Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1908 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. ' 4 Attorney Dan Fraser of Fowler was a business visitor in the citp l Tuesday. >£. —o New suits filed: No. 7380. Ca»sius B. Wesner vs. John Foltz' et al; action to Juit title. No. 7381. Ed Oliver et al ve. George W. Hoover; action in replevin. • Charles H. Porter has been appointed administrator of Die estate of the late Jay W. Williams. It was the Intention to settle the estate out of court, but in order to collect a life insurance policy of $1,009 that Mr. Williams had carried for the post forty years, it was necessary to have an administrator. It is not likely there will be much stone road building abou( Rensselaer next season. Aside from the repairs to the gravel and stone roads already built there is not likely to be much rock crushed here next year. There is still a large quantity of rock piled up along the river that was thrown out by the dredge. The large quantity of booze seized in the raid on the Rosenbaum hotel almost a year ago and which has since been in charge of the sheriff pending the result of the prosecution, was turned over to Mr. Rosenbaum last week, the case having been dismissed at the November term of court because of absence of the prosecuting witness.

Newton County Enterprise: The Supreme Court has reversed the decision of the Benton county court in the case of Emery Perkins of Raub vs. the C. C. & St. L. Ry. Co, Perkins was a freight brakemen in the employ of the Big Four and was seriously injured in making a running switch in the railroad yards at Fowler. He sued the com-, pany and was given a judgment for $30,000 damages. County Superintendent of Schools John H. Reddick of Pulaski county, died at his home in Winamac Saturday night, from paralysis. He was fifty-five years old and had held the office of superintendent for the last twenty-four years, having been elected In 1884. He leaves a widow and two sons. Mr. Reddick was widely known in educational circles in the northern part of the State, and has addressed institutes, etc., in all neighboring counties. He was ill about two weeks. —o— Marriage licenses issued: Dec. 8, George Wininger of Knox, aged 73, occupation farmer, to M.allna Klanska of Wheatfield, aged 57, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for male, his first wife having died Oct. 29, 1898; first marriage for female. Dec. 8, Lewis M. Raymond of St. Ann, 111., aged 37, occupation jeweler, to Emma Floy Beal of Remington, aged 31, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Albert EUIb of Wolcott has given notice that he will apply for a liquor license at Wolcott, at the January meeting of the commissioners of White county. Wolcott has been dry for some two years, but dwlng to the resentment of both republicans and democrats toward the so-called Anti-Saloon League—the former because they did not deliver the vote of the temperance democrats to them in the recent elecion, and the latter because of their attempt to do so—it is doubtful if it remains dry.

It is now stated that Frank McCully of White county, who was assaulted by Truant Officer T. M. Irelan of Monticello last Friday, an account of which was published in Wednesday's Democrat, copied from a Monticello paper, was not so seriously hurt as first reported. He is able to be about and was in Monticello Saturday and Monday. The state case filed against Irelan has been continued until the February term. It is claimed he will be able to show more cause for the assaulUtfckn that given in the first Btory of the trouble •The J. B. ! Workman mentioned elsewhere in a dispatch * from Wabash regarding recovery of county funds illegally paid out, is the same party who conducted the alleged taxferret investigation in this county some eight years ago. As we understand this decision, no appropriation was. made by the county council to pay Workman at the time the contract with him was made, and the county council m^st

at the time the contract is made and the services performed, and the supreme court has several times so decided. Several hundred dollars at least has been paid out illegally in Jasper county where there was no appropriation existing Iht the time the alleged services were rendered, and every dollar of jnoney ought to be recovered back, if suit should be instituted. Some •of this amount never ought to have been paid out under any circumstances, the alleged claims having no real merit, and this particular money ought to be recovered back. The Iroquois ditch extension matter, known as the Carr ditch, is still grinding before Judge Hanley, he having taken the matter up at the adjourned term of court convening Wednesday. Geo. A. Williams is appearing for the petitioners and Judge Darroch of Kentland and Foltz & Spitler and ' A. llalleck for the remonstrators. j *The attorneys are going over the list of names in the report of; the drainage commissioners andi copying same. This would probably be completed by last evening, It was thought—there are about 1,800 names in this report. When this is completed they will then' compare this list with the names on the remonstrance, of which there are about 1,200, and compared with same to decide how many of the latter are legal remonstrators. It takes two-thirds of the number appearing in the report to defeat the ditch. Both sides claim they will win out, but only tfie count of noses, which will take probably the greater part of next week, will decide the matter.

The county commissioners finished the work of the term Tuesday evening and adjourned. Following is a report of their proceedings: Final estimate of engineer and superintendent of Gillam gravel road, showing completion of same, filed and road accepted; balance of $1,089 on contract ordered paid. Final estimate of engineer and Sipt. also filed In Marion-Rensselaer one road, and balance due contractors ordered paid except SI,OOO jk’hich is held back to such time as Board can view said roads. There was allowed $3,834.72 to contractors on the Remington-Car-pentdr stone roads.

Final report on lateral No. 2 Iroquois ditch, filed and balance due contractors on same ordered paid less 5 per cent, which is held back until ditch is completed. Final report filed in Geo. F. Ketchmark ditch, and supt. is discharged. Samuel E. Sparling petition for ditch; drainage com. file final report. Henry Eiglesbach remonstrates against report being accepted. Simon P. Thompson petition for ditch; cause set for hearing second day January term. Thomas Davis ditch; former setting trial set aside and cause continued to January term for record of circuit court and supreme court on appeal. Contract for poor farm supplies let to G. B. Porter for clothing and shoes at $54.90, and to John Eger for groceries at $129.56. Warner Bros, were allowed sl,673.78 on contract for the heating system at poor farm, balance to be paid when job is completed. Interest on public funds of Jasper county in the various depositories for the month of November was reported as follows: First Nat. Bank, Rensselaer. $96.22 First Nat. Bank, Remington. 66.97 Jasper S. & T. C.» Rensselaer 85.12 State Bank of Rensselaer.... 85.61 Bank of Wheatfield 21.24 County officers reported fees collected for the quarter as follows: Auditor, $29.90; Recorder, $388.70; Clerk, $269.55; Sheriff, $136.20.

The newly elected sheriff and surveyor, who will take their offices Jan. 1, filed their bonds, the former giving bond by the National Surety Co., of New York in the sum of $5,000, and the latter in the sum of SI,OOO as county surveyor and $5,000 as drainage commissioner. The SI,OOO bond is signed by Harvey W. Wood, Benjamin R. Faris and James C. Thrawls as sureties, and the $5,000 by Thomas H. Robinson, Jacob A. Hensler, J. L. S. Gray, Charles W. Platt, Charles B. Steward, Jesße Nichols and .Jas. C. Thrawls. Bonds approved.