Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1908 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. - Co. Supt. Lamson visited the Remington schools Thursday. Commissioners’ Court and the county board of education will each meet Monday. Monday is the last day for paying the spring Installment of taxes tovavoid penalty for delinquency.Eight marriage licenses were is-, sued last month, against 13 for the month previous and 5 for April, 1907. \cierk Warner was handing out some good cigars yesterday, the occasion being his entering upon his second term as clerk. *4<rhe democrats of Hanging Grove tp., at their convention Saturday nominated W. R. Willett for trustee and Chas. Lefler for assessor. A mighty good ticket, surely. —o — New suite filed: No. 7319. Emmet L. Hollingsworth vs. Edward W. Lakin and E. Grant Sutton;! complaint on note. Demand $150.1 No. 7319. Charles G. Spitler, aw trustee of the person and corporations set forth in the complaint, vs. Oscar Byerly et al; complaint on notes.* Demand S7OO, and foreclosure df mortgage.

The April term of the White city cuit court convened Monday. Among the matters disposed of this week of interest to people of this locality was the handing down of a decision in the case of Frank M. Covert vs. Jesse J. Fry et al, which had been sent there from Newton county. The decision was in favor of Covert and for a sum of over $2,000 at 6 per cent, interest from the time of entry of suit. XMarriage licenses issued: April 2p, William Grasshouse of Renssel•aer, aged 40, occupation farmer, to Jenny Van Lear, also of Rensselaer, aged 37, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. NtApril .28, George J. Heil of Wheatfield, aged 28, occupation farmer, to Ada Huber, also of Wheatfield, aged 20, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each.X

April 30, Earl A. ’ Barkley of Rensselaer, aged 23, occupation farmer, to Karrie Irene Lanham, also of Rensselaer, aged 22, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. r"' J —o — Erastus Peacock, the mail clerk, whose marital troubles have been aired in oourt here recently, was arrested Monday on a grand jury indlctmeptuiharging wife desertion. Mr. Peacock was ordered by the court recently to pay $7 per week to his wife, from whom he is now separated, for her support. '''JJe has not paid in anything, and asXhe court has no power to enforce such an order in a case of this kind, we understand, the indictment was gotten out. Mr. Peacock gave bond in open court for SIOO with his attorney, Geo. A. Williams, as surety, and (the case is set for next Friday, although it is doubtful if it will be tried then. —o>— According to the enumeration of voters in Jasper county there are 3,554 voters in the county, all but two of whom are white. The two colored voters reside in Rensselaer, and are “Free” Wood, the barber, and Julius Taylor, the carpenter. The voters in each township follow:

Barkley .. 301 Carpenter 523 Gillam 172 Hanging Grove 110 Jordan. -211 Keener 211 Kankakee ..123 Marion 068 Milroy 79 Newton 145 Union 341 Walker ...J................. 203 Wheatfield ...213 . —o—“Cd” Robinson has certainly been having a soul-racking job this week, that of sitting in the sheriff’s office and keeping an eye on the dray load of booze that was seized at the Rosenbaum hotel Saturday. To be sure the aforesaid booze is safely confined within the iron cage in the sheriff’s office, and Sheriff O’Connor carries the key tp the cage, but the 21 quarts As ambercolored liquid which the label on the bottles state is from a noted

still in “old Kentucky,” are in plain view—so near and yet so far — that it is a trying position for a man to hold. But the sheriff has kindly backed up a roll top desk in front of the cage, which partially hides the view of the spirits that are confined inside the heavy iron bars, or there would probably be a crowd of thirsty ones standing about all the time, gaping at the “Wet goods” and- declaring most emphatically that ’tis a d— shame for a law to be placed on our statute books requiring the absolute destruction of such good stuff—not in the ordinary way, but by pouring it out In the gutter. > ■ ■ .