Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1894 — The Circuit Court. [ARTICLE]

The Circuit Court.

Henry Granger, of DeMotte, who was indicted by the grand jury, was arrested Friday, by Constable Freel, and brought to Rensselaer. He is charged with attempted burglary, in breaking into a store, at DeMotte. He gave bail in the sum of SSOO. Wm. J. Shrum, late of Keener tp., was given a divorce Monday, from Mary J. Shrum. He charged her with failure to perform marital duties, with cruel treatment in accusing him'of marital infidelity, and with making his life a burden generally. He was given the custody of their four children. Another divorce granted Monday was to Susan A. Rodgers, from John A. Rodgers. They were married Aug. 30, 1891, and after just 51 weeks of more or less qualified matrimonial felicity, John A. deserted the plaintiff and went to some remote and unknown part of the state. Besides this abandonment and failure to provide, she charged him with striking her several times with a buggy whip, in a very ugly manner. Of the other divorce esses on the docket, two have been dismissed. That of Dora Sparrowk vs Daniel Sparrowk, the par ties bavi ng moved away, died, or otherwise passed out of the jurisdiction of the court. The other is the case of Sabina M. Richards vs. Sherman Richards, which promised some pungent developements had it gone to trial. The parties have become reconciled until the next lime, and are living together again.

The case of Alfred W. Hopkins vs James Rodgers was tried Monday by a jury. It was a suit on a note, and the defendant claimed he had paid it, and the plaintiff claimed he had not, and the 1 jury found in favor of the defendant. The amount in controversy was only $7.50 and the plaintiff is stuck with costs to the amount of $75. The jury was out nearly all night agreeing on the verdict. Ten different makes of Sewing machines, At Steward’s.