Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1905 — COURT HOUSE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest (lathered In the Offices of the County Capitol. Sheriff O’Connor is ndw able to be out once more after a three weeks siege of rheumatism. —o — The county jail is once more without any occupants. May it remain so for months to come. —o— A mortgage for $2,259.66, given by Mattie A. Rinehart (A. McCoy’s daughter) to W. W. and W. J. Hubbard, Feb. 14, on her Hanging Grove lands, was filed for record this week. Joe Marshall was taken to the asylum Saturday. No particular difficulty was experienced in removing him, although he was very violent the night before his removal, and tore his clothing, broke the windows of his cell, etc, and it required several men to remove him to another cell. Marriage licenses issued: April 8, James C. Wood to Ruby A. Babcock. April 8, Daniel V. Comer to Bertie Hopkins. April 11, Ben C. Lilves to Bertha E. Smalley. April 12, William N. Hurley to Jennie Toombs. —o — Fred Barger, of Jordan tp., brought in the scalp of an old female fox Monday and five young foxes, which he found on his father’s farm Sunday. The “kittens” were but a week or so old, and they were killed after he came to towmand claim filed with the county auditor for the bounty of SI.OO each on them also. The bounty on the old fox was $3.00. —o — Mr. Stewart, of H. H. Stewart & Sons, of Kokomo, the Hanging Grove tp. gravel road contractors, is on the ground this week, pre-, paring for active work in building this road. Material will be secured on the old Randle farm, we understand, about midway of the proposed improvement, and work of stripping the stone will be commenced next week. A new stone crusher outfit with a capacity of 150 yards of crushed stone per day will be put in about May Ist, and the work of completing the contract pushed right along. Grading will probably all be done this month. ——O — New suits tiled: No. 6850. Edwin Burrit Smith vs. Josiah A. Record et al; action to quiet title. No. 6851. Charles J. Gilbert vs. Eli Critser. Appeal from Squire Irwin’s J. P. court.

No. 5852. Gaylord H. Chilcote, adm., of the estate of Mordecai F. Chilcote, vs. Gaylord H. Chilcote and Fred L. Chilcote; petition to sell real estate. No. 6853. Edith A. Miller vs. Gaylord H. Chilcote, administrator of the estate of Mordecai F. Chilcote; claim disallowed by adm., demand $1,200. No. 6854. James R. Linton vs. Nettie Linton; action for divorce. The complaint alleges that defendant forced a child on plaintiff and compelled him to marry her, and that they were married June 25, 1900, but have never lived together. Plaintiff resides in Walker tp., but alleges that the residence ot defendant is unknown to him, and that she is not a resident of Jasper County. No. 6855. Nora Casey, Mary Casey and Ellen Casey vs. William J. Reed, guardian; petition for removal of guardian. The complaint charges that the said guardian has failed to provide for said wards; that he has mingled their funds with his own, etc., etc., No. 6856. Ralph Donnelly et al vs. Thomas J. McCoy and Hattie McCoy; action to foreclose mechanic’s lien; demand S6O.