Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-05-29
pETITION To SELL REAL ESTATE


STATE OF ILLINOIS, :.
Rock ISLAND COUNTY
County Court of said county, to the June term
A. ID. 1889.
of MalgaretJ. Sears, deceased, VS.. Mary Mer-
chant, l.. Merchant, e. N. Merchant, Christina
Traverse, Mary Zahniser, Elizabeth simpson,
Sarah A. McClell n, Annie Snyder, LuciI da
Silveris, j lia Smith Lizzie Fyffe, Louise Hor-
ner, Albert Merchant. James Ne son, Albert
Nelson, Susan Leary, Jesse Smith, Bird Smith,
Phebe Smith, Mary Eta Miller, William M
Grill, Minnie M. Grill and Eva A. Wheeler =
, Petition to sell Real Estate to pay debts.
Affidavit of the non-residence of the defendants
above named having been filed in the Office of
the clerk of the County court of Rock Island
county, notice is hereby given to the said defen-
dants and each of them that the said plaintiff,
Abraham Merchant, administrator of the estate Of
Margaret j. Sears, deceased, has filed his petition
In the said county court of Rock Island comfy for
tate of said deceased, or so much of it as may be
needed TO pay the debts of said deceased and de-
| scribed as follows, to-wt:
Beginning at the center. corner Of section IA.
township IL north, in range west of the 4th r
NJ. thence east on the half-section line II p
chains; thence south at right angles chains TO
Rock river; thence west with said river to point
where the hall section line running north and
south through said section intersects said
river; thence north on said half sec
| ton line to the north side of Tower street
! iu The town of Sears: thence south 694 west
along the north side of said Tower street % 81
chains; thence north parallel with the half sec
| lipn line war. Z. oil Cnalns, thence east
2 10 chains to point the half section line 60
feet south of safd center corner; thence north 50
feet TO the place of beginning: excepting ami re-
serving therefrom the lands heretofore convened
| TO the Rock Island Cotton Manufacturing Com
| pany and also the lands heretofore conveyed to
Richard Mans II & Co, by deeds recorded reepec-
lively in book So Of deeds at page 81 and book SO of
deeds at page 26S of the records of SAID Rock Isl
and county, said tract containing 8. 60 more
or less also lots l. and in block 10 in the town
OF Sears also acre described follows, tow !:
Beginning 30S4 feet west of the n section corner
on the east side of the northwest quarter of sec
ton IL, township II north, range west OF the 4h
P NJ, running thence south 113 feet; thence ives
354 feet to The southeast of the old grave
yard; thence north lis feet; thence west 19s feet
thence south 113 feet TO the southwest corner of
the old grave yard thence west 81 feet; thence
north 245 feet To the south line of Rodman's land
thence east 26914 feet; thence south 1872 feet to
the place of beginning, AL in the county of Rock
Island and state OF Illinois. And that a summons
has been issued out of said court against Won re-
turnable at The June term, 1899 of said court to
be holden on the first Monday of June, 1899, al
the Court house in Rock leland in said county
Now, unless you and each OF you shall personally
be and appear before said Comfy court on the
first day of term to be holden al said Court hon
on the first Monday of July. 1889, and plead an
swer or demur to the said petition fled therein
tn same and the matters and things therein
charged and stated will be taken as COME ssed and
decree entered against you according to the
prayer OF said petition.
Rock Island, H., May 81. 1889.
r. A DONALDSON. Clerk
ADAIR PLEAsANTs, Attorney for Petitioner.
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