora E. Bicknell, John N. Bicknell and Alva Stephens; action to guiet title. No. 6755. La Rue Bros, vs Alfred Collins; action on note. —o — The first meeting of creditors in the George A. Chappell bankruptcy case of Remington, was held at Hammond Satnrday. J. J. Hunt of this city was appointed trustee. Most of the creditors, we understand, are wholesale bouses and implement manufacturers. It is thought the assets will pay about 25 cents on the dollar.

a — 0 — Regarding the petition that is being circulated by trustee C. M. Blue of Marion township, to the legislature to be relieved from liability for the loss of some $3,300 township funds lost in the McCoy bank, we have been told by several of Blue’s bondsmen that he agreed with said bondsmen not to deposit any funds in said bank, and in doing so he violated his positive agreement with them. Possibly the big interest offered by the McCoys was the attraction that drew Marion township funds to this bank. —o — The judgment of Jacob Dyke vs. the Presbyterian Church of Remington, mention of which has been made at different times through these columns as the case has been in court, was paid Monday. The original judgment was for $350. and was taken some two years ago; it drew 6 per cent interest from the rendition thereof, and with interest amounted to 4386. The amount paid in here was $429.35, which included the costs. They had previously paid ♦lB for their transcript to the appellate court, and the two briefs, attorneys fees, etc., in both the lower and higher courts, will probably run the total expense to the church people up to S7OO. As soon as the judgment was paid in here a suit in attachment was immediately filed on $l2O of the amount on a grocery bill of some SB2 alleged to be owing by Dyke to Harvey R. Hartman of Remington. —o — The county board of education met here Monday and discussed questions pretaining to school work. Among the matters of interest acted upon was the passing of a resolution urging pupils of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades to attend the sessions of Farmers’ Institute and that such

attendance would not be counted I “absent”; also the county superintendent was requested to get an opinion regarding the reports, etc. of retiring township trustees. Regarding the latter the Attor-ney-General has written to Mr. Hamilton as follows: Indianapolis, Ind. Dec. 6,1904. Dear Sir: —I have your communication of the second, and in reply will say that it would be safer for township trustees to be sworn in on the afternoon of December 31st. He would be practically in charge of the office on Sunday, the first, and the transfer could be made on Monday morAing early. The trustee who goes out of office would make the regular annual report and would file same with auditor. Very Truly Yours, Charles W. Miller, Attorney General. —o — The petit jury came in again Wednesday and heard one case, Randle, administrator of the estate of Jane Shaw, deceased, vs. R. A. Parkison, to recover monies alleged to have been loaned defendant by decedent. Defendant proved that the alleged loan or loans were gifts, and the jury returned a verdict in his favor. This practically ended the work of the November term of court, and the jury was discharged on Thursday and the business of the term will be wound up to-day. Court will not convene again until the second Monday in February. —o — The county commissioners finished the work of their December session Wednesday. Following are the more important matters of the session, except the allowance of claims, which will ap pear next week. The election bills made a large number of claims for this session.

Geo. Strickfaden was granted a saloon license for another year in his present location, in the First Ward, no fight being made against him, but Frank Kennel’s application for a license in the Maloy building near the depot was defeated by a big remonstrance —129 of the 176 voters in the ward —and the applicant will be barred from applying again for a period of two years. Contracts for bridges were awarded as follows: Attica Bridge Co., one bridge in Carpenter at $670; Pan-American Bridge Co., one in Carpenter at $619 and repairs or extension of 140 feet to the south end bf the Burk bridge in Marion at $1,160; D. H. Yeoman, one bridge in Union at S3OO. Contracts for supplies for poor farm for the ensuing quarter were let as follows: I. Tuteur, groceries, $120; B. Forsythe, hip boots, clothing and queensware at $4 50, $16.40 and $4.40 respectively. C. R. Weatherhogg of Ft. Wayne presented plans for the proposed cottage at the soldiers’ home at Lafayette, and same were adopted and contract will be let Feb. 6. The building is to be two-story and, unless too many extras are worked in, it is thought can be built for $3,000, the amount appropriated by the county council for the purpose. The various county officers reported fees collected for the quarter ending Nov. 30 as follows: Recorder, 4475.40; Auditor,Js6l,7s Clerk, 133.25; Sheriff, $92.32. John O’Connor, sheriff-elect, resigned as drainage commissioner. The Halstead ditch was ordered established. In the Wm. C. Pruett et al ditch, R. B. Harris, Henry Amsler and D. H. Yeoman were appointed viewers.