Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1914 — GOURI HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

GOURI 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. Trustee Shirer and C. R. Peregrine were down from Kankakee tp., Wednesday. The progressives of Barkley tp., will hold their township convention today, at Barkley Center, at 10 a. m. The new high school building at Demotte will be dedicated, Wednesday, Sept. 9. The speaker will be announced later. The republicans of Union tp., will hold their convention at Parr today. George H. Hammerton, a merchant of Parr, will be the probable nominee , it is reported. The September term of the Jasper circuit court will convene one week from Mo,nda-y. Tim docket is quite well filled, but there are not many very important cases. It is probable that a grand jury will be called. Hon. Will R. Wood of Lafayette, republican candidate for congress from this district, was in the city Wednesday morning on business connected with the republican county organization meeting here on that day. The county council will meet next Tuesday to pass on the estimates made by the county commissioners and various county officers for the expenditures for the county administration next year, and also to fix the tax levy for the year 1914. Thomas Stevenson of McCoysburg, foreman over a gang of “Hunkies” at work on the Gifford railroad near Laura, was severely beaten up Wednesday evening by his men, when he attempted to prevent them using a handcar to, go to Gifford. At this writing no arrests have been made, at least not before any Rensselaer justices, so far as we can learn.

New suits filed: No. 82270. State of Indiana, ex rel., Brook Terra Cotta Co. vs. Hugo L. Gamble and National Surety Co.; suit on bond. Plaintiff alleges that it furnished tile for a certain tile drain in Jasper county petitioned for by Laura Lutz, et al., and of which defendant Gamble was superintendent of construction and John C. Williams was the contractor; that said Gamble gave a bond of $2,000 with the National Surety Co. as surety; that by agreement between the superintendent and contractor the former was to pay for the tile used and that he did collect some assessments and pay plaintiff for a part of said tile, but that there is still $236.52 due plaintiff and that said Ganjble has failed and refused to collect the assessments, although sufficient assessments were made, to pay to plaintiff the balance due it. Judgment for $250 is asked. No. 8271. Walter E. Gilmore and wife vs. L. H. Pierson et al., a firm doing business under the name of Biggs & Pierson; action to enjoin defendants from enforcing a certain contract for the sale of certain real estate in lowa, asid for SI,OOO damages.