Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1906 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Trustee Sage, of Jordan township, Is making arrangements to build a good school house this year. The advertisement for bids appears in this issue. —o — Marriage licenses issued: July 11, Arlie Othniel Rowen, age 40, residence Rensselaer; Nancy A. Bunnell, age 21, residence Rensselaer. First marriage for. both. —o — Information has come to the State Board of Tax Commissioners to the effect that the Monon Railroad Company probably will not ask for a reduction of its assessment this year. The Monon last year asked that its assessment be reduced and the board declined to grant the request. The company sent word this year that it would be satisfied with the former assessment. —o — Auditor of State Bigler is sending to the Prosecuting Attorneys and undertakers in every county copies of an opinion rendered by Attorney-General Miller that “graveyard” insurance companies, organized for the purpose of paying funeral expenses and death benefits to their members, are con-, trary to the insurance laws of the state, whether the assessment is made before or after the death of a member. Prosecutions will be instituted against companies that refuse to quit business. —-o In a suit by G. E. McColly, of Union tp., he wants to have restored and probated the will of his mother, Mrs. Mary McColly, who died March 2, of this year. He alleges that she made a will in the year 1898, and that such will is lost or destroyed. He further states that the will was witnessed by Mrs. Sarah E. Timmons, now of Elkhart, Ind., and by James A. Burnham, of Rensselaer. Also that the substance of the will was that after all just debts were paid the entire estate, both real and personal, should go him, the said George E. McColly. And that he cared for her many years with the promise and should all come to him, as a recompense. The defendants named in the complaint are all the other heirs at law of the estate, who are very numerous.

. —oThree sets of bonds were sold by Auditor Leatherman and Treasurer Nichols Tuesday: The Iroquois ditch bonds to the amount of §74,500, drawing per cent interest, were sold to W. J. Hayes & Son, of Cleveland, at §74,500. The Jordan township stone road bonds were sold to E. L. Hollingsworth, of Rensselaer, for §13,082, or a premium of §B2. They draw per cent interest. Other bidders were: Breed & Harrison, Cincinnati, §13,005, E. T. Bush, Cincinnati, §13,020; E. T. Harris, of Rensselaer, §13,081. The §BO,OOO worth of Rensselaer and Marion township stone road bonds were sold to Breed and Harrison, Cincinnati, at a premium of §475. They draw 4# per cent interest. E. T. Harris, of Rensselaer, bid §80,451; Union Savings Bank, of Cincinnati; §§0,194; E. M. Campbell & Co., of Indianapolis, §80,330; Kleybolte, §80,430, and E. T. Bush & Co., §80,207, The sales were all made subject to all the former proceedings being in accordance to law. The best Standard Binder twine you ever saw 10|c lb. Chicago Bargain Stork. Restaurant For Sale. Must be sold at once. Hascall Bros,