Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1919 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

IntorestlnthracraphsFromtko Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL News Epitomized —Together With Other Notes Gathered by h’s From the Various County Offices. suits filed: No. 9071. Edna May Tilton vs. Bertie G. Tilton; action for divorce. No. 9072. Arthur R. Jones of Chicago vs. Ed Oliver et al; suit on contract. Demand $30,000. Court Reporter Mike Wagner returned Saturday from a visit with his parents at Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The complaint alleges that the parties were married on June 14, .1913, and separated on June 24, 1913, on which date defendant abandoned plaintiff. Alimony in the sum of $2,000 is asked. The Morocco Courier states that Harold Gifford, formerly of Rensselaer, now one of the proprietors of the Motor Inn of Morocco, was arrested a few days ago on an affidavit of Prosecuting Attorney Murphy, charged with driving a motor car without a license. Young Gifford plead guilty and paid a fine and costs of $9.55.

Marriae licenses issued: July 3, Christian Christensen of Chicago, aged 56 October 31 last, bookbinder, and Minnie Jacobsen, also of Chicago, aged 53 November 7 last, housekeeper. Second marriage for each, previous marriages dissolved by death in 1916 and 1914 respectively. Married in the clerk’s office by Squire S. C. Irwin. Attorney A. D. Babcock was over from Goodland Thursday afternoon. 'Both his boys are back from France with whole bodies, for which he is thankful. Dorr brought a Dashund pup, about as big around as a sausage and somewhere from four to six feet long. The pup - had rather tough fare while in Germany, but the boys on the 1 way over fed him on ice ■ cream and cake, and now he merely sniffs at anything else —in fact he is a spoiled dog. G. B. McCabe of Chicago, salesman for a California land company and who recently spent several weeks in Rensselaer, was arrested in Chicago last Friday by Chief Neary of the Chicago police department and Deputy Sheriff B. D. McColly of this city, on the charge of grand larceny. It seems that the Ford car which AfcCabe dr6ve to Rensselaer and later sold to Frank Kresler had been identified as a car stolen from a Mr. Barrett of Chicago on April 24.

In the case of the state of Indiana vs. E. J. Duvall, charged with malicious trespass in destroying a part of a concrete driveway built by Dr. Catt ahd which turned in the street in front of a lot owned by Mr. Duvall, the latter took a Change of venue from Mayor Spitler and the mayor named three local attorneys from whom to select a jurist to sit in the case, but no selection had been made up to yesterday, so far as The Democrat was able te learn. —S—»— The Newton County Enterprise has a libel case on its hands, having been sued in the Newton circuit court, by the Central Chautauqua System, which “showed” in Kentland two years ago, the article complained of having appeared in the Enterprise after their appearance there. This company entered suit some time au* against the guarantors of th" Chautauqua, which case was brought to Jasper county on change of venue and is still pending in our court. The state highway commission will receive bids up to July 15 for about 40 miles of new road in different parts of the state, much of which is to fill in gaps. Blds are asked on three kinds of material and the estimates run from about $28,000 per mile for concrete to .$42,000 per mile for brick with $40,000 for bituminous, the estimates varying according to the location of. the roads and the number of bridges, estimates including

the cost of bridges up to a 20-foot span. Each of the roads is to bo 18 feet wide. Many states are building slxteen-foot and even tenfoot roads, but the Indiana commission announces that it is “looking ahead." A statement has been sent to farmers in Indiana by the Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations urging them to make sure that the owners of thrashing machines* who have the contracts for thrashing on their farms comply with the terms of the workmen’s compensation act. Bj this act, unless the farmer exacts from the contractor a certificate from the industrial board showing that he has complied with the act, the farmer will be Hable to the same extent as the contractpr for compensation, physicians’ fees and hospital fees, as a result of injury or death to any of the employes of the contractor while at work on the land owned by the farmers. The same thing applies to any county, municipality, firm or Individual having any contracting work done. This provision was made In the amendments to the law passed by the last legislature.