Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1887 — Circuif Court notes. [ARTICLE]

Circuif Court notes.

Court convened Monday eve j ning and organized the Grand ! Jury. John T. Sayler was made foreman. T. J. McCoy was excused from serving and James Nelson was put in his place. Tuesday Wm Helsel, of Fair Oaks, plead guilty to two indictments for illegal sale of liquor and was fined S2O and costs, in each. The total of fines and costs was S7O, which was paid. One other similar against ■ him was dismissed, and two continued. The indictment against Oliver Hart, of Carpeuter tp., for provoke,’, was dismissed. These against James Givens, Mary Jones,_ Jos. Bellisle and Wm. Concord. Toi’a variety of transgressions, were all continued. Jacob Wesner plead guilty to two charges of selliug liquor to minors, and he, too, was fined S2O and costs, in each case, the least penalty the law allows. Another similar indictment ngahit him was continued. Four old indictments against j John G. Reynolds, of Rensselaer, i two for selling liquor to minors and and two for allowing minors {to play pool J e.. were quashed owing to some defect in the indictments. The pettit jury was called for yesterday. N. D. Ingram and A. J. Yeoman, of the original pftnel : were excused from serving. !; i | Mrs. Mary Stone, wife cf Conway Stone, died -aG her residence, a mile west of town, last Tuesday, of;- complication of disorders, and after a j long and painful illness. The | funeral was held at the Free Will • Baptist churchyesterday morning; J and was conducted by Rev. B. F. Ferguson. Mrs. Stone’s age was about fit) years. She was tho j daughter of the venerable Nathaniel Scott, and who has long made his home with her family; and who is now very low with the (disorders old age and likely Jo | survive his daughter but for a j very brief time.