Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1905 — THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. [ARTICLE]

THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The County Commissioners finished up the work of their January session, Tuesday evening, their dooket this term being very light owing to the special sessions in December.

Owing to many irregularities and inconsistencies having been discovered in the bid of the Burt Terry, Wilson Company, of LaFayette, the contraot with them for blanks and stationary for this year was rescinded and new bids advertised for Jan. 18th. TbeLaFayette house was given ample notice to appear a id explain their bid, bat failed to do so. The remonstrance against John Ulm, of Remington, as petitioner for a saloon license, w> a found to ie sufficient, and he was inled oat or two years There was no other license application before the Board, On petition of the Superintendent lot the County Asylum, an order was made to send the ohild of one Nell Karsner, an inmate of he asylum, to the state sohool for table minded children, at Fort Wayne. The report of the viewers in the ! ?axton ditch was approvod. A scholarship at Purdue Univeraity was granted to Ray O. Yeoman, son of A. K Yeoman.