Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1911 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments OF JASPEB COUNTY CAPITOL ' » v. f ’ The Legal News Epitomized— Together yrith Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. Attorneys A. D. Babcock and son James of Goodland were over yesterday attending court. Attorney J, R. Milion of Monticello died Friday evening after a long and painful illness from a carbuncle on top of his head. The September term of the Jasper circuit court convened Monday. Yesterday was “call day,” and the WQrk of setting cases for trial was in progress as we go to press. Marriage licenses issued: Sept. 9, Nevil Leroy Torbet, son of Torbet of Barkley tp., aged 26, occupation farmer, to Vernie Etta Shroyer, daughter of Charles F. Shroyer, also of Barkley tp. aged 19, 1 occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. * Sheriff Hoover has five star boarders now,* Ed Curts of Goodland who is laying out a seven days’ fine, and costs for intoxication, being one of the new recruits. He was brought over Monday. Don Sutton of Demotte is another new boarder. He was brought down Saturday and will lay out a twenty days fine and costs for assault and battery on a Demotte merchant, caused by a dispute over an acebunt.

An insanity inquest held by Squire Irwin and Drs. English. Gwin and Washburn Sept. 4, resulted in the declaring of James Nelson, the carpenter, insane, artd he was taken to the asylum by. Sheriff Hoover Sunday. That Jim is and has been for years a rather odd, character is well known, but that he Is any more insane'than he has been the people who have met him every day will sca-cejy believe, and the grounds on which he is declared insane now impress one as rather frivolous. Mr. Nelson is an old soldier, has been rather cranky in his talk about the inequalities of pensions, that is about all. Instead of coming to Monticpllb to open court last Monday as intended, Judge Wason was compelled to go to a hospital for a surgical operation for an old trouble that had unexpectedly returned in a more aggravated form. He went to a hospital at Springfield, 111., where the operation was performed Tuesday. A letter from Mrs. Wason td Clerk Atkins, received Wednesday evening, stated that he had successfully passed through the ordeal, that he had been under the influence of anaesthetics and under me knife two hours, had rallied nicely and it was thought the operation was satisfactory.— W T hite County Democrat.