Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1904 — Page 2

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Public Sale of Live Stock. The undersigned will sell at Public sale at his residence 3| tn les west of Rensselaer, 4 miles southeast of Mt. Ayr, beginning at 10 a. m, sharp on FRIDAY, JAN 6TH, The following property, to wit: 8 Head of Horses, Consist ng of one good span of mules 3 and 4 years old, one brood mare 12,'year old, one 2 year old gelding, one yearling gelding,* one good spring colt, one pony 6 years old in. foal to heavy horse, one burro with cart gentle for children. 35 Head of Cat le; consisting of 3 milch cows 2 of them fresh, 9 two yen old steers, 5 yearling steers, "1 two year old heifers, 8 spring calves 3 4 fa1l calves. 14 Head of Hogs; 5 poland china boar, pedigreed 1 duroo Jeisey boar pedigreed, 8 shoats weight about 100 lbs Sheep 46 head good Shropshire ewes Also one buck, will sell in lots of ten. Terms of sale 1 year’s time, or 5 per cent off for cash,’on sum over $5 A. C. PANCOAST. T. J. Clyne, Auctioneer. C G. Spitler, Clerk. Special Meeting Board of Education, Office of The County School School Superintendent. Renaselaei Indiana, Dec. 27, 1904, To The County I&ard of Education: You. are hereby called to meet in special session in this office Wednesday, January, 4, 1905 at l;30 p. m. Purpoee of thia meeting is to decide on the date of the next County Teachers Institute. As many of the Ex-trustees as can are urged to be present at this meeting, It is important that every trustee and president of the School Board in the county attend thia meeting. Louis H. Hamilton. County Superintendent Epworth League Social. The Epworth League will give a Holiday Social at the Methodict parsonage on Thursday evening Dec i 9. Light refreshments will be served, a good time is assured and the young people are especially invited,

BIG PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned having leased his farm, will offer at Public Sale at said farm 112 miles west of Rensselaer, on the Bunkum road, commencing at 10 o’clock a. m., on THURSDAY, JAN, 5, 1905, The following property: 8 Head of horses consisting of 3 brood mares 1 black mare seven years old wt, 1750, in foal to shire hors?; 1 bay mare seven years old, wt. 1600, in fofcl to Sime horse; 1 bay mare ten years-old, wt 1300 in foal to same horse; 1 brown filley ’ two years old in the spring; 3 geldings coming two year old; 1 spring colt filly. 3 Head of Milon cows, coming fresh the last of February. tank heater and 1 75 gallon cooker. 61 Head of Hogs, Consisting of 8 Poland china brood sows bred to full blood Poland China boar, will farrow the latter part of March; 53 Poland China shoats, weight from 75 to 100 pounds each. Farm Implements, Harness, etc consisting of one Deering binder (nearly new); 1 McCormic mower; 1 hay rake: 1 Studebaker farm | wagon; 1 low wheel wagon; 1 new j top buggy .rubber tired; 2 walking cultivators; 3 walking plows, one ;19 inch, two; 14 inch; 1 ten foot steel harrow, 1 disc; 1 corn planter with 80 rods of wire; 1 endgate seeder; 1 ba idoorn shelter; 1 cider mill; 2 endgate toeop boards; 1 set of blacksmith tools; 1 bobsled; 1 straw fork with 150 feet of ?ope; 2 sets double harness; 1 set of [single buggy harness; 10 tons timothy hay in mow: 150 bushels of corn; household and kitchen furniture and many other articles of less importance. Terns; 1 year without interest or 7 per cent off for cash, on sums over |5.00 JOHN E. BIBLOSKY. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer. 0. G. Spitler, Clerk. Hot lunch on grounds For sale chdap, a good Newman organ, good as new. For name of party enquire at this office. d3w2p

