The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-12-16
THE COuNTY'S NEW OFFICERS.

whose terms began in Dec. assumed
their places, and the others soor
will
Among the former was Count,
Recorder Philip J. kunkei, Jr. whC
succeeds Mr.. Philip Diliy. MI. Dill
ly retires from Office with the heart
felt respect of all who have had
business with his office during tn,
last four years. He has always
been prompt, efficient ard accom-
modating in the discharge of hii
official duties, and his successo
found the books all up square anc
ready for him to begin entries with
his term. The receipts of the of
flee, owing to the close times inan
cially during the past two years,
have been several hundred dollar.
short of the salary allowed the Re-
corder by law,-but this has not
prevented keeping all the record.
and indexes up-to date. This is q
creditable showing, for only a few
years ago it cost the county several
hundred dollars to index the records
properly, so that the county could
be sure of being safe in its response
bility for the school funds. But
this is no more than might be ex-
pected Of Mr.. Dilly, as he is a con-
sistent Democrat, who believes
a public office is a public trust. y
For many years he was membe 81
lof the democratic committee for
HARRISON township, and worked
faithfullyIfor the advancement Of the
party's interests. His many friends
hope he may soon engage in some
enterprise that will pay him better
than county office. His success
sor, Capt. Kunkel, is native of the
county, was always an active work
ing Democrat, and the COURIER has
no doubt will be as successful and
efficient an officer as his predeces-
sor. He took possession of the of
flee on Wednesday, and filed bono
of 1000, with the following sure
ties: Frank y. Kunkel, Mat. Eek
ert, John w. Kuebler, Phil. A
Guckes, George p. Wagner, anc
Mary A. Kunkel.
Herman III. Castrup succeed:
Henry Cassidy as Sheriff. Mr.
Cassidy has been humane, chari-
table and accommodating officer,
and retires with the best wishes OF
the court officers aud all who have
had any business with the Sheriff :
office during his term. He is ons
of the most popular men in Dubois
county, and a democrat from way
back" who could always be de-
pended on for work for the success
of the party. He will probably
nlw engage in his former business
as dealer in agricultural machin-
ery and live stock, and as he knows
every locality in the county, and
nearly everybody, his success is as
sured from the start. His success
or, Mr.. Castrup is also an active
Democrat, heretofore farmer, and
enjoying the respect and confidence
of all who know him. He will
make an excellent officer. He came
in with his family on We'd
nesday of last week, and be-
gan his duties, with two boarders
in the county bastile. His bond is
for $4,000, and was approved with
the following surelies: M. ID.
Lemond, Henry Hartke, Henry
Sunderman, VIM. Rauscher, II. III.
Sunderman, Isaac Cato, Henry A.
Sunderman, Geo. Orth, VIM. Stein
eker and Chas III. Osborn.
Herman Eckert, as Clerk of the
Circuit Court, succeeds himself.
His discharge of the difficult and
important duties Of Clerk Of the
most important court in the county
for four years past have been emf
nently satisfactory to all concerned.
His enterprise as a citizen is well
known and highly appreciated, and
his reelection by the democracy
was fortunate selection. His
bond is for $50, 600, and has the fol-
lowing sureties: Ignatz Eckert,
Andrew Eckert, Conrad Eck.rt,
Jacob Eckert, Joseph Steffe, Jos.
f. Friedman, Frank Joseph, Geo.
Seitz. NJ. +. Durlauf, John Troxler,
Jacob Burger Jr., Seb. Kuebler,
August Sondermann, Geo. p. Wag.
ner, Peter Himsel, A. II. Traylor,
Alex Ell, John Schmitt and Joseph
Friedman.
Mr.. Phil. A. Guckes, who has
been dscharging the duties of Cor
oner for several months as deputy
for O. A. Bigham, succeeds the
latter in the office, and will no doubt
prove an eflicien, officer for the gen
orally light work required OF Cor.
|oner in DUBOIS county. He was