Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1910 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About w the County Capitol. Prosecuting Attorney Taylor of the Carroll-White circuit was in the city a few hours Monday looking after some ditch matters. —o — There will be a temperance meeting at the court house next Monday evening. Everyone in vited to attend. — W. W. Reeve, Co. Chairman. —o • It i§ said the Granger establishment which has flourished on Jerry’s Island for a long time, has been moved across the river to Thayer.—Crown Point Star.

'■ : —o— Sheriff Shirer, son Richard, and Mrs. Ed Duvall accompanied Mrs. Tony Kiser of the west part of town to Longcliff Saturday where she was placed in the asylum. —o— ; ■ . Squire Irwin and a medical board held an inquest yesterdav afternoon to determine the condition of Mrs. Rebecca Kennedy, the aged mother of George and James Kennedy of Jordan tp., who has become such a burden to .look after that it is thought best to confine her in the asylum. She is 76 years of age and manifests a wandering, suicidal tendency. —o — F. W. Mulkahy, the .operator at the Swashbuckler “board of trade” shop, wts found in an almost helpless state of intoxication at the Western Union office Sunday afternoon, and was bundled into a buss and hastened to Sheriff Shirer’s hotel on the south

side of the square. Monday he was brought before Squire Irwin and given the usual amount, $4.80, including trimmings. The Sternberg dredge which has been at work for the past few weeks on the rock work of the Iroquois ditch near the old Stott Grant. farm west of town, finished up last Friday and the Iroquois contract js now completed. it is said. The dredge will be left where the work was finished up for the present, to await the outcome of the extension petition, now pending in the Jasper circuit court, but which is progressing ven,- slowly because of the engineer putting in about all his time on the proposed Kankakee River ditch. The contract on the original ditch was let in 1906. four years ago. ’

New suits filed: No. 7640. James Hal’agan vs. May F. Thompson: action to have guardian appointed, defendant, who is the widow of the late Simon P. Thompson, being of unsound mind and is now confined in the asylum at Longcliff. She owns considerable real estate in this county, <it is alleged, and is incapable of managing her estate. No. 7641. Frank F. Butzow vs. Charles Dan ford, et al; action to foreclose mortgage. Demand $2,277.87. No. 7642. Alfred Collins vs. Robert Randle, Henry B. Murray and Joseph F. Iliff; action on an old judgment of $92.40, together with interest. etc. Demand $375. ; — o — will open over the county as follows: Barkley, Carpenter, Giliam, Hanging Grove. Jordan, Kankalee. Keener, Marion Milroy anc .Wheatfield town, on Sept. 12. Walker and Wheatfield townships on Sept. 19. Union township on Sept. 26.

The Remington building is undergoing repairs and we are unable to cbtain information as to when they will begin. The preliminary- township institutes in the different townships will be held as follows and at the following places: Keener and Kankakee townships at Demotte, Sept. 8. Barkley, Hanging Grove, Jordan. Marion. Milroy and Newton townships at east court room, Rensselaer, Sept. 9.

Gillam, at Medaryville. Sent 10. V Wheatfield and Walker, at Wheatfield, Sept. 17. r Union township- at Fair Oak* Sept. 24. , - Following are the proceedings of commissioners’ court, first day September term, except claims allowed: Contract was awarded to Joe Putts for repair of bridge in Jordan tp., for $2Q7.50. Contracts for poor farm supplies v.ere awarded as follows: Trevor Eger, groceries, $164.93; Frank G. Kresler, dry goods and shoes, $56 - 61; Roth Bros, meats, steak 17c pound, boiling meats 11c. County officers reported fees collected for the quarter as follows: Sheriff, $385.63; clerk, $165.85;,’ auditor,- $37.70; recorder, $358.50. The report of the poor farm superintendent for the quarter shows receipts of $983.14 and expenses of $712.88. There were fifteen inmates at end of quarter. Interest on county funds in the various county depositories for the month of August was reported as follows: Trust & S. Bk, Rensselaer. .<36.44 State Bank, Rensselaer...... 35.95 First Nat. Bank, Rensselaer. 80.10 State Bank, Remington 11.11 Bank of Wheatfield 16.33

The September term of the Jasper circuit court will convene next Monday. As usual, both a grand jury and petit jury have been drawn by the jury commissioners, but the grand jury has not been called. The petit jury is called for the Second Monday of the term. The bridge graft cases will come up, of course, at this term, but whether they will be tried, continued or a change of venue taken from the court or county is not known at this time. Following are the names of the grand and petit jurors and the town or township which they are from: GRAND JURY. S? L. Matheny rs. Marion George Logan Gillam Wm. M. Long. ........... .Gillam W. E. Boyle. .Union Frank G. Kresler. ..... .Rensselaer Korah Daniels. .. . ..... .. .Marion

PETIT JURY. George Gilman . . . Carpenter Eart Barkley.... .Barkley William Hallier Wheatfield John Bill. .. ... ... . ■ ....... Jordan J. W. Hitchings. ....... .. . Jordan Alfred J. Tilton Wheatfield Raflph J. Donnelly Rensselaer George W. Casey. . . ... .... .Union Nicholas Biernua. ... . . . .Keener Grant Davisson... ... . . .". . Barkley John Farabee. ......... .Carpenter Dudlej- Tyler .......Carpenter William H. Murray........ Marion William Fitzgerald. ;. . . .Kankakee John W. Nowels... ...... .Newton Charles J. Dean. . . . . . . .Rensselaer