Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1908 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Eight marriage licenses were issued last month, against 14 for the month previous and 10 for January 1907. —o — The four old indictments against F. D. Gilman, the* former Goodland banker now serving sentence in the state prison at Michigan oity, were dismissed on motion of the prosecuting attorney last week. o—.0 —. The annual delinquent tax sale will take place Monday, beginning at 10 a. m., at the court house. The delinquencies are slightly more in number this year than usual, although several have paid since advertisement was made. —o — Owing to the fact that there will probably be some change made in the appraisement of the Parser bank assets before the appraisement is made public, we are unable to publish the list this week as intended. As soon as the appraisement is released by the trustee we will publish same. —o — New suits filed: No. 7264. Warner Bros. Vs. Edward Leach; suit on note. Demand SIOO. No. 7265. Warner Bros. vs. Joseph C. Thornton; suit on note. Demand SIOO. No. 7266. Isaac Wells vs. Fred Lee; action in replevin. No. 7267. Amelia Fagot, guardian, vs. theminor heirs of Joseph Fagot, deceased; petition to sell real estate. No. 7268. Willis Lutz vs. Edward Leach; suit on note. Demand s3s^ No. 7269. Farmers National Bank of Mulberry vs. Charles Templeton et al; suit on note. Demand $250. j \Marriage licenses issued: Feb. 3,vTesse L. Garriott of Fair Oaks, aged 32, occupation farmer, to Minnie Elizabeth Hooper, also of Fair Oaks, aged 20, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. \ Feb. 4, Everett R. Williams of Aix, aged 21, occupation farmer, to Florence Davisson, also of Aix, aged 21, occupation housekeeper, First marriage for each. Feb. 4, Manta Philipus Van Meerten of Demotte, aged 27, occupation farmer, to Lillian Berna Merrit, also of Demotte, aged 16, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each, s> 4Feb. 5, Grant Rishling of Renssflher, aged 28, occupation farmer, to Minnie Frances Barce of Marion tp., aged 27, occupation.housekeeper. First marriage for each, —o — At the meeting of the Board of Education Monday it Was decided to continue both the Boys’ Corn Club and the Girls’ Bread Club. Last year was a very baokward year for the com club, yet the showing that the boys made at the Farmers’ Institute was a very creditable one, there being over 100 exhibits shown. An effort will be made to double the number this year. A change will be made this year in that each boy will exhibit 11 ears, prizes being awarded on ten ears, and one ear in each exhibit being carefully scored that the boy may take it home with him and see where it is weak. Seed will be furnished the boys as last year, Trustees Cook, Yeoman and Karch being a committee to secure the seed. The details of the Bread Club were not definitely arranged but left to a later meeting. Q Ex-Auditor Hayworth of Pulaski county, and a gentleman named Smith of Logansport are engaged in going over the accounts of extreasurer —in name only—S. R. Nichols. It seems from what little we can learn about it that there is a discrepancy in the aqoounts of the auditor and treasurer which dates baok some two years. We are told this discrepancy is but SI,OOO to $1,500, and that Nichols thinks that he is charged with and had to make settlement of that much too mnch money, hence he is having the acoounts checked up to discover if possible the error. The above is the little that was al-

lowed to leak out to The Democrat, and we do not vouch for the correctness of the alleged discrepancy. Of course such things are kept from this paper as much as possible as it is not to be made public, and the little given above is all we were able to get at this time. —O— Sheriff O’Connor received a bench warrant from the Kosciusko circuit oonrt on Monday morning for the arrest of a young man by the name of Stewart Thompson, said to be some where in this county. After diligent inquiry he was located working for Charles Bussell in Hanging Grove. Deputy Sheriff Joseph O’Connor went out and made the arrest and when they arrived at the jail the sheriff, as is usually the way, called up the sheriff at Warsaw telling him that he had the prisoner here and asked him to send for him as soon as possible. Later the sheriff here was notified by the sheriff at Warsaw that as the warrant was directed to the sheriff of Jasper county he would have to deliver the prisoner there. Therefore the sheriff sent deputy Joe with the prisoner on the early train via Delphi to Warsaw. The young man is 22 years old and 6 feet tali. The sheriff does not wish to tell the cause of the arrest, but we understand it is for paternity. The young man had all arrangements made to start for Michigan when arrested. / The February term of the Jasper circuit court will convene Monday, The grand jury is called for the first day of the term and among the matters that will be taken up, it is rumored, is the Parker bank failure and the investigation of where the “booze” comes from that some of the young boys have been getting so much of lately, The penalty for giving or procuring liquor for a minor is severe, and if the guilty ones are apprehended it is likely the lesson will have a salutary effect on such matters for some time to come. The petit jury is called for the third Monday of the term. Following are the names of the grand and petit jurors and the townships they are from: GRAND JURORS, I. W. Faylor Union Wm. B. Culp Milroy Karl Leek Newton Charles Holle Kniman Green Thornton Newton Julius Huff Jordan PETIT JURORS. David S. A1ter.......... Union J. W. Hum es Union Geo. W. Coppess .......Gillam Morton L. Ford Hanging Grove Judson L. Adams .Barkley Edward Bellows ......... ... .. .Carpenter Marion Freeland ... Newton Frank L. Borntrager .—..Marlon Emmet Fid ter Jordan A. S. Freeman. Barkley Geo. W, Castor ... ...MUroy James W. Amsler Marion J. B. Musgrove Keener Frank W. Fisher.. ...—. Kankakee Chas. A. Lefler Ranging Grove Chas. U. Schatzley ...Wheatfleld —O— The work of the February term of the couutv commissioners was completed Wednesday and the board adjourned. Following is a report of the proceedings: There was allowed $441.66 on the Hanging Grove stone road construction; $2,243 on the Gillam stone road. L. V. Sayler petition to vacate highway in Walker tp.; Chas. Harrington, Wm. Cooper and O. A. Yeoman appointed viewers to meet Feb. 20. Samuel E. Sparling petition for ditoh report as modified is approved and ditch ordered established and costs taxed to dith. Charles V. May ditoh; Geo. Heaaler appointed superintendent to give bond in the sum of S3OO. Jasper Guy allowed attorney fee of $65. Additional time granted drainage commissioners to report in the Jerry Shea ditoh. Notice ordered given for letting of oontraot for supplies for oouuty farm for next quarter on first day of March term. Micah R. Halstead et al, petition for highway in Newton tp.; Grant Davisson, Perry Marlatt and Wm. Daniels appointed viewers, to meet Feb. 22. Notice ordered given for letting contract on first day March term for two new bridges in Milroy tp.