Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1920 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From Ihs Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal News Epitomized — Together With Other Notes Gathered by Us From the Various County Offices. Former County Commissioner D. S. Makeever has keen very sick with kidney trouble at his home in Newton township for the past three or four days and is still confined to his bed. Marriage licenses issued: Aug. 21, Arthur Yeiter of Rensselaer, aged 23 Mch. 18 last, laborer, and Myrtle Stiles, also of Rensselaer, aged 20 Dec. 25 last, housekeeper. First marriage for male, second marriage for female, previous marriage dissolved by divorce in November, 1919. Another case of high-grade bond envelopes, bought a* a bargain, just received in The Democrat’s Job printing department. As we bought these envelopes at an extremely low price, as envelopes sell nowadays, we can offer our patrons an exceptional bargain while this case lasts. We also have bond paper to match the envelopes and can turn out a handsome job of each at a very reasonable price. Nightwatch Richards, assisted by Mort Murray, lodged Mrs. Ralph Wiseman and her sister, Miss Ethel Allee, in jail Saturday night, and they were left there until shortly after nooii Sunday, when they were turned loose with a lecture from the former. It seemß the girls had “attracted” home with them. several boys Saturday night, when they wentj to their home in “Rabbit Town,” | and the father fired a few shots from a revolver to scare the boys away, which was resented by the girls. A row resulted in which, the husband of one of the girls tele-1 phoned to the nightwatch to come' out there. John took the bull by, the horns and landed the females in' jail. The father and the husband both said they could not do anything with them, and the former is said to have threatened to leave the whole outfit and dig . out *of town. The girls didn’t seem a bit' peeved over being shut up in Jail for a day and are evidently not worrying half as much over what will be done with them as are the city authorities.