Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1906 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Attorney A. D. Babcock of Goodland was looking after matters in court here Tuesday. The commissioners of Starke connty will sell the county poor farm and let the contract for boarding the poor, claiming that quite a saving can be made thereby. —o— Marriage licenses issued: Sept. 19; George Louis Green of Michigan City, aged 23, occupation carpenter, to Anna Mflbel Hutchins of Virgie, aged 17, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. —o — Attorney Guy of Remington was looking after legal matters here Wednesday. Mr. Guy’s letter recently published in The Democrat regarding liquor licensing by town and city boards has been widely copied by our exchanges and evoked much favorable comment from attorneys in different sections of the state. —o — So far as learned nothing has been done ss yet with the balance of the McCoy cases pending in the White circuit court. In the case of Lawrence Wiles, trustee of F. D. Gilman, the exGoodland banker, vs. Geo. W. Gilman, taken to White county from Jasper, a judgment was given plaintiff for SBOO by agreement. County Commissioner Skinner of Newton county was recently arrested for harboring a fish net on his premises, and Ed Camblin, the Morocco'marshal, is alleged to have been responsible for the arrest. Skinner now claims that Camblin, who was also truant officer of Newton county, has been drawing full pay as town marshal of Morooco and also pay from the county for services as truant officer, and thinks he could not work in two places at one and the same time. He caased Camblin’s arrest last week for “grafting” and the matter will be aired in the Newton circuit court. / —o — New suits filed: No. 7073. William S. DeArmond vs. Joseph P. Hammond et al (the Wheatfield Bank); action for money had and received. No. 7074. Kennedy-King Co., - vs. John Coen et al; action to set aside deed. No. 7075. Edwin W. Stahl vs. Aaron B. Claspel; suit to obtain possession of certain chattels; appeal from Squire Irwin’s court. No. 7070. Chinochio Costa & Co., vs. Samuel M. Laßue; suit on acconnt, demand ssl 20. No. 7077. Continental Tailoring Co. vs. Samuel M. Laßue; suit on account, demand $70.10. Not muoh of importance has been done in the circuit court this week, Judge Hanley was in Cincinnati Monday and Tuesday and there was no court. The report of the commissioners on the division of the Madison Makeever estate lands was approved and the lands were awarded by lot after setting off one-third of the entire tract to the widow. There were ten others of the heirs the land was divided into 40 acre tracts, some of which did not join as allotted. The allottments as drawn were supposed to be equal as to value but ranged from 80 to 108 acres. The heirs are trading different pieces with one another togeteach one’B land in a body, and seem satisfied with the allottment. The petit jury is called for next Monday, and probably next week will be quite busy.