Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1916 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

ißtcresting Paragraphs From the Various DoparMs OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL V The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notee Gathered From the Several County Office*. W. B. Parker, an Indianapolis architect, was in town Wednesday conferring with some of the township trustees in regard to some proposed new school buildings. Remember that the newly elected precinct committeemen of all three parties participating are erquired by the new primary law to meet at the county seat at 1 p. m„ today (Saturday) to reorganize by electing a county chairman, secretary, etc. Chester "A. McCormick of North Judson, former state senator from this district when it was composed of the counties of Jasper, Newton, Starke and White, was a candidate for re-nomination from his new district composed of Laporte and Starke counties, and carried Starke by 54 4 and Laporte by about 500. - Carl Hamacher was down from Lowell Wednesday on business. Mr. Hamacher has been appointed administrator of the estate of his mo-ther-in-law, Mrs. Leech, deceased, it being necessary to have an administrator in order to close up the sale of the real estate in Rensselaer. Mrs. Hamacher also accompanied her husband here. Harvey W. Wood, jr., trustee or Marion tp_, because of the abandonment of the O'Meara and Slaughter schools, the destruction recently of the Wood school house by fire and the probable abandonment of the Pleasant Ridge and Pitts schools, is considering the building of a consolidated school building to take care' of the pupils of the township, as it is out of the question to send them to the Rensselaer schools be- i cause of the expense of tuition and j the fact that we have not room' sufficient to accommodate them all. . Z 1 Mrs. Ai May. of northwest of Woldied at l o’clock yesterday morning of erysipelas, after a brief illness. Her husband has been in poor health for quite a long time and his death would not have been unexpected to relatives and friends. Instead, however, the wife was the first to go. Her age was nearly 70 years. At this writing arrangements for the funeral had not been completed. County Treasurer Charles V. May, who is a nephew, simply received word yesterday morning of her death and this is the only information obtainable at this writing. Marriage licenses issued: March 7, Guy C. Meyer of Wheatfield, aged 2 4 Feb. 26 last, occupation farmer, to Katharine L. Karoh, also o? Wheatfield, aged 20 Oct. 28 last. occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married in the clerk's office by Rev. G. A. Einerich. pastor of the M. E. church of Wheatfield. March 9, Roy Lee Cochran of Rensselaer, aged 21 on date of issuance of license, occupation farmer* to Tillie Millie Ringeisen, also of Rensselaer, aged 18 April 16 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage 1 for each. T. M. Callahan bid on a couple of stone roads over .in Newton county the first of the 1 week, missing one by sl9 and being low bidder on another by $405. While the specifications, it is understood, did not state where the contractor should purchase the stone used, Tom’s bid wa9 Kankakee rock, while another bidder specified rock from the McCray quarry east of Kentland, owned by local capitalists over at Kentland, and he was awarded the contract at $405 over Mr. Callanhan’s bid. There's nothing like standing by local industries even though it does cost the taxpayers lots more money.

the fact that the county board of education and an instructor of Purdue university could not agree on an applicant for this position, has become somewhat clarified at a meeting Wednesday of the board and Mr. Coleman of Purdue. Faye Clarke, a graduate of Purdue, w.as solidly supported by the board and was opposed by Purdue on but one point, that of holding the position of county agent in his home county. Faye has taken a post-graduate course at Wisconsin university and is an energetic young man. The rep resentative of Purdue will lay the matter before the board of trustees of that institution, who will probably make known their stand in the matter in a short time, Mr. Clarke's appointment resting upon their decision.