Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1916 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Vartotts-Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL r _ The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. Sheriff B. D. McColly transacted business in Hammond Wednesday. Marriage licenses issued: July 26, Job W. Overton of Monon, aged 2 8 October 10 last, occupation produce merchant, to Ethel LaVera Lee of Rensselaer, aged 26 May 26 last, occupation teacher. First marriage for each. * * Us : : David F. Maish of Frankfort, Democratic nominee for congress in the Ninth district, was in Rensselaer Thursday looking after his real estate interests in Union tp. Mr/ Maish owns the former S. B. Moffitt lands east of Fair Oaks. New suits filed: No. 8650. Alice Rebecca Harmon vs. John Harmon; action for divorce. The complaint alleges that the parties were married March 20, 1915, and separated December 7, 1913 and have not since lived or cohabite 1 together; that defendant without cause wholly abandoned plaintiff, that during all their married life plaintiff was compelled to work and support herself and to pay the house rent and maintain their table, while defendant was an able-bodied man and well able to support her. Plaintiff asks for a divorce and her maid en name of Alice Rebecca Swaim restored. Trustee Wood has had a good deep well drilled and secured an abundance of pure water on the site for the new Marion consolidated school building, on the Daugherty farm east of Elmer Jacks’, and the excavating for the foundation and basement is all done. The building is to be completed ready to turn over to the township by November l. The brick used in the walls is to be the same as those used in the Jasper county hospital, but they will be laid in colored mortar instead of the common grey mortar used in the hospital walls and which gives the latter such a‘ cheap look. It is too had to spoil fine brick- by laying them in such mortar, when the expense of coloring would have been but a comparatively few dollars.