Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1910 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. o Warren T. Elmore has been appointed administrator of the estate of his father, the late Alpheus Elmore of Remington. who died intestate. Trustee Eight of Fair Oaks was in the city on business Monday. He is preparing to build a new school house at the Moffitt school. See advertisement in another column. Did you ever hear of a democrat paying anything back into the treasthat he had once extracted.— Republican. Well, we don't remember any democrats having been asked to pay anything back. But we have heard of a few republicans being heard something about a few republicans being asked to '‘cough.’’

-o - The will of the late George Stalbaum of Kankakee tp., was filed for probate a few days ago. The original instrument was made Oct. 2. 1900, and a codicil was added August 24, 1909. All the real and personal property is left to the widow during her life time, and at her death it is to be equally divided between the surviving children. Charles and Frederick Stalbaum were named in the' will as executors, but the latter declined to accept, and only Charles qualified. Last Thursday’s Pulaski County Democrat says of the Monon or Ketman ditch hearing, which is of interest to a number of Jasper county people - residing near the Pulaski county line : A session of circuit court is to be held at 8 p. m. tonight, when more remonstrances on the Monon will probably be set for trial. Judge Steis and the attorneys expect to finish to-day the w r ork of inspecting the lands mentioned in the remonstrances that en-

tered into the agreement under which the lands are being pet sonally visited. If agreeable to, the attorneys more remonstrances will be put into the same plan to-night. No findings have yet been handed down by the judge.”