Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-05-06
legal Nutiras.
STATE OF MAINE.

To the Honorable, the Judge OF the Probate
D ESPECTFULLY represents Joseph n
III Higgins, of Ellsworth, in said county
ana State. one OF the heirs ut law OF Dyer r
deceased, interstate. that said Dyer p. Jordan
at the time OF his decease was the owner Of
bounde and described as follows viz:
Fitst: b ginning al an iron bolt driven in.
the ground on the west side of Wafer street At
point where a line drawn at right angles 70.
said street will pass just clear of tie founds-
ton Of the smoke sGack at the Hall SteaR
Mill; thence southerly along the west line a
i'd street foar hu dred ana twenty feet to A
iron in The grourd; the nee south fifty. eight
degrees fifteen minutes west to Union river,
BY ae ssT NIT to The
10 - east and passing just clear OF the foun-
dation OF said smoke stack to Water street
and place OF beginning.
Second: Beginning at a cedar post ON the
westerly side of Water street opposite Charles
Grindals store; thence southerly along said
feet; thence south $50 l5 west and passing
over an iron bolt driven in the ground 70
Union rive, river; thence no.tnerly by said river
d. scribed line will intersect the place OF be-
ginning: thence north $50 l5' east and parallel
to said line to Water street and the place Of
beginning, being the Black wharf so called.
Third: Situated on the wes' side OF Water
street at road reading from Ellsworth to Oak
Point and beginning in or near the west line
of said rec; thence running south $40 30
west ote hundred hnteen ard three fouIths
feet to an iron driven in the ground ten and
one-tour,h feet southwesterly from the south
", st corner OF The sail loft; thence running
north $50 west eighty two and one fourth fee4
to the south line of the wharf lot formerly
owned by button and Otis; thence running
north SO So east one hundred twenty six and
one half feet or Whereabouts to the west line
OF said street; thence south 70 l5 east City
feet to TIL place Of beginning, being ths
lot on viii, h the sail loft now stands, and con-
tanning forty rods more or less. Also one
other lot beginning at an iron driven in the
ground bearing south 500 3o/ west ninety-siE
and one fourth feet from the southwest cor
ner Of the first d. scribed lot; thence running
the same course south 500 so west nineteen
and ne-halt feet to an iron driven in the
ground thence running south a50 west to the
right to go. Then going back TO the point OF
beginning running north $50 west one huD-
dred seventeen feet 70 the line OF the lot Tor
west to Union river; thence by said river
southerly TO the second described line, to wit,
| the line running south $50 west.
| Fourth: Bounded as follows: Beginning
| on the road leading from Ellsworth to Oak
Point and at CarIs Brook; thence following
erly about TWEEN y-eigbt rods to the north
SIDE III pier or wharf; thence south $50 east
teen and one-half rods to Cards brook and
p ace of teginnipe, containing one hundred
4 fifty square rods more or less.
Eff h: Beginning on the west side of the
road leading from Ellsworth to Oak Point At
an iron driven in the ground six and one-haf
rods southerly from Carols Brook; thence
running north $50 So west eighty-four and
! enc half rods to Union river; thence north
! erIy and easteriy by the shore of said river to
said cove to CARDS brook; thence by said
! brook to the road leading from Ellsworth to
| Oak Point; thence by said road to the place Of
begin ming, being point of land known az
/ three fourths acres.
sixth: Beginning at a post and stones on
| the north SIDE OF the road leading from the
| Oak Point road to the homestead formerly OF
Albert Smith; thence north 70 east fifty seven
! and six tenths rods to Greenly Smith land,
thence south $50 east one hundred twenty
| i've and one. half rods to a spruce tree; thence
i south 70 west fifty seven and six-tenths rode
TO land OF George Alley; thence north $50
west by land of SAID Alley and land formerly
OF Albert Smith to the place of beginning.
containing forty-fve acres and twenty EIGHT
rods
| Seventh: The homestead formerly of said
Dyer P. Jordan situated on the easterIy side
| of the road leading from Ellsworth to Oak
| Point. cont aiming one half acre more or less,
| and being bounded on the north and east by
land of Hosea Phillips; on the south by land
OF your petitioner, sad Joseph NJ. Higgins
and on the west by said road leading from
! Ellsworth to Oak Point.
Eighth: The Morang store and lot so called.
situated on the easterly side of said road
leading from Ellsworth to Oak Point. con-
tainitg twenty square rods more or Tess, and
being bounded on the north by land of Charles
Grindal; on the east by Franklin street SO
called; on the south by land of Everett s.
Means, and on the west by said road leading
from Ellsworth TO Oak Point.
Ninth: One half part in common and I'M
| divided OF the DYER .Iordan pier or wharf
! situated on the east side of Union river below
Indian Point SO called, the whole SAID pier
comprising some one-fourth acre more or
less in area
law Of said Dyer p. Jordan, deceased, and
that the other heirs at law of said deceased
live in and ire inhabitants of different states;
that the owners OF said real estate cannot dis
pose of their separate interests without LOGS;
that the names and addres SEES of said other
heirs at law OF said deceased, so far as known
ltIOQer.
LAURA ID. SIMS, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
CARRIE HuTcHINs, New Bedford, Mass.
HENRY BALDWIN. New Bedford, Mass,
! FRANK p JORDAN. Carl GU. Maine.
/ GEORGE A: BucKLANr, Bolyoke, Mass.
SARAH Z: WHITMoRE. Everett. Mass.
HENRY w. DURHAM, Boston. Mass.
| BROOKS X DCNHAM, Boston, Mass.
! SHEPLEY w. WILSON. Attlehoro. Mass.
,SERApBINE c. DAVENPORT, Norwood, Mass
Wherefore your petitioner prays that the
administrator de bonis OF said Dyer P.
Jordan. deceased, be authorized to sell all said
real estate at public auction or private sal e,
and distribute the proceeds, after paving ex-
penses. among such heirs or all heirs at law
Of said deceased intestate according to their
respective rights therein, and for such other
! orders or DEGREES in the premises as may seem
to your honorable court proper.
JosEPH NJ. Higgins
Dated this 7th day of April, a. d. 1908.
STATE OF MAINE.
! HANCOCK ss-At probate court held at
| Ellsworth, in and for said county of Hancock,
on the twenty second day of April, in the
! SNai VI ou! LoIu oht LHOush.lu nine hundred
and eight, being an adjourned session OF the
| April a a. 1908 term OF said court
On the foregoing petition ordered; That
notice thereof be given to all persons inter-
ested, by causing copy OF said petition and
! TINS order thereon to be published three
| weeks successfully in the Ellsworth Ameri-
! can, newspaper published at Ellsworth, in
said county, the first publication to be thirty
| days at least prier to June 2, a. d. 1908.
that they may appear at probate
court to be held at Ellsworth, in and for
said county, on said second day of June,
a. d. 1908, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, and
show cause, If any they have why the prayer
of the petitioner should not be granted.
EDWARD Z. CHASE, Judge of Probate.
true copy of the original petition with
order of court thereon.
Attest:--T. F. MAHoNEY, Register.
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