Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1908 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Commissioners’ Court will convene Monday for the October term. County Superintendent Lamson is the owner of a fine new Buick runabout, same style as those of Dr. Kresler and Dr. Turfler, and will now be able to get over the the county to visit the schools in record breaking time. Marriages licenses issued: Sept. 28, William Edward Guss of Lowell, aged 25, occupation mail order man, to Gladie Grace Richmond, of Rensselaer, aged 23, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for each, both former marriages having been disolved by divorce, and both in November, 1907. Bruce Caster of Gilliam tp., who was sent to Longcliff insane asylum some seven or eight months ago, writes The Democrat quite a sensible letter and only once or twice does he break out in a way that would lead one to infer that he was “oft” at all. He states that he is about the same as he has been for the past seven months. Says htf can’t tell just when he will get a furlough but has the promise of one and is waiting for a transfer at any time. He asks us to remember him to his friends. Mr. Caster’s letter would indicate that he is very much improved and his friends hope that he may be discharged soon.

The school board has had the brick walks along the school property taken up and replaced with cement, notwithstanding they were the best brick walks in the city. They are to be commended for this, as Rensselaer has certainly outgrown brick sidewalks. There are a number of other short strips of the miserablest brick walks here* and on some of our most traveled streets, too, that a person ever traveled over, but unfortunately allthe property owners in front ofwhose property these apologies for a sidewalk exist are abundantly able to take them out and put in a decent walk, a fact which seems to influence the city council Into doing nothing in the matter. Had they been poor widow women or some hard-working laborer trying to pay for a home it is safe to say that they WQuld have been ordered out years ago, /■ —° — /' The petit jury, excused Tuesday 1 of last week until Monday, were notified not to come in until Thursday (to-morrow) some cases heretofore set for trial having been otherwise disposed of. Following is a reprot of other proceedings in court since our last issue:

Ethel Poince vs. Enoch M. Poince; divorce granted plaintiff and her maiden name restored. State vs. Erastus Peacock; defendant granted change of venue and cause sent to Newton county. Wm. Tyler ditch: amended report filed. Joseph Norman ditch: final report field, examined and approved. Everett Finney, Adm., vs. Jacob Heil et al; sale of property to Chas. H. Stewart) of Princeton, Ind., for SBOO confirmed, etc. John Knight vs. E. A. Merrill; continued by agreement. William J. Solt vs. Warren J. White; continued-by agreement. Wm. E. Moffitt vs. C. I. & L. Ry., cause submitted to court, judgment vs. defendant for $125 and costs. Charles Bowers, et al. vs. Jacob Eppler, et al.; plaintiff moves to consolidate cause 7254 with 7328. In out last report of court proceedings an error was made in stating that eveidence had been keard in the case of'Walter Ponsler vs. Everett Halstead. The minutes of the Court of another case had been run down opposite this case which caused us to make the erroj. No action has been taken on the former case.