Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1907 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. County Supt. Lamson spent Friday and Saturday at Winona Lake. Judge Hanley and Duvall Bros, shipped their raoe horses to Crown Point last Sunday, where they will raoe in the fair to be held next week. Remonstrators, either on the Marble, Grover Smith, Rasmussen or George A. Cover ditches, can learn something to their advantage by calling on or addressing The Democrat. —o — The big dredge on the Iroquois ditch is-now going over the upper section of the rock excavation for the third time. Tbe seoond blasting was not deep enough after all, it seems, and it had to be drilled and blasted for the third time.

—o — John L. Gann of' Plainfield, Ind., was here Saturday to interview Deitel, the Kentland horsethief now in jail here, regarding a horse and buggy he had stolen recently, but he professed to know nothing about it. Mr. Gunn is a brother-in-law of J. H. Cox, the newsdealer. —Q —- Mrs. Martha Avis died at the county farm, Sunday at 8:30 a. m., aged 24 years; cause of death, tuberculosis. She came to the county farm Feb. 10, 1907, from Tefft. Poor farm Supt. Nichols took the remains to San Ptarrs Monday for interment, where she has a mother and three sisters. —O— —* White county has let the contract for new poor asylum buildings to a Lafayette firm for $27,642.76, and the heating system to a Danville, 111., firm for $2,185. Ed Troeger of Monticello gets the water system at $570, and B. K. Smith, also of Monticello, the electric wiring and fixtures for $875.80, making a total of $31,273.56. New suits filed: No 7190. Barney Spitznagle and Michael H. Kennedy vs. Abraham Halleck and Ransom Halleck; complaint on judgment. Demand 190.07. No. 7191. Lula Risk vs. Moses Risk; suit for divorce. The complaint alleges that the parties were married Nov. 30,1900, and separated March 5, 1906. No children were born as a result of this union. Failure to provide, cruel and inhuman treatment, etc., are charged. No. 7192. Harry R. Kurrie vs. William A. Patterson et al; suit to qniet title. No. 7193. Charles R. Peregrine administrator of the estate of William H. Jones, deceased, vs. Martha Collins et al; petition to sell real estate. No. 7194. W' J. Bolt vs. Malvina Klanski; suit on note. Demand S6B.