Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1910 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. The signs of spring the first of the wteek created quite a boom in the marriage license business. Trustee Karch was down from Walker Wednesday and yesterday, before the accounting board, to straighten out some little clerical errors in his books. Mrs. Pearl Zellers of Fair Oaks was granted a divorce yesterday in the circuit court from Warren tellers, and given the custody of their infant child. p\The Democrat was a little previous in stating in its Wednesday issue that Miss Hazel Warner would be married last Thursday. We should have said Thursday, Feb. 24. The annual meeting of the township assessors, preparatory to beginning their work of assessing, will be held in the county assessor’s office on next Saturday, Feb. 26. Attorney Wm. J. Reed was down from Knox on business Thursday. He is making final settlement of the estate of his father, John Reed, deceased, of which he is the administrator. New suits filed: No. 7579. Richard K. Foulks vs. Jacob Carman, et al; suit to quiet title. No. 7580. D. R. Miller vs. The Home Insurance Co., of New York ; suit on. policy. Final report has been made in the big Hoagland ditch in White county, showing collections of $207,851.28 and expenditures of $191,529.28, leaving a balance of $16,322 which will be returned to the landowners affected.

Prof. Roberts of the Educational Department of Purdue was r here Thursday visiting schools with Co. Supt. Lamson. He will work here in the teachers’ institute this year and is trying to get onto some of the practical needs of the schools. jsMarriage licenses issued: Feb. Ip, Estel Floyd Osborne of Marion tp., son of John L. Osborne, aged 28, occupation farmer, to Vera Lefler of Hanging Grove tp., daughter of Chas. A. Lefler, aged 22, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. XFeb. 16, Mose Hubert of Fair d)aks, occupation farmer, to Anna Kemper, also of Fair Oaks, aged 18, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Knot tied by Squire Irwin, in the clerk’s office.

Feb. 16, Richard Evers of Demotte, aged 34, occupation farmer, -to Margaret Taylor Merritt, also of Demotte, aged 17, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for male, first wife having died in March, 1909; first marriage for female. Ceremony performed in clerk’s office by Squire S. C. Irwin. Remington, son of John F. Davis of near Monon, aged 23, occupation farmer, to Eva Shew of Carpenter- tp., daughter of Thomas Shew, aged 25, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each.