Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1912 — COURTHOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURTHOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments * _ OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from ' the Several County Offices. 1 B. F. Fendig, the druggist, is the latest to file a mechanic's leln against the match factory. Ben’s claim is $11.35. The April term of court will convene Monday, on which date the grand jury will also meet. The petit jury is called for the third Monday of the term. Sheriff Hoover, who left a few days ago for Goldfield, Nev., to bring 'back Win. T. Beahler, on order of the court, is expected back tomorrow! or Monday, providing the trains are not delayed by washouts and toe has no trouble in locating his man, ——o—Notwithstanding the decision in the Wbeatfleld liquor license application, the board of commissioners in Pulaski county this week refused to grant Fred Timm of Cast- township a license because of the fact that the township contains less than one Thousand inhabitants, the same ground that the license was refused Tilton of Wheatfield by our board of commissioners.

Attorney Frank Foltz and C. C. Warner attended the trial brought by the Wren children., wlho formerly resided near Francesville, against the guardian of their estate, Wm. T.. Beahler, formerly of near Remington, at Kentland Tuesday. Beahler is claimed to have defrauded the children from a large part of their estate. Sheriff Hoover left Wednesday for Goldfield, Nev., in y/hicb place Beahler is thought to be located, to arrest him and bring him back to face the music.

The county auditor, at the meeting of the commissioners Monday took up them the alleged “dog” scalp on which the county paid a $lO wolf bounty to Richard Peterson of east of Roselawn, in Jasper county, a few weeks ago. Peterson, it will be remembered, sold the pelts to B. S. Fen-dig for $3 after having the scalp punched by the auditor and filing his cl&im for the bounty. Fendig sent the pelt to a Chicago fur dealer who pronounced it a dog pelt and worth but 25 cents. Considerable discussion has arisen over the matter and Peterson, when asked to refund the bounty, refused to do so, declhring he had seen and killed too many wolves to be fooled about this one, and the fact that ae went to a fur dealer here and sold the pelt would convince anyone that he was honest in his conviction that the pelt was that of a wolf. The auditor secured the pelt Mr. Fendig, to whom it had been returned, and showed it to several different pities versed on wolfology, including C. W. Bussell, .i. W. Childers, Sbeiby Grant and others, and none would 1 say it was not a wolf .pelt. That is, that there was no wolf about the animal, although all thought perhaps it was a cross between a dog and a wolf. |On this showing and the conviction!of the commissioners that it was | eligible to the bounty, the matter ; has been dropped. * No one locally seems to have j been particularly to blame for the I discussion that had arisen over the matter. Mr. Peterson seems to have been fully , justified in his position, and the auditor, who dpesn’t pose as an expert on wolves, was not to blame as he relied on Peterson’s affidavit. Fendig evidently thought the animal was a real wolf or he wouldn't have bought the pelt. The kid-glove experts in Chicago who pronounced it “dog” may have never seen any j real live wolves 4n their life exJeept those of the two-legged var-

iety which infest the Windy City. So everybody seenre to have been exhonorated by our local wolf experts and Mr. Peterson can go ahead killing the animals as fast as he can get in gunshot of them and collect the bounty as long as Jasper county continues in the wolf bounty business. Commissioners court proceedings: Frank E: Rupert ditch; report approved, expense account ordered paid, supt. allowed $43.89 and cause dropped. George Davisson ditch; same order, supt allowed $44. W. H. Wbrtley ditch; time extended to. May term for making report. -i.y Attica, Bridge Co. awarded contract for new bridge in town of Remington at $837, and F. M. Williams awarded contracts for four new bridges in Kankakee tp., at $664, $647, $622 and $623, respectively. H. W. Marble stone road-.; A. Halleck allowed $260 as part of attorney fee in said cause. George Naroinga petjtidn for gravel road in Keener tp.; election set for April 30 for voting on proposition. (Same order in Charles E. Kersey gravel road. Joseph Kosta petition for vacation of highway; report of viewers recommend vacation of same. H. Zacher, Frank Zacher and Gustave Zacher remonstrate and board appoints John Remm, Frank Tillett and James Stevens as reviewers, to meet April 20. T. M. Callahan petition for highway; T. F. Maloney, F. W. Fisher and Wrii. Fitzgerald appointed viewers, to meet April 20. Geo. Putt petition for highway in Carpenter tp.; notice and petition sufficient and cause continued for objection. In matter of new registration law, the board appoints the ing inspectors: . Barkley, East .John Hayes' Barkley, West .... Grant Davisson 1 Carpenter, East ..William Broadie Carpenter, West ..... .Moses. Sigoi Carpenter, South .....James Lock Gillam . .John Ryan | Hanging Gtove ....Joseph Stewart' Jordan ... ... ... . .Frank Nissiusj Kankakee .. . .Thomas F. Maloney, Keener C. O. SpencerJ Mgrion, No. I. ... .. . .N. S. Bates ji'gcion, No. 2 W. R. Nowels Marion, No 3. ..Joseph Luers Marion, No. 4. ..... . . Joseph Nagel Miiroy ... .G. L Parks Newton ..John Nowels Union, North... .Chas. Harrington Union, South Chas. D. Lakin Walker ... . .F. M. Hershman Wheatfield .... .. . . ,H. E. Remley