Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1905 — COURT HOUSE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest Gathered In the Offices of the County Capitol. The case of Jesse J. Fry vs. William M. Shafer et al, appealed from the Jasper circuit court, was affirmed Monday by the supreme court. The commencement of Kankakee township, which was to have been held today, has been postponed to a later date, which has not been decided upon at this writing. —o— Andrew Hicks, of Remington, who was appointed by Judge Hanley as a member of the county board of review, has declined to serve and George Besse, also of Remington, has been appointed in his stead. Mr. Besse is a democrat and is the only democrat on the board. —o — The Gillam township schools of Jasper county will join with the White Post, Casa, Rich Grove and Jefferson township schools of Pulaski county in holding an educational day at Medaryville on Tuesday, June 20th. The joint exercises will be held in Guild & Robinson’s large hay barn. —o — The Journal is authority for the statement that M. B. Price will deliver the Decoration day address at Gilboa Center, Benton county. Myrt’s debut as an orator will be watched with keen interest by his numerous friends, and if he survives the test next Tuesday his services will be in great demand in future local campaigns as a spell-binder for the g. o. p.

The viewers' have reported favorably on the new road petitioned for in Jordan tp. by S. F. Iliff, et al. The road as laid out commences at the n. w. corner of Sec. 28 and runs on the section line a distance of five miles to the n. e. corner of Sec. 24, and is 50 feet in width. The viewers report that said highway runs through lands of all the parties affected by the establishment of same, “without their consent, which are enclosed lands, but on examination a good highway cannot be bad without departing from the highway petitioned for.” The third week of court convened Monday, and Judge Hanley found his hands tied for the want of an official reporter. The attorneys sat back and refused to try their cases in this county in the absence of a reporter, and the appropriation for such purpose being exhausted there was but one course to pursue. Judge Hanley dismissed the jury without the hearing of a case —perhaps the first time in the history of the county —and is now only taking up such matters as can be determined by the Court and the jury trials are being sent to Jasper county, or being continued for the term.—Newton County Enterprise.