Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1905 — COURT HOUSE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest Gathered In the Offices of the County Capitol. The retaining wall to the outside stairway to the court house basement was about to cave in, and it was torn down this week and relaid. —o — an appeal to the supreme court, the sentence of execution of Edward Donahue, convicted of murder in Lake county and sentenced to have been hang yesterday, has been suspended until July 21. —o — New suits filed: No. 6878. Charles E. Hershman vs, Richard C. Passon; action on account. No. 6789. George W. Pixley vs. Henry C. Smith et al; action to quiet title Attorney A. D. Babcock was over from Goodland on business Wednesday. He 6ays that a 10 per cent dividend was reoently declared and paid in the Gilman bank failure matter. It would probably be pleasing to the creditors of the McCoys if something of this sort would be done over here. Applications for liquor license were made in four townships in Benton county this month, but in each case the remonstrators won out by gobd margins. At Fowler the remonstrators had a majority of 59; Oxford, 57; Boswell 20; Otterbein, 23. This will Keep those towns “dry” for two years least The will of the late George Gowland was tiled for probate Saturday. His personal property and a life estate in a farm of 120 acres north of town is left to hiß widow. On her death the farm is to be divided equally between their four children, Henry, Elizabeth Hewitt, Mary S. Redgate and Clara Gowland. The residence in Rensselaer is also willed to the latter. The five children of his deceased daughter, Mrs. John Stewart, are given SSO each and Mr. Stewart is given slls. Henry J. Gowland, the son, is made executor. The instrument was made Jan. 3, 1905.

—o — Following is the personal property assessments of the various towns and townships in Jasper county for the years 1904 and 1905. The figures for 1904 are official, but those for this year are taken from the assessors’ returns and may be changed somewhat by the Board of Review, which is now in session:

Corporations. 1904 1906 Hanging Grove I 72,415 $ 66,125 Gillani 97,475 93.660 Walker 93,875 89,448 Barkley 162,920 163,165 Rensselaer, city of 545.805 528,880 Marion 231,240 212,980 Jordan 98,565 99.615 Newton 151,905 123,325 Keener 48,335 53,680 Kankakee 50,270 43,710 Wheatfleld 61,220 50,960 Wheatfleld. town of 50,840 50,960 Carpenter 141,200 118,554 Remington 134,350 129,900 Milroy 29,550 31,348 Union 78,655 91,655 12,048,640 51,973,204 Net decrease over 1904., $75,486 I have 40 acres of good grass land to rent for this year. Price fifty dollars cash. Call on or

write to

A. D. BABCOCK,

Goodland, Ind.