Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1906 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. The county board of education met in regular session Monday. Not much of importance came up at this meeting. The contract for pupils’ manuscripts was awarded to The Democrat, it being the lowest bidder. —o—- . The threshing outfit of Hefferlin <fc Newcomb was sold by Sheriff O’Connor on mortgage foreclosure Saturday, and was bid in by the Huber Manufacturing Co., at S4OO. There was $1,380 against the outfit. Q And now they have have put up lace curtains at the windows of the waiting room for the farmers’ wives in the court house and added a few boxes of face powder. A French maid will be added soon, Janitor Morlan says. And the taxpayers foot the bill. —o— The Iroquois ditch bonds were not sold Wednesday owing to there being no satisfactory bid. The bonds bear only 5 per cent, interest and, being taxable, buyers do not want to pay par for them. To avoid this two bids at par were filed, but each provided for “attorney fees,” one of $1,490 and the other of $2,575. —o — Work on the Jordan township stone road is progressing nicely and the indications are that a good road will be built. The big sand hill just this side of the dredge ditch has been cut down practically level and the sand hauled into fills on the north. A stone crusher is now at work on the rock at the Garrison ditch and some 100 feet of rock was placed on the road last week. Those who have examined the stone state 4hat it is of excellent quality for the purpose and will make a fine road, - —o — A will of more than ordinary interest expired Saturday, June 2, as the youngest heir, Jessie Makeever Grant, was 21 years of age. This is the will of the late Madison Makeever which was probated in 1885, and which stipulated that all the property, amounting to about 1400 acres of land in Newton tp., was to be left intact until- the youngest child. then a baby a few months* old, came of age. At the expiration of that time the land was 'to be divided among the twelve heirs. All are now living except Rosa Makeever, who died in 1895. —o — New suits filed: No. 7047. The Connecticut Life Insurance Co., vs. Seth B. Moffitt, et al; suit to foreclose mortgage; demand $5,000. No. 7048. The Connecticut Life Insurance Co., vs. Greenip I. Thomas et al; suit to foreclose mortgage; Demand $4,000. No. 7049. Milroy English and Gertrude Hewitt vs. Scandinavian Canadian Land Co., of Chicago; suit to quiet title. This action grew out of the trade of lands by plaintiffs in Barkley tp„ for certain lands in Canada, (a half-section) which the complaint alleges the defendants have no title to nor have they transferred same to plaintiffs according to contract entered into in October last, but have wholly failed, refused and declined to carry out the conditions of said contract. No. 7050. Luther M. Fairbanks vs. H. B. Taber, E. T. Boyle and John Brady; suit on note, demand $l4O. Transcript from the Newton circuit court. —o— Here is something that is of interest to all persons engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquors in this state as well as to the general public: The acts of 1905, page 196, defining the legal holidays in Indiana, sets out that the following days shall be legal holidays in this state: Sunday, January 1, or New Year’s day, July 4, December 25, February 22 P May 30, the first Monday in September (Labor day), any day appointed or recommended by the President of the governor of Indiana, and the day ot any general, local or muncipal

election or primary. Up to the enactment of this law several of the days above set forth were not legal within the meaning requiring saloons to remain closed, but the appellate court has just recently decided that all of the days mentioned in said act are legal holidays and that saloons shall remain closed the shmeas on Sunday, and the penalty for violation of the law is the same as set out in the criminal code of 1905, section 579.