Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1914 — 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 (Agthered From the Several County Offices. New suits filed: No. 8173. First National bank of Rensselaer * vs, Roger Gunn, Win. C. Hintz and Virgil J. Boone; suit on note. Demand $225.

Don't forget the railroad subsidy elections next Tuesday in Carpenter and Marion townships. Come out to the ilolls and vote your sentiments on tha proposition. The district meeting, of county assessors for the Tenth district will be held at Lafayette next Wednesday. An invitation istalso extended to the township assessors to attend. Ike Wells of Barkley ip., lias announced that he is a candidate for the republican nomination for sheriff. There will also be other aspirants for the nomination, it is said. There is but one piisoner in the county jail at present, the young man who was arrested for breaking in the G. E. Murray store recently, although several “hobos’” are given lodging there nearly every night. Attorney W. 11. Parkison was in polburn the first of the week to close up the sale of the 140 acre farm of his uncle, W. J. Moore, of Mitchell, So. Dak., who inherited same from the late W. E. Moore. The consideration is said to have been $13,000. An cel Pruett and son of Jordan tp., were up in Porter county the first of the week to secure an affidavit, so it is stated, to use in bringing perjury charges against Dan Way mire and Max Kepner for evidence they gave in the rase of the Hdmr Pruett against Waytnire, in an action for damages tried in the Newton circuit court a few days before, in which Dan won out. The suit grew out of the sate o r a horse by Way in ire to Pruett which the latter cl a i ined was not as reooriimended. 1 .

No hew affidiivit has been *1 Jed against John Archer, the alleg d chicken thief from Cillam tp.. who was freed in the Nfewton circuit court last week on a technicality. It was reported’that an’gffid/vit would he filed for signing a ficticious name to the check given Archer in payment for the chickens stolen when they were sold in Wheat field, but nothing has been done as yet. The Archer hoys did not gi\» their right names when disposing of the chickens, and had the check made out in another name than their own. Two more “field examiners" from the state hoard of accounts came Monday and are busy checking up the offices of .the county auditor and treasurer. As a matter of economy to the taxpayers it would probably be a god idea for the head of the state accounting department to keep a pair of these ten-dollar-a-day feach) gentlemen right here all of the time. This department of our

state government has become an expensive joke, and it is time it' was put out of business entirely or the “examinations” be conducted no oftener and at no greater expense than originally intended. f'lerk Perkins received notice rom the clerk of the supreme court «hursday that the appealed case of ( ordelia M. Williams V«. W. Prank Osborne (the Dexter ditch case) ! ' la( i been affirmed, and that the appeal of Granville Moody et al. vs. Schuyler C. Irwin et al (the Barkley gravel road case) was dismissed. In the former case, we are told, the court got mixed up on facts, or the facts were misrepresented, as the j same questions—or practically so — were at issue as in the Pancoast ditch, where the opposite decision

was rendered. Further effort will be made to get a reversal of the lower court in this case, it is understood. The annual delinquint tax sale will take place next Monday. Many of the delinquents have paid up since advertisement was made', and the sale will probably not be very large. Marriage licenses issued: Feb. 3, James Steffel oi' Pleasant Grove, aged 24 Sept. last, occupation farmer, to Mary Belle Harper also of Pleasant Grove, aged 21 Jan. 31 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Rev. Chas. W. Post ill. Feb. 3, Louis A. Haas of Tipton, Ind., aged 3G Dee. 2<> last, occupation clothing merchant, to Julia Leopold of Rensselaer, aged 33 Jan. 1 last. First marriage for each. Feb. 3, Walter Edward Feldhaus of Rensselaer, aged 20 Oct. 15 last, occupation -farmer, to Helena Regina Schmal, also of Rensselaer, aged 21 Oct. 14 last, occupation dressmaker. First marriage for each. Feb. 4, William It. Hamilton of Remington, aged 2G Nov. 21 last, occupation restauranteur,toGertrude B. Meehan, also of Remington, aged 22 Sept. 4 last, occupation telephone operator. First marriage for each.

The offical call that has been made for the reorganization of the democratic precinct and county central committee, which will be found on the second page of today's Democrat, provides Tor the selection of precinct chairmen on next Saturday, Feb. 14, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. Please bear this in mind and turn out and help to elect good live democrats as members of •mr precinct committee, democrats who will be for some good acceptable man Tor county Chairman and who will work for party success rather than personal success. The reason for calling these meetings at this hour is said to be on account of inability t G get a turnout in the country precincts on Saturday afternoon, Saturday being the only day that the school houses can be had for the meetings. The Democrat personally believes the afternoon would be the more preferable, the county over, but the earlier hour has been set, so come out and do your duty. Proceedings of the County Commissioners:': hi! Oliver petition lor highway; continued lor notice. John Hek et al, petition .or stone road improvement in Carpenter tp.; ■ n ' !, e finds that improvement risked or is 3 miles in length: that petition iu sp ued h.v ..ioi-e than '.*• resident.. 're. holder-', con!■<*•• t>. i iohnd:uy line of said townshjp with an • G Kin: itit |»roved highway,' that r, toper notice Im , been given, etc., .i t:d COntin ue.i sa.n,e for ohjectiorisi ! (toman M Callahan et til petition in highway: prdo> or notice filed end cause continued or objections. i ratiiv Hill et al, stone roads in lordan tp.; bonds ordered tor $3 l - * to run yearn at ft . per cent, interest. ■ ■■'■• : ' S. C. Irwin stone road in Barkley tp.: auditor shows board tha coffee'. amount of bonds to be issued i; $8,120.07. instead, a! S7.SO 1.02, a was set out in order of Jan. 5, and board corrects said order. Lewis Zick stone road In Walker tp.; contract awarded diaries Katn at $115.:,73.86. Board finds that t otal costs, damages and expenses of location and construction will be SIB,OOO, and ten years bonds bear'»g IV2 per cent, interest are order'd for the latter amount. i Clifton f Hobbs ditch; expense account allowed as set out in report and cause continued to March term.

Same order in M. V*. Sands ditch. Charles ErP ditch; bonds ordered issued for unpaid assessments! x <dice ordered given for letting contract for poor farm supplies. Bonds of deputy gravel road superintendents i approved. The appointees made by Supt. Gray are: E. ( . Maxwell, A. Woodworth, Fred Popp and George W. 'Ferguson. John Greve was appointed Justice Oi the Peace for Keener tp. Bond Of Jesse Xiehols as superintendent of poor farm approved; Interest on county funds for . month of January reported as follows:, First National bank, Rensselaer. $67.40: Trust At Savings bank, Rensselaer. $.'56.71: State bank, Rensselaer. sl4 US: State bank, Remington. $M5,36. Bank of Wheattield not rejtorting in time for approval by board. ! . ■ ,r) the matter \of appointment of gravel road superintendent; petition o- bounty Surveyor DeVere Yeoman ter removal of superintendent appointed at the January term, \yhich under Attorney-General Honan’s decision was illegal, was presented and the matter continued for the term. Any goods bought at the Fire Sale of the Rowles & Parker stock and not satisfactory can be exchanged.—D. A. KLOETHE.