Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1906 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About The County Capitol. was “pension day” for old soldiers drawing their pensions through the Indianapolis agency. —o — There were 9 marriage licenses granted last month, against 18 for the previous month, and 8 for January, 1905. —o — The various township assessors will meet with the County Assessor, Friday, Feb. 23, to get their supplies and agree on a basis for assessing personal property. —o— The annual delinquent tax sale will take place Monday, commencing at 10 a. m. The list is of about the usual number, Keener township having the greatest number of delinquencies on farm lands. —o — The White circuit court will convene Monday. The criminal cases against the McCoys will be called for trial next Wednesday. Quite a good many witnesses from here have been summoned to appear. It will be two years April 18 since the McCoys closed the doors of their bank.

A dividend of 10 per cent was authorized in the A. McCoy & Co. bank matter, and 12| per cent in A. McCoy individual estate by Referee Bowers Saturday, which will be paid some time this month, as soon as the checks can be made out. This will make a total of 30 per cent to the bank creditors and 52| per cent to A. McCoy’s personal creditors. A 1| per cent dividend will also soon be declared to Tom’s personal creditors.

o Marriage licenses this week: Feb. 7, Roy Williams, of Jordan tp., aged 21, to Mary Foulks, of McCoysburg, aged 17. First marriage for each. Feb. 8, Orval M. Sayler of Rensselaer aged 23, to Pearl Ritchey of Marion tp., aged 22. First marriage for each. Feb. 9, David H. Wesner of Walker tp., aged 31, to Ethel M. Fisher of Kankakee tp., aged 20. First marriage for each. —o— •

At the regular monthly meeting of the township trustees Monday it was decided to have the teachers attend the Northern Indiana Teachers’ Association meeting at Lafayette, April 5,6, 7, in place of the Jasper County Teachers’ Institute, they to have the same pay as for attending the latter. All the townships except Newton reported on length of schools in their respective townships, as follows: Hanging Grove, Gillam, Jordan, Kankakee, Keener, Marion, Walker, each 7 months; Milroy, Wheatfield and Union, 6 months; Carpenter, 7| months; Barkley, months. Roy Williams, of Jordan tp., and Miss Mary Foulks, only daughter of Richard Foulks, of McCoysburg, were united in marriage Wednesday at 11:30 o’clock a. m., by Judge Hanley in the clerk’s office. The young couple will begin housekeeping at once on the farm of the bride’s father, in Milroy tp. Mr. Foulks deeded the bride forty acres of this farm where the improvements are located, as a wedding gift, and the groom’s father presented the groom with a team of horses, wagon, harness, farm implements, etc., valued at about SSOO. to start him out in good shape. The young couple have the best wishes of their many friends.

New suits filed: No. 6999. Lewis E. Camblin et al, vs. Geo. Shafer et al; transcript from Newton county. This is a saloon remonstrance case wherein the county commissioners of Newton found at their November term that 211 of the 417 legal voters of Beaver township had rempnstrated against the traffic of intoxicating liquors in said township, and license was refused said Shafer, who appealed to the circuit court, putting np bond with Charles B. Franklin

and Frank Davis as sureties. The remonstrators then took change of venue from the county and the case was sent here.

No. 7000. Mike D. Falvey vs. D. H. Turner; suit on note. Demand #4OO.

No. 7001. William B. Austin vs William H. Miller et al; suit on notes. Demands S7OO. No. 7002. William B. Austin vs. John Karr; suit on notes. Demand S6OO. No. 7003. William B. Austin vs. Seth B. Moffitt; suit on note and chattel mortgage. Demand #SOO.

No. 7004. Herman Schultz vs. John Brady; action in replevin of hay derrick. Transcript from Newton county. No. 7005. John Bertscbe vs. John Thompson et al; suit to quiet title. No. 7006. Nora E. Bicknell vs. George B. Switzer et al;action for breach of warrantee. Demand SI,OOO. No. 7007. James H. Chapman, trustee of A. McCoy & Co., vs. Jacob McDonald; suit on note. Demand $1,400. —o — The February term of the Jasper circuit court will convene Monday. Following are the names of the grand and petit jurors drawn for the term. The grand jury will not be called, but the petit jury is called for the third Monday of the term. The docket is a light one. GBAND JUKOBS. Frank Coghill Milroy George Besse Remington Frank Howard Remington John A. Andrus Marion James Blake Carpenter Asa Brown Walker PETIT JUHOBB. Scott Cooper ..Union John Bill Jordan A. K. Yeoman ...Marion S. B. Holmes Newton Samuel Parker Hanging Grove A. B. Robbins ...Keener Charles A. Lefler Hanging Grove Reason M. Dunn Union John Haan Keener John Hudson Carpenter A. J. McCaihen Jordan William A. Culp Hanging Grove William Clouse Marion John Kimble Barkley Amos Davisson Union Ed J. Randle Barkley —O — The February term of Commissioner’s Court closed Wednesday. Following is a report of the proceedings, except claims allowed, which latter will be published by us next week: Advertisement ordered for letting contract for two new bridges in Union tp., on first day of March term.

Matter of petition for system of stone roads in Marion tp., and Rensselaer; viewers file incomplete report, and cause continued for filing of claims for damages. Inspectors were appointed for special stone roads election of February 20 as follows: Carpenter, South Precinct, J. D. Allman; Carpenter, East, J. J. Porter; Marion No. 1, Wm. Greenfield; No. 3, A. Woodworth; No. 4, J. A. Burnham. Mrs C. M. Paxton et al, petition for ditch; continued at cost of Mathias Burger. Motion to tax costs to remonstrators in the Geo. F. Ketch mark et al ditch; motion was sustained, and George Ketchmark, Lewis Zick, August Schrieber, Wm. Salrin, and Joseph Salrin are taxed $3.65 each. Amos Davisson et al, petition forditch; no objections filed and matter is referred to drainage commissioner to report on or before next term, said commissioner to meet over ditch February 19. Same action in ditch petition of Johnß. Lewis et al. Requisition for supplies for county farm was approved, and bids for furnishing same to be filed on or before first day of next term. The annual settlement sheets of the treasurer and auditor was approved. For Sale: Two pure bred Duroo Sows, registered, one year old past; will farrow March 8. F. P. Morton, Pleasant Ridge, Ind.

Best flour on earth, “Sleepy Eye,” at the Geo. E. Murray Go’s, new grocery.

I have a good farm of 75 aoree to rent, also 10 tons of tame hay for sale, all at Virgie, Jasper county. Address, H. Hochbaum, 3618 Butler St., Chicago, 111.