Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1910 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

o Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Austin Rawlings of Remington and Miss Flossie Gravel of Goodland were united in marriage by Judge Hanley at the Hotel Kentland Monday evening. ‘ The prohibitionists and socialists have candidates in the field this year for congress. Charles H. Tuesbury of Lacrosse, is the prohi candidate and Ira C. Tilton of Valparaiso the socialist nominee. —o— > It is reported that Eugene Purtelle. the electric railroad promotor. has sent a $5,000 bond here to George W. Goff to file with the county auditor as a guarantee in the proposed subsidy election in Marion tp., and Rensselaer. j Y Len Lefler Of Lafayette has (traded the former Alf Jacks property in the west part of town, which he recently bought, for an 80 acre farm in Walker tp., one mile south of Kniman. Len does not. expect to occupy the farm, merely trading for it as an investment. * Court note in Kentland Enterprise. Special Judge Darroch directed a subpeona of the Indiana Reformatory for the appearance of Glen Bumgardner on Oct. 25 to testify in the "perjury suits against Jack Rowley and Ned Barker. The defendants were witnesses in the trial of I’umgardener for assaulting old man Friedle up in Lake township. A couple of well known Giffordites were being sought yesterday on a warrant sworn out before ■ Squire Bussell of Hanging Grove,, charged with having attempted to take liberties with the wife of a farmer up in that locality a few days ago while they were, it is alleged, under the influence of booze. At this writing the arrests have not been made. —o— The Republican says that commissioner Fred Waymire acted on the report of the engineer in the Burk’s bridge “improvement.” and he says “if the contract was violated the engineer is the ? blame.” The engineer told us yesterday noon that the only changes made in the specifications were made at the sugges lion of Fred Way mire. So, there. Mr. Osborne also stated that be was not the superintendent of the work, but at the request of the commissioners and contractor went out to the bridge a couple, of times while the grade was being put in. He was only employed to prepare the plans and specifications, and Chas Battleday, the road supervisor, was really the superintendent. Mr. Osborne further stated that the Republican editors had never interviewed him in the matter at all. New suits,filed: No. 7662. Warner Bros. vs. Mack Sullivan; suit on notes. Demand 5175. No. 7663. Lillian Josephine Davis vs. Edward Daniel Davis, action for divorce. The plaintiff gives her residence as Rensselaer, and says defendant, she believes, is now residing at Vincennes, Ind. Thev were married in Jasper county March 3, 1908, and lived together irregularly until June 27, 1910, when defendant is alleged to have deserted plaintiff and has never offered to return. Non-support is charged and defendant is al leged to have left plaintiff June 20, 1908, also and remained away until February, 1909, and compelled plaintiff to go to her parents’ home, he having made no provision for her support. On his return he begged her to take him back and promised faithfully to do better, but again left her as set put above with no provision for her support or that of her child, David D. Davis, born Dec. 17, 1909. Custody of the child and restoration of maiden name of Lillian Josephine Alter i.S asked for.