Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1911 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol /New suits filed: No. 7729. Harry L. JArown, adm. of estate of Fletcher Monnett, deceased, vs. Lida G. Monnett, et al.; petition, to sell real estate. No. 7730. Emmet L. Hollingsworth vs. David D. Gleason; suit to foreclose mortgage. Demand On account of the continued illness of one of the attorneys, the Ransford bankruptcy proceedings in the federal court at lndianaoolis was not takbn up Wednesday, and no new date has been set. MV.’ Ransford is still doing doing business at the old stand and has a new ad elsewhere in this paper. There are no new developements in the “Bader case.” Just when he will be taken to prison seems to be up to Governor Marshall, who accepted his bond when granting a parole pending an appeal in March of last year. The committment papers are also with the governor, it is presumed, as they are not here.

Marriage licenses issued: May 4, Ralph G. Maihauer of Medaryville aged 22, occupation barber, to Grace Esther Zea of Rensselaer, daughter of Lyman Zea, aged 16, occupation housekeeper. Mother of female granting permission for issuance of license. Married by Rev. C. L. Harper at the M. E. parsonage. Flora J. Poole, wife of the John W. Poole whose killing of a farm hand on their home farm near Swanington is now occupying as much newspaper space as the noted Gunness case near Laporte a few years ago, owns 120 acres of land* in sections T - 14, Milroy tp., and 120 acres in sections 5-8, Barkley tp., Jasper county. Poole accumulated practically all their property, but had it placed in his wife’s name to make it secure from litigation. The county council met Wednesday in special session and continued over to Thursday, on account of the appropriations exceeding $3,000. The appropriations made were as follows: Per diem Co. Supt $4.00 Traveling expenses, same. . . 100.00 Co. Health Commissioner.... 15.70 Capturing criminals out of Co 50.00 Repair court house. 300.00 Smallfelt and Randle ditches 20.77 Crow scalp bounty 500.00 Five bridges, Barkley tp..6,750.00 Two brg.s, Hanging Grove. 1,250.00 Repair bridge, Remington ... 400.00 Exp. circuit court ditches. . 3,000.00 Total $12,093.97

J. C. Dickerson, a former superintendent of schools at both Remington, Goodland and Kentland, leaving each place after a school rumpus, and who now resides on a farm near Tefft, is also a candidate for county superintendent here, it is said. During the rumpus at Remington, former county clerk W. H. Coover was a member of the school board, and antiDickerson. The latter blamed Coover for his having to leave Remington, and when Coover was a candidate for the nomination for state senator a few years ago against Eben Wolcott, Dickerson was then in the zenith of his power at Goodland. His political work, w r e are told, defeated Coover , for senator. Although the Remington trouble was several years prior to that date, Dickerson still bore it in mind. There is some unpublished history connected with the Bader bridge graft cases in this county that may some time be made public, and no doubt Bader himself could tell a few things if he chose that would put certain ones to squirimng in great shape. While it is not generally known it is nevertheless a fact that Prosecutor Longwell, during the pendency of these bridge graft matters, received two letters from Mr. Bader wanting to make an appointment with him outside the state, one letter wanted Mr. Longwell to meet Bader in Kankakee, and the other wanted to

arrange a meeting in Chicago. Why do you suppose the meeting was desired? But LoNgwell proved true and made no Teglv to the letters. Considering all he had to contend with in this case Mr. Longwell is entitled to great credit for remaining steadfast and doing his duty. Following is a report of the proceedings of the county commissioners at their May session: Interest on county funds for the month of April was reported as follows: First Nat. Bank, Rensselaer. $94.72 Trtist & S. Bank, Rensselaer. 39.45 State Bank, Rensselaer..... 47.57 State Bank, Remington 35.02 All bids rejected for Tunis Snij. stone roads in Keener tp., and readvertisement ordered. Viewers granted until June term to file reports in the Halstead and Yeornan gravel road petitions in Newton tp. Auditor directed to issue bonds for unpaid assessments in the DavisJungle ditch. Treasurer reports that he has collected $3,851.19. Costs of remotistrators of $79.25 taxed to ditch and ordered paid. Auditor directed to issue bonds in the C. C. Randle ditch for unpaid assessments. Treasurer reports having collected assessments of $2,660.25. Harry E. Gifford ditch; viewers file report and cause continued for objections. Robert E. Van Gundy, petition for drain in Milroy tp.; continued for notice. Tilden J. Prouty ditch; treasurer reports having cbllected $4,897.27 and auditor directed to issue bonds for all unpaid assessments.