Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 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. County Commissioner D. S. Makeever was in from Newton tp. Thursday feeling at peace with the world. His oats yielded 40 bushels to’ the acr\ his wheat 26' bushels, and he has some of about as good looking corn as he has seen anywhere in Jasper county. Marriage licenses issued: August 22, Joseph F. Nagel of near Rensselaer, aged 23 January 14 last, occupation farmer, B to Elizabeth Kahler, also of near Rensselaer, aged 21 August 26, occupation school teacher. First marriage for each. August 23, Albert J. Knip of Demotte, aged 33 June 3 last, occupation barber, to Olive V. Spriggs, also of Demotte, aged 41 July 15 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for male, second marriage for female, first marriage dissolved by dqath in 1898. Married in the clerk’s office by Squire Delos Dean.

Trustee Porter of Carpenter tp. was over on business Thursday. He reports that hie father, “Uncle” John Porter, who had quite a sick spell last fall, has never fully recovered and doesn’t get/ about very much any more. He is able to be up and about his home and occasionally goes down town in an automobile. The old gentleman will be 80 years of age in October. Mr. Porter was born in England and went with the early gold seekers to California in ’49. He has many interesting anecdotes of his "experience in the first gold rush of this country. C. J, Hobbs, the civil engineer, was down from Kersey Thursday. Mr. Hobbs thinks we should by all means have an improved road connecting with the north end of the county. He says that they now have a good stone road running east and west through north Jasper but no connections with Rensselaer. The road north is in such bad condition that north end people only come here when they have to, and much trade is diverted to Valparaiso and other points to which there is fine roads leading as a result. He also thinks something should be done at once in the way of temporary repair to the road from Burk’s bridge north to Aix, which is in such , a beastly condition.

County Treasurer May sold the Roth and Lamson 4% per cent 10year stone road bonds Wednesday, the former being awarded to the Merchants National bank of Muncie at a premium of $127.25, and the latter to the Fletcher-American National bank of Indianapolis at $39. The former issue of $8,400 is for stone road in Marion tp. and the latter issue, $3,000 ; is for stone road in Jordan tp. Other bidders were: Roth Lamson Fletcher-Am. Nat. Bank SIOI.OO $39.00 J. F. Wild & Co. 101.00 35.00 Breed, Elliott & Harrison .... 109.00 36.00 Merchants Nat’nal Bank ....... 127.25 37.25 German Am. Nat. ' Bk„ Ft. Wayne 75.76 30.50 Edward “ O’Gara, Lafayette .... 115.50 35.60

The will of the late George E. Hosmer was filed for probate Thursday. The instrument was executed January 12, 1912, and decedent’s nephew, George E. Seaberry, of Clinton, Mass., is made executor of the estate. The letters of administration have not been taken out at this writing, and we are unable to give the estimated value of the estate, the greater part of which consists of real estate in Jasper and Pulaski counties, but it will probably total SIOO,OOO. One-half of the estate is left to the nephew, George E. Seaberry, and the other half is to be divided equally between a

nephew, Samuel M. Seaberry, of Waltham, Mass.; Mrs. E. B. Guthrie of Buffalo, N. Y., and Mrs. F. P. Marsh of Waltham, Mass. All are children of decedent’s only sister. Mr. Hosmer never married.