Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 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. Commissioners’ court convenes Monday. —o— H. B. Darling and Mr. Daily, of the state hoard of parole, were in Rensselaer yesterday investigating the Bader matter. —* A. H. Dickinson, democratic candidate for county commissioner for the third district, was over from Carpenter tp., on business Saturday. Nightwatch Critser filed an affidavit Saturday night against James Willis for running his auto without lights, and on a plea of guilty Squire Irwin fined him one doliar and costs. —q— Newton County Enterprise: A marriage license was granted Tuesday to Bert Iliff of Roselawn and Miss Esther Johnston of Conrad, breaking a long draught in the marriage license business. —o—• C. R. McFarland, court reporter of this circuit, went to Springfield, 111., Saturday to spend a few days. From there he will go to Cortland, 0., to visit his relatives until the beginning of the September term of court here. The annual estimates of expenditures and tax levies for the various townships should be published by the township trustees this week. The law requires that these estimates shall be published in the two leading newspapers of the county representing the two political parties casting the highest number of votes at the last general election. —o— Of the four little Sigman girls whom C. > B. Steward is seeking homes for,-Mr. and Mrs. Jud Adams of Union tp., take rhe eldest, aged nearly 12 years, and Mr. and Mrs. Willard Tanner of Hanging Grove the second one, aged almost 10 years. The two younger girls, aged seven and six years, respectively, will be taken to the Julia E. Work Training School at Plymouth. «

Joseph Fross of Union tp., was declared insane Saturday and application made for taking him to the asyulm. Pending the taking him away he was placed in jail. His wife is suffering with tuberculosis, and a babe died about a week ago from unknown causes. Fross is a graduate physician and holds a license to practice. He is generally considered to be a “little off,” and insists on attending to the medical needs of his family himself, hence the desire to have him placed in confinement so something can be done for them. The family has been a public charge for a long time. .1 Nothing further has been done in the matter of taking James W. McEwen to the asylum. The family say they can take care of him now and that he is improving. In regard to the statement in the last issue of The Democrat that I. N. Hemphill had made the affidavit for the in Inquest, Mr. Hemphill was merely a witness examined by the board, he having been passing the ' house only a day or so before the inquest was held and assisted in preventing Mr. McEwen from making his escape through a window. Mr. Hemphill had no interest in the matter of sending him to Longcliffe at all.