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Saloon Men Did Not Appear and Remonstrance Stands on Default.Boad In Sub nf $200,000 far New Gouty Tra«s» nrar Filed and Approved—Other Commissioners* Doings.Jackson township will be dry for two years, at least. The commissioners yesterday sustained the remonstrance of certain legal voters of the township and declared that all applicants for license in said township will be barred from obtaining such license for a period of two years. Benjamin W. Harris wasVapplying for such a license for Jamestown. The saloon men did not appear yesterday and their cause went by default. The fight has been fierce in• *Jackson for about three years and yesterday’s proceedings were a great victory for the temperance element, won by their staying qualities. Had the saloon men appeared yesterday, they would have found that the remonstrance contained several majority. Thomas Bane was yesterday granted a license to sell liquor in Lebanon.George C. Shirley will enter upon his duties as county treasurer on Jan. 1, 1906, to serve for two years. He filed his bond on Monday in the sum of $200,-000 with the following sureties: Americas C. Daily, Empson C. Lane, Samuel S. Heath, Millard F. Campbell,William J. DeVol,0. Rush Daily,Ben F. Coombs, Hal Woodard, D. J. Kimmell, Robert M. Ewing, Geo. Rigsby, Jesse S. Regan, Barton S. Higgins, David S. Whitaker, James S. White, Lafayette Wilson, Ephriam Davis, James A. Powell, B. F. Simmons, J. A. Coons, William T. Hooton, Adolphus Wysong, Addison L. Howard, Julius W. Pinnell, Thomas O.Beck, William Brenton, S. N.Cragun, Frank E. Loose and Frank Daily. This bond is worth an aggregate of something like $1,000,000. A. C. Daily and J. W. Pinnell are estimated to be worth about one-fourth of this amount.The report of viewers on road petitioned for by John B. Farwick et al, has been approved and proceedings dismissed at cost of petitioners.The report of ditch commissioners on the Cicero E. Mendenhafl public ditch has been approved and commissioners ordered to meet Nov. 7 and make final report Nov. 8, 1905.The petition of J. C. Purdy for acceptance of donation gravel road was considered. Board agreed to meet and view said road and report at the next regular session of commissioners' court.The report of superintendent on the completion of Martha Wills gravel road in Marion township has been approved and road received and made a part of the free gravel road system of Boone county, to be kept in repair as other such roads are kept.The commissioners reported favorably on the acceptance of the free gravel road petitioned for by Alfred F. Whor-ley and others. The extension is made a part of the free gravl road system of Boone county, and is to be known as the extension of the Advance and Bush-town gravel road.The final report of superintendent on the completion of the J. E. West gravel road in Marion township has been approved, the auditor to pay $141.80 into the county treasury to be turned over to a foreman, hereafter to be named, for the purpose of completing and correcting defects in said road which shall be done in the year 1906, or so much as is necessary. Road received and made part of free gravel road system of Boone county. The road is to be known as the J. E. West gravel road. It is three and one-half miles in length.MARRIAGE ANNULED.VUtntm Cnpto Tfcu Vai MnSwmATIm —Tki Clrciastucas.Another chapter was added this week in the Reed case which attracted so much attention at Witestown a fewweeks ago. Reed, it win be remembered, came to this county five years ago and after a brief residence, became acquainted with and married Miss Sylvia Holler, daughter of Ellis Holler. Two daughers were born to them and they were getting along nicely until a few weeks ago, when it developed that Reed had married another girl in Decatur county before he left there'several years ago and only lived with her six months. The two had not been di-vorced, but application for legal separation had been filed by the first wife before the whereabouts of her husband became known. When these facts became known at Whites town, William Reed whose right name proved to be William Thomas, disappeared from his Whitestown home and his whereabouts were kept secret until he returned to this county a few days ago and showed proof that his first wife had been granted her divorce from him about two weeks ago.Mrs. Reed, the second wife, filed suit in the Boone circuit court last Monday to have her marriage to William Reed annulled. The case came up for trial Monday and a finding was made annuling the marriage and declaring the childrenlegitimate, and a judgment wasjren-dered against the defendant for costs. The clerk then issued a marriage license to William G. Thomas, the man’s right name, and Sylvia A. Holler, and they were married for the second time in the law office of Dutch Loughrum, ’Squire N. A. Perrill performing theceremony. Thomas is aged thirty and Mrs. Thomas is aged 26,VERY SAD FUNERALBodies of Twin Sisters Pieced Side by Side le Union Cemetery This Homing.A double funeral service was held thisjforenoon at Brown’s Wonder church over the bodies of Cora Belle and Flora Richardson, twin daughters of John L. and Clara J. Richardson, aged 14 years, 10 months and 29 days. Both died of acute pneumonia after a few days’ illness. Cora B. died at 2 o’clock a. m., Monday and Flora died at 9:18 o’clock a. m., yesterday. They were bom in Johnson county on Dec. 9, 1890 and leave two brothers, Clarence E. and James, and one sister, Elizabeth. Both of the deceased were members of the Christian church at Browns Wonder. The funeral services were conducted byrt Rev. H. L. Bailey .and the bodies wereinterred in Union cemetery.Taxes Well Pal a Up.Monday was the last day to pay city and county taxes without the penalty of ten per cent being added. County treasurer Wilson is of the opinion that taxpayers have paid up a little better than usual. The office was kept open until 11 o’clock Monday night to accommodate belated comers. Many waited until the last days, as is shown by the collections. Last Saturday the receipts were $10,000 and on Monday they were $18,000. The railroads and traction line paid Monday. The Big Four pays $7,-499.98 as the last half of county taxes and $306.58 as the last half of city taxes. The Central Indiana pays the county $1,135.55 as the last half, and to the city $43.57. The Northwestern pays the county $19.40 ana the city $432.40. The bank at Jamestown sent in $4,443.-50 in one check on Monday to pay collections made by it frcm citizens.Old Pupils Meet.J. A. Coons and wife attended a birthday celebration at David Reed’s in Jefferson township yesterday. The occasion was in honor of Miss Jennie Miller, who was a teacher of the Bush-town school twenty-nine years ago and who has ever since been held in the highest esteem by her old pupils. There were quite a number of these pupils present and in all about forty pupils participated in the days’informal program. Misa Miller is a sitser of Mrs, Reed. It was an injoyable occasion and Mrs. Reed served as fine a dinner as anyone would wish to sit down to.Hr. aid Hrs. Hath Eitotala.Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Heath entertained at dinner, in their excellent country home, four miles east of Lebanon, last Sunday, the following gentlemen and their wives from this city; E. T. Lane. Harry Norwood. B. F. Higgins, C.Zion, C. E. Wilson and S. N. Cragun.
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Lebanon Patriot
Lebanon, Indiana, US
Thu, Nov 09, 1905
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