Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1909 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About, the County Capitol. The teachers institute next week will be held at the Presbyterian church. Union county, dry by remonstrance for the past two or three years, voted dry Tuesday by a majority of 406. County Superintendent Lamson is arranging for an exhibit of industrial and “busy work” as done in the different schools of the county. It will be held in connection with the county institute next week. County Supt. Schanlaub was over from Kentland on business Wednesday afternoon, returning home Thursday morning. The Newton county institute will be held next week at Goodland. Miss Alice Bates, who was recently operated on for appendicitis but which operation was unsuccessful because of other complications found, is now up and about and expects to resume her duties as deputy in the auditor’s office Monday. Another operation for the removal of the appendix will probably have to be undergone later.

Warner, Dan Waymire, W. V. Porter, Sam Sparling, Mose Leopold and Dr. Hansson were guests of John Zehr of Carpenter township, ' to a stag party Tuesday night at , which several congenial spirits from Remington and Wolcott were also guests. Fried chicken and lots of other good things were served and all are unanimous in saying that John showed them an excellent time. —o Experts Wallace & Sutton, who examined the county records of White county, completed their work last Friday and have gone to Kentland, where they have a like contract. In White discrepancies were found aggregating about $3,000 which is alleged to be due the county from exofficers. Of this amount $1,724.06 is alleged to be due from ex-clerk Callaway; $303 from ex-treasurer Ackerman; S3O from ex-clerk A. K. Sill; $502 51 from ex-treasurer Spencer. The amounts are generally from fees that there is a controversy o% T er whom they belong to. Sheriff Shirer now has two star boarders, both from Newton county. One is the “coon” who cut up a C. & E. I. conductor a yea* ago last May and was but recently captured, and the other is Fred Brown of Goodland, the alleged horsethiefBoth will probably be tried at the October term of court in Newton and are practically sure of serving the state a few years for their misdeeds. Newton county ought to be “gooder” or provide a jail of her own. The taking care of her prisoners prevents our sheriff from spending a few weeks at the seashore this year, where he might just as well go as not as far as his own county is concerned.