Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1916 — 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. Attorney A. D. Babcock was over from Goodland Saturday. Attorney Frank Davis c* Brook was a pusiness visitor in Rensselafi Saturday and remained over u.til Sunday. Judge Hanley of this city is among the out of Indianapolis men who have been appointed on the reception committee to take part in the official notification of Charles W. Fairbanks of his nomination for the vice-presidency by the Republicans. The exercises will take place cn Thuisday afternoon, August 31, at the Fairbanks home in Indianapolis.

The Democratic county central committee will meet today to nut a candidate cn th? 'cunty ticket for clerk of the Jasper circuit court The inlieations ari that thme will be no difficulty in securing a gcoa man for the place, as in addition to those mentioned heretofore in The Democrat several others Lave her? suggested, including A. D. Her-n----man of Gillam tp. Mr. Herslnnan is a good, clean, able man, and was the candidate of his party two years ago for tnwnshio »■ stee, b?ing defeated by but fi/p votes, notwithstanding that Gillam is a Republi can township and u’.s opponent was James Stevens, one of the best men in the township.

U. M. Baughman, former Democratic county chairman and a wellknown resident of Rensselaer, but w T ho for several years past has been residing in Oklahoma City, Okla., stopped over yesterday a few hours to visit his sister, Mrs. Jesse Snyder, and shake hands with old friends. Mr. Baughman is still connected with the Oklahoma Farm Mortgage Co., and had been in Milwaukee and Chicago on business for the company and took advantage of his being so near to run down to Monon and spend Sunday with relatives and friends there. From here he returned to Chicago where he had a few days’ more business to look after before returning home. He is looking well and reports that Mrs. Baughman, who has been in poor health for a number of years, has been quite poorly this season, but is some better now. Their daughter, Miss Iris Baughman, is attending State university, near Oklahoma City, and is home each week over Sunday.