Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1905 — COURT HOUSE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Item* of Interest Gathered In the Offices of the County Capitol. Marriage licenses issued: Jan. 17, Asberry F. Sigman to Martha Cora Fay. Chapman has advertised the McCoy real estate to be sold on Feb. 14. —o — The commissioners met in special session Wednesday to again let the contract for stationery supplies, for the ensuing year. Bids werejfiled by the W. B. Burford Co., pf Indianapolis, the Burt-Terry-Wilson Co., of Lafayette, and the* Viquesney Printing Co., of Terre Haute, for classes 1,2, 3, 4, and Leslie Clark of Rensselaer for class 4. The awarding of contract was postponed until the regular February term. —o — House bill No. 113, introduced by Representative Wilson, is to relieve the various township trustees of Jasper county who lost township funds in McCoy’s sheepskin bank, and place the loss on the taxpayers of the townships. A man who has attended several of the daily sessions of the legislature, writes a friend here that from what he has seen and heard from various members with whom he had talked, he thinks the bill will be passed without any difficulty, unless a fight is made against it by the taxpayers interested. Several of the trustees have petitions for relief signed by a large majority of the voters of their respective townships. The townships interested are Hanging Grove, Jordan, Barkley, Newton Keener and Marion.

—o — Following is a list of the various road supervisors elected last Saturday by the several townships of the county: Hanging Grove —Robert Jordan, John Gwin, Michael Bingheisen, Joseph Stewart. Gillam—Mead Rayburn, George Coppess, Janies Rogers, Frank J. Tillett. Walker—Wm. Jasperson, Jack Kerns, Andrew J. Lewark, August Woolbrandt. Barkley—James Newcombe, Francis M. Cooper, Fred Ropp, T. M. Callahan. Marion township—Chas. Battleday, Thomas Daugherty, Joe Putts. Newton—James Gilmore, Joseph Shindelar, Benton Kelley, E. C. Maxwell. Keener —W. Punter, Richard Evers, Tunis Snip. Milroy—George Wood, Charles W. Beaver. Jordan —Jay Fleming, G. D. Gaunt, J. W. Dewey, Maurice Gorman, Sr. Carpenter—Fred Banes, Burdette Porter, Frank Babcock, Spence Hamilton, David Herbert, August Walters, Wm. Hicks. Wheatfield —Jacob Heil, Everett Finney. Kankakee—John Stalbaum, Hans Nelson, Sam Payne. Union—Joseph Theis, John Carder, Theodore Warne, Wm. Harrod.

—o — New saits filed: No. 6777. Harvey Gates vs. Philip Froehlich; action to foreclose mechanics lein. No. 6778. John E. Meyers vs. Littleton Baker et al; action to qniet title. No. 6779. Thomas G. Redgate vs. Jas. D. Anderson et al; action to qniet title. No. 6780. Joseph Schertz vs. Emil Besser; action to enforce performance of contract in the purchase of a tract of land by defendant. No. 6781. John Makeever vs. Francis M. Goff et al; action to foreclose mortgage. N 0.6782. Alice W. Payne vs. William R. Puckett et al; action on note. No. 6783. C. D. Robinson vs, Kirk Drug Co., action on aooount. N 0.6784. Patrick Hallagan vs. Thomas Morton; action on note. No. 6785. Jasper Guy vs. Josephine L. Gay; action for divorce. This case comes from Remington and is a sequel to the suit for SIO,OOO damages filed by plaintiff against defendant a few weeks ago. The complaint charges cruel and inhuman treatment of

plaintiff and his children by a former marriage, and general cussedness, and driving said children away from home; that she is a “chronic scold” in the fullest-sense of the word, cruel and inhuman; that on at least four occasions she has attempted to poison plaintiff, etc., etc. The complaint covers eleven pages of type-written matter and many specific acts of cruelty and disagreeableness are set out. No. 0786 Mary E. Lewis, administratrix, vs. Mary E Lewis et al; petition to sell real estate. No. 6787. James H. Chapman, as trustee in bankruptcy of A. McCoy & Co., vs. Harvey J. Kannal and F. Gertrude Kannal, his wife, Mary E. Kannal and Delos Thompson; action on note and to set aside conveyance. The said note is for $10,60, given Jan. 11, 1904, to A. McCoy & Co., by Harvey E. Kannal, and the oomplaint avers that on Sept 19, 1904, said Kannal for the purpose of cheating and defrauding creditors of said bank transferred by warranty deed certain real esta'te owned by him to Mary E. Kannal, etc. No. 6788. Jesse C. Gw in vs. John N. Price; action to foreclose mechanic’s lein. * No. 6789. Sarah O. Lang vs. Seth B. Moffitt; suit on note. No. 6790. James H. Chapman, trustee in bankruptcy of A. McCoy & Co., vs. Harry Rishling and David Culp; action on note. No. 6791. Simon P. Thompson vs. Harry Rishling et al; suit on note. No. 6792. James H. Chapman, trustee in bankruptcy of A. McCoy & Co., vs. Seth B. Moffitt; action on note. No. 6793. Simon P. Thompson vs. Seth B. Moffitt; action on note. No. 6794. Frank Foltz et al vs. Seth B. Moffitt; action on note and account.