Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1905 — COURT HOUSE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest Gathered In the Of* J flees of the County Capitol. Marriage licenses issued: March 18. Carry Lowman to Florence Thompson. March 22, Chnrles Merryweather to Bessie A. Holmes. —o — Charles Thompson of Rensselaer, who was fined $lO for giving liquor to an intoxicated person at the September term of court, and whose fine was stayed by his father, failed to settle the amount, and Wednesday he was taken into custody and landed in jail, where he will pay the fine at the rate of SI.OO yer day. —o — The commissioners of Newton county have let the contract for an expert examination of the county records to John W. Coons of Noblesville, who has sub-let the work in tflp-~ clerk’s and sheriff’s office’s to John G. Davis of Kentland, a former clerk of Newton county. Coons is to get $975 for the work, which is to go back to April 21, 1896. —o — John D. Sink, ex-prosecuting attorney of this circuit, has been appointed postmaster at Roselawn, we understand. When a man once gets a pull at the public teat he always wants more, and it is hard to choke him off. Well, if John has an active deputy we prophesy that he will make a good postmaster. John himself is said to be afflicted slightly with that tired feeling. ■'V —o Sheriff O’Connor last Friday levied on the dredge boat and machinery employed on the Nissius ditch, several miles south of town, to satisfy a judgment of the Bellefontaine Foundry and Machine Co., who furnished the outfit. A 1 May and Joe Nissius were the contractors for the ditch, and they sub-let the job to David Lehman, and went his security for the outfit. They hold a second lien on the property. Jake Hensler, who has been doing much of the work on the dredge, we understand, was placed in charge of the work and will proceed right along. — o— New suits filed: No 6841, Walter E. Rich vs. Owen J. Conrad and Owen Mclntire Conrad; action to quiet title. No. 6842. James H. Chapman vs. Wm. Tolley et al; action on note. No. 6843. Martha A. Archer, administrator, vs. the Chicago and Wabash Valley R. R. Co., action for damages for killing plaintiff’s husband, Jonathan F. Asher, on the 20th of December, 1904, near the Kankakee river while he was employed in working on defendant road, and whose death is alleged to have been caused by carelessness and neglect of defendant. Ten thousand dollars is asked for. This is the first damage case the Gifford road has had to contend with, and Archer is the only-per-son killed as yet on said road. No. 6844. Almeda A. Chapman vs. OllieW. Warren and William Warren, her husband; action to foreclose mortgage. Wanted: A girl to do general housework. Call or write to the Goodland Hotel, Goodland Ind.