Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 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. The September term of the Jasper circuit court will convene one week from next Monday. At this writing the docket contains quite a number fewer cases than usual for the September term. Marriage licenses issued: August 28, Richard Pickney Howell of Butte, Mont., aged 22 August 1 last, acupation salesman, to Mary Emily Brown of Rensselaer, aged 22 August 18 last. First marriage for each. Attorney Frank Davis was over from Brook Tuesday on business. Frank said, “I see by the papers that Mr. Hughes has been climbing the hills out in Colorado. I suppose he did this so he could look down into the valleys.” New suits filed: No. 8656. State Bank of Rensselaer vs. Christ Stoller and John Zehr; suit on note. Demand $250. No. 8657. State Bank of Rensselaer vs. Reuben F. Zehr, Christ Stoller and John Zehr; suit on note. Demand $250. The county board of education will meet in regular monthly session Monday. The annual meeting of the county council, to pass on estimates of expenditures for the next calendar year and fix the tax levy for 1916, will be held next Tuesday and Wednesday.

Judson J. Hunt has been appointed by the court as administrator of the estate of the late George E. Hosmer. Owing to the fact that he resided so far away and had business to look after at his home, George E. Seaberry of Clinton, Mass., who was named in the will as executor, did not wish to serve and Mr. Hunt was appointed in his stead. Trustee Wood of Marion tp. let the contracts Monday for cleaning the Parker, Smith and Hoover ditches, but no bids were received on the O’Meara ditch. Tony Keiper got the Parker ditch at 30c per cubic yard; Harry Gallagher the Smith ditch at 25c, and Frank Hoover the Hoover ditch at 25c. Extra is paid for the removal of willows and cutting of weeds on the ditch banks. , Trustee Kolhoff of Jordan tp. let the contract Saturday to Jesse Dunn at SI.BO per day for hauling the pupils from the Bullis school district to Union school. Other bidders were: Omar Spall, $1.85; Elliott Friend, $2; Frank Fenwick, $2.20; Lillian Medworth, $2.25. The contract had been previously let to David Shoemaker for hauling the pupils from the Reed, McCoy and Raymond districts at $4 per day for all three districts. These pupils will also be hauled to Union. Trustee Kolhoff also let some ditch cleaning contracts Saturday as follows: The Galey ditch, 326 yards, to Jesse Dunn at 29 cents per yard. Harry Cook bid 37% cents. The Bullis ditch, 846 yards, to Jesse Dunn at 23 cents. Henry Deno bid 25 cents. Goodrich ditch, 1,293 yards, to I. D. White at 14 cents. White was the only bidder on this ditch.