Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1914 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From tlie Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From The Several County Offices. Attorney E. P. Honan was in Kentland yesterday on legal business. * Victor Hoover, eldest son of- Sheriff Hoover, is laid up with a ckse of mumps. Five marriage licenses were issued in Jasper county for the first week in March. County Agent Barrett will be In Wheatfield Wednesday afternoon as usual on his bi-weekly visit. James M. Tillet, of Peru, was here Saturday closing up the sale of an 80 acre farm which he owned in section 3, Gillam tp., to Herman Hermanson. The price received was about $75 per acre. It is rumored that another divorce suit will soon be filed in the circuit court, the parties to the action being residents of near Rensselaer. Incompatibility will probably constitute the principal charges, it is said. V

The county jail again has a couple of occupants, both of whom were put in Monday. One is John Snyder, from Wheatfield, who is in for 11 days, and the other is Fred Eaton, of Newton county, for 18 days on a charge of assault and battery.

The township assessors, who this year have new blanks to fill out, showing just how much work they did each day, will be in Friday to compare notes on the work already accomplished. State Tax Commissioner James A. Heuck bias notified County Assessor Lewis that he will be here on that day to meet the assessors also.

Sheriff Hoover, accompanied by T. J. Allen, one of the field examiners at work on the books of the county officers here, drove over to Kentland in his auto on business Monday. He found the roads fairly passable, the worst being between Remington and Goodland, where there were still many spowdrifts and their thawing made the road very sloppy.

Marriage licenses issued: March 7, Orville Fisher, son of Frank W. Fisher, of Kankakee tp., aged 21 July 23 last, occupation farmer, to Pearl Ethel Keen, daughter of Nathan Keen, of Wheatfield, aged 22 Jan. 23 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Rev. Paul C. Cmrnick in the clerk’s office. / March 7, Glen Jay Norman, son of Solomon A. Norman, of Union tp.. aged 22 Sept. 2 last, occupation farmer, to Nettie iM. Davisson, daughter of Amos Davisson, also of Union tp., aged 20 Oct. 28 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. March -0, Arthur Baker, son of cl W. Baker, of aged ?>Z Feb. 14 last, occupation farmer, to Cynthia Cloah Van Dusen, daughter of Robert Van Dusen, of Demotte, aged 21 Nov. 21 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for female; second for male, first having been dissolved by death Feb. 27, 1910. Married by Rev. R. B. Wright, ht the Baptist parsonage.