Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 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. Next Monday is the last day for paying the spring installment of taxes. Attorney Jasper Guy was over from Remington looking after bases in court Monday. Fifty teachers, most of them from Jasper county and a few from Newton county, took the teacher’s examination here Saturday. A. M. Bringle, rural mail carrier on route No. 1 out of Fair Oaks for the past fifteen years and one of the most reliable carriers by the way in Jasper county, came down Monday to sit on the petit jury.

R. F. Raster of near Gifford, who was arrested several weeks ago for wiTe-beating and sent to Longcliff March 2, was released from that institution last Saturday a’nd was accompanied back to Rensselaer by Deputy Sheriff John Robinson. Commissioners’ court and the county board of education will meet Monday. The latter body will elect a truant officer at this meeting, the term of the present incumbent, C. B. Steward, expiring. He will be a candidate for re-elec-tion, however, it is understood. Treasurer Charles V. May sold the $4,755.25 bond issue of the John C. Baker ditch Friday afternoon to Breed, Elliott & Harrison of Indianapolis at $9.75 premium. There was but one other bidder, the Fletcher-American National bank, also of Indianapolis, which bid $1.50 premium.

Marriage licenses issued: April 28, Leßoy Snow of Jasper county, aged 22 September 24 last, occupation farm laborer, and Elvyra Callander, also of Jasper cqunty, aged 22 November 13 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married in the clerk’s office by Rev. E. W. Strecker. ■*

O. K. Rainier, County Clerk Jesse Nichols and Sheriff B. D. McColly were at Indianapolis Monday attending a meeting of the conscription boards of the state. The meeting was held in the house of representatives’ chamber. Plans were discussed for making the registration uniform in the various counties of the state. Cope and Emil Hanley, sons of Judge Hanley, have joined the officers reserve corps,, according to word received here Sunday. The former is attending school at Nashville, Tennessee, and will leave soon with a large number of other students for training “somewhere in the East.” Emil,who is a student at Purdue, will go to Fort Benjamin Harrison May 15 for training.

The Benton County Civic Union met at the library assembly room on Tuesday afternoon. Committeemen from the different townships were present and arrangements were made to organize the three counties, Benton, Newton and Jasper. John BOw-er of Pine' township was nominated as delegate to the constitutional convention to represent the. three counties.— Fowler Tribune.

.Judge T. F. Palmer of Monticello has been appointed by Governor Goodrich as special judge in the Monon ditch matter. Since the death of H. A, Steis, who was the special judge on the ditch at the time •of its establishment. Judge Pentecost has been looking after what matters have come up. Future reports made by Construction Commissioner Williams will be presented to Judge Palmer.—Pulaski County Democrat. When you want good lead pencil-^—something better than you can get elsewhere—try the pencils for sale in the fancy stationery department at The Democrat office.