Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1912 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs trom the - Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathei ed from , the Several County Offices. Co. Supt. Schanlaub and J. A. White were over from Kentland a fe-w* hours Monday. —o —• Wm. Messenger completed his jail term last week and is now working on the new school building and drawing $3 per. Five marriage licenses were issued last month, against six for the month previous, and eight for j the corresponding month of 1911. Clerk Perkins received the fol- | lowing telegram Sunday from Special Judge Hanan, who is sitting in ] the Borntrager ditch case:. Baltifnore, Md., June 30. Please inform counsel I can’t open court before Wednesday morning. J. W. HANAN. New suits filed: No. 7882. State °f Indiana, ex rel. vs. John Hack, et al.; action for damages by reason of failure to complete dredge ditch in time specified and for dam- | ages to plaintiff’s land by going 20 rods away from the .line where said ditch should have been according to plans and specifications. Damages of $750 are asked for. >? The county commissioners met in regular session Monday and were still grinding yesterday. In the Keener stone roads, Nos. 2 and 4 were let to Charles E. I Kersey for $5,443, and bid on NoJ 1 was taken under consideration J Scholarships at Purdue were* awarded John Groom of Barkley l tp., and Walter Lutz of Rensselaer. Interest on county funds in she various depositories was reported for the month of June as follow/: Ft Nat Bank, Rensselaer.. $179 46 Trust & S. Bk, Rensselaer’. 75.23 State Bk, "Rensselaer. ..... 50.97 State Bk, Remington 69.3 G Bank of Wheatfield.. 30.51 County board of review doings of entire session: C. H. Sternberg objected to assessment on his dredge and on additional improvements on his farm; board decided that dredge assessment shall stand and improvements be reduced from S6OO to $250. John Hackley’s dredge boat in Barkley tp., assessment reduced from $1,125 to SBOO. One hundred bushel of oats assessed to B. W. Ellsworth which had been sold to John Hayes prior to March 1, were stricken from his ssseßsment.

W. W. Sage reported that he had lost by death since his assessment 1 horse, 1 2-year-old heifer and 2 hogs, and the board reduced assessment $125 by reason thereof. I Dennis Healey’s assessment in Union tp., reduced $l3O by reason) of loss of personal property in cyclone. Assessment of August Krueger reduced from $405 to $205. Paul Makus from $465 to $300; August C. Schultz from $520 to $475, all in Union tp., for same cause. New coal shed of C. B. Johnston & Son of Remington, not listed, assessed at SSOO. Improvements assessed against James N. Leatherman reduced from $450 to S3OO. C. C. Matson, state tax commissioner, appeared before board June 21 and urged, among other things, that banks be asesssed 75 per cent on capital and surplus. The assessment of the varipus banks of the county were assessed as follows on capital, surplus and undivided profits: Ft Nat. Bk, Rensselaer. . $83,665.00 State, Bank, same 45,670.00 Trust & S. Bank, same. . 38,910.00 State Bank, Remington.. 37.735.00 Bank of Wheatfleld 13,000.00 Assessment of Rensselaer “match factory” reduced from $3,500 tp $2,500 on objections made by Rensselaer Commercial Club, through its secretary-treasurer, 1 C. G. Spitler. Automobile assessments changed as follows: Reductions G. A. Williams, Rens, S4OO. .$350 R. A. Parkison, Rens, $1,000.., 900 N. Littlefield, Rens, $400.... 350

Mark Schroer, Barkley, $900.. 750 L. Raymond, Jordan, $500.. 400 T. H. Robinson, Gil’m, $450.. 400 Wm. Ott,, Carp’ter, S4OO ... . . 350 James Skinner, Carp’r, $400.. 350 M. A. Gray, Rem’g’n, S4OO. £ ; . 350 Increases W. L. Myer, Rens, $150..... 250 J. Davisson, Walker, $150.... 350 A. H. Hopkins, Rens, $150.. 300 W. Hershman, Walker, $150.. 400