Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1905 — COURT HOUSE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest (lathered In the Offices of the County Capitol. Commissioners’ court convenes Monday. —o — The February term of the Jasper circuit court convenee one week from Monday. —o — Marriage licenses issued: Jan. 28, Jacob Wagner to Falitha Coma Courtright. —o — Six marriage licenses were issued last month, against 19 for the preceding month and 6 for January, 1904. —o — One statement that appeared in The Democrat last week regarding the former letting of the stationery contract in this county recently, we wish to correct a little: After the auditor called the attention of the commissioners to the changed figures in the bid of the Lafayette concern, he suggested that the commissioners were the proper parties to take the matter np with the said firm, and the writing and telephoning was done by the commissioners, instead of the auditor, as we had understood. All other statements regarding the matter wsre substantially as appeared in the article referred to, including the auditor’s statement that he would get out a restraining order if the matter was in snob a shape that the commissioners coaid not legally rescind the order of letting.

New snits filed: No. 6799. The F. D. Radeka Brewing Co., vs. William P. Gaffield; action on account. No. 6800. John W. Berk et al va. Mary E. Spitler; action to qniet title. No. 6801. James H. Chapman, trustee, vs. Alfred McCoy et al; action to quiet title. No. 6802. H. H. Freeman & Co., va. August Sohreiber; appeal from J. F. Spriggs’ J. P. court. No. 6803. William L. Wood vs. Mary E. Ciemans; action on notes. No. 6804. Thomas Richardson, adm., vs. Phillip Davis; action on aocount. No. 6805. W. B. Austin vs. Patrick Halligan; action for possession of personal property. No. 6806. C. I. & L. Ry. Co.,

vs. Merday M. Hathaway; action in injunction. This case grows out of the old case of Patrick Maguire vs. the Monon railroid company, which has recently been decided adversely to the company, by the United States supreme court, and is to restrain M. M. Hathaway and Patrick Maguire from securing possession of certain real estate in the town of Francesville, which they had become owners of through judgment foreclosure in this case. Application for injunction was made to Judge Nye of the Pulaski circuit court, but owing to the fact that he was counsel in the old case he refused to act and the case was filed here. Hearing is set for Feb. 10. No. 6807. Alfred W. Hopkins vs. Peter H. Zea; action to foreclose mortgage. The docket for the February term of court contains 111 civil cases. —o — The Democrat this week publishes the Walker township trustee’s annual report, which make nine of the thirteen township reports published in this paper— Hanging Grove, Wheatfield, Kankakee, Gillam and Walker. The labor of setting all these reports has been done here in Rensselaer and the work given to home printers who spend their money with the Rensselaer tradesmen. We have tried to get these reports arranged in an intelligible reading manner, as the law requiring their publication contemplates, so that any taxpayer of the township interested could understand them. The repoqggfc'of Marion, Barkley and Union townships were published in the Barnacle, and have been kept running for “filling” for the past month. The type for the latter reports was set np in Chicago, not a penny being paid for labor to a home printer, and the subject matter is in each a jnmbled condition no one can tell anything about them or what fnnd any item was charged to. Every democratic trustee and three republican trustees published their reports in this paper, where they would be seen and read, and in looking over the reports published in the Barnacle one is not surprised that the trastees of those townships wanted them published where scarcely no one would see them. Their object in ignoring the law is obvious.

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