Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1911 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from Hie Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. Judge Hanley went to Valparaiso Thursday to visit his mother, who makes her home there with her son. Ord Hanley. —o—•, Court note in White County Democrat: Marie Vondersmith vs. The Perpetual Buildng, Loan & Savings Association of Remington, Ind.; dismissed at plaintiff’s cost. —o Miss Reith, deputy in the auditor’s office, will remain 'with the incoming auditor, J. P. Hammond, who takes charge of the office Jan. 1. Mr. Leatherman, the retiring auditor, will take Mr. Hammond’s place in the First National Bank. —<o— Miss Tilda Zimmerman of. near Remington was taken to the asylum near Logansport Thursday by Sheriff Hoover and the girl’s father and Mrs. Hawkins of Remington. Miss. Zimmerman is about 25 years of age, and has been in the asylum previously once or twice. —OH— Marriage licenses issued. Dec. 20, Stephen Alfred. Salrin, son of Chraistopher Salrin oi. Walker tp.. aged 36. occupation farmer, to Eunice Clay Barnes, daughter of Charley Barnes of Jasper county, aged 18, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Squire Irwin at his office. • : —-o ’ Dec. 21, Reuben Carl Wilmington of Tefft, aged 23, occupation farmer, to Sylvia Irene Seeley, daughter of Samuel Seeley, also of Tefft, aged 20, • occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Ceremony performed at the clerk’s office bv Rev. \V. G. Winn.

—O —• ; Persons having claims due j them from Jasper county that ! have been allowed, should call at the auditor's office and take up the warrants before Jan. I,‘ as all appropriatons lapse at the i beginning of the new year and ■,go back to the general fund and those to whom the amounts are payable must wait for a special session of the county cQurrcil to re-appropriate. New suits filed: No. 7807. [ Mary A. Haigh vs. William Haigh, et al.; action to quiet’ title. ’ No. 7809. Jerry Dugan, et al.* vs. Junia Bradford, et al.; action to quiet title. • No. 7810. Daniel W. Way mire vs. Bank of Wheatfield and Al-| fred C. Robinson; complaint for, money had and received, and on check. The complaint alleges that plaintiff and said Robinson, who were partners in the buying of. hay in northern Jasper: that on Dec. 7, 1911. plaintiff sold all his I interests to Robinson for S3OO and the partnership was terminated. defendant Robinson exe-; cuting a’ check on- the defendant, . bank for the amount; that the. I settlement was made in the said’ (bank and the written agreement; ■ and check left there, j account to be credited with said| 1 amount; that said check read $300; in figures, and Three—- dollars’ where the amount was written i out: that immediately after leav-' , ing contract and check with said . bank plaintiff went to a sanitor-' . ium at Martinsville, Ind., for, . treatment and is still there; that; said bank now’ refuses to pay said; check or give plaintiff credit for, same, and that said Robinson refl fuses to correct said check or to I pay plaintiff said sum; that said

bank well knew that the check was to be for S3OO and that the contract so states. . . • At the special meeting of the county commissioners Tuesday the stationery contracts, classes 1, 2 and 3, were awarded to Levy Bros, of Indianapolis, and class 4 to Healey & Clark of Rensselaer. Levy Bros, and the Viquesny Co. of Terre Haute bid on all the classes, while the Burt-Haywood Co. of Lafayette only bid on the first three classes. The bid of Healey & Clark totalled $61.11, while the bid of’ The Democrat totalled $78.05. ! The Republican has stated that 'it treats. The Democrat just as if it didn’t exist, but it usually takes it into consideration in bidding on work, ahd in this case has bid less than cost. For exI ample, printed envelopes 6-kj i size, are to be furnished at $1.50 per thousand; letter heads.. Strathmore bond, at $1.50 per thousand; No. 10 heavy manila ' envelopes at $2 per thousand; * teachers’ report cards, printed | two sides on heavy manila cardboard about 3j/ax9 inches, with 1c stamp attached, $11.50 per thousand. We did not need the work that badly, but one will | wonder why the price has drop- , ped from $390 before The Demoi crat bid on this class of work, .to $61.11 since we have been bidding? The contract was closed up . with McColly & Coen for build- ; ing a new barn at the poor farm at their bid of $1,600.

Charles Morlan,' who has held the job as court house janitor for twelve years with but one contract, at the beginning, was re-hired by the retiring board for one Dec. T, 1911, at $45 per -month. There were two other applicants for the place. Thomas Cox and Marsh Warren. Charles Stackhouse voted for Warren and Denham and Pettet for Morlan. The two latter wanted to hire Morlan for two j r ears, but Stackhouse objected. This position belongs to the democrats, and as the board will be democratic after Jan. 1, the republican board wanted to fasten a republican on the incoming board. However, the new board can do as it pleases about keeping him. The sheriff reported fees collected for the quarter ending Nov. 30. of $76.38, which report was approved. \ „ The bond of J. P. Hammond, auditor-elect, signed by Joseph P. Hammond, S. C. Hammond? Walter V. Porter, Marion I. Adams. D. S. Makeever, Ed J. Randle, John M. Wasson and R. A. Parkison. was approved. The bond is for SIO,OOO.

Bond of Alson A. Fell, treas-urer-elect, in the sum of $50,000, signed bv Alson A. Fell, Wesley _L Fell. C. H. Peck, H. R. Hartman and Wm. Townsend, was also approved.