Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 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 Gathered From The Several County Offices. New suits filed: No. 8261. Amos Davisson vs. Johnathan H. Pritchard, e aT; action to quiet title. —*'V; Lewis & Spoor of Knox, have been awarded the contract for the addition to the high school building at, Wheatfield for $5,245. The school house bond issue of $7,100 to pay for the addition to the Wheatfield joint high school building, have been sold to Mrs. Maria Biggs of Wheatfield, at par. The bonds draw five per cent interest. The democratic, county central committee meets today to fill up the vacancies on the county ticket from resignations since the convention of last spring. These vacancies are for sheriff, surveyor and commissioner from the first district. County Treasurer and Mrs. A. A. Pell w'ere over to Fountain Park Thursday anu heard a splendid talk by Col. Bob Seeds, the noted Chautauqua lecturer. There wsa a very good attendance, but not as large an audience as he should have had. L. A. Bostwick, the civil engineer, has made a brand-new sectional map of Jasper county, containing all the roads, ditches, etc., and also showing the improved roads. The map is of convenient size and is a nice and accurate piece of work. Mr. Bostv.ick sells the maps at 25c each for blueprint; 50c for tough paper and $1 for cloth. Orders may be sent him direct or if left at The Democrat office we will see that he gets them. J. T. Biggs and William Meyers of Wheatfield, were down on business Thursday. Mr. Biggs, who was recently nominated by the republicans of Jasper and White counties for joint representative, has withdrawn from the ticket, evidently feeling that all h— can’t beat the democratic nominee, the Hon. Patrick Hayes of ldaville, for re-election this year, so good a record did Mr. Hayes make in the last legislature. Mr. Biggs was nominated for representative over W. L. Wood of Parr, through questionable methods in handling the votes of Jasper county. The friends of Mr. Wood did not think he was treated right by any means, and the withdrawal of Mr. Biggs, who was not a party to the methods used to “put him over,” it is understood—is not likely to heal the breach.