Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1906 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Marriage licenses issued: May 23, Samuel R. Nichols of Rensselaer, aged 60 years, to Hettie E. Reynolds, also of Rensselaer, aged —. Second marriage for each, first marriage having been dissolved by death. —o — Newton circuit court items from Kentland Democrat: Nora E. Bicknell vs. Bowman Switzer,transcript and papers on change of venue from Jasper circuit court filed Tuesday and the cause set for trial on Tuesday, June sth. Stephen W. Thayer vs. Patrick Halligan et al; transcript and papers on change of venue from Jasper circuit court filed Tuesday, and the cause set for trial on Friday, June Bth. —o— The case of the State vs. S. H. Hopkins, for alleged intoxication here two weeks ago yesterday, which was taken to Squire Fay at Parr on cnange of venue by the defendant, was tried Monday and resulted in a verdict of guilty and a fine of $3 and costs. There was quite a bunch of witnesses summoned and the costs run up to about $35. Mr. Hopkins has appealed to the circuit court and it will be ground out again at the September term. Geo. E. Hershman prosecuted the case for the State, in the absence of Deputy Prosecutor Leopold, who was attending the McCoy trial at Monticello.

New suits filed: No. 7045. Willis Lutz vs. Rufus Orcutt; suit on note. Demand $75. No. 7026. Northern Indiana Land Co., vs. Myrt B. Price, county surveyor, Seth B. Moffitt, David H. Yeoman, Horace Marble and John Hack; suit to enjoin contract for repair of the Hodges ditch, alleging that the outlet to same —the Kankakee river—has filled up with sand, etc., from the numerous ditches emptying into same so that such repairs to said Hodges ditch will be useless <ind of no value until the said river is dredged out; that many landowners who will be benefitted by such improvement have been omitted from the assessments levied; that specifications are defective, etc., etc. —o— John Stanley was in town Monday. He has just returned from a visit to his farm in Jasper county, north of DeMotte, where he is putting in a saw mill. He says at the present time the crops in Jasper are looking much better than here in Benton. They got some good rains which we missed and oats and rye and corn are looking superb. Vast improvements in the way of roads and drainage are under way and still the taxes are very low. He only pays $32 on 280 acres with a gravel road ail around it. The fishing was also good and his party of five caught over 70 pounds of fish in a few hours.—Fowler Republican. The above tax mention sounds nice, but it needs a few corrections: The tax duplicate shows that John owns 140 acres in Keener tp., —not 280 acres—and it is valued at $486, or about $3.50 per acre; the improvements are valued at $75, making a total valuation of $560. The tax on this for 1005 was $14.39, or about $2.80 on each SIOO valuation.