Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1907 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Iteiiis Picked Up About tin County Capitol. The White circuit court convened lass Monday. | Eight marriage licenses were issued lasi month, against four for the month previous and seven for August, 1906. Miss Vera P&rker has rav, rne d to her duties in the clerk’s ofn M|< after a month’s absence in Lafayl ette'where.she was employed as stenographer in the law office of Stuart, Hammond & Sims. The election, to vote a subsidy in Rensselaer and Marion tp., for the proposed electric railway from Lafayette to Chicago, will be held next Tuesday. Come out and vote your sentiments. Don’t stay at home and then complain about the result. Your vote may make the eleotion go the way you want it to go. —o — Preliminary township institutes will be held as follows: Jordan —Thursday, Sept. 5,1:30 p. m., Egypt. Keener, Wheatfield, Kankakee and Walker— Friday Sept. 6, 10:30 a. m., Wheatfield. Marion and Newton—Saturday, Sept. 7. 1:30 p. tn., Rensselaer. Barkley—Friday, Sept. 13, 1:30 p. m., Rensselaer. * Gillam—Saturday,Sept. 14,1:30 p. m., Center. Milroy and Hanging Grove— Saturday, Sept. 21, McCoysburg. Union—Saturday, Sept. 28,10:30 a. m., Parr. Special teacher’s examination will be held in office of County Supt. on Thursday, Sept. 12.

Marriage licenses issued: Sept, 4, Jacob C. Sayler of Jasper county, aged 55; occupation farmer, to Malinda Sayler of Newton county, aged 53, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for each, they having been divorced in January, last and this being a re-marriage. August 31, Charley Krumnierch of Jasper county, aged 27, occupation farmer, to Ida Geib of Remington, aged 21, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Sept. 4, Bert Laßoche, of Rensselaer, aged 21, occupation cigar maker, to Goldie Meacham, also of Rensselaer, aged 19, occupation book-keeper. First marriage for each. Sept. 6, Frederick Miller Phillips of Rensselaer, aged 26, occupation tile mill worker, to Bessie Sink of Fair Oaks, aged 22, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. —o — The September term of the Jasper circuit court will convene Monday. The petit jury is called for the second Monday of the term, but thegrand jury although drawn has not been called and is not likely to be. Following are the names of those drawn on both the grand and petit jurors: tsrand jurors, A. S. Freeman Barkley tp. Fred Berger. .....Carpenter Oscar Hauter Marion C. R. Peregrines..... Kankakee G. B. Lewis. Barkley Geo. Parker Hanging Grove

PETIT JURORS. Henry C. Meyer* ..Walker P. O. Kennedy Wheatfield A. P. Burton Marion Wm. Folger : Barkley George W. Bond Barklev John F. Payne ;....... .Barkley John E. Alter Union Carey L. Carr.... .Newton Andrew Eller .....Carpenter ohn A. Knowlton. Marion . ohn Bill Jordan ames Lefler Hanging Grove ames L. Babcock .Union Charles Hensler . lordan Wm. Florence .'Union New suits filed: No. 7203, Erastus Peacock, vs. Florence Peacock; aotion for divorce. The parties to this suit both reside in Rensselaer and have lived here for more than a quarter of a .century, the plaintiff having been a mail clerk on the Monon for years. The complaint alleges that they were married Jan. 1, 1868, and separated in August 1906; that before their separation and daring their married fife defendant waa guilty of cruel and inhuman

treatment of plaintiff in that she failed and refused to cohabit with him and refused to care for and prooure aid and medical attendance and food for plaintiff when he was sick; that as the fruits of said marriage they have four children, two girls who are married and two boys aged 18 and 14, respectively, which plaintiff asks the custody of; that plaintiff has no property except 10 aores of. land in-or adjoining Rensselaer which has been in the joint names of plaintiff and defendant, but which plhintiff avers really belongs to him, having been purchased by him from his father Johnathan Peacock. Decree of divorce, custody of the children and decree of ownership to said real estate is asked' for. 7204. William P. Fletoher vs. Jobu Baker* and E. Grant Sutton; suit c** notes. Demand S2OO. No. 7205. William \f. Sharp, et al, vs. Jesse J. Fry, et at; 00mplaint on bond, demand SBSO. No. 7256. Lavina Bisher vs. Laura L. Bisher, et al; suit to quiet title. At the meeting of the county council this week, attorney E. B. Sellers of Monticello filed the following bill for money paid out by him as attorney in the McCoy criminal, cases: C.O. Holmes (10.00 Expense to Hammond 2.00 Same to Bensselaer and Hammond...... 7.00 T. L. Buford clerk (mo.) 6.00 Tilton, recorder 6.50 C.O. Holmes 17.50 Tilton, recorder 2.25 Recorder Lake Co. 1.50 Express 55 N. C. Butler, clerk... 7.35 Leopold, board 30.00 Gravcß.board.... ........ 3tho6 Leopold, board 30.00 C. O. Holmes 2.30 Telephone and express 10.55 J. H. Chapman, board 45.75 True George 20.00 Express ......... .75 Ported, ex-recorder.... 5.00 Stenographer.... 25.00 Cash paid Bowers 5.00 Total $265.00

The statement was not sufficiently well itemized to render it intelligible to the general public, being precisely as given herewith, and was not sworn to. For the benefit of the uninitiated we will state that the “Leopold” mentioned is deputy prosecutor Mose Leopold of Rensselaer, the republican county secretary, and “Graves” is Prosecuting Attorney Graves. “Bowfcrs” is supposed to be Referee Bowers of Hammond. We don’t know who “Holmes” is nor what services he rendered.

The claim really was not looked upon favorably by the council, and when councilman L. P. Shirer made a motion to dismiss it, the motion was seconded by Councilman Porter and the motion carried by the votes of Shirer, Porter Parkison, Biggs and Babcock. Then Judge Hanley got up and gave the council a talk in which he thought it ought to be allowed, and told the council that it could reconsider the matter if it desired. This was was done and all voted in favor of allowing the claim at $l3O except Councilmen Shirer and Babcock, who voted “No.” The matter of tbeolaim not having been filed until the day previous was then mentioned by the writer, it not being included in the regular requisitions and therefore the taxpayers had had no opportunity to look Into the merits of the matter, as they are given in regular appropriations; and it was also pointed out that the oouncil had some time before made an appropriatiodkof SIOO to Mr. Leopold on account of expenses incurred in this trial, and that it was publicly argued by many people on the streets that the council did right in paying Leopold the SIOO as he had to pay board while there; that it was no more right to pay Chapman’s board than it was any other witness, etc. But it was decided that the order stood and these remarks went for naught. As a matter of faot, while there may be some morit in part of Mr. Sellers’ olaim, Jasper county has no legal right whatever to pay it as there was.no existing appropriation for any suoh expense at the time the services are alleged to have been rendered, nor do we believe the council can take up matters of this character that have been filed but one day previous to making the appropriation, although the learned county attorney—who is the republican county ohairman—told the oouncil otherwise.