mi-inn notice State of Indiana ) f T (SS County of Jasper) In the Jasper Circuit Court, November Term, 1904. Charles F. Mansfield 1 Action to quiet —vs — L title to real esW. B. Frost, et al. ) tate in Jasper County, Indiana Now comes the plaintiff, by Baughman and Williams, his attorneys, and files his complaint herein in one paragraphin an action to quiet title, together with the affidavit of a competent person that the defendants, W. B. Frost and Mrs. Frost his wife and Mrs. Frost, widow of said W. B. Frost; William B. Frost and Flora J. Frost, his wife and Flora J. Frost, widow of said William B. Frost; Wm. H. Martin and Mrs. Martin his wife and Mrs. Martin widow of said Wm. H. Martin, and Helen M. Martin his wife and Helen M. Martin widow of said Wm. H. Martin; O. B. Mclntire and Mrs. Me Intire his wife and Mrs. Mclntire widow of said O. B. Mclntire; Oliver B. Mclntire and Mrs. Mclntire his wife and Mrs. Mclntire widow of said Oliver B. Mclntire, and Margaret C. Me Intir? his wife and Margaret C. Me Intire widow of said Oliver B. Mclntire; J. K. Shaw and Mrs. Shaw his wife and Mrs. Shaw widow of said J. K. Shaw; John K. Shaw and M. Ester Shaw his wife and M. Ester Shaw widow of said John K. Shaw; Eldrege T. Harding and Martha I. Harding his wife and Martha I Harding widow of said Eldrege T. Harding; E. T. Harding and M. I. Harding ills wife and M. I. Harding widow of said E. T. Harding; John B. Fravel and Mrs. Fravel his wife and Mrs. Fravel widow of said John B. Fravel! A. P. Andrews and George L. Andrews administrators of the estate of John W. Andrews; A. P. Andrews and Mrs. Andrews his wife and Mrs. Andrews widow of said A. P. Andrews; Geo. L. Andrews and Mrs. Andrews his wife and Mrs. Andrews widow of said Geo. L. Andrews; John W. Andrews and Mrs. Andrews his wife and Mrs. Andrews widew of said John W. Andrews; Dempsey M. Ballard and Mrs. Ballard his wife and Mrs. Ballard I widow of said Dempsey M. Ballard; I John B. Ballard and Margaret Ballard his wife and Margaret Bllaard widow of said John B.Ballard; Thotn-1 as R. Ballard and Mrs. Ballard his wife and Mrs. Ballard widow of said Thomas R. Ballard; John B. Ballard executor of the estate of Thomas R. Ballard; Martha E. Snyder and Mr. Snyder her husband and Mr. Snyder widower of said Martha E. Snyder; Mary R. Ballard and Mr. Ballard her husband Mr. Ballard widower of said Mary R. Ballard; John H. Sanders ' and Zeralda J. Sanders his wife and Zeralda J. Sanders widow of said |

John H. Sanders; Zeralda Jane Sanders and JohnH. Sanders her husband and John H. Sanders widower of said Zeralda Jane Sanders: John Ballard and Margaret Ballard his wife and Margaret Ballard widow of said John Ballard; David J. Jackson and Mrs. Jackson his wife and Mrs. Jackson widow of said David j. Jackson; Robert H. Milroy and Mrs. Milroy his wife and Mrs.Mllroy widow of said Robert H. Milroy; William N. Ballard and Mrs. Ballard his wife, and Mrs. Ballard widow of said William N. Ballard; Lawson Bruce and Sarah j. Bruce his wife and Sarah J. Bruce widow of said Lawson Bruce, and Mrs. Bruce his wife and Mrs. Bruce widow of said Lawson Bruce; Henry C. Bolles; and Mrs. Bolles his wife and Mrs. Bolles widow of said Henry C. Bolles; William Broden and Annie Broden his wife and Annie Broden widow of said William Broden, and Mrs. Broden his wife and Mrs. Broden widow of said William Broden; and all of the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, grantees, administrators, executors, successors and assigns, and all of the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, grantees, administrators executors, successors and assigns of the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, grantees, administrators, executors, successors and assigns of each and every of the above named defendants, are not residents of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given said defendants of the filing of said complaint and pendancy of said suit to qniet title and that unless they be and appear on the first day of the next Term of the Jasper Circuit Court to be holden on the second Monday of February, A. D., 1904, and answer or demur to- said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in their absence. In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of ( bkal jsaid Court, at Rensselaer,lndthis 10th day of December, A D., 1904. C. C. WARNER Clerk Jasper Circuit Court Bauhman & Williams, Attorneys. Dec. 16 23 30

non-resident notice I The State of Indiana, | In the Jasper Circuit Jasper County > j Court February Term, 1986 John C. **hlrk and M.S.) ~ G 'odwin, constituting the firm of Goodwin z & Shirk Complaint No. 8871 Ida Allison Censtantine • & Emery Constantine ) » 1 Now come the Plaintiffs, by Austin & Hopkins their attorneys, and file their complaint herein, together with an affidavit that tbe defendant, Ida Aldson Constantine is not a resident of the state of I ndiaua. i Notice Is therefore hereby given said Defendant, that unless she be "nd appear on the first day of the next Term of the Jan per OirI cult Court, to be holden on ihe end Monday of February, A. D. 1906, 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 her absence. In witness whereof, I hereunto set /a< BA ?f\my hand and affix the seal of said I . JCcurt, at Rensselaer this Bth day of December, A.D. 1904. 6ec2o 27-J3 C.O.WARNER, Clerk. Notice to Contractors Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, the SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1905. at the regular February Session of the Board of Commissioners of Jasper County, State of Indiana, said Board will let to the lowest responsible bidder, by sealed bids, the construction of the Gravel Roads in said County Jcnown as “The Independence Road” “The Vernon Branch” and the “Central Gillam Branch” ordered by said Board of Commissioners constructed in the Township of Gillam in said County, according to plans and specifications now on file in the Auditor’s Office of said County, which Roads are considered and will be let as a whole and are of the total length of IS. 542-1000 miles. Bidders will be required to file with bids bonds to the approval of the county Auditor In twice the amount of such bids and in all respects as provided by Section 4of the Act Of March Hth, 1901; Acts 1901, page 453. Bids must be on file by 12 o'clock M. By order of ths Board of Oommissioners. JAMES N. LKATHERMAK Auditor Said County. December 15th 1904, 3 w TO EXCHANGE.

