Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1919 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interistlng Paragraphs From the . Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal New* Epitomised —Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices, ■ H I —■——— # The county service flag now contains *750 blue stars and 16 gold stars. —» Theodore Phillips and Carl Toyne were among the Gillam township visitors in the city Monday. Court item from Kentland Democrat; Taylor-Crltchfleld Clague Co. vs. J. A. Dunlap et al, receivership; dismissed by plaintiffs at their cost!. There were eight marriage licenses issued Jast month, against eight for the preceeding month, and twelve for the corresponding month of 1917. Newton township is the only townhsip thus far to oversubscribe its quota in the Armenian Relief fund drive, it having gone over the top 200 per cent. Marriage licenses issued: February 3, Fred Earl Bell of Remington, aged 25 March 13 last, farmer, and Emma Madeline Nesius, also of Remington, aged 18 October & last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. County Treasurer Charles V. May received, a card yesterday from his son, Harry, who has been with the overseas forces, saying that he had arrived at Camp Mills, New York, February ,1, and he will probably be homo ere long. A Rensselaer young man, who ■was to have been married Saturday, left town sometime Friday night and his whereabouts are said .to be unknown, much the distress of the young woman in the case, who wants to see him very badly.

Herbert Hammond, son of County Auditor J. P. Hammond, who had been stationed at Fort Wadsworth, South Carolina, received his honorable discharge and returned home Sunday, looking the best and probably weighing the most that he ever has in his life. Joseph Norman of near Fair Oaks was in the city Monday exhibiting the third red * fox he had caught in a trap near his place in past -couple of weeks, all in the same trap, too, which would indicate that these sly reynards didn’t live up to the reputation of the fox family. The hide from the first one caught' he sent to a Chicago fur house and received S2O for it and he thinks that it was not as good a pelt as either of the last two. In addition to this he receives $3 bounty on each animal from the county,* so that it has been quite a paying proposition as well as some siport to him.

The appellate court a few; days ago affirmed the r decision of the Jasper circuit court in the case of Francis M. Malceever vs. Albertus M. Yeoman, administrator, et al. [Following is a syllabus of the court’s opinion: This was a proceeding by appellee to sell lands to ipay debts. The appellant filed an answer alleging that he was the owner of a third of the land in his own right and asked that it be set off to him, the answer alleging that the deoedent 'took the? land under an agreement to hold •it in trust for I himself, appellant and another brother. The trial court found against this contention, and there is evidence to sustain this finding, | while the record does not contain the evidence whiqb appellant alleges it contains to support his I contention in his answer. The evidence sustains the findings and .the findings support! thfe conclusions of law. I At the regular meeting of the , county commissioners Monday, the board, by working late, finished up the business of the term. Following is a report of the proceedings: • ' - . V._ . Contractors Johnson & Salrin were allowed $220.80 on the W\ . H. Gratner stone road. Notice was ordered - given for > letting contract for theV Joseph

Kosta gravel road at the term. In the F. J. Slight stone road, bondsman Charles Stalbaum showed the board that road would be completed, and board found that balance should be made of ’rock, according to original plans and specifications.’ ~ ~ Petition of Bertie C. Eldridge et al for a stone road was referred to the county surveyor and Walter Porter, and B. D. MoCplly as viewers, to meet February 8. L. P. Shirer, as superintendent of the Harry E.- Gifford ditch; W. F. Osborne as superintendent of the F. M. Goff and W, S.~ Lowraan ditches; Devere Yeotnan, as superintendent of the W. S. Lpwman, Ed Ritter and Fred S. Tyler ditches, were ordered to file final report on or before first day of March term. Plea in abatement of May Gifford was sustained in the ditch petition of A. J. Sargent et al, and petitioners directed to give notice to all non-residents, returnable April term. The claim of D. E. Grow for $431.35 in the John F. Zimmer ditch was allowed and ordered paid. 4 Requisition for supplies for poor farm: was approved and notice ordered given for receiving bids at March term. Board contracted with Auditor J. P. Hammond for the latter to make new transfer books for the sum of $250. Trustee Grant Davissqn of Barkley township was granted permission to .extend additional poor relief to the family of William lilurley to amount of S2O, on account of sickness. Trustee John F, Petit of Walker township granted permission to extend additional poor relief to the amount of $25 to the family of Dan W. Allee, on account of sickness. Board appointed M. J. Delehonty and William Hallier as members of* the advisory board of Wheatfield township, so fill vacancies. Taxes of $185.58 assessed against the property known as tj»e Benjamin Harris Home for Widows and Orphans was shown to be errone<flis, this property now being for charitable purposes* and therefore being .exempt from taxation, and same was ordered refunded. A total of $622.37 was reported in interest on county funds in the various county depositories, as follows: Trust & Savngs, bank, Rensselaer, $158.89; First National bank,' Rensselaer, sl42j>B; State bank, Rensselaer, $137.6 4; State bank, Remington $135.71; Bank of W'heatfleld, $47.55.