Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1904 — COURT HOUSE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest (lathered In the Offices of the County Capitol. New suits filed: No. 6766. State of Indiana ex rel. Carl Bternberg, vs. Robert A. Lawrie, Commissioner; Transcript from White county. —o — licenses issued: Dec. 23, Benjamin F. Alter to Maude E. Hemphill. Dec. 23, John Leach to Bessie Marion. Dec. 24, Charlie Howard Leavel to Doratha Mae Norman. Dec. 24, George W. Oglesby to Stella M. Robinson. Dec. 27, Gilbert Martin to Dora Vender wait. Dec. 28, Frank Jones to Myrtle Roush. Dec. 29, Lenze McCurtain to Blanche Price. —o — auditor’s and clerk’s offices each have a record typewriter on approval and if found satisfactory they will probably be purchased, the county council at its session in September having made an appropriation for that purpose, the machines cost $175 and S2OO each, the latter price being for the machine for the auditor’s office, which is capable of making tax duplicates and in duplicate form, that is, the original and carbon copy at one impression, the sheets for the latter, of course, being separate and bound in book form after they are completed. —o —

The heavy gale Tuesday afternoon blew in the large and fancy plate glass transom over the west entrance to the court bouse. The heavy piece fell to the floor with a crash that could be heard all over the building, despite the roar of the wind, and was so badly broken and bent that it is not likely it will be replaced, but a heavy frame with four large plain plate glass will probably take its place. By the way, those fancy glass transoms and doors have not proven very durable, and in three of the entrance doors they have been replaced with plain plate glass. They looked nice and helped to swell the total cost of the structure, but — —o — At the special session of the county commissioners last Saturday the stationefy contract was let to the Burt-Terry Wilson Co., of Lafayette, who have had the contract here for several years, for classes 1,2, 3 and 4, and Warner Bros, were awarded contract for janitor’s supplies. As contracts are now let on this class of* supplies by the piece, the total depends upon tbe amounts used, and we are therefore unable to state what the total will be. However, a Terre Haute firm bid against the Lafayette people this time and the latter were compelled to come down a little on the prices heretofore charged. The bonds of Myrt B. Price as surveyor, for SI,OOO, and for drainage commissioner for $5,000, with the American Surety Co., as surety, was approved. B. D. Comer, trustee of Union tp, was granted permission to borrow S6OO for road purposes. C. M. Blue, trustee of Marion tp., was granted permission to borrow SIOO to be applied on the Township Fund. Quite a number of claims were allowed, which appear in another part of this paper. —o — The various new township trustees and assessors will take charge of their respective offices Monday. Following are the bonds and amounts of each filed and approved at this writing: Gillam, $7,000; signed- by Theodore Phillips, John P. Ryan, Charles Odom, Michael Robinson, Larkin C. Logan. Walker, $7,000; signed by Albert Bouk, Henry Book, George J. Nichols, Joel F. Spriggs, F. M. Hershman, Wm. Hershman. Assessor, $3,000; signed by W. D. Meyers, H. Marble, Edward T. Biggs. Barkley, $9,000; signed by Grant Davisson, Josiah Davisson, Geo. W. Davisson, C. Pullins, Chas. F. Shroyer, Amos Davisson. Assessor, $3,000; signed by Chas. A. Walker, I. D. Walker, Elias Arnold. Marion, $12,000; signed by Charles F. Stackhouse, Peter T.

Hordeman, Ulysses M. Baughman, David H. Yeoman, Henry Grow, James T. Randle, Henry Luers. Jordan, $7,000; signed by Chas. E. Sage, Warren W. Sage, John Fenwick, John W. Sage. Milrov, $3,000; William C.Huston, Frederick J. Saltwell, Branson Clark, Karah L. McKillip, Charles W. Beaver. Assessor, $3,000; signed by Wm. E. Culp, James H. Culp, Thomas A. Spencer, Otis A. Jacks. Wheatfield, $5,000; signed by Robt. A. Mannan, Horace Marble, Edward T. Biggs, A. S. Keene. Carpenter, $12,000; signed by Anson A. Fell, Charles Bonner, Christian Hensler. Assessor, $3,000, signed by J. H. Allman, Hanibal Landon; C. H. Peck, Levi Hawkins. Union, $10,000; signed by Harvey Davisson, Lewis Davisson, Amos Davisson, Scott Cooper, William Cooper. Kankakee, Assessor, $3000; signed by Bertram Vandercai, J. Vandercar, Thos. F. Maloney, James M. Davis.