Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-05-30
pETITIoN TO SELL REAL ESTATE
STATE OF ILLINOIS,

| STATE OF ILLINOIS,
| ROCK ISLAND COUNTY
County Court of said county, TO the June term
| A. ID. 1889.
Abraham Merchant, administrator Of the estate
| OF MatgaretJ. Sears, deceased, VS.. Mary Mer.
chant, l.. Merchant. E. N. Merchant, Christina
| Traverse, Mary Zahniser, Elizabeth simpson,
Sarah A. McClelen, Annie Snyder, LucI ds
| Silveris, Julia Smith Lizzie Fyffe, Louise Hor-
| ner, Albert Merchant. James Ne'son, Albert
| Nelson, Susen Leary, Jesse Smith, Bird Smith,
| Phebe Smith, Mary Eta Miller William M
| Grill, Minnie M. Grill and Eva A. Wheeler =
Petition tosell Real Estate to pay debts.
| above named having been filed in the Off ce 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 county
an order to sell the premises belonging to the
| tate of said deceased, or go much of il may be
| needed TO pay the debts of said dece ased, and de-
| scribed as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the center corner of section ID
| township II north. in range west of the 4th p
| NJ; thence east the halt-section line 12 q
| chains; thence south at right angles s chains &c
Rock river; thence west with said river to point
| where the half section line running north and
| south through said section intersects said
| river; thence north said half sec
ton line to the north side of Tower stree
| in the town of Sears: thence south 69a . wes
| along the north side of said Tower street 2.34
| chains therce north parallel with the half sec
/ ton line (var. 7o 400 6 81 chains; thence cas-
.19 chains TO point on the half section line 81
feet south of said center corner; thence north q
feet to the place of beginning: excepting AMI re-
| serving therefrom the lands heretofore conveyed
| to the Rock Island Cotton Manufacturing Com
| pany and also the lands heretofore conveyed Il
Richard Mansill d Co., by deeds recorded reepec
lively in book Sc of deeds at page ST. and book 50 OF
deeds page 26S of the records of said Rock Isl
and county, said tract containing 8. 60 acres more
less also lots l. q and in block 10 in the town
OF Sears; also l acre described as follows, to-wt:
| Beginning 30S4 feet west of the section corner
on the east side of the northwest quarter of sec
ton ID township II north, range west of the 4th
=. NJ. running thence south 113 feet; thence west
354 feet to the southeast corner of the old grave
yard thence north ll3 feet; thence 19s feet
| the old grave yard; thence west 80 feet; thence
thence east 269A feet; thence south 1872 feet to
the place of beginning, all in the county of Rock
Island and state OF Illinois. And that summons
has been issued out of said court against you re-
turnable at the June term, 1885, Of said court to
be holden on the first Monday of June, 1SS9 at
the Court house in Rock Island 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 at said Court hou-
on the first Monday of July, 1889, and plead, IAN
swer or demur to the said petition filed therein,
tie same and the alters and things therein
charged and stated will be taken as confessed and
decree entered against you according to the
prayer Of said petition
Rock Island, H., May 81, 1889.
r. A DONALDSON, Clerk.
AD.TR PLEAsANTs, Attorney for Petitioner.
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