Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1910 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Judge Darroch of Kentland was here Monday and Tuesday representing clients in the Marble and Ryan ditch cases. ■Wfudson J. Hunt has bought of Isaac Kight the latter’s 341 acres of land in Union tp., paying therefor, as stated by the deed, $22,000.

The county commissioners met the Benton county commissioners at Remington Monday in consultation over the Beeks stone road, a joint improvement of the- two counties.' Atorricy Barce of Fowler was looking after some legal matters in Rensselaer Saturday'. Elmore is pretty well pleased over the late election and the fact that he “saw the light” and climbed clear into' the democratic band-wagon, while the insurgents were simply tagging along behind. Marriage licenses issued: Nov. 11, Carson C. McDusen of Demotte, aged 27, occupation farmer, to Ella Rodgers of South Bend, aged 35, occupation laundress. Second marriage for rnale, he having been divorced in May, 1910, third marriage for female, first marriage having been dissolved by death Nov. 6. 1904, and second marriage by' divorce, July 8, 1910.

Mrs. James Anderson of Hammond and “Bill” Grayson of Rensselaer were arrested Sunday evening and placed, in jail on the charge of intoxication.. The woman came down from Hammond'Sunday afternoon and w*as met at the depot by Grayson, and together they repaired to the grove w est of the station where they* spent softie time in drunken carousal. Marshal Mustard and nightvvatch Critser nabbed them near the stockyards on their return up town and landed them in jail, after some opposition from both and considerable blasphemy' from the woman. Sunday morning Squire Irw in gave each the usual “dollar and,” $7.05 in all. Grayson paid his but Mrs. Anderson was returned to jail. Grayson later paid the woman’s fine also and she was started back to Hammond on the afternoon train, w'here it is- hoped she will stay.

Xew suits filed: No. 7669. State of Indiana, ex rel; Elizabeth Gangloff, vs. Myrt B. Price, efal as superintendent of the Iroquois ditch, to require contractors to follow the line as laid out originally in the viewers report and the plans and specifications, it being charged that the ditch as dug through plaintiff's lands is thirty rods distant from the line provided for iH the specifications; that as originally laid out it was on a straight line across plaintiff’s land and through low ground, wfiile. aS- constructed it was crooked, made large curves and passed over high ground already drained, etc., to plaintiff’s gread damage- „ L , Sternberg & Son, the contractors, and the surety company on the bond, are made parties to the suit. Xo. 7670. Edward P. Honan, executor of the estate of Joseph Stripmeyer, deceased, vs. Anna Luers, et al,; petition to sell real estate.