Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1906 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Commissioners’ court will convene in regular monthly session Monday The regular meeting of the Jasper County Board of Education will be held here Monday. —o — Work on the Marion-Rensselaer stone road system will be commenced in a few days, it is stated. —o — Only three marriage licenses were issued last month, against 7 for the month previous and 8 for July, 1905. The annual estimates of several of the township trustees for the year 1907 appear elsewhere in this paper. The various advisory boards meet Sept. 4 to pass upon the estimates made by the trustees. The gravel or stone road election in Jackson tp,, Newton county, last Saturday resulted in the project being defeated by 140 to 99. The east precinot, which includes the town of Mt. Ayr, voted 89 for to 57 against, but in the west precinct the vote was 10 for to 83 against. —o — It is expected that the north end of the Jordan stone road will be completed this week. People who have traveled over the road say that the top dressing is not {thick enough to properly cover the coarser rock below, but we are told this. is not the contractors' fault, that the specifications do not call for enough top dressing. ■■ ■ o In the Indianapolis News’ special correspondence from Washington Thursday we find the following regarding a former Rensselaer man of unenviable reputation, here: ‘ Captain Powell, formerly of Rensselaer, has resigned his position in the government printing office after a service of many years. He came here and entered on the work under the Harrison administration. He was formerly sheriff of Jasper county.” —o — Marriage licenses issued: July 28, Joseph Els worth Carson of West Lafayette, aged 36, occupation druggist, to Orrie Vanscoy Clark of Rensselaer, aged 29, occupation registered nurse. Second marriage for groom, first wife having'died May 30, 1903; first marriage for bride.

August 2, Arthur Dewitt, of Fair Oaks, aged 21, occupation farmer, to Rosa Ethel Blake, also of Fair Oaks, aged 16, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. —o — The Democrat has oeen asked when the present liquor licenses expire iq Rensselaer and Union township, where remonstrances against the traffic have been filed containing a sufficient majority of the voters. We find in consulting the records at the court house that the license of J. M. Conway at Parr will expire on Nov. 5, 1906; Licenses of August Rosenbaum, Conrad Kellner and Henry Hildebrand at Rensselaer will expire, the two former on Sept. 17, 1906, and the latter on Sept. 21, 1906; License held by George A. Striokfaden at Rensselaer, will expire on Oct. 12, 1906. —o— A squabble has arisen in Newton county over the letting of the contract for furniture for the new oourt house. The commissioners let the contract to M. C. Ulrey, of Brook, for $2,485.17, (sll9 more than his bid, because of some other articles being added.) Now the auditor has served notice on the commissioners that he will I not draw any warrants for the payment of same, and, that if they insisted in going ahead with such contract, will enjoin the contractor. His reasons for this are clearly oorreot. He says no plana and specifications were on file in his office, no affidavit or bond was filed with the bid of Ulrey, both of which are required by law, and the contraot is in excess of the bid. The commissioners are liable to prosecution for entering into a contraot under suoh conditions,

we understand, and the auditor would be liable if he drew any warrant in payment thereof. —rO Ne# suits filed: No. 7058. Thomas A. Tyler vs. Daniel Antrim et al; action for partition. No. 7059. Elmira Monnett vs. Cordelia P. Monnett and Fletcher Monnett; action for partition. No. 7060. William B. Austin vs. William Wells Tucker and Luella M. Tucker, his wife; action to foreclose mortgage, demand SSOO. No. 7061. Marion E. Jennings vs. Simon H. Kuster, Ruth J. Kuster, P. J. Pothuisje; action to foreclose mortgage, demand SBOO. No. 7062, Medaryville Bank vs. Jerrie Miller, Geo. W. Poicel and John S. Johnson; Buit on note. Demand $39. No. 7063. Elijah Granthaur vs. Jacob Conrad; suit for possession of real estate. Transcript from Newton county.