Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1915 — 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. The White circuit court will convene Monday. Attorney Emmet Laßue was a business visitor in Chicago Tuesday. Sheriff McCoily and W. V. Porter made a business trip to Joliet, 111., Thursday. Attorney. Mose Leopold was in Crown Point, on business connected with the B. J. Gifford estate Thursday. - The. big dredge on the Kankakee river drainage scheme, was started up at Dunn’s bridge Thursday, we are told. Ed Sternberg, after a few days spent here in looking after* the dredge work on the Borntrager ditch, went to New Castle Thursday to bid bn a ditch contract down there.

Marriage licenses issued: Feb. 3, Reinhold Otto Schultz of Union tp>, aged 24 Aug. 27 last, occupation farmer, to Bertha Henrietta Stibbe, daughter of John Stibbe, also of Union tp., aged 31 March 16 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Former County Auditor H. B. Murray is assisting in the auditor’s office in making up the plat books for use of the township assessors for the eal-estate assessments this year. The assessors must begin their duties March 1, therefore the time is limited for making up these books. Call at The Democrat office and get one of the new style pencil holders with the perpetual calendar. A neat holder, nicely nickel plated and costs but 10 cents. We also have the new spun glass ink erasers at 25c, and different styles of pencil pftnt protectors and rubber erasers, only 5c each, in our fancy stationery and office •Supply, department. County Treasurer A. A. Fell received a letter yesterday morning from his wife, who was recently operated on in "St. Vinoent’s hospital in Indianapolis, stating that the doctors said she might'come home now at any time and let her local doctor look after her. Mr. Fell was expecting that, she would come home last evening, accompanied by her sister, and looked, for a telegram during the day to that effect. Deputy Sheriff John .Robinson went up 'in Kankakee tp., Thursday and arrested Henry McColly, on an affidavit filed in the circuit court by Deputy Prosecutor Sands, charging McColly with assault and battery last Tuesday on Miss Lulu Nelson, teacher of the Dahnke school in Kankakee tp. McColly’s children attended this school and some of them are said to have been quite unruly and considerable trouble was had by the teached with them. The McColly family is said to be sort of ne’er-do-wells, and Trustee Shirer of Kankakee tp., purchased books for some of the children, as their father was unable to buy them. McColly finally took his children out of school and is alleged to have gone to the school building Tuesday mornirjg and demanded the books. The teacher is said to have told him he could not have them as they belonged to the township, it having bought and paid for them and they were destined only for the. use of the children while attending school. McColly is alleged to have then seized the teacher .and held and chocked her while one of his children got the books. He says there is “nothing to it,’’ and that he will let the county keep him, which it will probably have to do and his family also. He was lodged in jail. Trustee Davisson of Barkley tp., acompanied by members of the advisory board and ex-trustee Folger,

and others, went over to Kentland yesterday to be ready for the trial of the case of Hyde vs. Barkley tp. Hyde was employed to draw plans for a high school building in Barkley* and, we understand, was jo be _ paid $4 00 if the building was erected; that he was to draw plans for a building to cost not to exceed some $12,000, but no bids were received anywhere within several thousand dollars of this amount, and therefore the contract was not let nor the building erected. Had the building been built he would have had to have looked after the construction of same, making frejuent inspections, to have entitled him to the $4.06, it is said. He was paid SIOO, but demanded the full amount. Trustee Folger refused to pay the balance amd Hyde sued, setting up in his complaint that he had a written contract whereby he was to receive the full amount. We arfe told that the trustee and advisory board statte that they never made any written contract with ■Hyde, and as t'he plans for the building were not within the amount specified and the building* not erected, they felt that in paying him the SIOO, he had received all that he was entitled to. The case was .taken from this county to Newton by Hyde on change of venue and was set for trial Jan. 29, but was continued »to yesterday because of inability of. the "defense to get its witnesses thereon the first mentioned date.

Considerable business*! was transacted by the county commissioners at their February session, Monday and Tuesday. The C. W. Markin stone roqd in Barkley and Walker townships, was ordered constructed. The contract for the Karch stone road in Walker tp,, was let to A. S. Keen for $3,070; the May stone road in Carpenter tp., to W. F. Smith & Co., for $9,000; the Bussell stone road in Hanging Grove tp., to Monyhan & Son., for $21,700. Viewers’ report filed in the Fritz stone road, and cause continued for objections. ’ Rousch stone road in Carpenter tp., continued for filing report. Final report filed and approved in the Hunt stone road in Carpenter tp. The trustee of Marion tp., was granted permission to extend additional poor relief to Emma Bowser, William Benson, Charles Vick, Nellie Williams, Ross Culp, John Albertson, Anna Elder and Alice Potts. Advertisement ordered for bids for material to be used in repairing .stone roads in Jaspef county, material to be delivered at Goodland, Percy Junction, Remington, McCoysburg, Pleasant Ridge, Rensselaer, Fair Oaks, Demotte, Stoutsburg, Wheatfield, _Tefft and Medaryville. Advertisement ordered for bids fo.r removal and replacing of two bridges across the Dexter ditch, to be on file by 1 p. m., Feb. 20. * In the Davis-Jungles ditch, Michael Jungles, contractor,‘offered to surrender contract for completion of ditch, and the commissioner of construction, DeVere Yeoman, filed a report showing that construction was impracticable because of a big sand cut, from a certain station to lhe outlet; thht ditch was completed-ac-cording to specifications as to balance of Same, and commissioners decided that no further money be expended. Cause dropped from docket. It is the intention of owners of land > above the big sand cut to divert course of ditch into the Infield ditch, and thus avoid the cut through the sand hill, which the engineer decided was impracticable. Interest on county funds for the month of January was reported as follows: First National Bank, Rensselaer, $122.14; Trust & Savings Bank, Rensselaer, $51.18; State Bank, Rensselaer, $57.78; State Bank, Remington, $4 4.33; Bank of