Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1912 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE 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. Only two marriage licenses have been issued this month. —o —• Prosecutaor Longwell was over from Brook Thursday on business, —— C. C. Warner returhed Thursday from attending a banquet of the Sigma Chi fraternity at De Pauw. The Borntraker ditch case is still dragging along in court, and it will probably take two w-eeks or more to complete the hearing. —o —• The recent purchase by John Eger of 300 acres more land from B. J. Gifford gives Mr. Eger about acres in the Gifford district. Judge Hanley went to Chicago Thursday on a short business trip. He also expected to take in the <? baseball game there between the Sox and Boston at the Southside park. —o—. The Gillam township commencement, held at Independence Wednesday night, was very largely attended, there being about, four handred people out. The address was by Prof. Christie of Purdue. ira Blackman, a former resident of Monon, is in jail in Lafayette pending an investigation by the grand jury of the death of John Costello, who was found lying beside the road in West Lafayette June 2 with his skull crushed. Costello was last seen in Blackman’s company. Both worked on a farm southeast of Lafayette.