Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1917 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From tin Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notos Gathered from the Several County Offices. Attorney A. D. Babcock and John Moran, accompanied by Jesse Moore and John Martin, were over from Goodland Thursday afternoon. The two latter came over to enlist in Company M. County Auditor Hammond has been suffering some for the past several days with an infected hand, caused, it is thought, from poisoning it while working about his potatoes. It is much better at this writing and will soon be alright again. J. W. Oswald, for many years a well known attorney at Goodland, who had been in poor health for some time, died Friday night and was buried at Goodland Wednesday. He leaves a wife and two children. Mr. Oswald was a native of Wabash county, Indiana, and was 64 years of age. He located in Goodland in 1883. The H. & D. company of Goodland will take an appeal in the Palmer D. Wells vs. H. & D. company case, which was tried here some time ago and the jury gave the plaintiff damages in the sum of $4,000 for the alleged failure of the defendant company to fulfill their part of a contract in which Wells was to sell shock absorbers in the state of New York. Wells sued for $75,000. —Benton Review.

New suits filed: No. 8778. Henry Swart vs. James L. Adams et al.; action to quiet title. No. 8779. The Bank of Wheatfield vs. S. E. Case, Annie L. Overacker and Simeon W. Hamilton. Suit on note. Demand S6OO. -No. 8780. Emma Harrington vs. Ford Harrington; action for divorce. The complaint states that, the parties were married July 2, 1910, and separated January 13. 1917; that defendant was wholly impotent at time of marriage and still continues so; that defendant is the owner of real estate of the value of $2,500 and personal property of the value of SSOO. Plaintiff asks for a divorce and $1,500 alimony. Marriage licenses issued: July 3, George Hobart Martin of Kniman aged 19 May 8 last, occupation farmer, and Audry Opal Schreiner, also of Kniman. aged 16 Oct. 13 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Both being under age the mother of male, Anne Lue Martin, and mother of female, Mrs. Fred Schreiner, give consent to issuance of license. July 3, George A. Daugherty of Jasper county, aged 26 December last, occupation farmer, and Evelyn Aldine Freeland, aged 1 8 August 2 • last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. July 5, Floyd Parr Gratner of Jasper county, aged 22 January 29 last, occupation farmer, and Cora •Etta Bare of Newton township aged 19 August 12 fast, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. . July 5, William. Johq Holmes of Jasper county, son of Sidney Holmes, aged 21 August -5 last, occupation farmer, and Leallia Pearl Eldridge, also ,of Jasper county, aged 18 January 17 last., occupation housekeeper First marriage for each. Married ■in the clerk’s office by Rev. Asa McDaniel.

July 6, John Wesley Duvall of Davenport, lowa, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Duvall of Rensselaer, aged 32 January 12 last, occupation student, and Anne Adele Race, also of Davenport, lowa, aged 32 February 2,1 last, occupation student. First marriage for each. Following is a report of the proceedings of the county commissioners for Tuesday, the closing day’s session: « , John Daniels awarded contract for new bridge in Jordan township

for $998; Winamac Construction Co., new bridge in Union township at $1.7-87; H. J. Reeder, three new bridges in Union township at S6OO, $650 and $1,200, respectively; Rochester Bridge Co., three new bridges in Union township at $2,087 each. Plans and specifications adopted and notice ordered for letting contract on second day of August term for one new bridge in Walker township, one in Kankakee, one in Wheatfield ana two in Keener. No bids were received for the B. W. Ellsworth or the John 11. Rusk stone roads, and matter was referred to viewers and engineer for re-estimate and report on same at August term. Harry E. Gifford, contractor, was allowed $l6O on the Granville Moody stone road. Jacob A. May stone road. Causa continued for supplementary report. Expense account allowed and ordered paid. G. I. Thomas stone road. Supplementary report approved and road ordered established. Notice ordered for letting contract on August 7. Expense account allowed. Peter Swart petition for location of highway. H. C. DeKock, Gabriel Munch and Thomas Alberding appointed viewers, to meet at ofe fice of John Greve in Demotte on July 7 to qualify and proceed to view said highway and report at August term. Petition of Harvey W. Wood, Jr., trustee, for acceptance of improved highway in Marion township. Prayer of petition granted and road accepted. Petition of A. E. Abbott et al (city of Rensselaer) for drain in said city as recently petitioned for. Drain is remonstrated against and remonstrance is held to be sufficient. Cause dismissed. Curtis M. Dewey petitidh for drain. Proof of notice made and found to be sufficient. Cause docketed and ..continued for objections. Same action in William Folger et al Aaron F. Rice et al and David Q. Hart et al ditch petitions. James Newcome ditch. Auditor directed to notify W. F. Osborne to show cause at August term why final report has not been made. Simon Thompson ditch petition and Firman Thompson ditch petition causes continued for further notice. ■ The board employs W. S. Selby to wash, retouch where necessary and revarnish furniture and fixtures in court house according to plans and specifications, for the sum of $245, work to be done under the direction of Charles Morlan, janitor. (This is work that should have b'-en included in the original plans and specifications- and let in the original contract, as recently mentioned in The Democrat.) The petition of William Swart for reduction of taxes was withdrawn.