Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1911 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol TVMrs. Peter Giver and daughter JCatherine of Wabash are here to see her sister, Mrs. Harry Wiltshire, who is in poor health. AMarriage licenses issued: Feb. 16, John B. Shide of Remington, aged 20, occupation farmer, to Jessie B. Lakili of Parr aged 20, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Homer Spenard of Jasper county and Mabel St. Pierre of near Wolcott were granted a marriage license at Monticello Tuesday. The groom also resides near Wolcott. The various township assessors will meet at the county assessor’s office on Tuesday, Feb. 28, to fix up schedules and receive their supplies for making the assessments this year. Thev will begin assessing March 1. J. R. McCollough of the Remington Press and nightwatch W. E. Holland, also of Remington, were here Wednesday before the grand jury to testify regarding the throwing of rocks through the former’s residence window recently.

The decision of Judge Vurpillat of the Pulaski-Starke circuit court in the ownership of meander lands in Starke county, is of interest to hundreds of landowners along the Kankakee river in Jasper and Newton counties, and for this reason we, publish in another county the full synopsis of the decision as given by the Starke County Democrat, jNjn order to raise the necessary lucre to keep his lands from being sold for taxes Monday, B. J. Gifford sold a quarter section more to John Eger for $25 per acre, and 210 acres to C. S. Chamberlain and John Marlatt at $27.50 per acre. The purchasers consider the land worth considerably more than they paid, but B. J. just had to have the “mon,” and there you are. S. D. Clark was down from \\ heatfield on business Thursday and filed his resignation as township trustee. to take effect March 1, with the county auditor. Rumor has it that there are several '‘willing Barkis’s” among the g. o. p. faithful of Wheatfield for Mr. Clark’s place, among whom is M. J. Dclehanty, Ray Anderson and John Bowie, but the appointment will not lieklv be made until next week.

In view of the fact that there were two judges of the supreme court who dissented in the opinion of that court declaring the county option law unconstitutional the legisature will pass a new city and township option bill to take the place of the one recently passed, in which some defects which it is thought might cause its being held unconstitutional will be corrected. • New r suits filed: No. 7706. Eleanor M. Adams vs. C. Leonard Adams; petition to have guardian appointed. No. 7607. State of Indiana, ex rel. Everett Greenlee vs. Edward P. Lane, trustee of Newton township; action to mandate trustee to furnish transportation for plaintiff’s five children from No. 8 district, the school of which has been abaodohed, to Blue Grass school, -tp„which district they have been transferred. The , latter school is 3)4 miles from his home, relator states, while No. 8 was but one mile away.