Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1876 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LEGAL NOTICES. OTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS.—State of Indiana, Jasper County, ss: In the Circuit Court, .September Term, lsYii. Jared Benjamin vs. John G. York, Noble J. York, Jane C. York and Jonathan Edwards, Trustee of the Equitable Trust Company, New London, Conuectlcu*. Complaint No. 1,137. Now comes the plaintiff, bj*»Thompson & Uro.. attorneys, and files his complaint herein, together with an altidavit tlmt said defendant, Jonathan Edwards, Trustee of the Equitable Trust Company, of New London, Connecticut, is not a resident of the State of Indiana; notice is therefore hereby given said defendant, that unless lie he and appear on the second day of the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court, to lie holden on the 4th Monday of September, A. 1). 1876, at the Court House in Rensselaer in said county and state, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in his absence." s. Witness my name and tiie seal of / bu> . r Asuid court affixed, at Rensselaer this l JlTth day of July. A. D. 1876. CHARLES H. PRICE, Clerk of Jasper Circuit Court. Thompson & Bro., Att’ys for Pl’ff. 44-Bt. Notice to nonresidents.—state of Indiana. Jasper County, ss: In the Jasper Circuit Court, September Term, 1876. Elizabeth Pritchard, John T. Pritchard, Emily J. Newels and George S. Nowels vs. William D. Pritchard, Joseph Ale Kay, Sarah McKay, Cyrus McKay, et al. Complaint No. 1,136. Now come the plaintiff's, by Thompson A Bro. attorneys, and file ttieir complaint herein, together with an affidavit that said defendants •Joseph McKay, Sarah MeKav and Cyrus McKay are necessary parties defendant in tills action for partition of real estate, and arc nonresidents of the State of Indiana; notice is therefore hereby given said defendants that unless they be and appear on the second day of the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court, commencing on the fourth Monday of September, A. D. 1876, at the Court House in Rensselaer in said county and state, and answer or demur to said complaint the same will he heard and determined In their absence. e Witness mv name and the seal of said court affixed, at Rensselaer this 14th day of July, A. D. 1870. CHARLES H. PRICE, Clerk of Jasper Circuit Court. Thompson & Bro. attys for puffs. 44-3

TO BRIDGE BUILDERS. Auditor’s Office, Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, July Ist, 1876. Notice i& hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at this office until 10 o’clock a aa! on the fifth (5) day of September, 1876, to furnish all material and build a pile bridge over the Iroquois river at the crossing known as the “Lamson Ford,” about six miles southwest of Rensselaer, according to the following specifications, to-wit: Length of the bridge, one hundred and seventy-five (176) feet; reserving the right to extend the same if needed. Roadway twelve (12) feet. Bents to be composed of three (3) piles and a cap, and to be placed fifteen (15) feet apart from center to center of caps, and to be braced by a two by ten (2x10) inch plank bolted to each pile and extending from the tops of the pile at one end of bent to the pile at the other end of same bent, near the surface of the water, the two braces required to each bent to be on opposite sides of such bent, .Riles to bo at least twelve (12) inches in diameter under the eaps, and joined to caps by tenon and mortise of three by twelve (3x12) inches, and six (6) inches deep, fastened by a one and one-fourth (IJ) inches sound oak pin; piles to be cut from live trees, peeled, and driven until the settlement does not exceed three (8) Inches with the stroke of a Seventeen hundred (1700) pound hammer, felling twenty-five (25) feet, or jn the event of a lighter hammer being used, the height of fell to be increased to give an equivalent to the above; piles to be five and one-half (ss) feet apart. Gaps to be nine by twelve (9x12) inches and fourteen (14) feet long. Joists to be three by twelve (3x12) inches and sixteen (16) feet long, placed two (2) feet apart from center to center. Floor to be two (2) inih plank well spiked to the joists. Guards—posts to be four by four (4x4) inches, and four (4) feet let into caps and spiked with sixty (60) penny nails. Railing to be four by four (4x4) inches, spiked on the posts. Flank to be one (1) inch thick, and fourteen (14) inches wide, spiked on the inside of posts, under the rails. All timber and lumber to be,of sound white oak, or burr oak, and free from wind-shakes or checks. The bridge, when completed, to be four (4) feet above high « ater mark. The whole to be completed in a substantial and work-man-like manner, and to the acceptance of this board, and paid for when so completed and accepted. To be completed at a time agreed upon by the board and the contractor, when the contract shall be awarded. The board reserve the right to reject any and all propositions. Probable length of i piles, sixteen (16) or eighteen (18) feet. By order of the Board of Commissioners I of Jasper County. HENRY A. BARKLEY, 42-6 t, ——' Auditor Jasper County.

JOB PRINTING DONE AT The “Union” Office RENSSELAER, INDIANA.