Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1906 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. X&ttorney A. D. Babcock of Goodland, was looking after matters in court here last Friday. —o— The reviewers in the Benton Kelly et al highway in Newton tp., have reported against the public utility of the proposed highway. —o — Of the $122,393.58 total assessments on the b : g Iroquois ditch and its branches, $46,000 in round numbers has been paid in already, which is a little more than onethird the total assessments. —o — Marriage licenses issued; April 16, James Leonard Page of Fair Oaks, aged 37. to Laura 8. Michaels of Kersey, aged 29. Second marriage for each, tha groatn’s first wife having died Feb. 13, 1903, and the bride’s former husband having died in January last. —o — Tom McCoy’s pleasure and fishing resort in the Kankakee, known as “Jerry’s Island,’’ has been sold by the trustee to Oeo. W. Lawrence, of Hammond. The price received was $1,200, which after paying the mortgage of $550 on the property, will leave S6OO for his creditors. —o— We understand it is the intention of the Jordan stone road contractors to use stone taken out of the Garrison ditch in the east end of the township, which is said to be of good quality for road-mak-ing. If this can be used it will greatly lessen the haul, which is an important item in this contract,~to about 3 to miles. Work on the contract will be begun as soon as possible and the construction pushed rapidly to completion.

New suits filed: No. 7036. Emsing-Gagen Co., wholesale liquor dealers, vs. August Rosenbaum; suit on account, demand $237.13. No. 7037. Alfred Collins vs. Marshal P. Warner and John O’Conner, sheriff; action to enjoin the collection of a certain judgment. No. 7038. Samuel E. Yeoman vs. The Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad Company ; action for damages, demand $5,000. The complaint alleges that on Oct. 10, 1905, plaintiff was injured in alighting from defendant’s train at Rensselaer by stepping into a hole in the platform some 7 inches wide, 39 inches long and 34 inches deep, wrenching his foot, ankle, hip and causing him to fall violently to the platform; that the tendons, ligaments and muscles of said left hip were lacerated and torn, causing great mental anguish, insomnia, aud deadeniug and weakingof a portion of said leg near the hip and thy, wholly incapacitating plaintiff from any kind of labor, etc.

—o Not much has been doing in the circuit court this week. The petit jury is called for next Monday and the last two weeks of the term will no doubt be quite busy ones. Following is a report of proceedings not heretofore reported : George W. Murphy vs, the Town of Morocco; set for 3d Thursday, 9 a. m. State of Indiana ex rel, Mocelyn M. Thompson vs. Harvey E. Lowman; cause dismissed at relator’s cost. State of Indiana vs. Harvey E. Lowman; cause dismissed on motion of prosecutor. • Stephen W. Thayer vs. Patrick Halligan et al; re-set for trial April 27. The Old Adams Co. Bank of Decatur, Ind., vs. Seth B. Moffitt; re-set for April 25. Alvia J. Wilcox et al vs. American Lubric Oil Co.; cause dismissed, costs paid. Rensselaer Lumber Co., vs. August Goepp; re set for third Wednesday, 9 a. m. In this column last week, owing to another case having been docketed in blank in the space of the KennedyKing Co., vs. John Coen et al, we stated that motion for new trial was overruled in the above case. As a matter of tact the issues bad not been made up in that case, and the docket entry was in reference to the Charles R. Lewis et al, vs. Charles B. Welts et al, case.