Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1859 — NEW COUNTY MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

NEW COUNTY MATTERS.

The petition for the laying off of a county in the north part of Jasper, to be called Kankakee county, came up before the Board of County Commissioners last Thursday, and was rejected, as a lemonstrance against the division was presented, signed by quite a number who had signed the petition. At the same time was presented a petition for the formation of Newton county on the 'vest, under the law for the formation of new counties as amended last winter. This petition was alsd rejected by the Commissioners, on the ground that one case could not be heard at the same time in two Courts, tl|e question having been appealed to the Sujirenfe Court upon a former decision of the Commissioners. The decision of the Supreme Court is daily expected.