Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1908 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. » Miss Alice Bates, deputy addltor, and |Miss Hazel Warner, deputy clerk, will leave this morning for Wawasee Lake, Kosclußko county, on a two weeks outing. Marriage licenses issued: July 15, Edward Arie DeKoker of Demotte, aged 24, occupation farmer, to Nancy Ellen Long, also of Demotte, aged 25, occupation teacher. First marriage for each. t The court house clock was again put in commission this week after a several weeks strike—or nonstrike, rather, as it was the striking apparatus that was out of order. Repairs were received from the factory the first of the week and it is again tolling off the hours. County Surveyor Price did not leave Mudlavia, where he has been taking treatment for rheumatism for the past couple of weeks, as early in the week as expected, and did not reach the old home In Carpenter tp., until Thursday afternoon. He will probably come over to Rensselaer to-day. Hon. Jesse E. Wilson has been appointed by President Roosevelt as head of the government board for the Seattle Exposition. Mr. Wilson is from Rensselaer and now holds the position of assistant secretary of the Interior. His friends here will be pleased to learn of his being honored to this important appointment. The exposition will be held next year. The report of the city treasurer for the month ending June 30 shows the following balances in the various funds: Corporation $177.47 Water 2,131.67 Light 4,206.00 Road (overdrawn) 164.98 Park “ 16.81 Susan street. 374.23 Cullen street, north 62.95 Cullen and Forest streets.. 123.41 Sinking fund. ... ......... 40.07