Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1916 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From tbs Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. T. M. Callahan was among the six bidders on the Tioga or Baker road in White county Tuesday, but the contract went to Glenn Smith of Flora at $13,200, $2,300 under Tom’s bid and $3,300 under the highest bid filed. On invitation of Mrs. Charles V. May 26 members of the “Jolly club’’ of Remington came over and helped her husband, County Treasurer May, celebrate his “26th” birthday Wednesday night. A very pleasant time was enjoyed by all. New suits filed: No. 8630. John W. Iddings vs. Perry Frank Naylor; suit on note. Demand $96 and $25 attorney’s fees. No. 8631. Samuel Serois vs. Perry Frank Naylor and Mrs. George Klein; suit on note. Demand $84.08 and $45 attorney’s fees.

Mrs. George W. Scott, who with her husband and little daughter went to the Mayo hospital at Rochester, Minn., last week for another operation for tuberculosis of the glands of her neck, was operated on Tuesday and is reported to be doing as well as could be expected.

The county board of review is in session looking after the matter of equalization of tax assessments. The appointive members of the board are John Q. Lewis of Barkley tp., and George A. Chappell of Remington. The county assessor, county auditor and county treasurer are members of the board by virtue of their office. The board met last Monday and will continue in session for 20 days. The will of the late Barney D. Comer of Union tp. was filed for probate a few days ago. The instrument is undated, but was withnessed by Charles G. and Maude Spitler. All the personal and real estate is left to the widow, Addie C. Comer, durin her natural life and so long as she shall remain widow of testator and single. At her death it reverts to the two children, Ernest L. and Marie A. Coiner, to share equally. The widow is named as executrix of the will, to serve without bond. The widow has elected to take under the will in lieu of her statutory rights.

Arthur W. Graham of Lafayete, who was at the head of the “board of trade” conducted in Rensselaer about a year ago and who is alleged to have busted up and caught several Rensselaer patrons, as a result of which he was later arrested on complaint of some of these patrons and lay in jail here awhile before he was able to give bond, died at his home in Lafayette Tuesday, aged 54 years. The cases against him here have never come to trial, having been continued from time to time, and his death now, of course, ends the prosecution and the cases will be stricken from the docket:

On a plea of guilty John Call of Roselawn was fined and costed $9.10 Tuesday in a case prosecuted by Deputy Prosecutor Sands as a result of an assault and- battery charge brought against him by C. H. Matters. The trouble originated over the purchase of a mule from Matters by Call for sls. Call had paid $4 thereon, and when Matters failed to receive the balance he took back the mule. Call met Matters and the mule and demanded the return of his $4, which was refused. He is alleged then to have shaken up Matters in a rude and unlawful manner, resulting in the arrest and prosecution.

Following is a report of the proceedings of the board of county commissioners at Tuesday’s session, the last day of the June term. In The Democrat’s report of the proceedings

of Monday’s session, an error was made in saying that the George M. Myers ditch petition was dismissed. The notations on the docket in this case were run down closely with that of another case which had been dismissed at a previous session and the action of the board in the Myers’ ditch Monday was written on the opposite page, hence the mistake in reporting it as having been dismissed. The. pause was contiued.

In the M. J. Delehanty stone road in Wheatfield tp.; Contractor T. M. Callahan was allowed $1,400 and A. Halleck allowed an attorney fee of SIOO. In the George Naninga stone road in Keener tp.; contract awarded to A. S. Keene for $14,120. George Naninga appointed superintendent of construction. As the improvement wth expenses will cost cost $15,000, bonds were ordered issued for that amount. Milton Roth road; auditor presents report and cause continued for ■filing claims for damages and objections and for supplemental report. F. J. Slight stone road: viewers report filed and same order made as' above. In the petition of W. L. Wood et al for a system of stone roads in I nion tp.; M. B. Price was appointed engineer and W. V. Porter and Ed Lane viewers, to meet June 12 and report on or before tHte first day of the July term. William. O. Rowles stone road; no objections on file. Cause referred to M. B. Price, engineer, and J. L. Babcock and Janies McClannahan as viewers, to met and qualify June 10 and report on or before June 21. In the King-Lawler ditch, W. F. Osborne, engineer, asked for further extension of time for filing report. Granted until September 1. John C. Baker ditch; report filed and cause continued for objections. Expense account allowed as set out

in report. John F. Zimmer ditch; no remonstrance on file. Petition referred to drainage commissioners for report. W. V. Porter appointed third commissioner, to meet June 10 and report at July term. Marion E. Bice ditch. No objections on file. Cause referred to Robert Mannan, engineer, and B. J. Moore, drainage commissioner, James Bullis appointed third commissioner, to meet June 12 and report at July term. The auditor presented a supplemental assessment sheet in the George R. Clayton ditch asking for an additional assessment of 10 per cent. Same was approved and September 1 5 fixed as the limit of time for paying said assessments in cash. Unpaid assessments will then be turned over to county treasurer

and placed on tax duplicate for collection. In the matter of the Jasper county hospital; auditor presents statement and certificate of board of trustees showing necessity of expending $20,000. Cause continued. Contracts for poor farm supplies for the next quarter were awarded as follows: Roth Bros., meats, $32; John Eger, groceries, $175.81; G. E. Murray Co., dry goods, $53.10. No blds were received for secondhand road grader and bridge material advertised for sale, and Coun-

ity Highway Supt. Gray was directed to dispose of same at private sale at the best figures obtainable. Applications for scholarship at . Purdue university were made by i Ethel Green of Remington, Manley Price and Ransom Sawin of Rensselaer. The scholarships were awardi ed to the two first named, with Mr. Sawin as the first alternate. • In the petition for the raising of I the Work street bridge; petition was approved and engineer was directed to draw plans and specifications for same. This is the new bridge in the ! south part of Rensselaer in which a ; mistake seems to have been made in the original specifications ’and the | bridge placed about two feet lower than it should have been, or the abuttments were that much too low. | The Trust & Savings bank of Rensselaer and the Bank of Wheatfield reported interest on county funds for . the month of May at $164.75 and $60.72, respectively. Reports from other depositories were published in proceedings, I George A. Williams et al petiticn- ' ed the board for the appointment of another constable in Marion tp., and the board appointed Lloyd Parks to such position. Jesse Nichols, superintendent of the county poor farm, made his report for the last quarter and same was approved. It showed receipts of $49 and expenses of $1,101.19. There were 10 inmates of the poor asylum on May 3.1, seven males and three females. I Contract was awarded Elkhart ' Bridge Co. for new bridge in Kankakee tp. at $727.50, and to A. S. Keen of Wheatfield for six bridges in Wheatfield tpZ, two at $498 each, three at $448 each and one at $275. Another bridge in Kankakee tp. was , not sold, no bids being received. The board w ill meet with the comI missioners of Starke county on June 20 to consider the erection of a j joint bridge in Kankakee tp. over < the Bass ditch, the meeting to be , held at the site of the proposed , bridge, which is on the county line ’ northeast Of Tefft.