Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1907 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About / the County Capitol. ''"-Recorder Tilton is expecting a Roosevelt Medal along most any old time now. Number seven, a girl, arrived at bis house Monday. Marriage licenses issued: Sept. 21, Wiliam Russell Willits of McCoysburg, aged 18, occupation farmer, to Lena Ringeison, also of McCoysburg, aged 18, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. -»-o—

President Infield of the proposed Lafayette-Chicago electric road, states that petitions will be filed at the October meeting of the county commissioners for the calling of subsidy elections in Remington and Carpenter tp., this county, and Gilboa tp., Benton county. —O'John E. Alter, Fred Philips~and a few others have settled the claims of the McCoy bank trustee against them, which were advertised for sale, and Rush & Warren have compromised the $2,378 note of theirs by paying about $1,150. The notes and overdrafts remaining unsettled or sold, will be- sold at public auction at 1 p. m., to-day bysaid trustee. —o>— There were not enough teachers in Jasper county to go around, notwithstanding the closing of some eight or ten schools, and about a half dozen teachers bad to be imported. One, Miss Longwell of Monon, teaching in Newton tp.; two, Misses Violet Myers and Ethel Miller of Indianapolis, are teaching in Keener. There are also one or two imported teachers in Walker and Kankakee, v e understand. It is reported that the case of the trustees of the defunct McCoy sheepskin bank against Delos Thompson, (the old Rensselaer Stock Farm case in which about 150,000 is claimed to be due the bank) will be continued in the Lake circuit court, where it is pending, until next term. Other cases crowd it out this term, it is said. The case was set for trial next week and the bank creditors hoped it would be tried at the present term. —o — Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Andrus of Kniman, father and mother of Mrs. John O’Connor of this city, are both dangerous!v sick. The former has Bright’s disease and the latter a severe case of pneumonia. Mr. Andrus is 78 years of age and bis wife is 72. Later: Mr. Andrus died Thursday about noon. Arrangements had not been completed for the funeral at this writing. Mrs. Andrus is reported slightly better.

All the schools of Union tp., will start Monday except Fair Oaks, which will not open on account of a few cases of diptheria in Wm. Warren’s family. The township teachers are: Brushwood, Victor Comer and Cora Dexter; Virgie, Lopvie Gunyon; Center, Floy Williams; Rosebud, L. W. Benbow; Parr, C. M. Blue and Nellie Gray; Moffitt, Mamie Archer; Fair Oaks, Frank Garriott. Jesse Smith and Mary Adams; Gant, Clara Bresnahan. Fuller, Wild Lilly and Otis schools have been abandoned. It is hoped that the Fair Oaks school will not be delayed more' than a week. The Pulakki county grand jury which adjourned last week returned 78 indictments, mostly for violations of the liquor law. W. J. Reed, formerly of Jordan tp., this county, is the prosecuting attorney up there and he seems to be going after violators of the law with a vengeance. Two young men, farmer boys, who were witnesses, “didn’i| know anything,” although members of that body knew that they did and other witnesses had so testified. Therefore the grand jury indicted them for perjury. It was then that their memory came bach to them and.they begged the court for mercy. A plea of guilty was entered and they were each sentenced to the penitentiary, but sentence was suspended during good behavior.

New suits filed: No. 7213. Lura Pennel vs. Chas. W. Pennel; suit for divorce. Complaint alleges that the parties were married July 24,1906, and separated July 29,1907, whed defendant abandoned plaintiff; that he has treated her in a cruel and inhuman manner, neglectsand refuses to live with her or support and provide for her and their infant child. A decree of divorce and the custody of said child is asked for by plaintiff, Plaintiff resides in Barkley tp. No, 7214. Edward Stanwood Shoe Co., vs. Orlando A. Yeoman; suit on account. Demand $99.58. No. 7215. Philomena Bertrand, guardian, vs. Lewis Sayler and Elizabeth Sayler, his wife; suit on notes and* mortgage. Demand SI,OOO, The lengthiest case of the present term of court was the appealed case of John J. Lawler et al vs. the remonstrators to a highway appellant was endeavoring to have established through the ThompsonLawler land, just east of Rensselaer. The case was taken up Wednesday, on the re-assembling of the jury, and argument was concluded Thursday evening and it was given to the jury at 5 p. m. At 12:30 a. m. a sealed verdict was returned which was opened at the re-convening of court yesterday morning. It granted the road, to be 40 feet in width, and gave the principal remonstrator, Gangloff, S3OO damages; remonstrator John Groom was given $25 damages. The case of the Inter Ocean newspaper company vs. Geo. A. Strickfaden, fdr balance alleged to be due for papers sold to former newsdealer Shead of Rensselaer, which defendant had guaranteed the pay of, was set for yesterday, also some other minor case.

County, city, town and township officers and school boards of incorporated towns should begin to study up on the new public funds’ depository law, which goes into effect Dec. 1, 1907. The various boards of finance must be organized immediately after taking effect of the law. In townships the board is composed of the township advisory boards. In counties the county auditor and board of county commissioners constitute such board, while in county seat towns the school boards also have representation on the board. Public funds are loaned at 2 per cetft. on daily balances or 2| to 3 per cent, on time deposits, to banks or trust companies in the county who furnish the necessary security for such funds, and all interest received must be applied to the county, city, township or school corporation depositing such funds. In case no bank or trust company within the county chooses to pay such interest the funds may be deposited in some bank outside the county, but within the state, complying with the provisions of the law.