January term of circuit court opens with jurors named
Court sessions begin with Judge Charles T. Moore presiding as 21 of 24 grand jurors attend. Several names listed for vacancies and current jurors. seven grand jurors excused from service and many petit jurors retained or to be drawn. Several cases disposed or continued across civil matters and chancery, including dam ages, assumpsit, injunctions, and divorces, with costs allocations and appeals noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Moore
Helvetia
G. W. Forester
Saline
Henry Schrumpf
New Douglas
Peter Watts
St. Jacob
Jacob Frey, Sr
Marine
Louis Neudecker
Alhambra
W. C. Lowry
Adam Dauderman
Olive
Charles Schuette
Jarvie
John Bernhardt
Pin Oak
Jiule Bode
Hamel
Lewis Fields
Edwardsville
C. F. Willoughby
Charles S
Probate Inventory and Hearings for Deceased Individuals
Augusta Dorr and Julius H. Raible inventories approved. Francis Blacet and Johanna Peters estates have actions including sale of personal property for 118.65 and administrator’s final report hearing set for January 30. Sophia Schwartze’s death proven with last will hearing February 8. William J. Stenker final report shows receipts 1452.48, credits 1263.26, balance due heir 189.12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Dorr
Julius H. Raible
Francis Blacet
Johanna Peters
Sophia Schwartze
William J. Stenker
Guardian
C. L. Chandler
Berkey
Wm. H. Jarvis Et al
Ellen I. Bishop
John Fechte
Mary Mueller
Laura Sawyer
William Buenger
Tda C. Pollard
R. F.X. Smith
J. C. Pollard
Henry Edgar
D. J. Blanke
N. W. Chandler
Probate notes and estate awards across multiple cases
A stream of probate actions includes discharge of administrators, widow and minor claims, bonds and sureties, and final reports for several deceased individuals. Notable items cover payments to widows, guardians with bonds, estates settled, and partitions of lands near Collinsville and Edwardsville with multiple transfers of property and executors named.
Union add Collinsville excess miner ala and proviso 51 500
Henry F Bolimann to Madison Coal Co wd coal and minerals under pt Se sec 14 and pt se sec 13 4-8 2950 Frank Slemmer to Josephine Gills wd pt et ne nel sec 34-4-8 400 Emelie C Miller to Angelo Guinry wd lots 11 and 12 bik 9 Maple Home sub Collinsville except minerals 300 Samuel Davies and wife to Jax H Davie wd ag lot 10 Cook's add Troy except minerals 175 MARRIAGE LICENSES Isaiah C Kerr 19 Collinsville Sadie Fletcher 18 Collinsville Earl Young 22 Troy Kate Frangen 20 Troy Herman Schuermann 25 Edwardville Louisa Reiter 20 Ft Russell Horsey Cox 20 Jarvis Leta Joseph 18 Jarvis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen O'Connell
Anton Gaizat
Collinaville
Esther.r. Desmond
Robert J. Baird
Timothy Brown
Edwardsville
May M. Austin
Margaret Guennewig
Wesley Jarvis
Troy
Fred Preismeyer
Wm. Grant
Brueggemann
Adolphus P. Wolf
Jos
Keasl
Wolf
Henry Boettermann
Christian Solterman
Edward Vatterodt
Madison Coal
Coal
Anna M. Mahler
Madison Coal Co
Wm. Messerli
Emil R. Bircher
Union
Collinsville
Henry F. Bolimann
Coal and Minerala
Frank Slemmer
Josephine Gills
Emelie C. Miller
Angelo Guinry
Lota
Bik
Maple Home
Samuel Davies
Jax H. Davie
Cook's
Isaiah C. Kerr
Sadie Fletcher
Earl Young
Troy Kate Frangen
Troy Herman Schuermann
Edwardaville
Louisa Reiter
Russell Horsey
Cox
Jarvis Leta Joseph
Jarvis
World's Fair Notes From Indiana Poultry to Five-Legged Cow
