Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1917 — 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. Mrs. Sophia Headley, an aged Remington lady who was brought to the hospital Thursday in a very serious condition, died Sunday night. Attorney George E. Hershmah came down from Crown Point Friday evening to look after thd interests of som? clients in the Ryan ditch matter Saturday. Miss Riley, assistant day nurse at the hospital, returned Friday evening from Ottawa, Illinois, where she had been to attend the funeral of a brother. Charles Pierson ofx- Wichita, Kansas, clime Saturday to visit his brother, Henry Pierson, who is taking treatment at the hospital, and his sister, Mrs. Henry Wood. -—2—2—- i Deputy Sheriff John Robinson of Rensselaer and Mrs. Renipper of Demotte took Mrs. Henry Frame of the latter place, who was declared insane last week, to cliff yesterday. The township assessors will meet tomorrow at the office of County Assessor Thornton to agree upon a schedule for assessing personal property this year and to secure their .supplies. On Monday Treasurer May sold the A. R. Clark stone road bonds, an issue of $2,000, bearing 4% per cent, to Peter Geib of Remington for a premium of S7O. The Fletcher-American bank of Indianapolis bid $22, and B. A. Dickson of Monon bid s'2o. County Commissioner Welch of Carpenter township selaer Monday in company with his cousin, L. D. Moulton, of Syracuse, New York. Mr. Moulton is a dairy and produce farmer and this was his first visit to the Hoosier state. He was much -Impressed with all he saw and thought Rensselaer an ideal country city. A Mr. Learning, whose home is south of Lafayette but who for the past five years has been at St. Teter, Minnesota, in school and county agricultural work, has recently been employed as count}' agricultural agent for Jasper county and was expected to reach Rensselaer either yesterday or today. He is a married man an<T will move here.

Former County Treasurer A. A. Fell of Carpenter township has practically recovered from his recent attack of pneumonia, but is not able to be out at this writing. Mrs. Fell, who is taking treatment in Indianapolis for cancer and is receiving some benefit therefrom, at least to the extent of holding in check the ravages of the disease, went to Indianapolis -yesterday for another treatment. New suits filed: No. 8740. First National bank of Rensselaer vs. Ira O. McCullough; suit on <note. Demand S6OO. ' - The note sued upon was really not due until next July, but the complaint set forth that the defendant had disposed of his lands and chattels in Indiana and was preparing to leave the state, hence this suit. Defendant came in and paid the note after service was had, on him and the cause will be dismissed, The Democrat is informed. John Guss was down from Virgie Saturday, carrying the index finger of his right hand in a fin-ger-stall, the result of getting too near a buzz saw Friday and having the end of the finger amputated just below the nail by the saw. For all this, however, he was feeling qjjjie good, as, he had on Friday secured possession of the office of road supervisor in which an attempt had been made to keep him out of on a technicality, but which the attorney gen-

eral had given an opinion had no valid grounds. County Assessor Thornton, Ben Welsh, George E. Collins, C. B. Steward, County Treasurer May and S. H. Cornwell attended the Remington I. O. O. F. lodge meeting and banquet Monday night and witnessed work in the third degree. Grand Chief Patriarch Allison was present and made a very nice talk. The visitors report a splendid time. The Rensselaer I. O. O. F. camp team go to Remington Friday night to put on camp work, and about a dozen candidates will be initiated. Marriage licenses issued: February 24, Clarence Buche of Momence, Illinois, aged 25 June 6 last, occupation farmer, to Mabel Elvise Nelson of Tefft, aged 20 January 7 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. February 24, Logan Finley McCoy of Winamac, aged 33 November 8 last, occupation farmer, to Martha Matilda Casto of Rensselaer, aged 33 September 27 last, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage fw male, first marriage dissolved by death in 1916. First marriage for female. Married In the clerk’s office by Rev. Strecker.

Dr. Martin of Mt. Ayr, who had been attending physician, and Drs. Hemphill and Loy of Rensselaer and Squire W. I. Spitler, held an inquest Monday to inquire into the sanity of Ransom Frank Raster of Walker township, who has been in jail here for the past week in default of peace bond and default of payment of a fine and costs imposed upon him in Squire Spitler’s court for beating up Mrs. Raster, mention of which was made last week in The Democrat. The inquest disclosed that Raster had been a very heavy drinker prior to an illness in December, 1915, at which time he was supposed to have had a stroke of paralysis; that except for his drinking he had been prior to that time of good moral character and of kindly disposition and dependable; that he now had frequent spells of violent outbreaks of temper and did not seem at himself at times. He was found to be of unsound mind and application has been made to send him to Longcliff, to which place he will be taken as soon as the necessary acceptance is received.