Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-08
pFTITION To SELL REAL ESTATE
STATE OF ILLINOIS, L.
lar AZ. IS.

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY
County Conrt of said county, to the june term
A. ID. 1889.
Abra nam Merchant administrator Of the estate
of daigaretJ. Sears, deceased, VS.. Mary Mer
chant, L. Merchant. +. N. Merchant, Christina
Traverse, Mary Zahniser, Elizabeth simpson
Sarah A. McClell N, Annie SNYDER, Lucir ds
Silveris, Julia Smith. Lizzie Fyffe, Louise Hor-
neI, Albert Merchant, James e'son, Albert
Ne son, Susan Leary, Jesse Smith, Bird Smith
Phoebe Smith, Mary Eta Miller, William NJ
Grill, Minnie NJ. Grill and Eva A. Wheeler =
Petition tosrll Real Estate to pay debts.
Aft davit of the non-residence of the defendants
above named having been filed in the office Of
the ERIK OF the County court of Rock IslanC
coun y, notice is hereby given to the said defen
dants and each of them that the said plaintiff
Abra nam Merchant, administrator of the estate Of
Mare aret j. Sears, deceased has filed his petition
In the said county court of Rock Island county fo
an or der to sell the premises belonging to the es
tate Of said deceased, or so much of it may be
need I'd to pay the debts of said deceased, and de
scrib ed as follows to-wit:
Be ginning at the center corner OF section II
| town ship IL north in range west of the 9TH =
M; hence east on the half-section line ~ q
chain 5; thence south at right angles chains Il
Rock river; thence west with said river TO a pOin
where the half section line running north anC
soutf through said section intersects sale
river; thence north on said half sec
ton line to the north side of Tower stree
in the town OF Sears: thence south 69L . ives
along the north side of said Tower street z
chair thence north parallel with the half sec.
ton line war. re 400 81 chains; thence cas-
2 ~ chains to point on the half section line 81
feet south of said center corner; thence north 6,
feet 10 the place of beginning: excepting ana re-
serving therefrom the lands heretofore convened
to the Rock Island Cotton Manufacturing Com
pany and also the lands heretofore conveyed t,
Richard Mans II & Co., by deeds recorded ieepec
lively in book Sc Of deeds at page 3 and book SO
deeds at page 268 of the records of said Rock Isl
and tounty, said tract containing . 60 acre NOR,
or less also lots l, and in block 10 in the tow
OF Sears also acre described as follows, towit
Beginning 308A feet west of the n section corne
on tn east side of the northwest quarter of sec
ton a. township II north, range west OF the 4ti
r. NJ. running thence south 113 feet; thence ives
35A feet to the southeast corner of the old grave
! thence south 113 feet to the southwest corner o
| the d grave yard thence west 81 feet; theme,
| north 245 feet to the south line of Rodman's land
theme east 1924 feet; thence south 1872 feet Il
the ace OF beginning, all In the county of ROcf
Isian and state of Illinois. And that a summon
has been issued ont of said court against Won re
turns BILE at the June term, 1899 Of said conrt t
be he lden on the first Monday of June, 1882 a
| the Court house in Rock Island in said county
Now unless you and each of yon shall PERSONAL
be al appear before said County court on tn
nrst uay OF term to be holden af said Court hou+
on the first Monday of July, 1889, and plead, an
swer or demur to the said petition fled therein
the SINE and the m alters and things thercil
chart ed and stated will be taken ae confessed ant
| decree entered against you according to tn
prayer Of said petition.
Rock Island, H., May q, 1889.
r.. A. DONALDSON, Clerk.
AID AIR PLEAsANrs, Attorney for Petitioner.
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