Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1910 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. ■ • Attorney Guy was over from Remington on court matters yesterday. —o— Ne* Suits filed: No. 7679. Petition of Robert F. Irwin for leave to execute deeds without the assent of his wife, Lizzie A. Irwin —o — L Marriage licenses issued: Dec. D, Christopher William Zimmer, son of Mat Zimmer of Gillam tp., aged 35, occupation farmer, to Malissa Jane Friday, also of Gillam. aged 42, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for each. maleMiaving been divorced January 11, 1906, and female divorced Sept. 10. 1910. -—o — The clerk yesterday received notice from Eagletown. Hamilton county, Ind., ngt to issue a marriage license under any circumstance to Lucius R. Stout, aged 56, as he has been adjudged of unsound mind and has a guardian. So if Mr. Stout shows up he will be given the marble heart by the clerk of the Jasper circuit .court. ' ■ -

The R. E. Davis ditch, which was to have been sold at Rensselaer Saturday, will have to be readvertised. This is the effect of placing a public notice of this, character in a paper which does not reach the people who are interested in such work. We were : told that only one bid was made ion the dredge work, and no other j dredge men were here. When I Mr. Yeoman, a dredge man, was | called up over the phone, he had not heard of such a contract bei ing advertised and he lives in Jasper county, too. It does not pay to advertise in a 2x4 inland paper that does not reach one in 500 of the people of our-own county. —° —* James Nixon of McCoysburg was arrested Thursday afternoon by Marshall Mustard and placed in jail on the charge of intoxication. Yesterday morning he entered a plea of guilty before Squire Irwin and was fined SI I and costs, $5.10 in all, which he | paid. Jim said he met some stranger in an alley during the. afternoon who pulled out a bottle and told him to help himself !to a drink. He did so arid was j going to hand it back to the 'stranger but the latter magnanimously told him to put it in his .(Jim’s) pocket; he would give ;t to him. Having been rather • under the weather the stuff went j to his head, Jim stated, and made him appear intoxicated. -To save cost, he said he would plead guilty, although he wanted it understood that Jie was not intoxicated.

The regular November term of the Jasper circuit court will close R. JR. Co., et al. will be taken up today, but the Lane vs. St. Louis to-day before the court and will run over into next week. The jury was discharged Wednesday for the term. There will be no court in Newton county intil January, and the next term here convenes the second Monday in February. Following is .a report of the proceedings in court since our last issue: John P. Ryan ditch; petitioners file petition dismissing certain described lands in petiton, beng all lands of Elmira M. Stockman, and latter withdraws plea and affidavit for change of venue. Orrin Elijah vs. Chicago. Indiana and Southern Railroad Company; continued by agreement. Joseph H. Martin vs. George Mo Elfresh; jury returns verdict for defendant. Harry Walters vs. Benjamin J. Gifford; cause withdrawn from jury by agreement and submitted to court. Judgment for plaintiff in sum of $125 and all costs placed against defendant except .witness Lewis, Henry Secor vs. Charley Meyers; receiver files inventory showing value of all property to be $140.13. which is ordered sold at either private or public sale without notice, for cash. E. C. Kesler vs. Seth B. Moffitt, et at; continued by agreement. James Nixon vs. Seth B. Moffitt, et al.; judgment for S4O. ' Addie A. Kenoyer vs. Aaron Kenoyer;'plaintiff withdraws affidavit for change d venue from the court and cause is dismissed, plaintiff paying $12.75 costs and defendant $23.30. This was a divorce case brought here

on change of venue from Newton county, and a settlement is understood to have been reached by which the property is divided and the parties agree to live apart.