Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1907 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Commissioners* court convenes Monday. ' There were 13 marriage licenses issued last month, against 14 for the month previous and 18 for December, 1905. The annual settlements of township trustees with their various advisory boards takes place next Tuesday—the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January. o j Sheriff O’Connor started in on his second term Tuesday, while M. B. Price began his fifth term as surveyor. J. Q. Lewis also began his first term as county assessor Tuesday. There is no trouble in Jasper county to loan the school funds. In fact, there is usually applications on file several weeks ahead, and there is no accumulation of unloaned funds. —o — County Treasurer-elect, J. D. Allman is now chief deputy in the county treasurer’s office and will school closes at Remington. He move his family here as soon as will not entei upon his own term as treasurer until next January, however, Jess is a fine fellow, has a most excellent family, and can not help but make a popular treasurer. —o — The White circuit -court, November term, ended last Friday. Nothing whatever was done with the numerous criminal cases against the McCoys still pending there. It is not likely anything further will be done unless the taxpayers of Jasper county go down in their pockets and dig up another big wad of money to sweeten the attorneys. —o — New suits filed: No. 7108. Wm, H. H. Willette, administrator of the estate of Louisia B. Willette, deceased, late of Dearborn county, Ind., vs. Benjamin J. Gifford et al; suit to foreclose mortgage. Demand 110,000 No. 7109. Mamie McMurray vs. Jay McMurray; suit for divorce. The complaint alleges that the parties were married March 30, 1901, and lived together until Oct. 6, 1905, when plaintiff was obliged to leave defendant because of cruel and inhuman treatment which began soon after their marriage; that he accused plaintiff of being intimate with other men, cursed her, etc.; that the charges made against plaintiff were false, etc., and that she always treated her busband in all respects as a wife should. Plaintiff asks to have her maiden name of Mamie Myres restored to her. Plaintiff resides at Parr, and defendant’s postoffice address is alleged to be Rensselaer. Marriage licenses issued: Dec. 29, Charles Kennedy Warne of Kankakee, 111., aged 35, occupation piano polisher, to Zilpba Hortense Shook of Jasper county, aged 28. First marriage for each. Dec. 31, Nick De Vries of Demotte, aged 22, occupation farmer, to Edith Kim, also of Demotte, aged 21, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Dec. 31, Arthur L. Waymire of Jasper county, aged 24, occupation farmer, to Ora Ellen Payne, also of Jasper county, aged 19, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Jan. 1, Frederick A. Hartman of Rensselaer, aged 53, occupation carpenter, to Ida May MoClintick, also of Rensselaer, aged 44, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for each, groom having been divorced in April, 1904, and bride divorced in Sept., 1906. Jan. 2, William Marion Brown of Union tp., aged 22, occupation farmer, to Mina Long of Jasper county, aged 22, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Jan. 3, John C. Beukhof of Chicago, aged 23, occupation draftsman apprentice, to Ella Buriholf of Demotte, aged 34, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Cloaks, shirts and suits at your own prices. Chicago Bargain Store