Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1905 — COURT HOUSE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest Gathered la the Of* flees of the County Capitol. Miss Jean McFarland is now acting as deputy in the clerk’s office. —o— New suits filed: No 6887. Harry L. Nowlin vs. Flora toe Laer et al; action to quiet title. —o — There are some of the ex-trus-tees’ accounts in Jasper county that ought to be investigated, and it would not be a bad idea to have the “Graves Auditing Co.” of Warsaw look into some of the “supplies” purchased during their term from rascally supply houses. —o — The Hammond Tribune says that S. P. Thompson was in Hammond Wednesday in conference with Referee Bowers, and that Mr. Thompson has been appointed attorney for the A. McCoy & Co., estate to succeed Jesse Wilson, who soon leaves to take up his new duties in Washington. f — o — is being made to have the county council appropriate money to assis in the improvement of the three miles of dirt road in Jordon tp., on the Range Line between Rensselaer and Remington. The two towns will also be asked to assist in the way of a popular subscription, we understand.

The Democrat was mildly taken to task a few days ago by a member of the county council for its statement last week regarding the cost of the extension to the Burk’s bridge, the councilman stating that he thought the cost was only a little over S7OO. The Democrat made the statement from memory only, and while it thought that the cost was over $1,400, it wanted to be on the safe side and gave it as “about $1,400.” Since the county councilman above called attention to the matter an examination of the records was made and it was found that the contract was let to the Pan American Bridge Co., in December, 1904, for $l,lOO, and that this company was allowed at the March, 1905, term of commissioners’ court $1,470 for the improvement, or $370 more than the contract price, so The Democrat was only S7O too low in its figures last week.

The county commissioners have been asked to sign a disclaimer of any interest on the part of Jasper county in the $23,000 county funds lost in the McCoy sheepskin bank, in order to assist 8. R. Nichols in his petition to offset some $15,000 of this sum against a like amount which he owed the bank personally. The Democrat is not advised whether or not the commissioners have signed this disclaimer, as no record whatever regarding it has been made, but it is told by a prominent attorney that should they do so it might have the effect of releasing the treasurer and his bondsmen from liability and saddle the loss upon the taxpayers of the county, a thing that was attempted to *be forced upon them last winter by legislation. If you have any influence with your commissioners you should use it to prevent anything being done that will jeopardize the county’s interests in the matter.

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