Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 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. Sheriff McColly and W. V. Porter were Chicago goers Thursday. Ex-trustee John W. Selmer of Giljam tp., was in the city on business Thursday. The county commissioners have requested the auditor to call the county council together in special session on April 5, on account of special bridge mattters. On another page of today’s Democrat appears a list and brief mention of practically all of the laws passed by the recent legislature. The list is not quite complete, but is nearly so.

Marriage licenses issued: March 23, Loyd Earl Hanford of Gifford, aged 18 March 18 last, occupation farmer, to Helen Ethel Rutledge, also of Gifford, aged 17 May 26 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Both being under age, father of each filed written consent to issuance of license. New suits filed: No. 8388. John F. Judy vs. Harry B. Brown; action to foreclose chattel mortgage on a 4-cylinder Whiting automobile. No. 8389. Pioneer Stock Co. vs. G. A. Hemphill, of Remington; suit on note. Demand $165. No. 8390. Andrew J. Granger vs. George H. Gifford, executor of estate of B. J. Gifford, deceased, et al; action to foreclose mechanic’s lien. Demand $l5O. No. 8391. Charles E. McMullen vs. Lewis E. Morris; action for an accounting and to declare trust-re-ceiver. .

Co. Supt. Lamson has received notice from the Culver Military Academy that they will receive from Jasper county one high school boy at their camp of military instruction from May 10 to 24, 1915. This boy to be selected from the high schools of the county by the Co. Supt., and will receive all instructions, board, etc., free. His only expense will be his railroad fare there and back and a deposit of $5 for his uniform. This deposit to be returned at end of term. Any boys who wish to make application should write to Supt. Lamson.

Deputy Clerk Miss Ethel Perkins is still engaged in the vtork making the transcript in the Marble ditch for the sale of bonds, and has now reached about 700 pages. The transcript will make about 800 typewritten pages, complete, and six copies are being made. The cost of the transcript, which will come out of the ditch fund, will be about $550, and Miss Perkins can afford to take a trip to the exposition on this, although it has been a mighty big job to do all the work and, after it is all typewritten, it is no small task to assemble the sheets and bind them together.

At this writing the official report of Coroner C. E. Johnson in the investigation made of the death of the little Watkins child a few weeks ago, has not been filed with the clerk, but will be filed in a day or two. The notes are now in the hands of the court reporter for writing out the full report. The coroner finds that death was caused from alcoholic poisoning, which is borne out by the report of the state labratory, but no responsibility is fixed for the manner in which the child was given or got hold of the liquor it drank. There seemed to be no evi-dence-,in the investigation that would promW a conviction of the parent of the child and it is not likely any prosecution will be made.