Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1907 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. j *. The schools of Carpenter, Jordan, Keener, Marion, Milroy and Newton began Monday. Ail the other township schools will t>egin next Monday except Union, which will not begin until Sept. 30. While the Democrat editor was admitted to the Jasper County Bar to praotioe law this week, he doesn’t expeot to hang out his “shingle” yet awhile at least, but will continue in the newspaper business as heretofore and has no intention of taking up the practice of law as a vocation. -—o — Newton County Enterprise: The Newton County Council does not stand alone in turning down an appropriation for tax ferrets. The action was general all over Indiana. There ia a well founded belief that officials are elected and draw their salaries, to do the very work that the bo called ferrets want turned over into their hands. The contract for the some six miles of stone road in Hanging Grove tp., was let March 15,1906, yet this short stretch of road is still uncompleted, although we are told the contractors, Stewart & Sons of Kokomo, “hope” to get it done this year. More than two years and a half already taken to build less than seven miles of road! The parties affected have been paying for the road and the interest on the bonds has been going on nearly all this time and still the road is uncompleted! Such dilly-dallying tactics as this should not be permitted. The schools of Newton tp. commenced Monday with the following teachers: No. 3, Anna Bringle; No. 4, Glen Hnston; No. 5, Josie Miller; No. 7, Jessie Knox. Nos. 1 and 6 have been abandoned, and no school has been held at No. 2 for yeara. It was the intention to abandon No. 8 also, bat later it was decided to hold school there this year. No teacher was secured in time to have No. 8 begin with the other schools of the township. Trustee Yeoman secured Miss Disa Longwell of Monon as teacher, however, Monday and No. 8 opened Tuesday, but one day behind the other schools.

T. F. Maloney, N. Rasmussen, Wm. Dittman and several others from the north end of the county were down Monday to look after the various circuit court ditch matters from that part of the county in which they are interested. There were also several attorneys from neighboring counties present in the interest of remenstrators on the Marble petition to straighten the Kankakee. It is asserted that a sufficient number of remonstrators to the Grover Smith ditch have been secured to knock out the same, and that a big fight will result in the Marble ditch, if not defeated altogether. Marriage licenses issued: Sept. 7, Owen N. Baker of Aix, aged 23, occupation farmer, to Ohristena Nuss of Barkley tp., aged 21, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Sept. 9, Alphonse Raymond of Lafayette, aged 21, occupation railroader, to Kaise Sibert, of Rensselaer, aged 26, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for male, second for female-, she having been divorced in 1905. Sept. 9, Howard Griffin of Rensselaer, aged 29, occupation farmer, to Matilda Hagle, also of . Rensselaer, aged 34, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for male, seoond for female, her first husband having died in 1906. The unoollected notes and overdrafts among the assets of the defunct McCoy bank are advertised for sale at public auction by the trustee, on Saturday, Bept. 21. The list runs up to a great many thousands of dollars and the names of several people appear that are generally conceded to be “good.” dust why settlement in such oases has not been enforced by the trustee we are Unadvised, but there

would seem to be some defense to the claims or question somewhere, or they would have been sued npon. The names of quite a number of Jasper county’s former republican politicians and ex-officeholders appear in the list for various amounts also the republican county central oommittee for an overdraft of $159. —o — Wheatfield is almost “dry.” The license of Wm. F. Weese expired Thursday, John McGlinn’s expires next Tnesday and on Oct. 3, Mike Bernicken has to climb on the water wagon. The license of Wm. Ballinger at Kniman run out Thursday and no attempt has been made to renew it, therefore after Oct. 3 only one licensed saloon will be in operation in Jasper oonnty, that of Aaron Timmons at Tefft, whose present license expires Maroh 14, by which time, no doubt, Kankakee tp., will also decide to do without a saloon.

The total appropriations and tax levies in Jasper and neighboring oonnties is given below. Jmihw *61,706.80. tax levy 55 Benton... 48,962.00, “ “ 24.66 PnlMkl 48,325.00, “ “ Newton ....72,596.36, “ “ 47,65 White 47,839.00. “ “ 43 Btorke 86,686.95, " 5645 In this county no appropriations whatever were made for any new bridges, and it is practically certain that appropriations will have to be made before the year is out. Newton oonnty appropriations are the highest, which is accounted for by a large amount being appropriated for new bridges and other extraordinary expenses. . L . —o — New suits tiled: No. 7207. William B. Austin to John F. Bruner et al; action to foreclose mortgage. Demand $750. No. 7208. William Parks vs. Harmon N, Clark, etal; action for damages from attachment proceedings, whioh on appeal to the circuit court resulted in plaintiff’s favor. Demand $l5O.

No. 7167. Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie vs. Warren Springer; suit on account. Demand SIOO. No. 7209. First National Bankof Rensselaer va, Francis Walters; suit to foreclose mortgage. Demand SSOO. 7209£. Thomas Mullen vs. Peter H. Parks; transcript of judgement from Squire Dickinson’s court, Carpenter tp.