Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1916 — COURTHOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURTHOUSE 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 Office*. There will be a special meeting of the county council on March Frank Davis, the Brook attorney, was looking* after matters in court here a few days this week. The old court house at Delphi, which is to be replaced by a modern new structure, will be sold at public auction on April 24. George H. Gifford of Tipton was here several days this week on business conencted with the B. J. Gifford estate, of which he is the executor.

County Highway Supt. Gray had to stop several haulers of heavy loads on the stone roads Wednesday and Thursday, as they were ciitting up the roads too badly and also violating the law prohibiting heavy hauling when the roads are in a soft condition. The case pf the State, ex rel., Everett Greenlee vs. Edward P. Lane, trustee, taken from Jasper county to White on change of venue, has been assigned to George F. Marvin as special judge and set for hearing in the White circuit court on March 16. Contractor F. R. Erwin of Fair Oaks begun work with his new dry land dredge on the Boyle ditch over near the Beaver lake country in Newton county Tuesday, at the lower end of the ditch, and will cut east over into Jasper county, where the ditch starts.

County Highway Supt. Gray had his assistants in yesterday for the annual meeting to discuss road repair problems. The assistants are: A. B. Robbins, Demotte; M. H. Clark, Wheatfield; Fred Popp, Moody; W. S. Lowman, McCoysburg; James Lucas, Charles Meadel, A. E. Sticknoth, Carpenter tp.; E. C. Maxwell, Charles Spencer and A. Woodworth, Rensselaer. W. S. Parks, supt. of the county stone crusher, was also present. Mr. Gpy entertained his assistants to a fine dinner at Barnes’ restaurant. Frank Foltz transacted business in Lafayette Wednesday, connected with the Parker bank failure at Remington. He succeeded in making a complete settlement of the Mrs. Rawlings ‘matter at Remington by which the latter will receive a little more than SBOO, including interest, from James L. Sheetz of Lafayette. Shortly before the Parker bank closed Mr. Parker turned over to Mrs. Rawlings, a note of Sheetz, to protect her on a certificate of deposit held by her for pension money of an imbecile son. She also haft SSOO of her own on deposit there on which she only receives the small dividend paid by the estate, but in the matter relating to the other deposit the court ruled in her favor.

Marriage licenses issued: Feb. 16, John Randolph Shields of Rensselaer, aged 22 March 2 last, occupation farmer, to Edith May Waling, also of Rensselaer, aged 19 March 19 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Feb. 16, Chester E. Wolfe of Newland, aged 21 Feb. 18 last, occupation mechanic, to Lottie Mae Blacker, also of Newland, aged 15 Sept. 6 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Female being under age her mother, Mrs. Lulu Blacker, files consent to issuance of license. Married in the clerk’s office by Rev. J. Budrqan Fleming. > Feb. 16, Winfred Henry Pullins of Rensselaer, aged 40 Sept. 5 last, occupation farmer to Bessie Leola Baughman also of Rensselaer, aged 23 Jan. 15 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each.