Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1914 — COURTHOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURTHOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL ‘ ■ 1 ■ ■■■ I The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From The Several County Offices.

i Attorney Emmett Laßue went to Indianapolis on legal business Tuesday evening. Judge Wason was to adjourn court Thursday evening until Monday, we understand, when the hearing of the Boyle ditch remonstrances will again be taken up. ! Ed Sternberg was down from Chi- [ cago this week looking after the I progress of the dredge work on the ■ Borntrager ditch. The dredge is now about a half mile over in Newton county, east of Foresman. John Bill will move to his farm in I southwest Marion the first of the : week, and Sheriff Hoover, who has I rented John’s property on River street, will move into same Wednesday or Thursday. The Newton County Stone ComI pany of Kentland, has increased its | capital stock, $25,000 to $40,000. ! This company furnishes crushed rock I from what is known as the McKee I quarry, about midway between Goodi land and Kentland, for most of the stone roads over in that locality.

See our Napier bond typewriter paper. It has stood the test in Rensselaer for the past ten years and is used by many of the leading attorneys and abstracters. Ts you are not using it, try a box and see how much superior it is to the kind you have been using. This brand is kept in stock by us at all times and in different weights.

Sheriff Hoover, with the aid of Will Piatt, who was a clerk in the Koffman store and assisted in boxing up the goods for shipment, appraised the stock Tuesday, and a conservative estimate of what it would bring at forced sale is about $2,100. There are no new developments in the master at this writing, but-,an ancillary receiver will no doubt me appointed in a very few days.

New suits filed: No. 8340. Frank M. Hatton vs. C. I. & L. Ry Co., (Monon); action for $l5O damages for injury of a horse belonging to defendant on Dec. 22, 1912, at Roselawn, because, it is alleged, of a defective crossing in which said hors? caught its foot and kicked and pulled, tearing the tendons of the foot and rendering the said animal worthless. No. 8341. Josiah Gaines vs. Margaret Johnson and Marshall Johnson, her husband; action to quiet title.

Marriage licenses issued: Dec. 23, Charles Ellis Snow of Laura, aged 21 Feb. 27 last, occupation farmer, to Stella A. Campbell, also of aged 25 April 16 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for male, second for female, first marriage having been dissolved by death May 19, 1910. Married by Rev. R. B. Wright, in the clerk’s office. Dec. 24, Harry J. Arnold, of Barkley tp„ aged 24 Dec. 4, 1914, occupation farmer, to Helen Violet Meader, of Union tp., aged 22 April 4 last, occupation school'teacher. First marriage for each.

Sheriff Dowling of Newton county, brought over two more members of the Greek colony, residing near Morocco, and placed them in jail here Tuesday as prisoners of Newton county. This makes three members of the colony now in jail here, the other one having been here for a week or more. .Their arrest and confinement in. jail awaiting trial is due to a “scrap** indulged in recently in which the first prisoner, a young man, yas very badly beaten up by the other two, who then tied and bound him "and hauled him to Morocco and turned him over to the officers. The young man claims that he is the injured party, and that one of the other men owed him for four

or five months work. When he de manded pay he was upon and the life nearly beaten out of him. His story caused the arrest of the other two.

One of the most important wills ever filed in Jasper county, that is, in the value of property bequeathed at least, was that of William Deering, the grain binder magnate, who died at his home in Evanstton, 111., on Dec. 9, 1913, was filed here for record last -week in the clerk’s office. The instrument was executed Sept. 9, 1909, and disposes of a huge estate, the executors, Howard W. Hitchcock, H. H. Miller and Milton E. Holton, who are to Serve without bond, gave a personal bond for $24,000,000 with the executors as surety, which was filed and approved by Daniel H. Gregg, probate judge of Cook county, 111., last January. The Evanston residence and all furniture, plate, improvements and appurtances is left to the wife, Clara R. Deering; $150,000 is bequeathed to Richard Howe, a son-in-law; $’25,000 to testator’s sister, Elizabeth H. Porter, of Camden, Maine; SIO,OO 0 to the wife of Charles Deering; SIOO,OOO in trust to grandson, William Deering Howe, to be paid to him one-half at 25 and one-half at 30 years of age; all remainder of property to sons,' Charles and James Deering, onethird each, and remaining one-third to grandchildren, equally, Charles W. C. Deering, Marion Deering, Barbara Deering, Roger Deering and William Deering Howe, to be paid them one-half their individual share when they reach 25 years of age and the remaining one-half when they reach 30 years of age. The will was filed here because of the fact that testator owned some real estate in Jasper county.