Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1909 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Commissioners’ court convenes Monday. —o— Attorneys Frank Foltz and G. A.Williams were in Monticello on court business Tuesday and Wednesday. New suits filed: No. 7509. Olive A. Barnette and Mary Frost vs. Max Weller; suit in partition of real estate. —o>— Only six marriage licenses were issued in Jasper county last month, against four for the preceding month and ten lor September, 1908. Marriage licenses issued: Sept. 30, John Flannigan, son of Thomas Flannigan, of Medaryville, aged 18, occupation farmer, to Hazel Glen Archer, daughter of Harvey Archer, of Jasper county, aged'l6, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. No arrests have been at this writing in the last indictment returned by the grand jury, and no more arrests have as yet been made on the first batch of indictments returned, the parties having left the country, it is understood. —o— Yesterday was the last day for filing objections in the Marble, or Kankakee river, ditch. Over fifty persons have remonstrated so far, and a large number w’ere expected to be filed yesterday. A big legal fight will likely result before this expensive drainage project gets over the rocks-

- o The petit jury was excused Wednesday after hearing the Poole cases, until yesterday when the Meyer vs. Holland case from Remington was to have came up. Several of the attorneys in the case, however, were engaged in the Benton Kelley road case from Newton tp., which has been grinding several days in White count/, and a continuance was asked for until the November term, and the case will go over until then. All members of the jury who could be reached were notified, therefore, not to come in until next Tuesday, but one or tw T o who could not be reached came in yesterday morning, only to learn that there was nothing doing.

Other court proceedings since last report follow: Grove? Smith ditch; Supt. files report showing charges of $10,046.59 and credits of $9,640.56; Supt. ordered to pay $406.03 to Co. treasurer. Supt. R. A. Mannan allowed $238.65, and A. Halleck $45. Melvin Mudge vs. Albert S. Hull; continued for term. Peter Brook vs. George Morin; defendant defaults, judgment for $927.42, of which $431.90 is secured by chattel mortgage which is ordered forclosed.