Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1912 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments BF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. The November term of the Jasper circuit court will convene next Monday. The county commissioners met in regular session Monday and passed on the claims filed, adjourning until today to complete the work of the term. Monday was pension day, and the clerk and his deputy were kept pretty busy filling out vouchers for pensioners. ♦The recorder also filled out several. Leo Colvert, who is now employed in a large department store in Chicago, and Miss Bernice Hammond, daughter of County Auditor Hammond, are to be married here next Sunday.

John Cochrane, Sr., and John W. Sage, who have been prominent in the liquor remonstrance movement at Goodland, filed a new remonstrance at Kentland last week which insures that town remaining dry until Oct. 29, 1914, at least. Goodland has been “dry” since last spring when the two saloons that had been running there for a year were knocked out by remonstrance.

J. H. Perkins has rented his property at the east side of town to Mark Schroer of Barkley tp., who saw Mr. Perkins’ ad in last Wednesday’s Democrat. Two others who saw the ad applied for the place, but Mark was ahead of them. Mr. Schroer recently purchased Dan Waymire’s interest in the Rensselaer Garage, and will move to town about the first of December.

New suits filed: No, 7939. Clara I Tolbert and Elmer Tolbert vs. Noah J. Yoder; transcript from Newton county. No. 7940. Frank Stevens vs. Continental Insurance Co.; .appeal from Squire Dickinson’s court, Carpenter tp. No. 7941. Samuel Schaska vs. John Van Beek; action on account. Demand $108.04. No. 7492. John C. Lowe vs. G. A. Williams; action to recover on check given plaintiff by "Williams on April 15, 1904, on the McCoy bank which failed before said check was

paid. The case was first brought' against Baughman & Williams, who were partners at the time, but plaintiff lost out in the supreme court.