Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 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. Marriage licenses issued: Oct. 14, Clarence G. Griswold of Valparaiso, aged 26 Aug. 22 last, occupation electrician, to Nellie Gibb of Chicago, aged 18 June 28 last, occupation bookkeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Rev. J. C. Parrett. Over three miles of the Yeoman gravel road in Newton tp., is now completed, and only about 1 % miles remain to be made. This will be completed in a short time if nothing prevents, and we will then have two good gravel roads extending from Rensselaer to the Newton county line through that township.

J. M. Miller and George Eggleston of Mt. Ayr, who have been in jail here for several months as “guests” of Newton county, charged with the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors at Mt. Ayr, were taken over to Kentland Wednesday and entered a plea of guilty to the charge and were each fined SSO and costs and given 30 days more in jail. They were brought back here and are laying out the amount.

Mrs. Foltz was taken to Longcliff Wednesday, and on account of her age especially—she is 77 years old—the necessity of taking her to the asylum is indeed quite sad. Three different relatives, however, including her son, have tried to take care of her here but she had become so bad that each had to give it up, and it was thought she could be better cared for and might be more reconciled if taken to Longcliff where her daughter, Mrs. Simon P. Thompson, has been for several years, and the two can be together if their companionship is ' congenial to each other.

The case of Hyde vs. Barkley tp.-, this county, is set for trial in the Newton circuit court on Nov. 6, and the case of the State vs. Messenger, also from this county, is set for Oct. 27. There is one more case pending against Pat Miller and one against George Eggleston, both of Mt. Ayr, for the alleged sale of intoxicating liquors, and the former is set for trial on Oct. 26 and the latter on Oct. 27. Miller and Eggleston plead guilty oh a similiar charge Wednesday, as mentioned elsewhere in this column, and are now in jail here. New affidavits were filed in the criminal suit against George Knockel of near Remington, charged with runping an automobile without lights, and Levi Kuboski, formerly of near Remington, for deserting his wife and children. Knockel collided with a motorcycle east of Goodland several weeks ago and the rider of the latter machine was quite bacjly hurt.

Lnless it is later found that some of these are disqualified, the following inspectors will serve in the various precincts of Jasper county at the election Nov. 3. The “township trustee serves in his own precinct unless disqualified by reason of—relationship to some of the candidates on the ticket or himself being a candidate. William Folger of Barkley tp., progressive; Tunis Snip of Keener tp., republican; John Shirer, Kankakee tp., republican; Isaac Kight of Union tp., democrat, and G. L. Parks of Milroy tp., progressive, are the only township trustees who will serve as inspectors in the coming election. The list of inspectors follow: Barkley, Eijst . . . . . . William' Folger Barkley, West Edward Tanner Carpenter, East Sam Bowman Carpenter, West .Ad Hensler Carpenter, South . . Chas. A. Bonner Gillam . . .James Rodgers Hanging Grove. ... . Ed Cook Jordan .Alva McCashen Keener. Tunis Snip Kankakee John Shirer Marion, No. 1 . . . .Thomas W. Grant Marion, No. 2 .J. F. Hardman Marion, No. 3C. J. Dean Marion, No. 4 .Charles Morlan Milroy G. L. Parks

Newton Charlie Weise Walker ............... Harry Brown Union, Northlsaac Kight Union, South .... James McClanahan Wheatfield R. A. Mannan