Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1907 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About ' the County Capitol. I Marriage licenses issued: Oct. 15, Cecil Gordon McCain of Shelbyville, aged 22, occupation grocery clerk, to Martha Lamy Wahl of Remington, aged 29, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. —o — The sheriff went out to McCoysburg Monday and levied on the share of corn and hay on the Rinehart land belonging to Mrs. Mattie Rinehart and husband on an execution sued out by A, T. Bowen & Co., the bankers who were caught heavily by the McCoys and Rineharts. “Bill” was here the first of October, before the execution was placed in the sheriff’s hands, and sold all the oats and wheat and got the cash for it. He also collected the rent of the McCoysburg hotel, leaving nothing to levy on but the corn and hay crop.

Regarding the office of truant officer, Jasper county has never had any failure of applications for this office, and, while the amount appropriated, $215, is not large, it has always been sufficient to attract applicants and the office has never gone begging. The marshal of Rensselaer receives S6O per month for doing practically nothing—s72o per year. This is a very good salary indeed, and it makes no difference if be can take any one or a dozen more offices and the salaries connected therewith “without interfering with his duties as marshal,” the fact remains that his time belongs , to the taxpayers of Rensselaer, ’ whether he has anything to do or not, and we do not believe he has any legal or moral right to hold the two offices.

Sheriff O’Connor received a letter a few days ago from the sheriff of Kankakee, 111., stating that Gordon, the horse-thief arrested here several weeks ago for making off with a livery rig there and selling it to T. J. Mallatt of Fair Oaks, had entered a plea of guilty in court there had been given an indeterminate sentence of three to twenty-one years at Joliet. Some partiee came there from Davenport, lowa, recently and interviewed Gordon about a horse and buggy stolen there, but he at first stoutly maintained that be had never been in Davenport, later acknowledging that he had stolen the rig and telling them where he had disposed of the same. Seven different thefts have been traced to him, among which are one at Lafayette, Ind,, July 30; one at Urbana, 111., one at Aurora, 111,, and one at Independence, lowa. —o — New suits tiled: No. 7219. Horace Marble vs. Anson Sebring et al; action to quiet title. No. 7220. Feme Guss vs. William E. Guss; suit for divorce. The plaintiff in this case resides in Rensselaer and was formerly Miss Feme Starr of Rensselaer. Complaint alleges that the parties were married Nov. 28, 1903, and separated May 1,1904, since which time plaintiff has resided with her parents in Rensselaer; that defendant failed and refused during their married life and while they were living together to make reasonable provision for the support of plaintiff; that about Sept. 1, 1904, he wholly abandoned plaintiff and has made no provision whatever for the support of plaintiff. One child, a daughter three years old, is the fruits of this union, and which plaintiff asks the care and custody of. Nd. 7221. John W. Ward vs. William P. Gaffield; action to foreclosure a mechanic's lein; demand $62,40. This case grows out of the drilling of a well on defendant’s land and on which a balance of $47.40 is alleged to be due.