Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1910 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. i • ? Prosecutor Longwell of Brook was in the bity Thursday and yesterday. j Jasper county made settlement . with the state this week, paying in 523.545.06 as the state’s share of the spring collection of taxes. Twenty-two new election precincts were added to Lake county by the county commissioners last week, made necessary by the great increase in the voting population of Gary. White county democrats nomijnated the'following county ticket at their convention Wednesday: Clerk, Wallace Atkins; treasurer, :S. L. Calloway; sheriff, Richard Fuller; recorder, Ray Rothrock; surveyor, Paul Ward; assessor, A. L. Read; coroner, H. B. Gable; commissioners, Andrew F. Nagle, Charles Hufty. . 1 New suits filed: No. 7615. Heriman Bronkhorst vs. Everdema Bronkhorstfaction for divorce. The “plaintiff is a resident of Deniotte, and defendant is alleged to be a Resident of Amsterdam Netherlands, Holland. They were married in October, 1900, and defendant is charged with abandoning plaintiff Aug. 25, 1904. ijPMarriage licenses issued: June 15. Lawrence M. Ritchey, son of O. K. Ritchey of Marion tp., aged 32, occupation farmer, to Arkanna J. M. Neukam, daughter of Frederick Neukam, of Fayette, aged 18, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Rev. Harper at 3 p m. > i Sk * June 15, Frank P. Bitters of Rochester, aged 58 years, occupation physician, to Ida V. Cpnes, daughter of John B. Fieser,,. deceased, also of Rochester, aged 33' years, occupation housekeeper. Second marriege for each, male’s first wife dying Jufte 30, 1891: female’s first husband dying December 13, 1908. Mrs. J. D. Allman was in Lafayette Wednesday and Thursday with her father, arranging for the funeral of her brother, Robert Hawkins, who died in Denver, Colo., Monday after an extended illness. The funeral was held at Lafayette yesterday, and was attended by the Allman family, Mr. Allman and two sons were in Indianapolis when wor'd of the death reached here, and they came from there to Lafayette to the funeral. Deceased was aged 39 years, and leaves a father. Levi Hawkins of Crawfordsville, and one brother and three sisters —Lawrence Hawkins of Indianapolis, Mrs. J. D. Allman of Rensselaer. Mrs. J. W. Osborne of Lane> Wyo., and Mrs. Grover Staurt Waddell of Oklahoma City. Fowler Leader: The last will and testiment of the late Amos Hagenbuch was probated in court yesterday and Amos and Allen Hagenbuch appointed executors. The estate contains besides his fine home in Fowler, four hundred acres in Benton county lapd, over 900 acres in Texas, 50 shares of First National bank stock and othef personal property. Hagenbuch received 160 acres in Cente; township. Clarence Hagenbuch received 160 acres in Union township, SSOO in cash and the use of the Hagenbuch home in . Fowler until he becomes of age. Mrs. Hagenbuch receives according to her pre-nuptial contract* $3,000 in cash. Allen and Amos each receive forty acres in Union township. The Texas land with the bank stock and all other personal property, wrere willed jointly to Amos and Allen. , ia■ • .