Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1904 — COURT HOUSE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest (lathered la the Offices of the County Capitol. Bert Brenner has been appointed administrator of the estate of his father-in-law, the late I. J. Porter. —o — E. P. Honan has been appointed administrator of the estate of Thomas Murphy, late of Rensselaer, deceased, —o—- • Marriage Licenses issued: Dec. 19, Elmer Osman to Edna E. Timmons. Dec. 21, Charles R. Templeton to Elsie Pearl Burson. —o — The supreme court a few days ago held that the act of 1903, forbidding the sale of merchandise in bulk without notifying all parties to whom bills were owing for goods, to be unconstitutioual. —o — One Ed Smith, was brought over from Newton county Thursday morning and lodged in jail here awaiting trial. He is alleged to have been caught breaking into one of the railroad depots at Goodland. —o — The county commissioners meet to-day to let the stationery oontract and allow claims for services performed this year. All appropriations revert back into the county treasury January 1, and warrants for allowances must be taken up before the end of the year or the payee must wait until the county council 1 is called together and makes appropriation for the paying of same. —o — The total rate of taxation for the various townships and town and city corporations of Jasper county on each SIOO valuation for the year 1904, first installment of which is due and payable on or before the first Monday in May, 1905, is as follows: Hanging Grove $1.55 Gillam 1.73 Walker 1.90 .Barkley 2.00 Rensselaer 2.83 Marion 1.28 Jordan 1.75 Newton 1.52 Keener... 2.56 Kankakee... 1.52 Wheatfield...’. 1.64 Wheatfield (town) 1.92 Carpenter 1.55 Remington 1.70 Milroy 1.93 Union 1.97

New suits filed: No. 6760. Coen & Brady vs. Rose A. Kessick et al; action for foreclosure of lein; demand $56.34. No. 6761. Newark Machine Co., vs. Seth B. Moffett; suit on account; demand $77.50. No. 6762. Mary E. Galbreath vs. Sylvester Galbreath; action for divorce. The parties reside just outside the corporation of the city of Rensselaer, and the complaint alleges they were married on Oct. 20,1881, and that as a result of such union three children were born, aged respectively 22, 19 and 16 years; that they separated July 20, 1904, when defendant left plaintiff; that defendant has been guilty of jpruel and inhuman treatment, squandered his property, etc., and has not made proper provision for his family, etc. Plaintiff demands divorce and the custody of the ohildren.

No. 6763. Hiram Day vs. Otto Steel and Simon P. Thompson; action to foreclosure lein; demand $250.

No. 6764. Irene M. Gray vs. Henry Gray; action for divorce. The complaint alleges that the parties were married in 1902, and lived together as husband and wife for a period of two weeks, when defendant abandoned plaintiff and has since refused to live with her. One child, two years old on Jan. 17,1905, was born to her. Plaintiff demands divorce and the custody of the child. Plaintiff resides in Kankakee township, we understand, and gives her occupation as that of housekeeper. No. 6765. - Enos Hibbs vs. Robert Ziok; appeal from Squire Spriggs’ court in Walker township.