Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1910 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. The May term of the Newton circuit court will convene Monday. j ' Ex-Sheriff O’Connor was down from Kniman yesterday on court business. Felix R. Erwin, democratic nominee for clerk of the Jasper circuit court, was, down from Fair Oaks on business Thursday. 'State-Senator-County-Attorney Halleck heard all the evidence in the Bader trial and then signed the petition to the Governor for his parole, it seems. —o — No, the Governor had nothing ■to do with the parole of Robert Parker. The board of parole are the whole thing in such matters, and the Governor does not even have to approve their acts. Marriage licenses issued: May 4, Charles H. Thompson, son of Hiram Thompson, deceased, of Demotte, aged 66 years, occupation laborer, to Rosa V. Stell, daughter of Lewis Williams, deceased, also of Demotte, aged 54, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for each, male’s first wife dying July, 1907; female’s first husband dying July 6, 1908. Wallace Marshall, president of the Lafayette Engineering Co., principally on whose the recent conviction for bridge graft was made in this county, was summoned here Thursday to again testify before the grand jury, presumably as to the amount of the bid of the Winamac Bridge Co., on the Milroy tp. bridge, as read off when said # bids were opened. • — o — grand jury resumed operations Thursday morning. On account of sickness in his family Prosecutor Longwell was unable to return, and deputized FrankDavis of Brook to take his place in conducting the inquiries being made. The county commissioners were before the grand jury Thursday. At this writing no indictments have been returned and nothing is known of what will be done. The grand jury will adjourn to-day. New suits filed: No. 7606. Eliza J. Ring vs. Timothy Ring; action for divorce. The plaintiff alleges that she resides in Walker tp.; she and defendant were married , 18—, and lived together until on or about , 1906, when at Lafayette, Ind., defendant wholly abandoned plaintiff and they have since lived apart; that defendant has failed to -make any provision for her support and for more than five years has been an habitual drunkard. o Following is a report of the proceedings of the board of commissioners for the May term: Notice ordered given for letting contract on first day next term for a new bridge in Jordan tp. Contractors on Ott stone roads in Carpenter tp., allowed $4Bl. Bond of C. J. Hobbs as engineer of the Tunis Snip stone roads in Keenfet tp., approved. -• W. W. Sage ditch; final report approved and superintendent discharged. Time extended to second day June term for commissioners to file report in Tilden J. Prouty ditch. Time extended in E. C. Maxwell ditch to May 20. Win. M, Hoover ditch; cause docketed. • Thomas Davis ditch; remonstrances filed by B. j. Gifford, C. L. Hensler, R. D. Thompson, Max Baum, E. Heilscher, A. H. Hopkins, Wm. Heilscher, Mary K. Kroeger, James Smith, Edward Reed, fMargaret Springer, F. Ei Schroer, John Schroer, S. .A. Williams, trustee of Barkley tp., James Knight, S. T. & J. C. Frazee, J. C. Frazee and Frank Kresler. .:y' Notice ordered for letting contract for poor farm supplies on first day June term. ——— Interest on county, funds for the month of April was . reported as fob lows:

First Nat. Bk., Rensselaer ..$ 104.72 State Bank, Rensselaer. .. . 53.62 Trust & Savings Bank, Rens. 47.84 State Bank, Remington.... 35.84 Report from Bank of Wheatfield not received. This is the last week of the April term of court, which will end to-day, and there will be no more court until the second Monday in September. Following is a report of the proceedings since, our last issue: _ A. C. Pancoast ditch; remonstrator Stockton files affidavit for change of venue from the court, which is granted and court submits names of James Wason, James Saunderson and H. H. Vinton. By agreement Judge Wasson is selected to try said case. Cecil Clyde Randle ditch; court finds petition is not according to law and certain specifications made by the court governing commissioners in filing reports, and the same is now referred back to commissioers with orders to separate assessments as to main and latteral ditch, also to reconsider route and location of ditch. C. I. & L. Ry. Co., objects to the court receiving or considering said application; objection overruled, and 30 days given for filing bill of exceptions. Robert C. May ditch; no remonstrance, assessments confirmed and Geo. 11, May appointed superintendent. A. Halleck allowed $52.80 attorney fee, R. A. Mannan alowed $3’7.40; Wilson Shaffer $39, John Fry $33; Lewis Alter $3.00; J. S. Chamberlain $1.50, Christmas Alter $1.50, Mrs. A. Halleck $3.00. . Charles Meadel ditch; set for hearing May 7. John Cooper., et al. vs. Francis M. Cooper, et al; commissioners report inadvisability of partition of land without injury, sale ordered, J. F. Irwin appointed commissioner to sell; R. D. Thompson and R. B. Harris appointed appraisers; sale 1-3 cash, 1-3 nine months, 1-3 eighteen months, subject to SBOO school fund mortgage. Joseph I. Burns vs. Sarah E. Burns; divorce granted plaintiff. Carson Vandusen vs. Laura May Vandusen; divorce granted and plaintiff given custody of child.