Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1910 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. New suits filed: No. 7618. Emil Besser vs. Hiram Druliner. et al; action to quiet title. j .. —o—r\J. H. Allman has resigned as Assessor of Carpenter tp., because of poor health, and George H. May has been appointed to fill out his unexpired term. Court Reporter Harry E. Folk has just completed the transcript in the Harvey J. Dexter ditch, appealej to the supreme court by Cordelia M. Williams, one of the remonstrators. The transcript contains 511 pages and cost 8153. ' --O' ’ According to a W inamac paper, C. L. Bader, superintendent and general manager of {he Winamac Bridge Co., who was re cently convicted of bridge graft in Jasper county and still has several other indictments for the same offense hanging over him, has bought all the stock of his partners, George and John Frain and M. M. Hathaway in said concern, and is now the “whole works.” r *

Fowler Leader: The suit of P, J. Kennedy and the Cook Brothers to compel the county commissioners to make the last payment on the Cook gravel road promises to be’ the big trial of this term of court. Thirty* witnesses have been chased down by the sheriff and subpoenaed to testify. The trial will be tried Wednesday morning before a jury. It is thought that it will take several days to finish the case. Y^I arr iage licenses issued: June 25, . Joseph Arthur Stump of Wheatfield, son of Asa Stump, aged 22. occttpaiitfti telegraph operator, to Emma Lillian Rayher, daughter of Wm. Rayher of Rensselaer, aged 19, Occupation teacher* First marriage for each, k June 27, Morton Ura Wells of V ard county, North Dakota, son of Charles B. Wells of Jasper county, Ind., aged 22, occupation fanning, to Ethel Alice Walker, daughter of David p. Walker of Barkley tp., aged 19, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each.

Fifteen and one-half marriage licenses had been issued this month up to yesterday nOon, against only five for each of the months of June in the last two preceding years. We say 15% because half a license was granted last Friday and the other half has not as yet been issued. Hairy E. Frame, aged 16, son of Luther H. Frame of Demotte, was issued a license on consent of his father to marry Edna . and the application for the female was taken away to be filled, out and returned Saturday, they thought, but so far it has not been filed, nor license issued, of course. And this is alleged to be one of those p. d. q. cases, too.