Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 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. Levi Reynolds, trustee of Honeycreek tp., White county, was here Tuesday on business. The subsidy election is next Wednesday, July 14. Don’t fail to cftme out and vote against the proposition. John McCurtain, who was declared insane some days ago, was taken to the asylum at Longcliff Wednesday. The county commissioners and county auditor partook of a fine fried chicken dinner at the poor farm Tuesday. The county board of review finishits labors Wednesday. Quite a number of changes were made in individual and personal assessments and some changes were made in some of the townships on real estate. The record has not been written up completely at this writing and therefore we are unable to give a complete report of the changes made. Of the changes in real estate by townships, Kankakee was raised 50 per cent; Wheatfield, 40 per cent; Keener, 25 per cent; Gillam, 15 per cent, and Carpenter, 5 per cent. Marion was reduced 10 per cent, which now makes the real estate valuation practically the same in Marion as that in Carpenter. The raise made in the north tier of townships still makes the average assessments there much less of course than in the central or south end of the county.

New suits filed: No. 8446. People's Life Insurance Co. vs. William H. Barkley; suit on note. Demand $220. No. 844 7. Francis M. Makeever vs. John Rush, trustee Newton tp.; action to enjoin defendant from closing up a road or passage way in Newton tp., leading to lands owned by plaintiff over other lands, for which he has an easement over and across. No. 8448. Charles Schleman, Jr., vs. The American Insurance Co.; suit on contract, to recover S6OO and interest on loss of house by fire on Feb. 17, last, and which loss said company is alleged to have refused to pay. No. 8449. Anna Wilson vs. Frank Wilson; suit for divorce. The complaint alleges that the parties were married Oct. 29, 1911, and separated June 11, 1915, when defendant deserted plaintiff. Cruel and inhuman treatment is charged. The parties reside in Rensselaer and the plaintiff states that she is 65 years of age. This is the fourth divorce case filed here within the past two weeks.

The Democrat has said very little regarding the fight the Rensselaer Republican is making to oust County Supt. Lamson from office. Mr. Lamson is a Republican, and it is “not our fight,” but we may have something to say in a later issue as to what we believe inspired the Repubican to begin this fight. That it is purely a personal matter so far as that paper is concerned, its readers, who have followed its course in attacking public officers and individuals whom it could not control, are well aware. The county board of education has given the Republican an opportunity to present any evidence it may have in support of the very grave charges it has made against the superintendent, and it should welcome the opportunity to make good if its charges are true. The Republican states that among the witnesses it will bring before the board next Monday are L. H. Hamilton, who was defeated by Mr. Lamson for superintendent several years ago, and Barney Comer, a former trustee of Union tp. The attacks of

the Republican were begun shortly after a job of printing was brought to The Democrat office which the Republican is said to have been very much wrought up over not having itself received. Whether or not any of the charges, which it says it has known of for several years but kept quiet about, are true or not, remains at this time for the county board of education to determine.