Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1912 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments *■" •" ■ * OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL ■■ i; ■ : The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several Count/ Offices. f

New suits filed: No. 7917. A. C. Pancoast vs. John m. Sauser, adm.; action on account. —-o Application has been made by the | plaintiff in the case of Stockton vs. I La.no, et al. to advance same in the .Appellate court. - Newton county republicans will hold their primaries today to select delegates to their county convention to be held at Kentland Monday, September 16. Miss Eva Moore, deputy /clerk, completed a few days ago the writing up of the record in the Borntrager ditch hearing, which made 157 pages of typewritten record. —o— Since having been set down for trial the case of the state vs. Michaels, from Jordan tp., has been sent to Newton county on change of venue asked for by the defendant. —o— The adjustors of the two insurance companies ini which the Parr Creamery was Insured, were here this week in consultation with the directors of the company and it is understood that an agreement has been reached by which settlement of the loss will be made and the suits now pending against the companies in the circuit court will be dismissed.

Sam Richardson, who lives with his family just at the north side of town, was arrested by Sheriff Hoover on a warrant issued at Danville, I®<d., and charging him with having sold eight acres of corn that did not belong Io him. The sheriff of Hendricks county was expected to come yesterday afternoon for Richardson, who formerly resided in that county. The Newton county Progressives at their convention held at Kentland Wednesday nominated the following county ticket: Auditor, Roy M. Sheppard, of Goodland; treasurer, W. W. Miller of Mt. Ayr; Sheriff, Charles M. Martin- of Morocco; Assessor, Sherman White of Kentland; Coronor, Dr. E. E. Collier of Brook; Surveyor, Charles H. Hall; commissioners, W. W. Remsburg, and Wm. Cohen.

Pulaski County Democrat: After considerable delay the boom for the big dredge that is to dig the lower end of the Monon reached Francesville the latter part of last week. The boom is eighty feet long, and is said to weigh about twelve tons. When the boom has been put in place and a few minor parts adjusted the dredge will be ready for work as the boat -has been built and most of the machinery installed for some little time.

—v—Eddie Karnatz, the tailor convicted of tpylng to ? blackmail B. Forsythe and sentenced by Judge Hanley Monday to serve from one to ’ five years in the reformatory, was taken to Jeffersonville by Sheriff Hoover Wednesday. He kept a pretty stiff upper lip here and told the boys who bid him good-bye at the depot that everybody seemed to be worrying more about it than he' was. He was about readiy to break down, however, when he came to enter the prison walls. Considering his offense he certainly got off easy, ard will get out, of course, if he behaves himself, at the end of the minumum sentence, one year. He Is an inveterate cigarette smoker, and if the prison sentence breaks him of that habit It will have done one good thing. No doubt the gambling propemaity is too deeply imbeded to be cured by one year’s absence from the poker table.