Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1911 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol Mrs. Wm. Porter spent the I first of the week with her i sister, Mrs. James Mead in Hammond. I ‘ —o— • The regular annual sale of real estate for delinquent taxes will ; take place next Monday, Feb. ; 13, commencing at 10 a. m. : ■' ■ —O— ' New suits filed: No. 7701,. The I Prudential Insurance Co., vs. [Margaret Springer, et al.; venued from the Newton circuit court. ' . —-o . B. J. Gifford, who is the heaviest delinquent taxpayer in Jasper county, also has several tracts in Eagle Creek tp., Lake county, advertised for sale in the Lake county delinquent tax Jist. .—o — Kentland Enterprise: Judge and Mrs. William Darroch and Miss Laura Darroch will leave Tuesday for San Antonio, Texas, and expect to enjoy the zephyrs of the southland for about a month. At the regular monthly meeting of the county board of education Monday, all the trustees were present except Parks of Milroy, Lane of Newton, Kight of Union, and Karch of Walker, Nothing, of special importance was done at the meeting. /■ —O— ,i Prosecutor Longwell was sick and unable to prosecute the .case against Mr. Mauzy, the Bentoncounty man alleged to have grafted Newton county in rail-* road tax road working contracts,' ffnlT was continuM. Mauzy was ready for trial, we are told.

NMarriage licenses issued: Feb. A- Godfrey D. Yeiter of Rensselaer. aged 45, occupation cement worker, to Edith Stiles, also of Rensselaer, aged 34, ■ occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for each, first marriage of male dissolved by divorce Sept. 6, 1910, and that of female by death March 16, 1910. Saturday’s Indianapolis News: While the arguments were going on in the senate chamber on the Proctor liquor regulation bill, a visitor in the room who could not see but could hear asked one of the doorkeepers who it was that was crying. “No one is crying,” replied the doorkeeper, “that’s Senator Halleck making a speech.”

—o— Representative Brown has introduced a bill in the legislature to relieve former treasurer, S. R. Nichols of $3,874.09, the balance, we suppose, of county funds lost in the McCoy bank after he had offset his indebtedness to the bank. If Nichols is to be relieved there are several township trustees who lost money in the rotten political bank of the;. McCovs who are also entitled to relief. —o Friday’s Monticello Journal: A marriage license was issued yesterday to Arthur Miller of Pleasant Ridge. Jasper copnty, and Anna Zable of Lee, in this county. Their wedding will be solemnized tomorrow and they will commence housekeeping on a 200 acre farm just across the line in Jasper county, north of Lee. The groom is the son of J. D. Miller, who formerly lived on S. W. Myer’s farm west of this city. Attorneys Dan Simms of Lafayette, "E. B. Sellers ,of Monticello, and local attorneys employed in the Case, took additional examinations here Saturday in the taking over of the stock of the First National Bank of Remington shortly before the failure of the Parker bank at that place a few years ago, E. L. Hollingsworth. J. J. Hunt and “Doc” Nichols of Rensselaer and J. A. Washburn, C. H. Peck, W. L. Gumm and Walter Hicks of Remington were examined, Wm. S. Garber, a stenographer from the referee in bankruptcy’s office, taking down the testimony.

Two more bills of. Abe Halleck’s were reported in yesterday’s 1 egislature proceedings. One of these is for the relief of Chas. M. Blue, former trustee of Marion twp., for $1,377.67 lost in the McCoy bank, and another to establish a tuberculosis hospital in every county in the state, where neded. This latter bill, should it become a law, would force a needless expense on many counties where such institutions are not required, for there’s always enough people in every county who will petition for anything that will eat up the public funds, no matter whether the thing petitioned for is necessary or not. This scheme is on a par with Abe’s county and township dredge bill of the last session of the legislature. ■—o—- •? The county commissioners made quick work with the business of the February meeting, closing it all up Monday. Following is a complete report of the proceedings except claims allowed, which latter will appear in Saturday’s issue: John T. Biggs of heretofore appointed drainage commissioner, declined the position and R. B. Harris of Rensselaer was appointed in his stead. . * Notice ordered for letting contract for poor farm supplies on first day of March term for quarter ending May 31. W. S. Parks, Jacob Gilmore and P. T. Robinson were appointed gravel road superintendents for the second commissioners’ district. The various county depositories reported interest for the nwnth of January on county funds as follows: State Bank, Remingtons39.73 State Bank, Rensselaer. .... 31.39 Trust & S. Bank, Rensselaer. 18.96 First Nat. Bank, Rensselaer. 58.42 Bank of Wheatfield 11.77 State Bk, Rem’ton (Dec 1910) 27.19