The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-10-30
CITATION TO THE HEIRS
OF JOSEPH PAXTON, DECEASED.
COLUMBIA COUNTY IS:

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.,A.asse<. The Commonwealth of Penn
MMNE syfvania, 10 Ca,harne Paxton,
:fES 80 widow, Lloyd Paxsos, John
ZSS.S Sharpless and George Hughes,
-s"> Administrators, Bright r Paxton
OF LycomiDg county, Pennsylv Charles
R. Paxton, Benjamin F. Paxton and Lloyd
Paxton, of Columbia county, Pa, Joseph
r Paxton of Philadelphia, Mary Intern
ried With George Scott, of Columbia county
children of the said Joseph Paxton decd,
Charles Vasiins, Joseph P. Vastine, Sarah
Vasline, aRd Hannah Vastine of Missouri,
Mary iRlermaued with w. Scott, of North,
co Pa, Mary Ball aud Sarah Ball both of the
city o. Philadelphia, and both of whom are
minors and have for their Guardian Rich.
ard w. Dodson, Grand children OF the
said deceased.
You and each OF you are hereby cited and
commanded TO be aud appear in our prop-
ef persons, before the Judges Of the Or
phans Court of said county, 10 be holden a,
Bloomsburg. in aud for said county the first
Monday OF December next, then and there
10 answer The petition OF J. Frederick Pfah-
ler, setting forth, that the said Joseph Pax.
ton IN his lifetime 10 wit: on the first day
OF April, A ID. one thousand eight hundred
and sixty Que, was seized in lee OF and an
the follow lng real estate situate in the said
Town OF Cauawissa TO wit: all those three
towE lots lying coulieuoes 10 each other
and marked, and numbered liz the general
plan OF said IOWA, forty niue (49l fif.y (5O)
and fifty one (51) comprising one square
IN the clan of said town, being two buudreG
and Ten feet iE length aud two bundled and
ten feet IN breadth, bounded on the west
by third Street, on the sUuih, by south ST 4,
on The east by alley, and on The north by an
alley whereon are erected Ian yard, a
frame house, stable and other out build
ings, that being so seized, the said Joseph
Paxton, did on or before the first day of
April aforesaid, by parol bargain or con-
tract agree 10 and with YOUR petitioner TO
cell and convey The said real Estate with
the apputenances unto your petitioner in
fee sImple, aud also the wafer right of the
water, tn the Spring run Tor The use of The
SAID tau yard, the same as enjoyed by the
SAID Joseph Paxton under his deed, from
jacob Metz and Wife, dsted 23d of April
1872, Tor The consideration oil two thousand
collars, six hundred oI which was paid 10
the The said Joseph Psxton, on the lwenti-
eth day of May last, and the balance is 10
be paid in two years from said jaIe with
interest. That your petitioner is ready aud
willing TO pay the balance OF the said con
sideralIon money bul that no sufficient pro-
vision lor the performance OF the said bar
gain or contract appears TO have been made
by In e said deceased, in his lifetime though
he was we'll satisfied and Intended that
HE same should be econsummated, that the
said Court will be pleased 10 decree the
specific performance of The contract ac
cofdIng 10 The true intent anc meaning
thereof 80 order 10 the completing OF his
title according TO the act of Assembly in
such case made and provided.
Witness the Honorable Warran J Wood
ward Esq-, President OF our SAID Court al
Bloomsbury, the fourteenth day OF Septem-
Der A. ID. one thousand eight hundred and
sixty one. Jacob Eyerly, Crk., o c.
JOHN SNYDER, Sheriff
Blooms5urg. October 10, 1861