Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 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 Note* Gathered from the Several County Offices. Devore Yeoman, county surveyorelect, has rented Bert Brenner’s property on River street and will soon move into same. Judge Wason of the Carroll-White circuit won out over Roafch, his republican! oppenent, by a total plurality of 1312—747 in Carroll and 565 in White.

The November term of the Jasper circuit court opened Monday. Yesterday was “call day,” and the grand jury also convened. There are quite a number of cases on the docket, nearly a dozen having been filed in the last two weeks. The first marriage license issued this month was issued Saturday to Leo Lemain Colvert of Rensselaer, aged 20, occupation clerk, to Bernice Irene Hammond, also of Rensselaer, aged 20, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Elmer G. Bunnell, assistant to Charles A. Greathouse, state superintendent of public instruction, died in Indianapolis Sunday. He was well known to many teachdrs of this county. His body was taken to Daporte, his old home, for burial yesterday. Peter He rath i of west of Brook, who owned the 137 acre farm xiorfh of Rensselaer, in Marion tp., on which his son Edward Heratb lives, traded same off a few days ago to his son-in-law, John H. Sell, for a 190 acre farm near Brook. The former farm was figured at $l5O per acre in the deal and the latter at $l9O. It is said that $250 per acre has been refused for some farms about Brook.

Although Judge J. T. Sanderson carried his own county of Benton by 134, he was defeated by B. B. Berry, Republican, for judge of the Benton-Warren circuit by 99 votes, Berry carrying Warren county by 234. The democrats elected the.auditor in Benton by 457, the Bberiff by 214, and one commissioner by 124. The republicans elected the balance cf the county ticket. Wilson carried the county by 386; Ralston by 404 and Peterson by 286. There were 796 bull moose votes cast for head of the ticket. Gub Grant was up to Fair Oaks a few days ago to see John Stowers, the old man w'ho was struck over the head with a beer bottle by Ed. Frawley and probably fatally Injured. Gus says that the old gen-

tleman’s skull is fractured and there is quite a depression where he was hit. He doesn’t seem to improve much, if any, some days appearing a trifle better ail'd then getting worse again. It is not believed that he can recover. Frawley is still in jail and appears to be considerably worried over the outcome, as he may well be.

Owing to an error in the figures of the state and national vote In Kankakee township, as published in Itihe tabulated vote to Saturday’s Democrat, and a few other slight errors in some of the other figures, we are again publishing the tabulated vote in today’s Democrat, and as it has been carefully gone over agaiin we believe that it is now absolutely correct. Kankakee township gave Willson a plurality of 27 and Roosevelt received 38 votes, as is shown inthe corrected table which is the only correct table of the vote that has been published in Jasper county. -

At the time of publishing the vote for district candidates In Saturday’s Democrat we did not have the official vote from all the counties. Chester A. McCormick for state senator carried three of the foqr counties in this district—Newton by 68, Starke by 446, White by 239 and lost Jasper by only 86. His net plurality was, therefore, 676. Brother McCormick naturally feels a little chesty over the splendid majority given him in his own county, which was larger than that of Wilson and was the largest plurality given any candidate in that county for a good many years.

New suits filed: No. 7943. ex rel. Edna Llntner, vs. Leo Terry; transcript from Porter county. No. 794 4. Zack Kerns vs. Earl Parker; action for damages alleged to have been inflicted by defendant on the night of Sept. 10 to plaintiff’s horse and buggy, driven by plaintiff’s son, by reason of defendant’s reckless driving of a team of horses and wagon upon the public highway near GifTord, demolishing the buggy and killing the horse. Demand SSOO. No. 7946. Coen & Brady vs. Charles L. Otis; suit on account. Demand S6O. No. 7946. Standard Oil Co., vs. Theodore Smith; suit on account. Demand $84.91. No. 7947. Walter Blankenbaker vs. Frank P. Huntington; action to compel Die specific performance of contract in the purchase on real estate.

No. 7848. D. M. Osborne Co., vs. Thomas Florence; suit on note. Demand SSO.