Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1906 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol.

New suits filed : No. 7089. John M. Jost vs. Harry Rishling and David Culp; suit on note. Demand S2OO. —o•— Nine marriage licenses were issued last month, against eleven for the month previous, and seven for October, 1905. Marriage licenses issued : November 3, Roland Layman, of Remington, aged 31, occupation laborer, to Rosa Lee Lance, also of Remington, aged 20, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Nov. 6, Jacob Henry of Momence, 111., aged 24, occupation machinist, to Golda Seeley of Wheatfield, aged 16. First marriage for each.

Lawrence Kellner has published a notice in a Rensselaer paper of his intention to apply at the December teqn of commissioners’ court for a retail license to sell liquors at Remington. Remington is now “dry” and has been for some three years, but there is some technicality about the filing of the last blanket remonstrance that the parties “who are now trying to “break in” there evidently think will enable them to win out in court. It would be a good idea for the anti-saloon people there to file another remonstrance in which there can be no technical errors to be taken advantage of.

The following jurors have been drawn for the November term of court, which convenes next Monday. The grand jury is called for the first' Monday at II a. m., and the petit jury for the third Monday at 11 a. m.: GRAND JURORS. Warren Poole, Hanging Grove. Walter V. Porter, Rensselaer. T. F. Maloney, Kankakee. Harmon Dickinson, Carpentet. W. B. Walters, Marion. John Ryan, Gillam. PETIT JURORS. M. W. Coppess, Gillam. C. P. Moody, Barkley. Lewis Welsh, Jordan. J no. R. Phillips, Hanging Grove. C. F. Stackhouse, Marion. A. 8. Keene, Wheatfield. Judson Maines, Marion. H. W. Marble, Wheatfield. Chas. F. Warner, Walker. Joseph Steward, Hanging Grove. John R. Lewis, Barkley. S. A. Austin, Wheatfield. C. D. Lakin, Union. John Rusk, Barkley. George McElfresh, Barkley. Horace G. Daniels, Marion. —o —

The county commissioners met in regular session Monday, but adjourned Monday night until Wednesday. Following is a report of the proceedings of the term : Liquor licenses were granted to Willie F. Granger, of Kersey, and William Ballinger, of Kniman, to date Nov. 12 and Nov. 15, 1906, respectively. No opposition was made to the granting of either license. Contracts were awarded for new bridges to S. L. Luce, two bridges across the Hodge ditch in Wheatfield township, for $1,939.20, and

to the Pan-American Bridge Co., for bridge in Jordan township for $1,267. Harvey Wood was appointed inspector of election in precinct No. 3, MaTion township, in place of C. J. Dean, who was away on a land expedition to the Dakotas, and D. M. Worland was appointed in Newton township, the trustee, W. B. Yeoman, being disqualified, owing to James Yeoman, a cousin, being a candidate for county commissioner on the prohibition ticket.

Petition to appoint E. H. Morrow justice of the peace in Carpenter township was continued. The claim of $205.75 of E. B. Sellers, of Monticello, and Foltz & Spitler, of Rensselaer, for legal services in the case of Heinzman vs. Jasper county, was continued. There was allowed on the engineers’estimates $3,312.43 on the Hanging Grove stone road; 11,865.25 on the Gillam gravel road; $1,683.36 on the Marion stone roads; $3,740.80 on the Iroquois ditch; $483.850n the Moffitt ditch. Additional time of one year was granted for removal of rock in the Iroquois ditch contract. Notice ordered given for letting contract for supplies for poor farm on first day Dec. term. Trustee of Marion tp., was granted permission to extend additional poor relief not exceeding sls per quarter to Dora Smith. E. P. Honan et al, petition for ditch; continued for notice. Mary M. Potts et al, petition for ditch; final report heretofore filed is withdrawn and amended; preliminary filed making new parties; notice ordered. Daniel S. Makeever et al ditch; no objections filed and cause referred to commissioners for final report. Thomas Davis et al, petition for improvement of Junglas ditch, commissioners granted till next term to file preliminary report. John M. Ott petition for stone roads in Remington and Carpenter township; notice for election ordered published and Rial B Harris and D. H. Yeoman appointed election commissioners.

The buyers of the Iroquois ditch bonds are kicking on paying the six months’ accrued interest on said bonds, amounting to some $2,000, as required in their bid, and the county ordered the return of the bonds from Cleveland, Ohio. The buyers then attached the bonds and the First National Bank of Rensselaer, through whom the bonds were sent for collection, has been ordered to procure the return of the bonds, and to give such bond as security as may be necessary to discharge said lien of attachment, the necessary expense to -be charged up to said ditch improvement. The bond buyers put up $2,500 cash forfeit when bidding, which is still in the auditor’s hands, and they will either be compelled to take the bonds and pay the accrued interest or lose this forfeit.