Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1909 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. *, Farmer John O'Connor was down from Kniman Thursday and yesterday shaking hands with his many friends. —o>— A petition for a county option election is being circulated in Newton county, to be presented to the county commissioners at their February meeting. o The county council is called to meet in special session on Monday, Feb. 1, to re-fipproprlate monies for bridge and other purposes that lapsed Jan. 1. The jury in the Likens murder case at Delphi returned a verdict Tuesday of manslaughter, after being out less than three hours. The murder occurred June 16, and was the result of a drunken row. Frank Likens, the murderer, set up the plea of self-defense. The murdered man, Amos Platt, was a half-brother of Likens’.

pCo. Supt. W. O. Schanlaub of Nbwton county is looking after the schools in the north part of his county this week, spending each day visiting schools and coming down to Rensselaer at night and staying over night with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Schanlaub, and returning on the milk train in the morning. ——•<>• ■■ ■■» \IS. A. Brusnahan and J. L. Babc<h»k of Parr are probably the first dairymen in Jasper county to have their cows tested ror tubercular trouble under the state law. They ship milk to Chicago, and under the rules adopted there milk cows must be free from any tubercular ailment for milk to enter that city. Steve had 10 cows tested and Jim had 14. All passed the test.