Indiana outlines its exhibit plans with 1000 birds in the poultry display and a National and International Good Roads session in St Louis May 16 to 22. Other notes include Houston fruit storage with Ponderosa lemons and heavy specimens, a natural garden near the Palace of Agriculture, and prizes totaling 7205 for French Draft horses. Hanover Center's Joseph Bixenmann touts a five legged cow named The Queen of the West, seven years old with two tails and two udders. A model poultry farm will show poultry in all forms and a butter statue pair will compare Jersey and scrub cattle in cold storage glass cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
St. Louis
Houston
Palace of Agriculture
Mississippi
Missouri
National
French Draft Horse Association
Joseph F. Bixenmann
Hanover Center
Ind
Jersey
Irvington Farmers Union Organized With 42 Charter Members
Illinois farmers in Richview NL form the Irvington Farmers Union to unite buyers and sellers. The group, started with 42 charter members, elected Henry Steinwald president Edward Hartley secretary William Breen treasurer and W W Wayman lecturer. They aim to secure farmers fixed prices from merchants and buy farm implements at lower costs. If prices cannot be secured they plan to hold wheat and other products and purchase in bulk to pressure dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richview
Irvington Farmers' Union
Henry Steinwald
Edward Hartley
William Breen
W. W. Wayman
Kept corn forty years at Indiana farmer's world fair display
L G Pence, a Grant county pioneer, harvested an 1864 corn crop and set aside one hundred bushels. The ear is stored in an open crib and left to air naturally for forty years, preserved intact since harvest. A separate note mentions Klein's shoe shop receiving a new line of men's patent leather lace shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tnndiana
L. G. Pence
Grant County
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Court House
Ottenit Pnd
Frobate Gourt, Reoal Estate
Valentine Lehmann
Fred Priesmeyer
Wm. Carson
Wm. G. Johnson
Geo. Wentz
Chas. A. Thoma
Chris Detterding
Frank Dickmann
D. L. Stahl
Chas. Leady
Jos. Wrigley
Chas. H. Johnson
Wm. Kreutzberg
H. F. Poag
Samuel Girth
Wm. Koller
Thos. Paul, Sr
Herbert Giberson
Thos. Deck
Henry Davia, Jr
Wm. Gerike
Arthur Kelienberger
Alfred Schmitt
Chas. Wendler
Leo Heinemann
G. H. White
Henry Bohm
John Ryan
Wm. Blake
Wm. Super
Henrietta Coal Co
Samuel Pitts
James Bozza
Assumpsit
DeCamp Fuel Co
August Meyer
Aaron Baer
Vai Shutt Improvement Co
Geo. F. Hadley
Harry M. Schweppe
Andrew Martinelli
Jackson
Charles Vaughnn
Thomas Slocum
George Henry
Louis Golike
Henry Dickhaus
National Enameling & Stamping Co
Lizie Venom
Julius Rosenberg
Chancery
Chas
Léxon Vs. C
John Bast
Mary Bast
Ida May Good Et al
Bank of Edwardsville
Supreme Court
John E. Hillakotter
THE
Star Store
M. F. Auwarter
William H. Pence
Edward Pence
Illinois Farmers Organize
Irvington Producers’ Union
Indiana Farmer
Twat
Kiein’s
Strauss Bros
Chicago
Bollman Mercantile Go
Green Tree Hotel
James McKenna
Phil Hobert
James N. Jarvis
F. W. Zanders
Risser Residence
Kinloch 17
Clay Street
J. W Garnet’s
Klein’s
Business’ Directory
Troy City
John Deimling
W.F. Peter
Winien
C. E. McKittrick
Rign
Pabloe
Julius Peter
Calle
parUnton
Main St
Theo. Guennewig
Illinois
James Tarro
Edwardsvile Road
Dalty
Kochert Quality
A. Kuntzman
ST. Lows
ST. Lows Bargain Store
J. Allen
Marlot Strest
Opera Hone
Troy, Ill
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