Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1917 — COURI HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURI HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From thi Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. New suits filed: No. 8701. Frank Weber vs. lioy Lowman; suit on note. Demand $l5O. Judge Hanley went to Lafayette Monday to preside in a ditch case being heard in the Tippecanoe circuit court. Attorney and Mrs. G. A. Williams returned Saturday fro East Liberty, Ohio, where they had been for the past several days. Prof. F. J. Pipai of Purdue university was here the first of the week working with County Agent Learning on plant diseases, in which he specializes.

Marriage licenses issued: July 9, John Dennis Maher of Virgie, aged 28 December 13 last, occupation farmer, and Mary’ Gladys Harrington, also of Virgie, aged 23 August 22 last, occupation house keeper. First marriage for each. Attorney George E. Harshman of Crown Point is here this week attending the Ryan ditch hearing, being one of the attorneys for the remonstratorfe. Mr. Hershman has been selected by the Democrats of the Tenth district as their candidate for delegate at large to the constitutional convention, a position he is in every way qualified to fill. The names of the 1157 young men' who registered in Jasper county, together with the serial num; bers given them for use in drafting, has been posted at the court house. The list will be published for the benefit of the registrants in Saturday’s Democrat. Jasper county paid the sum of $13,572.81 to the state for the support of the public schools and in the apportionment received $9,329.3.2 in return. This difference- represents the amount this county is obliged to pay semiannually for the support of the schools of other counties.

John Southard was in from Milroy township Saturday, the first time he had been in Rensselaer for about a year. He had been in quite poor health during the past year and for a time he felt that the grim reaper might gather him in. However, he beat the old boy out and has been doing a bit of work this spring although not with his old-time vigor. He said they got a very heavy rain, almost a flood, over in Milroy Friday night and south of there it was heavier still. This rain extended east and west through a section of country which has been getting too much rain this season. In Rensselaer and immediate vicinity we got a nice shower, just about what was needed.

Chairmen of county councils of defense, editors of the state and as many others interested as can be prevailed upon to come, will meet in a state-wide conference, under the auspices of the State Council of Defense in the chamber of the house of representatives, state house, Thursday afternoon, July 12, at 1 o’clock. The plans contemplated by the state and national councils for the guidance of county councils will be gone over in detail at that time. An effort to secure a member of the national council or a representative thereof from Washington for the conference is now under way. Chairman Welsh and Secretary L. H. Hamilton of the Jasper County Defense, board will attend the meeting.