Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1917 — COURT HOOSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOOSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Varioes Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomised—Together with Ocher Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices.

Among the Remington people in Rensselaer Saturday Were former County Treasurer A. A. Fell, George Besse and W. C. Smalley. All candidates in the recent city primary who do not file a statement of expenditures with the city clerk before tomorrow night will be subject to prosecution. Eighty-one applicants for teacher’s license took the examination here Saturday. Among the number were five young men from Tefft, comprising the senior class of the high school there. Deputy Sheriff Harry JfcColly took Charles Collins to the penal farm near Greencastle Friday, where the latter will serve a sentence of lOfgtayb, recently imposed on him for drcnkennees. Trustee Porter was over from Remington Monday attending the county board of education meeting. Nearly all the oats over in his section were sown last week and Saturday night’s rain came just in time to start them to growing.

Roscoe Reeder of Jasper county, charged with the desertion of a wife and child at Morocco, was arrested at Lacross and taken to Kentland Monday by Sheriff MeColly where Judge Hanley assessed him $5 per week for the support of the child. Marriage licenses issued: March 31, George M. Meyers of Rensselaer, aged 51 October 9, retired farmer, to Anna Caroline Best, also of Rensselaer, aged 42 October 17 last, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for each. First marriage lof male dissolved by divorce In 191,7, first marriage of female dissolved by divorce in 1914. April 2, Jesse Franklin Arbuckle of Benton county, aged 29 October 19 last, occupation farmer, and Adelia America Trueblood of Jasper county, aged 32 March 16 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married in the clerk’s office by Rev. J. B. Fleming of the Presbyterian church.

Trustee A*.. S. Keen of Wheatfield was down Monday to attend the county board of education meeting. . Mr. Keen has two or three uncompleted stone road contracts still on hand, including those in Rensselaer and a three-mile strip of road running east from Roselawn. He stated to the writer that he did not expect to bid on the Marion township contracts to be let by the county commissioners yesterday for the reason that he thought the estimates were too low; that stone roads could not be built as cheaply now as they could a year or two ago because of the higher cost of both labor and material.

J. Warren Smith, a plumber who had been in the employ of Somers & Cornwell for the past few months, was arrested Friday on an affidavit from Daviess county charging wife desertion. W. E. Gibson, a deputy sheriff from Daviess county, came Saturday and took charge of the prisoner. Smith stated that his arrest was purely a piece of spite work on the part of an uncle, who is a police officer at Washington, the county eeat of Daviess county. He admitted that he no longer lived with his wife, but said he had receipts showing that he had sent her money regularly. He wished to return and work here but Somers A Cornwell feel that they nO longer need him. Newton circuit court items from the Kentland Democrat: Case of Jacob Ochs. Jr., vs. William 7inil|ifi uura, for slander, Judge B. B. Berry of Fowler circuit court wan appointed special judge and cause continued for term. George A.- Williams, administrator, VW. C. L .A la. Ry. 4X, and

NL C. Shafer & Co. vs. same, damage suits, continued for term. Alfred Stakley vs. David L. and Everett Hilstead, for damages, continued. The grand jury adjourned Wednesday after returning eight inidietments. Information as to the indicted in. seven of the counts has not been made public, but on one a bench warrant was issued for service on Schuyler Cox of Lincoln township on charge of theft, and .he was arrested and brought into court Wednesday where he was placed under bond for <3OO, for which Dr. Claire M. Rice of Roselawn went surety. The board of count/ commissioners met m regular April session Monday amd were still “grinding” as The itemocrat went to press Tuesday afternoon.

Following is a report of Monday’s proceedings: County auditor allowed $250 for ("making plat books. Bond of C. J. Hobbs as drainage commissioner was examined and approved. Plans and specifications approved for redecorating interior of court house and advertisement ordered for bids on May 8. | County officers reported the fol-, lowing fees collected for the quar-‘ ter ending March 31: Auditor, $73.45; clerk, $420.83; sheriff, $804.25; recorder, $763. Interest on county funds for the month of March was reported by the various depositories as follows: I First National bank, Rensselaer, I $136.57; Trost & Savings bank/ Rensselaer, SB9-26; State bank, Rensselaer, $95.22; State bank, Remington, $75.48; Bank of Wheatfield, $17.85. I

The letting of seven stone road contracts in Marion township was taken np yesterday afternoon. These roads and the estimated cost of each are as follows: D. H. Yeorrmn road, commencing at the north Marion township line and running south one mile through the center of section 36, thence west one mile to Newton towhship line. Estimated cost $7,275.50. Contract to W. V. Porter at 16,498. Henry Amsler road, beginning at the south side of section 36, where the Yeoman road turns west, and extending south one mile, thence east one mile to stone road leading north from Rensselaer. Estimated cost $8,432.56. to Orville Salrin at $7,£53.38. H. W. Jackson road, beginning at northeast corner of section 19 and running west one-half mile to 'stone road leading north from Rensselaer, at Norman corner. Estimated cost $2,596.15. Contract to Evans & Vannatta at $2,287.

Granville Moody road, commencing at north side of center of section 21, thence east to center of section 22. Estimated cost $4,451.80. Contract to H. E. Gifford at $4,200. Joseph Hallagan stone road, commencing where the Granville Moody road ends and running south one and one-half miles to Pleasant Ridge road. Estimated cost $6,686.40. Contract to Johnson A Salrin at $6,263. Fred Tyler stone road, commencing at Pleasant Ridge and running one mile south, thence east one and one-half miles to Hanging Grove township line. Estimated cost $16,327. Contract to Evans A Vannatta at $9,921. Frank Hoover stone road, beginning at stone .road running east and west past the Catholic- cemetery, west of Joe Putts’ farm, and thence south one and one-half miles to the W. V. Porter stone road running west from the Kennedy farm. Estimated cost $7,009.21. Contract to H. E. Gifford at $6,700. E. P. Lane goes to Mudlavia,, today to take treatment for rheumatism, from which he has been troubled for some time. «