Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1910 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Hems Picked Up About the County Capitol. ' Miss Fern Osborne, deputy surveyor, returned home Monday from a few days visit with friends at South Chicago. The county board of charities have recommended that an addition to the county poor asylum be built to accommodate the sick inmates. . The commissioners of Lake county at their May session granted 188 liquor licenses. 134 of which were for the city of Gary. Five applications from Gary" and one from Hammond were refused. —o — It is already being proved that the new jail—iperhaps the largest in the state —is none too large, and it’s possible the roof will have to be raised and more stories be built on before the limit is reached. The building was planned for room to be added when called for.—Crown Point Star.

yMarriage licenses issued: May 21, Ross Lemuel White of Tefft, aged 20, occupation farmer, to Letha Opal Akers, of Wheatfield, aged 19, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. 'SMay 23, Edward Hornickel of Ford county, 111., aged 35, occupation farmer, to Maggie Bigger Torbet, daughter of James Torbet of Barkley township, aged 30, occupation seamstress. First marriage for each. —O— The motion to quash the affidavit filed by Leslie Clark against the editor of The Democrat, charging the latter with criminal libel in a reference made to a republican editor seen at. Cedar Lake a few years ago, was argued at Kentland Monday where the case was taken on a change of venue, and it was officially declared by the court that there was nothing libelous in the article complained of; that a republican editor might drink beer at Cedar Lake with a woman, though that woman was not his wife. The affidavit was held bad.

Attorneys Foltz, Kurrie and Dunlap were attending court in Kentland Monday. The argument for a new trial in the case of Benjamin Fogli vs. the Monon railroad for damages to the former’s hotel at Water Valley by reason of high water in the Kankakee a few years ago, which was alleged to have been caused by the defendant railroad company having filled in and shortened its tressel work, and obstructing the free flow of water, thereby causing it to back up and flood the lower floor of plaintiff’s premises, was argued and plaintiff’s motion overruled. An appeal to the appellate court was then asked for and granted. —o Not long ago some of the republican papers in this section of the state were bitterly assailing the public accounting law of the last legislature, denouncing it as one of the most outrageous laws ever placed on the statute books, although it was not a partisan measure by any means. Now, since its benefits to the taxpayers has been demonstrated and the democrats endorsed it in their state platform, these same republican papers are alarmed for fear the wicked democrats 'will repeal this law if they are successful in electing a majority in the legislature this fall. These republican papers just will notbe suited any way you are a mind to put it. o The case of Newton county vs. Chas. W. Spinney, formfer treasurer, charged with being short some $5,000 in his accounts with the county, as shown. by experts employed by the county, while* another set of experts employed by Mr Spinney find that the county owes Spinney a Small amount rather than .he owing the county/is set for trial in the Newton circuit court next week but will probably not be tried

this term, only the issues in the case likely to be made up this term. Quite an array of legal taleht has been employed in this Case. In addition to County Attorney Higgins for the county, Frank Foltz of Rensselaer and ex-Appellate Judge Wiley have been employed to assist. Judge Darroch, E. B. Sellers and one or two others are attorneys for defendant.