Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1906 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Marriage licenses issued: June 18, Harry Sigler of Demotte, aged 24, to Bessie Fairchild, also of Demotte, aged 24. First marriage for each. o And now, to cap the climax for our Canadian land, investors, comes the statement that Charlie Murray’s half-section of land in Canada that he was going to “make good” to the Rensselaer victims, is no good, and so far from civlization that it is practically valueless. —o — The Republicans of Newton county placed the following.ticket in the field at their county convention Tuesday: Clerk, Reuben Hess; treasurer, Frank M. Coovert; sheriff, Henry Stouer; recorder, William H. Boyle; assessor, J. Z. Johnston; surveyor, Orville W. Jenkins; surveyor, Beu Leopold; commissioners, James A. Whaley and Sumner H. Dickinson. —o — And now the name “McCoy” is so unpopular in Rensselaer that a move is on foot, headed by many that have marched under their political leadership for years without question to change the name of the street bearing their name to some more sweet smelling title. Some want it changed to Milroy avenue, while others think its original name of Kannal avenue should be restored. —o — Bro. Fitzpatrick of the Francesville Tribune was a caller at The Democrat sanctum Saturday, having come over to see the ball game between Francesville and St. Joseph’s College teams. He says that U. B. Kellogg, the Brookston Canadian land swindler who recently caught some two score of our people for SSO each, used to reside at Francesville and was a mighty smooth citizen. It would take $5,000 to $6,000 to square up with the people Kellogg downed for various sums at Francesville during his residence, Bro. Fitzpatrick says.