Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 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. J Sheriff McColly and W. V. Porter were in Joliet, 111., on business Friday.

The Sternberg dredge on the Borntrager ditch has been tied up for the past ten days on account of high water. The dredge is now about one mile west of Foresman. New suits filed: No. 8451. Vern W. Hardenbrook et al vs. Ed Oliver et al; suit to foreclose mortgage: Demand $13,000. No. 8452. United Talking Machine Co. vs. Oscar N. Faber; suit on account. Demand $97.57. The recently appointed Jasper county hospital board met Friday afternoon and organized by electing J. D. Allman president and E. P. Honan, secretary. The law makes the county treasurer the treasurer of the board. What is known as the thorn grove, on Grace street, east of Frank Foltz’ residence, is being considered as a possible location for the proposed new hospital.

Two farms were sold at auction here last Saturday by Auctioneer Phillips on the court house square. The farms were disposed of to settle an estate, as advertised in The Democrat, and consisted of 320 acres just south of Demotte, which was bought by C. L. Fritts of St. John, at $57.50 per acre, and 360 acres in Walker tp., which was sold for $23 per acre to John A. Goss of Frankfort.

Lawrence Parson, a Remington blacksmith, i s in jail here in default of the payment of a fine of S2O and costs, in all $45, for failure to pay his dog tax. Parson’s home, we understand is at Kokomo, but he had been working for some time at RemHe was arrested at Otterbein and arraigned before Squire ■ nson of Carpenter tp., and fined S2O and costs. He was unable to pay, and is laying it out in jail.

Marriage licenses issued: July 16 John H. Kimberlin of Rossville, 111., aged 34 Aug. 8 last, occupation railway brakeman, to Nellie Pearl Baker, of Rensselaer, aged 28 July 12 last, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for male, first having been dissolved by divorce Jan. - 1911; first marriage for female. July 19, Lewis J. Pinter of Wheatfield, aged 30 Sept. 16 last, occupation clerk, to Catherine Klein, of Demotte, aged 30 April 5 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each.

Harry Beebe of Newland, was fined $5 and costs; amounting in all to $lB, in Rensselaer last Friday for assault and battery on John Chury, a 11-year-old lad from South Bend who had been working in the onion fields. Beebe and the boy were standing on a bridge over the dredge ditch at Newland watching the Waters, and for a joke Beebe grabbed up the boy and threw him in the water. Some foreigners who were washing their clothing in the ditch at the time saved the boy from drowning, as he could not swim. It took some little time to revive the lad after he had been taken from the water. A couple of the foreigners took him to £outh Bend and reported the matter to his mother, Mrs. Mary Covach, who came to Rensselaer with the lad and filed an affidavit against Beebe, with the above result. In default of payment of fine and costs, Beebe was remanded to jail.

It is stated that the College avenue or Remington road, which has been closed from Washington street to Mt. Calvery cemetery for nearly six weeks while repairs were being

made to same, will be opened for traffic some time this week. This will certainly be mighty good news, for it has been very inconvenient to the traveling public while this road was closed. Various causes are given for the great length of time it has been shut up, such as rains, high water, delay in stone arriving that was shipped m, etc., but one of the principal causes seems to have been that the proper arrangements for making the repairs speedily were not made when the work was first begun. With the rains that we have had, thoroughly soaking up the rock for rolling, it would seem that this road should be firmly packed, and it ought not to sut up easily. A mistake was made, in our opinion, in not making it 20 feet wide, however, as far south as St. Joseph college.

Up to this writing John McCurtain, who made his escape from Longcliff last Wednesday night, has not been apprehended. McCurtain has been at and about Parr most of the time, but thus far has managed to escape the sheriff and his deputies. Deputies were up there all night Friday night and the sheriff himself

was there with deputies Sunday might, they expecting that McCurtain would attempt to visit his wife, who is in fear that he will do her bodliy harm and who had him placed under peace bonds prior to his incarceration in the asylum. Rather an amusing incident in connection with McCurtain’s escape is the fact that the sheriff had notified the authorities at Longcliff that McCurtain had said before being taken there that he would break out, and the authorities had written the sheriff in reply to his warning, and said that they would take special pains to w’atch him up. Three days after their letter the sheriff received a telegram stating that McCurtain had taken “French leave.’’