Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1886 — Circuit Court Notes. [ARTICLE]

Circuit Court Notes.

First Week. —The grand jury found 11 indictments: 7 for tlrunkeness, 3 for allowing minors to play pool in place of business, and 1 for cow stealing. E. L. Clark was appointed administrator of the estate of Nannie E. Spitler, deceased. Ou Wednesday Jake Kettering, the Remington cow thief, came into court, plead guilty, and was sentenced by the Judge to two years in the penitentiary. —-—— Mary M. Davidson was granted a divorce from Geo. B Davidson, on the. grounds of cruel and neglectful treatment. She is allowed to resume her maiden name of ELoach' The matter of alimony was settled by agreement, at S3OO. ihe parties live in Jordan tp. The other Jordan township divorce case, that of Raymond vs. Raymond, is not likely to be tried the present term, for want of service. I - ' Second Week: —Judge Ward arrived Monday evening, and adjourned court until Tuesday morning. A large part of Tuesday and a portion of Wednesday was taken up by the big case of the State for the use of L. S. Alter vs. James Welsh and others, with no other result than that the papers in the case were finally withdrawn, and a new complaint filed. Oa the forenoon of Wednesday still another of the many cases of marital troubles from Jordan township was before the court. Reuben V. Hftas obtained a verdict of $2, 000 against Francis Phelps for de r bauching his wife. Phelps made no defense. It is said that the defendant has property and that the judgment cah be collected. Wall paper, hew, nobby designs at Kanuals’. Times are hard, and money needed bad; for bafgains in watches, clocks and jewelry, call on E. Kr.nnal. V BdOTe and SHO£s-SeD, Schwab & Co., and the justly celebrated Walker biands —nothing better made-for sale ot the Trade Palace.