Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1905 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About The County Capitol.

The petitioners in the 8. F. Iliff et al road case in Jordan tp., have perfected their appeal to the circuit court —o — Mr. John F. Gramps and Miss Cora Wheeler, both of Kankakee tp., were married in the clerk’s office Saturday afternoon, Judge Hanley officiating. * —o — Marriage licenses issued: July 22, John F. Gramps, aged 21, to Cora Wheeler, aged 22; both of Kankakee tp., and first marriage for each. A colored man was brought over from Kentland Monday to lay out a plain drunk in jail here at Newton county’s expense. Our neighbor is paying the penalty of civilization, as most of the drunks over there nowadays are workers on the new railroad passing through that county. —o— The annual estimate of expenditures and tax levies of the township trustees must be made and published next week. The publications must be made in the two leading papers of the county representing the two political parties casting the highest number of votes at the last general election, and also, in the out townships where a newspaper is printed, the estimate must be printed in such paper, in addition to the two leading political papers; New suits filed: No. 6888. James H. Chapman, Trustee, vs. Mattie M. Rinehart; suit, on notes; demand $9,300. This action is brought to recover on three notes given at different times several years ago to A. McCoy & Co., by defendant and which were missing when the other notes and papers were turned over to the trustee, although the records show them to be unpaid. It is supposed they went the same way as the three SB,OOO notes of the Honorable Tom, which were also missing. Trustee Chapman and a host of attorneys went up to Hammond Thursday to finally close up the sale of the McCoy land in Jordan tp., to the Hills of Madison, Ind. Some SIIO,OOO was the balance paid over, SIO,OOO having previously been paid. Of this the McCoy women get a one-fifth or about $24,000, but only about $17,000 is to be paid now, it is understood, as there is some 400 acres of the land which it is claimed was owned by the bank proper and which, if established, will cut them out of a fifth share on.

Sheriff O’Connor went out in Hanging Grove tp., Monday and levied on tbe lands and crops of Mrs. Mattie Rinehart, in the case where Trustee Chapman has brought action to recover on certain notes owing tbe McCoy bank. Mr. O’Conner and R. B. Harris appraised the land at $56,330 and the crops at $1,397. This land is pretty well covered by mortgages, many of which have been given during tbe past year. Had action been commenced sometime last year it would have come in ahead of several of these smaller mortgages. It is stated that a remonstrance against the proposition of making the Kankakee river a navigable stream through Jasper county, as petitioned for by 28 freeholders of that region, will be filed with the commissioners at their August meeting. The objections will be made by land-owners along the water course, and among the reasons to be given why it should not be declared a navigable stream is that it will entail great and useless expense; also, that being a boundary stream, it can only be declared navigable in conjunction with the boards of commissioners of the adjoining counties This remonstrance is being largely signed by landowners affected, it is said. —o — Trustee Harvey Davisson of Union tp., let the contract last

Friday for the repairs and addition of a second story to the Fair Oaks achool building and the necessary furniture for same. The bids were as follows: SCHOOL BUILDING. Win. Turner, Wheatfield.. $990 00 J. J. Brenner, Rensselaer 950 00 O. A. Yeoman, Virgie 909 20 FURNITURE. N. Pumphrey, Rensselaer $176 00 Scott, Indianapolis 950 00 Turner, Plymouth 134 00 F. R. Ervin, Fair Oaks 147 00 In the Furniture bids the three first did not include a blackboard. Ervin’s bid included a slate blackboard 26 feet long and 4 feet wide. The contracts were awarded to Yeoman and Ervin. The building requires an entire new roof and all new siding, which runs tbe expense up to a larger figure than first anticipated.