Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1911 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various JJepartments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized— Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices.

On complaint of Scott Brenneman John Critser was fined and costed $3.55 in Squire Bruner's court a few days ago for provoke. —° —* Marriage licenses issued: Oct. 16, Roy Mansberger of Roselawn. aged 29, occupation foreman construction company, son of Charles Mansberger of Baxter Springs, Kan., to Cora Baker, daughter of Robert Baker, also of Roselawn, aged 24, occupation housekeper.' First marriage for each. Married by Squire Irwin, in the clerk’s office. —o— Special Judge Charles Hanley of Rensselaer did not render a decision in the case of the American Maize Products Co. vs. E. A. Shedd and C. B. Shedd following the hearing of the arguments on the special findings of fact, yesterday. The case was con■tinued until two weeks from today, when the arguments on the special findings will be rendered. No intimation was given as to what his decision will be. The suit involved the question of the rights of the company under an easement which it secured from the Shedds to build a sewer and a pipe line through their property. —Saturday’s Hammond Times.

Squire Irwin had a neighbor- ' hood ‘quarrel to settle Saturday, when Mrs. Emerald Aldrich was brought before him on the charge of assault and battery on the person of Mrs. Arlie Rowen. i Both the parties live on the north side, where such affairs are not uncommon, and this one seems to have started over Mrs. Aldrich being charged by Mrs. Rowen with having driven to her own premises some chickens owned by tjie, latter. After the exchange of several compliments that would not look well in cold ' type the hair pulling began, and lit was providential that a wire fence separated the belligerents, otherwise it might have been necessary to have postponed the trial for the principals to recover from injuries. After hearing the evidence the Squire assessed a fine of SI and trimmings, $9.55 in all. and the parties repaired to their respective homes and sharpened up their tommyhawks for further hostilities, which it is said will take the form of an affidavit by Mrs. Aldrich charging Mrs. with provoke. —oh—• Speaking of the recent circuit court order establishing the Monon or Ketman ditch, the Pulaski County Democrat says: “It is not definitely stated w’hether or not there wlil be an appeal to the higher courts. If there is, as of course the remonstrants have a right to do, it will be a good many months before the upper court rules upon the appeal. If there is not, things wilj doubtless be put in shape to push the work next year. “The Monon is perhaps one of the largest drainage projects in the state. The ditch starts in Starke county, flows south clear across Pulaski and empties into the Tippecanoe in White county. Lands in Jasper county are also affected. As established the work includes the digging of an entirely new channel, several miles in length, around the rock toward the lower end of the ditch that has .made so much trouble in former dredgings. Several arms or branches, each good sized ditches by themselves, are included in the. project. The total number of cubic yards

oJ earth to be removed is 2,941,260. at an estimated cost of $352,566.34.”