Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 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. W. H. Parkinson was in Hammond Saturday on legal business. Township Trustee A. S. Keene was down from Wheatfield Monday. Henry Schmidt and Gale Brown of K n i man were business visitors in the city Monday. J. J. Lawler, Frank Osborne, P. R. Blue and Charles Day were in Kentland Friday attending the hearing of a ditch case from the north end of Newton county. There seems to he little prospect for any of the several new macadam streets in Rensselaer being completed yet this fall. The Democrat is informed that the contractor’s time for completing this work expired several months ago, and yet very little work has been done except the grading and putting in of the curbing. Many property owners are complaining because of this unnecessary delay.

New suits filed: No. 8845. Petition of George M. Myers et al for a drain. Appeal from commissioners’ court. No. 8846. Cornelia H. Catherwood et al vs. Robert Catherwood et al; complaint on partition. Brought here on change of venue from Newton county. No. 8847.' Jacob A. White vs. H. & D. company of Goodland; suit on contract. Demand $25,000. Venued from Newton county. A Liberty loan meeting was held at the Barkley M. E. church Monday evening, and although the attendance was not large because of the inclement weather, the results were very gratifying. W. L. Wood of Parr was present and delivered an address worthy of special note. The people of Barkley are awake to the present situation and will not fall short of doing their part. Other meetings of a similar character will be held during the week.

T. A. Crockett was showing some Early Ohio potatoes Saturday that were afflicted with a peculiar disease. They were smooth and nice when he dug them from his garden, but after several days begun to look scabby and became black inside the skins and threw off a bad odor. Of the six bushels dug he had to throw away about one-half of them; they were not even fit to cook for hog or chicken feed. County Agent Learning instructed him how to treat the remainder and he hopes to save them.

Herbert iHlammond, who was among the number of Jasper county young men who passed the physical examination in the conscripts examined last week, has returned from Ottawa. Illinois, where he was assisting Lee Adams in the latter’s automobile agency, and is ready to report when needed in the new national army. He will endeavor to get assigned to band duty, there being a shortage of musicians, it is said, in both the army and navy. Band men, when not playing, do ambulance work, it is understood.