Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1918 — 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. The White circuit courj will convene next Monday. The county Service Flag now contains 633 blue stars and 10 gold stars. New suits filed: 8981. William C. Cook, trustee, vs. Lena Niementsverdriet et al; suit on note. Demand judgment for $1,500. Harvey W. Wood, Jr., has resigned as trustee of Marion township and trustee elect, C. W. Postill, has been appointed in his stead. Before buying a typewriter, call at The Democrat office and see those brand new Olivers that we are selling at S4O each. They are a dandy machine, back-up, tabulator, oilcloth cover, instruction book, brush oil, etc., everything, in fact that comes with a new machine. If you don’t care to pay S4O for a new machine, we have some good sec-ond-hand ones as low as S2O. The total resources of the three Rensselaer banks and the State bank of Remington is $2,630,071.31, according to the statements published this week of their condition on November 1, 1918. We have not the figures of the Bank of Wheatfield or the Bank of Demotte, but it is probable with those included the grand total would reach $3,000,000 or better. The Remington bank gives its resources at $535,562.45, Don’t forget to file your expense account with the county clerk, you candidates for office, whether you were elected or not or whether you were to any expense. This law applies to all candidates except candidates for county council and township advisory boards, and failure to comply with this provision invalidates your taking office—if elected- —as well as being punishable by fine.

Marriage license issued: November 13, Asa Elliot, of Jasper county, aged 31 Jan. 19 last, farmer, and Margaret E. Hilton, also of Jasper county, aged 24 September 8 last, housekeeper. Second marriage for each. First marriage of male dissolved by death in 1917; first marriage of female dissolved by divorce in October, 1918. November 14, Charles T. Saltwell of fcillam township, aged 43 September 1 last, farmer, and Mary Emily Bull of Rensselaer, aged 36 August 24, last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. The President directs that registrants who on September 12, 1918, had .reached their 37th birthday and who have received questionairres need not fill out such questionairrcs, but they are immediately to return such document to their local boards. No charge of delinquency will be entered against any such registrant for his failure heretofore to fill out and return his questionairres even though the time set for such return is I now passed, and all charges of , delinquents heretofore entered against such registrants of such ■ ages who have failed to return their questionairre within the time limits set therefore will be cancelled and made of no effect. The classification and physicial examination of all 18-year-old registrants is to be completed as rapidly as possible. Not much has been doing in the circuit court this week, but the jury is called for next Monday and several cases are set for trial. The trial calendar, as it now appears, follows: Monday, November 18—State vs. Frank H. Walters; State vs. John A. Williams; State ex rel. Jay W. Stockton, vs. Edward P. Lane. Tuesday, November 19—State vs. C. Moore; State vs. P. Weirich. Wednesday, November 20—Matilda Dluzak vs. Laska D. Frans-

coviak; Charles G. Spitler vs. David L. Halstead; Ben May vs. Everett Halstead. Thursday, November 22 —Harry Watson vs. Mary E. Rush; W. C. Snyder vs. Everett HaJstead; De»aie Melrose vs. Frank Melrose. Monday, November 25—Flora J. Poole vs. Babcock & Hopkins; Economy Hog & Cattle Co., vs. Elmer E. Pullins. Tuesday November 26—John W. Heath vs. John B. Tudor. Wednesday, November 27 — McClintock Turnkey Co. vs. Arthur E. Arnott; Henry Haag ve. Joseph I. Adams estate; E. A. Bennett vs. Loren C. Sage. Friday, November 29—August Sternberg vs. Joseph Larsh et al. Monday, December 2—E. L. Hollingsworth vs. Lillian Davisson. Saturday, December 7 —Petition of Riley Tullis et al for a ditch.