Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 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 following Chicago Heights friends of Sheriff and Mrs. B. D. McColly drove down via auto Sunday and spent the day with them: Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson and son; Street Commissioner Samuel Brooks, Edward Winslow, president, and Robert Isaacs, secretary of the Canter Storage Company, and County Commissioner B. D. Pierson, Mr. Johnson is president of the Johnson boiler works of Chicago Heights. New suits filed since our last report: No. 84 30. Daniel S. Makeever, adm. de bonis non, vs. Lawrence W. Baker et al; petition to sell real estate. No. 8 431. Charles W. Postill, adm. vs. F. W. Bedford, et al; petition to sell real estate. No. 8432. Joseph' Hilliard, adm., vs. Lottie Smith et al; petition to sell real estate. No. 8433. Furst & Thomas vs. estate of Joel F. Spriggs; disallowed claim for $668.11. No. 8434. John T. Martin vs. Jennie T. Martin; suit on note. Demand $135. No. 8435. Ella Ammerman Evans vs. Louis Wilson Zellies; suit on note. Demand $l5O. Following is the official report of the number of children in Jasper county of school age as compiled from the returns made to the County Superintendent's office: Corporation a A H o h ° o E- 2. p o tZ oi A p . c Barkley 249 219 468 5 72 Carpenter 153 147 300 27 35 Gillam .138 102 240 6 34 Hanging Grove... 81 59 140 12 28 Jordan 89 97 189 6 21 Kankakee 70 71 141 8 17 Keener 149 121 270 27 38 Alarion 1197 111 308 27 32 Milroy 73 60 133 11 19 Newton ...S3 102 184 14. 20 Union 227 203 430 6 46 Walker 154 159 313 4 17 Wheatfield ......104 78 182 6 21 Remington, town. 129 175 304 9 48 Wheatfield, town. 61 47 108 5 9 Rensselaer, City. .303* 316 620 13 70 Totals .2259 2067 4327 145 41 527 *1 colored boy.