Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1906 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. It is dull times around the courthouse, not even a marriage license in the last week. Bids for a modern school building for Wheatfield and township were opened last Saturday. Five bids were received, the lowest being E. G. Warren of our city—s9,104.08. The letting of the contract was deferred for consideration. —o —■ Now suits filed: No. 7055. Charles Halle, et al;, vs. Chicago & Eastern Illinois R. R. Co. Suit for damages. No. 7056. Clara Oren, vs. Martha E. Mahoney, et al. Suit for partition. No. 7057, C. H. Sternberg & Sons vs. Hawkins & Allman. Injunction. —o — The Rinehart cases will come up before Referee Bowers at Hammond next Tuesday; These are the cases in which the Rineharts want some $20,000 of the McCoy assets. The assignee, in turn, has filed a claim against them for over double that amount for money alleged to be due the estate. W. A. Rinehart was here last week and asked that A. McCoy be excused from attending the hearing, alleging Uncle Mac’s health is breaking down. His request was refused. Hawkins & Allman, of the Jordan road contractors, and Sternberg & Son, of the Iroquois ditch, have compromised their differences regarding the rock the road men are using, near Cooney’s ice house, and the temporary injunction dissolved without trial. By the terms of the settlement the road men pay to the ditch men four cents a cubic yard for all the rook they use, and Mr. Kellner,

owner of the land, agrees to make a good dam to hold back the water, by the time the ditch men need it.