85 acres in Kankakee township all cultivated, orchard, no buildings. 180 acres in Wheatfield Township, black land, fair buildings, near station. Owner will take 12,500 in clear pro., perty of any kind as first payment. 50 acres tn Walker township, all prairie land, lies along large ditch near station. Owner will take 11,000 In town property, Dakota or Southern land. 81 acres near the Jasper county oil fields. Owner will take SI,OOO in good trade and give long time on difference. 180 acres in Van Buren county, Michigan Ail cultivated except 20 acres of fine timber has good nine room house large barn, seventeen acres of grapes in full bearing and a large amount of other fruit. Owner will take part in clear town property or hotel. <4O acres cultivated, fair buildings. Will trade for live stock, 80 acres good improvement. Will trade for town property. 180 acres, black land, near station, good buildings. Owner will take clear town property as first payment. 2f 2 acres in Laporte county well Improved, tiled, owner will trade for clear property or livery. Clear property in this city to trade for good improved land and will pay difference. A good seven room house on three lota in Fowler Ind. to trade for property in this city, or land. Several registered stallions and Kentucky jacks to trade for land or town property. Property in Chicago and other cities for land. Also have a large list of fine bottom land in Jackson and Scott counties Ind., well improved at frotn,*Bs to *6O per acre. - - If you have anything to exchange we can match it no matter what it is. Call or write and make your wants known. You will confer a favor on us and we may be able to do you good. • G. F. DEVERS Over Murray's Store. Rensselaer Ind. ’ Rogers 1847 goods in all designs at Jeaaens.

MH Sim State of Indiana,) In the Jasper Circuit jasper County, j Court November Term, 1904.1 James H. 1 hapman. Trustee ) oi Alfred McCoy Bankrupt I Complaint No VS ' 0751 Mattie A. Rl ieha t and Wm, * 4 I A. Rinehart her husband ) Now comes the Plaintiff, by Jesse E. Wilson his attorney, and files his complaint herein, together with an affidavit that the defendants Mattle A. Rinehart and Wi Ham v. Rinehart he' husband are not residents of the State of Indiana. Notice Is therefore hereby given said defendants, that unless they be and appear on the first day of the next Term of the Jasper Circuit Court to be holden on the 2nd Monday of February A. D, 1905. at the Court Hqui ein Rensselaer in said County and State, and answer or demur to said comp aint, the sanke will be heard and determined in their In witness whereof, I hereunto set hand and affix the Seal of said ITZjXr JCourt, at Rensselaer thia Ist ay of December A. D. 1904. I dec 9-18 23 C. C. WARNER, Cliirk, Commissioner’s Sale a x Land. Notice is herebv given that he undersigned has be appointed ccamlssioner to sell the real estate hieinafter described in cause no. 6686 pf the Jasper Circuit Court, whetf< Edward F. Mitchell et al are plaintnsr' and Isaiah H.Mitchell etjal are defendants. said real estate 'being describedas follows, to-wit;-Thirty-two(32) aces off the west side of the south e[st quarter of the north west quarter of section thirty six (36) township thirlrone (31] north, range five (5) west; aio ten [10) acres off the south end of (ie b north east quarter of the north wet I quarter of section thirty six (36) la township thirty .one [3l) north, rante five [5) west, all in Jasper county, Indiana. Terms of Sale. "I Said sale will be made on and, after January 16th, 1905, at private salp auA for cash, and for not less than the full appraised value of said real estate.' ** An abstract will be furnished for the inspection of any proposed purchaser. CHARLES G. SPITLER. Commissioner Dec. 20-27-J3 ' Notice of Administration Notice is hereby given that th 6 iin-1 dersigned has been appointed by the Judge of the Circuit Court of Jasper County, State of Indiana. Administrator of the estate of William Goff, late of Jasper County, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be insol-'' vent. JESSE E. WILSON, Administrator, ’ Dec. 22nd, 1904. D27j3-1»