Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1918 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Intoristlng Paragraphs From llio Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. New suits filed: No. 8943: Lorah P. Hess vs. Grace Belle Hess; action for divorce. The complaint alleges the parties were married September 2, 1915, and separated on October 13, 1917, when defendant abandoned plaintiff without cause. Max Kepner went to Indianapolis Tuesday and enlisted in the army service as an instructor in the motor service. Max would have been reclassed by the local conscription board and placed in Class 1, but secured a permit to enlist from the latter. He reports for duty Monday. The G. F. Meyers real estate agency has closed the sale this week if the C. H. Porter 132-acre farm three miles northwest of town to George A. Daugherty, who now resides on the Ben Harris farm in Newton township. The consideration is not stated. Last week Mr. Meyers sold 100 acres of the former David Peere farm near Laura to Sexton Alexander, who now resides on one of J. J. Hunt’s farms in Gillam township.

Marrige licenses issued: July 3, Claude R. White of Wolcott aged 25 September 25 last, farmer, and Greta Dunn of Remington, aged 19 February 26 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. The couple was married by Rev. C. W. Postill at his home in the north part of the city. July 5. 'Charles Russell Hall of Gillam township, aged 20 April 14 last, farmer, and Edith Sulvesta Jones, also of Gillato township, aged 19 September 12 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. Male being under age his father, John G. Hall, gave consent to issuance of license. Quite a little excitement was occasioned Thursday morning by the Remington nightwatch bringing over three young men from near Brookston whom he had arrested on bootlegging charges. The boys had driven over to Beaverville, Illinois, the night before to secure a little beer for properly celebrating the Fowfe, and on the return trip, about three miles west of Remington, they met with grief. Someone driving a Ford car, without lights, it is understood, had run into a horse and buggy, partially wrecking the car and injuring the horse so badly it had to be killed. A Mr. Fields of near Gbodland, driving a larger car and headed west, came along and stopped on the opposite side of the road from the wrecked Ford car and the injured horse, and the bright lights of his car blinded the driver of the Brookston car, and in attempting to drive between the two cars, he smashed into the Fields car and was himself ditched. They had forty-two pints of beer in the car and the three were arrested and brought to Rensselaer. As the state law permits one to have twelve quarts of beer in his possession at one time and there were three in the party and there was no evidence of their having sold any of the beer, they were released on one of the, men pleading guilty to driving a car while intoxicated, and being fined >5 and costs by Mayor Spitler and paying for damage,,.(Jone to the Fields car. It was a “dry” Fourth after all for the Brookston boys, as their beer was left here with Sheriff McColly.