Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 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.

Seven marriage licenses were issued last month, against nine for the preceeding month and seven for the corresponding month of 1913.

Most of the township trustees and quite a number of others from the out townships were in .Monday attending the county board of education meeting and looking after matters in commissioners' court.

Arthur Goff of Fair Oaks, who was paroled some time ago from the insane asylum at Longcliff, was taken violently insane again last Friday evening and the sheriff was sent for to take him in charge. He made matters quite lively for a time, but was brought here and placed in jail and soon became quiet again. He will be returned to the asylum as soon as word is received from there.

Xew suits filed: No. 8273. Walter S. McConnell vs. The Chicago & Eastern Railway Co.; action for S4OO damages for burning hay and grass of plaintiff, which is alleged to have started from a locomotive on defendant’s road.

No. 8274. William C. Kinney vs. Alnion L. Clark; suit on judgment secured in the Newton circuit court on May 29, 1910. Demand S3OO. No. 5275. Edwin Harris vs. Joseph and Johfa Mildrick; ‘suit on promissory notes. Demand $lO5 and S6O respectively.

Three prisoners, James Chamberlain, charged with the murder of Frank Leanian of Hamlet, and Frank Buck and John Gall, two tramps charged with burglarizing a house in Knox, made their escape front the jail at Knox last Friday night. Chamberlain was caught Wednesday morning at the home of Henry Xorntan, near Davis station, and wps returned to jail, but at this writing the other two are still at liberty. Chamberlain claimed he was homesick and only accompanied the others because he wished to visit his mother, and that he had attempted to telegraph the sheriff where he was next morning.

The county commissioners met in regular session Monday and were still in session yesterday. Following Cs a report of the first day’s proceedings: Everett Halstead gravel road; DeYere Yeoman, engineer, and A. M. Yeoman, Supt. of construction, file sworn statements of completion of road according to plans and specifications. and report is approved and road accepted as part of county system. T. F. Maloney stone road: contractor allowed $1,839.76 on contract. Yeppe Hansen stone road; B. J. Moore, contractor, allowed $4,440.80 on contract. Lewis Zick stone road, contractor allowed $2,969.20 on Road No. 1. Frank Hill stone road; contractors allowed $3,380.55 on contract. Lewis W. Hunt stone road in Carpenter tp.; contract awarded Gifford & Callahan of Jasper countv at sll - 995.00. ’ Walter V. Porter stone road; contractor allowed $1,262.05. J. B. DeArmond petition for highway; report of viewers showing no damages, etc., and road being less than 3 miles in length and connecting at each end with free gravel road already established, report is accepted and auditor directed to give notice of letting on first day October term; John Eck stone road; bond of John L. Jay with Wester Bowdv and Henry Deno accepted. Charles R. Weise et al, petition for highway; viewers file report, which is approved and road ordered vacated and opened as petitioned for. William Hershman petition for vacation of highway: report of viewers approved and road ordered narrowed to 40 feet. Supt. files final report in John J. Borntrager ditch, and is discharged. contract for Supplies for poor farm awarded as follows: Roth Bros., 200 pounds of beef, $32; John Eger groceries, $173.58: VanArsdel & Co.) dry goods, $47 90. Interest on county funds reported for month of August as follows: First Nat. Bk., Rensselaer.. $1 55.41 Trust & Savings Bk„ Rens. . 50.69 State Bank, Rensselaer .. . , 60.51 State Bank, Remington 45.34

Bank of Wheatfield.. 12.60 The quarterly report of the poor farm superintendent showed the inventory of stock, grain, farm equipment, etc., to be $5,625 of which there are 1 2 horses, and colts; 7 cows, 6 calves, 4 3 hogs (15 sold since last report). 40 tons of hay, 20. tons of straw, 160 bushels of corn, 1,800 bushels of oats, 15 dozen chickens, 1,000 quarts of fruit, 200 pounus of meat, wagons, tools, etc. The receipts for the quarter from 46S bushels of wheat sold at 71c, 15 hogs, hay, corn and cream, the later were given at $735.90, and expenses, including salary of supt. at $996.27. There are 12 inmates of the poor asylum, 9 males and 3 females.