Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1919 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

InterestlftcParapaphsFromtiie Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered by Ve From the Various County Offices. "Commodore” O’Connor was down from~Knlman Saturday. Judge T. F~ Panher of Monticello was a business visitor in the city Monday. The War Mothers of the county will meet at the G. A. R. room in the court house Saturday afternoon, June 28, at 3 o'clock. Marriage licenses issued: June 23, William Headlee Grayson of Rensselaer, aged 30 April 8 last, laborer, and Lillie Appllna Howe, also of Rensselaer, aged 31 December 2 last/housekeeper. First marriage for male, second for female, first marriage dissolved by divorce In 1913. Arvle E. Culp of Gillam township reached home Saturday after having spent nine months overseas. He was discharged at Camp Sherman, O. Young Culp left Jasper county for Camp Taylor with the second bunch of boys to leave here In September, 1917. He Is looking well, but glad to get home, of course. William Pagel of Kankakee township, who had been confined In the county jail for the past week pending his admittance to the hospital at Longclfff, died at the county hospital Saturday evening about 5 o’clock, having been removed to the hospital only a couple of hours before. The remains were taken to the home of his half-brother, L. C. Pagel, at Kouts, where funeral services were held yesterday.

> i" Bms The appelate court has affirmed the decision of the Jasper circuit court in the case of George H. Hammerton et al of Parr vs. The J. R. Watkins Medical Co. et al. The case was affirmed on the authority of Hammerton vs. J. R. Watkins Medical Co., 120 N. E. 710. This Is a case where Mr. Hammerton and Joseph Kosta of Union township went security for Ed Longstreth of Parr, who was agent for the Watkins company, .and the decision of the higher court means that Mr. Hemmerton and Mr. Kosta will have a total of about $1,400 to pay. Including attorney fees and court costs, as a penalty for being “accommodating.** William H. Hamelle, a well-known attorney of Monticello, died at St. Joseph's hospital in Logansport last Thursday after several weeks’ illness, aged 64 years. Deceased was a native of Carroll county, and is survived by three sisters. He was unmarried. Mr. Hamelle had traveled very extensively, both in the United States and in Europe. He was a 32d degree Mason and had twice served •as Republican county chairman of his county. At the time of his death he was engaged in compiling a war history of White county, which included a complete history of every soldier who went from that county and many who formerly resided there. Mr. Hamelle was well known to members of the Jasper county bar, who will be sorry to learn of his death. 1 Trustee Postill, accompanied by C. M. Sands, Trustee Fairchild of Keener, accompanied by John Greve of Demotte, and County Superintendent Sterrett, returned from Indianapolis Saturday afternoon where they had gone for the purpose of obtaining permission from the state board of tax commissioners to build some school houses. Trustee Postill was granted permission to Issue SIB,OOO In bonds to build a consolidated school building for the north half of Marlon township, afid Trustee Pettit of Walker was authorized to spenJ $2,500 to rebuild a school house In his township Which was destroyed by fire a couple of years ago. , Trustee Fairchild wanted to issue $14,000 in bonds to build an

addition to th© new acbool building in Demotte, but aueb issue would exceed the 8% bonded limit in the township, under the old appraisement—which in still in forte —and the proposition was continued by the board. ■ The case of Larsh vs, Sternberg, which occupied the boarda in the Benton circuit court for three days the latter part of the week, waa compromised Saturday. Under the terms of the compromise Mr. Larsh gets back the *SOO forfeit money paid, of course, and Is to have all of the 40 acres of wheat, which he put in on the farm last fafl, and each of the parties Is to pay hla own costa, which will amount to several hundred dollars. Thia case grew out of the purchase of the Sternberg farm by Mr. Larsh, the Sternbergs having the farm listed with two different agenta. Ohe sold the farm to Larsh and the other told it to G. A. Williams. Both purchasers were to ’ pay the same price, but the commission which A. S- Laßue, who sold the farm to Larsh was to receive, waa nearly *1,500, while that of C. J. Dean was a comparatively small amount. Laßue waa to have all he got for the farm above a certain price, while Dean was to receive a .fixed commission per acre, and it had been priced to him at a higher figure. Larsh went on the farm against the protests of Sternberg and put out 40 acres of wheat, thus taking virtual possession of the farm. It ft understood that Williams bought the farm for William M. Hoover, whose land It adjoins on the east.