Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1909 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About x the County Capitol. New suits filed: No. 7543. Petition of Charles Odom to have Laura Blshlr declared a person of unsound mind. The parties reside in Gillam township. -oAt the meeting of the County Board of Education Monday a full attendance of the trustees was out. ‘Not much of general importance was done. Most of the trustees will attend the state meeting of township trustees at Indianapolis next week. | —o~ Marriage licenses issued: Dec. 41 Harry R- ‘Kurrie of Rensselaer, agen 34, occupation attorney, to Edna Thompson, daughter of S. P. Thompson, of Rensselaer, aged 27, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for male, first wife having died Feb. 10, 1907; first marriage for female. ——o— The Sternbergs finished throwing out the rock in the Iroquois ditch at the Gangloff ledge Saturday,' and after a little cleaning up will have this part of the ditch done down to the Stott Grant farm west of town. They have the Howe ditch completed to where Mr. Gilmore left off, having had the work done for a week or more, and are on the way back towards the mouth of the ditch in the Iroquois river where they started in, and are cleaning up as they come back. They will get back to the river, no doubt, some time this month. —o—— The remonstrances against the Monon ditch will be heard in township groups, according to present arrangements. About twenty Cass township remonstrances are set for hearing when the case comes up next Monday. There are a lot more from that township, and they will probably be considered before another township is taken up. What the next township will be has not been determined, but it is expected that several days will be required for hearing those in Case. This plan has been taken in order to have a system to work upon, and in order not to have interested parties from all alo'ng the ditch waiting day after day to testify.—Pulaski County Democrat.

The county commissioners met in regular session Monday, and are still grinding as we go to press. Following is a report of the first day’s proceedings: Joliet Bridge Co., awarded contract for new bridge in Wheatfield tp., at >1,646; Attica Bridge Co., tor bridge in Walker tp„ at $1,289; and Winamac Bridge Co., for bridge in Barkley at $789. Contractors allowed $1,472 on Carpenter-Remington stone roads. Contract for poor farm supplies awarded as follows: Roth Bros, meats, $11.25; John Eger, groceries, $141.50; G. B. Porter, dry goods, and shoes, $68.35. Thomas Davis ditch; B. J. Gifford, R. D. Thompson, Geo. F. Meyers, Isaac Kight, Margeurite Springer, Eliza Kennedy, Isaac Miller, guardian, Edward Reed, Wllheln HeileCher, Lewis V. Sayler, Mary K. M. Groeger, Joseph Smith, Ernestine Heilscher, A. H. Hopkins, S. A. Williams, S. F. and J. C. Frazee, Wm. Folger, trustee, John Shroer, Frank Kresler, John Makeever, James Knight and Fred Karch, trustee, remonstrate. Continued to January term. The various county depositories reported Interest on county funds for November as follows: First Nat. Bank, Rensselaer. $141.75 Jasper S. & T. Co, Rensselaer 61.86 State Bank, Rensselaer. ..... 70:75 State Bank, Remington. ..... 45.07 Bank of Wheatfield 12.98 County officers reported the following fees collected for quarter ending Nov. 30: Clerk, $434; Auditor, $41,65; Recorder, $399.50; Sheriff, $436.92. Marion I. Adams, petition for highway; reviewers report against public utility of same, and cause is dismissed.