Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1905 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About The County Capitol. Judge Anderson of Indianapolis has set Sept. 24 for hearing the various McCoy cases now pending before him. — o < Governor Hanley appointed the various county surveyors of the state delegates to the Irrigation Congress which meets at Portland, Oregon, this month. It is not likely, however, that many will attend, Surveyor Price of this county being among those who will not. —o — Marriage licenses issued: August 12, Albert L. Moorehead, of Remington, aged to E. Ula Nevill, of Rensselaer, aged 17. First marriage for each. August 17, Oran O. Hammerton, of Rensselaer, aged 29, to Myrtle Tullis, of Marion tp., aged 21. First marriage for each. —o — ’

The Jasper County Teachers’ Institute will convene here at 10:00 a. m., Monday, August 28th. The Second Annual County Contest will be held at the Ellis opera house Wednesday, August 80th, at 8:00 p. m. The Annual Reception will be held Monday, August 28th, at 8:00 p. m., at the court house. —o— Ed Bodette of Toledo, Ohio, who bid on the Iroquois ditch here this month and who agreed with the. Stewarts—to—take thedredge work off their hands at their bid for same, also has a contract for dredging 15 miles of the Salomoine river between Portland and Pennville, Ind , and will begin work on same early next month. Bodette seems to be a straight, honorable gentleman, and it is hoped that the Stewarts will yet decide to go ahead with their contract, which will give him the dredge work. o The State Chairman of Farmers Institute work has informed each county chairman of the same organization that he is authorized to appoint two persons from his respective county to free schoolarships at Purdue University of agriculture for the school year beginning with the September term. One boy will receive a free scholar ship in the agriculture course. And one girl in the department of Domestic Enconomy. Applications for the free scholarships in this county should be made to the chairman of the Jasper County Farmers Institute, Everett Halstead, Rensselaer, hid., R. R 3. —o — There is some little hitch in the sale of the bonds of the Hanging Grove gravel road, the attorney for the bonding company for whom they were purchased bolding that the work should have been let and bonds sold right after the election, when, as a matter of fact, over a year elapsed between the election and letting of contract, The auditor thinks, however, that this is a mere technical matter and that if the low bidder fails to take them the next lowest bidder, the State Bank of Rensselaer, will. In the meantime the contractors, H. H. Stewart & Sons of Kokomo, have done the grading, uncovered the rock quarry and have the crusher and machinery on the ground and expected to begin spreading stone on the road this week. Until the sale of bonds is consumated they have dropped all work. —o New suits filed: No. 6894. Thomas W. Grant vs. Flora E. Greenfield et al; action to foreclose mortgage. No. 6895. John P. Ryan, Frank D. Baughman and Henry Madaus vs. Horace G. Jones, guardian of Cyrus V. Jones insane; action to be released from bond of said guardian, who, the complaint alleges, is disposing of his personal and real property and mingling the funds of said trust with his own personal funds. No. 6896. Mary Durbin vs. Berlie Durbin; action for divorce. The complaint alleges that the parties were married Sept. 6,1902. and lived together as husband and

wife until July, 1903, when defendant without cause abandoned plantiff and has failed to since contribute to her support. Wherefore plantiff asks for a divorce and the restoration of her maiden name of Mary Woosley. No. 6897. James H. Chapman, trustee of A. McCoy & Co., vs. William B. Austin; action for conversion; demand $2,000. The complaint avers that on or before Oct., 29, 1903, A. McCoy & Co., came into possession and ownership of certain notes payable to Jesse J. Fry and by him endorsed, etc.; that said notes were placed in hands of William H. Parkison, attorney, for collection; that a portion of same were collected, but at the solicitation of defendant such proceeds and unpaid notes were unlawfully demanded by and turned over to said defendant, Austin. No. 6898. C. M. Horner vs. Rufus Orcutt et al; suit on note, demand $l4O, : No. 6899. The State of Indiana, ex rel, Albert L. Bouk, trustee of Walker tp., vs. Frank Fournier, Wm. Hanley and William Archer; suit on bond as road supervisor.

The complaint avers that Fourneir as road supervisor issued a receipt to the 0. &. E. I. Ry., Co., for $94.19, its taxes for road work in full for the year 1904, when, in fact no work whatever was performed by said railroad company nor by any person for it; that said receipt was false and fraudulent, and by reason of such receipt being issued to said company Walker township was defrauded of the amount of said road taxes for said year. Fourneir is a republican and was appointed supervisor in June, 1901 —o — Here are a few matters of interest of the proceedings of the commissioners not included in the report published last week: In the petition of Robert Parker et al for the improvement of the much discussed three miles of Range Line road in Jordan township, and praying for an election in Carpenter, Jordan and Marion townships to vote on the said proposition, the board appointed Lewis S. Alter as engineer and Michael Delehanty and Thomas F. Maloney as viewers, to meet August 18 and report on or before first day of the September term. Lewis S, Alter filed his bond in the sum of SSOO as engineer in the Gillam gravel road construction, as engineer, but the board found that same was insufficient and orderd bond filed in the sum of 85,000. The reports of the school treasurers of Rensselaer and Remington, made to the county commissioners this month, shows the following balances on bond, July 31, 1905: KENSBE„AEH. Special school funds4,2B9 45 Tuition fund 2.566 12 Library fund 6 97 Trust fund for piano 72 05 REMINGTON. Special school fund 389 72 Tuition fund 274 00 Harvey Davisson, trustee of Union tp., was granted permission to extend poor relief to S. R. Shreeves, not exceeding sls per quarter. Ralph W. Marshall, county attorney, appointed special envoy to investigate the navigability of the carp-infested Kankakee, filed the following expense report of his investigations. Six days time on river. 12 00 Two days figuring distances and tnak- 2 00 ing report 4 00 Teams hauling boat and freight 2 20 Railroad fare 3 40 Totals 21 60 For bargains attend the -big clothing and shoe sale next week at the Chicago Bargain Store.