Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1911 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol Attorney Geo. A. Williams was in Indianapolis Thursday on legal business. In the Jackson tp., stone road election at Mt. Ayr Saturday, 175 votes were cast for the improvement to 25 against. The F. Guy Barnard lands in northern Jasper are to be sold May 27 at administrator’s sale. See adv. elsewhere in The Democrat. Q -■» Janitor Charles Morlan is again suffering greatly from rheumatism and expects to leave tomorrow for the Hunter Springs, near Attica to take treatment.

Wm. Stewart, the Parr wrestler, came down Tuesday afternoon and entered a plea -of guilty to the charge of intoxication Saturday night, and Squire Irwin gave him the usual “dollar and,” $4.30 in all, which he settled. Stewart got his ankle quite badly sprained in his getaway from the officers Saturday night. Xo charge was filed against him for resisting an officer. IManriage licenses issued : May 12, Daniel Coleman of Rensselaer, aged 55 years, occupation ditcher, to Eliza Jenkins, near Mt. Ayr, Newton county, aged 49, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for each, first marriage of male having been dissolved by divorce in 1896, and that of female having been dissolved by death in April, 1909. The Hallagans are about to get a settlement out &f their judgment against “Sim, the cattle dealer,”.bQw of Conway, lowa, which was secured- in the White circuit court several years ago when Sim (Dowell) was one of the republican commissioners of Jasper county. The judgment now amounts to about SI,BOO, and James Hallagan followed Sim back to Xonway last week in an effort to enforce payment thereof. An agreement was practically reached for a settlement on a basis of $1,500, and Mr. Hallagan will go back to Conway about the 25th of May to close up the matter. Sim is now worth some money there, we understand, and finds that he can no longer evade settling this judgment.