Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1907 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Winamao, the county seat of Pulaski county, has olimbed on the water wagon, winning out by • majority of 86. The last of the Present licenses will expire June I, 1908. The anti-saloon forces there state that they will not rest until every saloon in the county is closed. —o — Wortley & Fenwick of Jordan tp., were awarded the contract last week for the new Bchool building in said township at No. 6, for $865, complete except furniture. The old school building at No. 6 was sold to Mr. Beckman of Jordan for $66.25. The new building is to be completed by Sept. 15. The contract for a well at No. 5 was let to Charles Bentley of Brook for SIOO. —o — An effort was made this week to defeat the saloon remonstrance filed from Monon some time ago, and the 327 remonstrators were summoned before the board of commissioners of White county Monday. The grounds for the attempt to knock the remonstrance out was that the paper was signed with type-writer, but the courts have declared such signatures legal, it was alleged, and the remonstrance was held good. —o — New suits filed: No. 7186, James H Chapman vs. William Nowels; complaint on note and foreclosure of chattel mortgage. Demand S2OO, No. 7187. George W. Jones vs. James N. Leatherman, auditor, and Samuel R. Nichols, treasurer of Jasper county; complaint to cancel certificate of tax sale. No. 7188. William B. Austin ▼s. William J. Ballinger and Mattie M. Ballinger, his wife; suit on note and foreclosure of mortgage. Demand S4OO. No. 7189. Ray McCord and Hanna McCord, vs. Samuel M. LaRue et al; suit for damages on a real estate deal. Demand S2OO.

Mrs. Luella Collins of Kankakee tp., was declared insane last Friday and application made for sending her to Longoliff. The unfortunate woman’s insanity takes the form of melancholia, is restless, sleeps but little and has a tendency to suicide. She sits about gazing into distance and cryihg a great deal of the time. The first signs of insanity appeared last April when taken to Chicago to undergo an operation for female trouble in a hospital in thut city. She is 25 years of age and was married to Jesse Collins about two years ago. There are no children. The Remington-Carpenter tp., stone road contractors assert that they will recommence work on their contract there next week some time. Mr. Thompson went before the county commissioners Monday and held a confab with the board. He wanted to know, he said, if the board would stand by its record made last month regarding size of rock to be used, it having been reported, he said, that Supt. Besse had stated that he would accept nothing smaller than it inch rock for the top dressing. The board informed him that the record was made to be stood by, and it is expected that there will be no further clash unless too large a percentage of dust is used to satisfy the superintendent. —o — A Remington gentleman who is interested in our roads being kept in good repair requests us to call attention to the fact that the newly improved part of the Range Line road is filled with deep ruts that fill with water every time a rain comes and remains there until it evaporates, softening the entire road bed. He thinks the road should be repaired at once by filling these ruts with top dressing crushed stone, rather than by scraping the rock up from the sides. Unless the repairs are made at once, he says the heavy hauling of oats during the latter part of the month and in September will cut the road up in very bad shape. Road repair is like most anything else, “a stitch in tims (load of rook) saves nine.”

Marriage licenses issued: Aug. 6, Albert Louis Bouk of Norwich, North Dakota, aged 37, occupation farmer, to Lessie David Bates of Rensselaer, aged 31, occupation school teacher. First marriage for eaoh. August 6, Alfred E. McCoy of Walker tp., aged 49, occupation farmer, to Maggie M. Stockwell, also of W alker, aged 37, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for each, wife, of male having died in 1899, and husband of female in 1903. August 7, John Bush of Rensselaer aged 43, occupation laborer, to Anna Hinton, also of Rensselaer, aged 37, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for male, second marriage for female, she having been divorced from first husband in February 1907. —o— Follo wing is a report of the proceedings of the county commissioners at their regular August term:

Thos. Davis, et al ditoh; board find against remonstrators, to whom costs are taxed. Preliminary report referred to drainage commissioners to proceed with the work and file final report on or before August 20. Final report made in E. P. Honan ditch and same is ordered established with E. P. Honan as superintendent. Fletcher Monnett et al ditch; assessments confirmed and ditch ordered established with Carey L. Carr as superintendent, to give bond of SI,OOO. Foltz & Spitler allowed attorney fee of S7O. ..... „ Wm. J. Reed, et al ditch; no objections filed and same is referred to drainage commissioners for final report Sept. term. James L. Babcock ditch; assessments approved and ditch ordered established with John E. Alter as supt., he to give bond of S6OO. Foltz & Spitler allowed attorney fee of $75. JohnJ. Borntrager ditch; petition referred to drainage commissioners M. B. Price, D. W. Waymire and John W. Nowels, to meet Aug. 22. Frank Fenzil ditch; referred to same parties as above, to meet same date.

James M. Hallagan ditch; referred to drainage commissioners Prioe. Waymire and R. B. Harris, to meet August 19. Frank W. Fisher, et al, petition for open ditoh; Granville Moody, O. A. Moore and John R, Lewis appointed viewers, to meet Aug. 19. George Wesner, et al, petition for highway in Walker tp.; J. H. Tilton, John Biggs and Andrew Misch appointed viewers, to meet Aug. 17. Requisition for supplies for poor farm for quarter ending Nov. 30 approved and notice ordered given for letting contract. “In matter of appropriation of money to ajd in the construction of the Lafayetee and Chicago Railway. Petitioners present petition and cause submitted. Board after being duly advised find that petition is signed by more than 25 freeholders and voters of Marion tp., and same is found sufficient. It is ordered that the polls of Marion tp., be open and the question submitted to the voters of said tp., on the 10th day of Sept. 1907, and the auditor is directed to give notice as provided by law. Improvement found of public utility and same is ordered spread of record. Inspectors appointed as follows: Ist Precinct, Emerald Aldrich; 2d Precinct, Charles Dean; 3d Precinct, Chas. Morlan. J. H. S. Ellis and E. P. Honan appointed as election commissioners.” Above is the complete record made in the proposal to vote a subsidy for the above railroad.