Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1909 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol..

The commissioners of Newton county have employed two expert accountants to examine the county books covering the period between Jan. 1, 1903, and Dec. 31, 1908. They will receive compensation in the sum of $lO a day each.

Marriage licenses Issued: March 4, Floyd Herbert Miller, aged 25, son of John D. Miller, residence MoCoysburg, occupation farmer, to Ola Pearl Williamson, daughter of Arthur Williamson, aged 18, residence McCoysburg, occupation housekeeper First marriage for each.

There is little doing during the closing days of the February term of court. Following are the more important matters disposed of: Horace Marble ditch, claims allowed as follows: J. E. Carson, $396.21; David Maguire, $504.91; Hugh L. Gamble, $593.08; John Pinter, $299.25; J. H. Hodgins, $36; A. V. Phillips, sl6; M. B. Price, $7; C. D. Shook, $103.50; Thos. Maloney, $27. Commissioner in Kissinger vs. Kissinger real estate matter reports sale of It. 10, bl. 4 Leopold’s add to L. H. Hamilton at $125. Sale confirmed. t. W. Coen, ekecutor, vs. Evaline Randle, reports sale of Its 2 and 3, bl 5, Weston add. to Evaline Randle at $250. Sale confirmed. Wm. E. Moore vs. J. D. Allman, treasurer, et al; no record of court made as to disposition of case, but it is understood the matter was continued to next term. State Bank of Bloomington, 111., vs. John W. Grapes, et al; judgment and foreclosure ordered, $2,869.65. Alfred W. Hopkins vs. Edwin G. Warren, et al; defendants default and judgment and foreclosure ordered, SBBI. Petition of James N. Leatherman and Lettie Leatherman tb adopt Helen Irene Randle, daughter of. Mrs. Leatherman’s brother, James Randle; adoption ordered and name of Helen Irene Leatherman bestowed.

Following is a report of the proceedings of the board of county commissioners at the March term, ending Tuesday, except claims allowed, which latter appear in another column: Contracts for poor farm supplies for the ensuing quarter were awarded as follows: Clothing and dry goods, G. B. Porter, $48.75; groceries, John Eger, $124.33; meats, Roth Bros., $10.75. Lease of old clerk’s office on the east side of public square to Dr. E. N. Loy for term of five years at a njonthly rental of $lO, lessee to make necessary repairs to said building and to be paid $l5O out of the county funds in payment for such repairs and changes, was confirmed. Trustee of Marion tp., granted permission to extend aditiondal poor relief as follows: Wm. Greenfield, $6; Wm. Price, $2; Samuel Hoshaw, $1.25. The following fees collected for the quarter by the various county officers were reported: Recorder, $699.10; Auditor, $130.90; Sheriff, $171.62. Clerk did not report. The report of the poor farm superintendent showed 16 inmates of poor asylum on Feb. 28—13 males, 3 females. The receipts from the farm for the quarter were $550.44 and expenses $588.11, a deficit' of $37.67. The inventory or personal property on hand shows 10 head of horses and colts, 30 head of hogs, 13 cows, 2 heifers, 9 calves, 1 bull, 14 dozen chickens, 30 tons hay, 5 tons straw, 1,700 bushels oats, 2,000 bushels corn, 75 bushels potatoes, 60 quarts fruit, 500 pounds lard, 1,200 pounds pork. Carpenter tp., stone roads; final estimate of supt. and engineer on all of road “J” and all of part of road “I” from stake 62 west one mile, is received from contractors as completed. Compromise settlement made with Sternberg & Sons for removal of stone in the Iroquois River on the Gangloff land, at 95 cents per yard, to be gotten out by Nov. 1, 1909. Contractors allowed $2,191.24 on Iroquois ditch. Thomas Davis ditch set for trial Monday, April 6, at 1 p. m. Lemuel Huston appointed supt. of gravel roads north of Rensselaer in Marioh tp., and county farm road west. A. Woodworth appointed supt. of stone roads east and south to Jordan tp., line. Wm. Shirer appointed supt. Cbas. Stalbaum road in northeast part of county. Each supt. to file bond for SSOO. a written protest againßt the allowance of a claim of $35 to J. W. McEwan for publishing the annual financial statement of the county, on the grounds that the publication was not made in a leading paper repre-

senting the democratic party of Jasper county, as required by law, and that the alleged paper in which the publication appeared was not a newspaper of general circulation. The allowance was made and the matter will be appealed to the circuit court. Interest on county funds for the month of February reported as follows: Jasper S. & T. Co $45.63 Bank of Wheatfleld....... . 7.87 Neither the First National Bank or State Banks of Rensselaer, nor State Bank of Remington filed reports in time for action by the Board of Finance. * F. E. Babcock, as a taxpayer, filed