Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 26, Number 43, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 April 1896 — Page 6

fCopyrfght, 1896, by Stone and KImbalL) SYNOPSIS. 'Adam Weir, Lord Hermlston, first the Lord-Advocate, and then the Lord Justice Clerk of the Senators of the College of Justice at Edinburgh, has married Jean Rutherford, last heir of her line, upon whose es tate at the Scottish village of Crossmlchael he resides when court Is not in session. He Is noted for his severity, and has become famous for the "hanging face" with which be confronts criminals—while his wife is •fa mildly religious type. Their son Archibald combines the qualities of the two, but has been brought up by his mother almost exclusively. She inspires him with her llgious views, so that unconsciously he grows to resent hJs father's severity and roughness. His mother having died, Archie continues his studies, having little in com-

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on Lord Hermlston, with one of fellow justices and friends, however, & scholarly gentleman of the old school, he forms a close friendship. At the trial of •ne Jopp, for murder, Archie is especially •ffended by his father's coarse remarks and, brooding over the exhibition of what seems to him savage cruelty, he attends the execution. As the man's body falls, he cries out: **I denounce this God-defying murder." The «ame evening, at his college debating society, he propounds the question "whether •apltal punishment be consistent with God's will or ipa^'s policy," A great scandal is •roused in the cfty by these actions of the •on of Lord Hermlston. Archie meets the •ally doctor, who shows him by an anecte that, under his father's granite exterior. the latter has a great love for him. ^Tms creates a revulsion In Archie's feel-

Hi? father soon hears of his son's

•"performances, and reproaches him severely. Archie Accepts the rebuke and submits himself. Nevertheless, Lord Hermis*un orders him to abandon the law, and assigns hira to the care of the estate at CrossinTchael. Archie goes the same evening to call on the old Justice, already mentioned, who comforts him and points out his father's great abilities, and together they drink the health of Lord Hermlston. Archie establishes himself on the estate, and finds •till at the homestead his mother's former housekeeper, Klrstie (or Christina) Elliott, a distant relative of his mother's, who is devoted to the family fortunes. He does not get on well with his scattered neighbors, and becomes much of a recluse. Klrstie Indulges him with many long talks, recounting the history of the region. She tells him a great dead about her four nephews, formerly a wild set, but now leading quiet lives. Robert, or "Hob," Is the laird of Cauldstaneslap, a small property near by. Gilbert is a weaver and independent

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gow, and become a well-to-do merchant. Andrew or "Dandie," a shepherd by trade, Is a great wanderer about the country, and a local poet of repute. Archie asks Kirstie if there is not a sister also. She admits that there is, a young girl, Kirstie, named after herself, and now at Glasgow with Clement. Archie discovers that there is a marked coolness between the elder Klrstlo and some of her nephews, the result of some old quarrel, so that they never come to see her. He goes to the Cauldstaneslap church one Sunday, and there meets the younger Kirstie. He talks with her on the way ho ne. Both are much impressed with «ach other. The same evening, young Kirstie goes for a walk over the moors to the Praying Weaver's Stone, a local monument of interest. As she sits on it, she sees a figure coming along the path from Hermlston House.

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She watched him at first with a total suspension of thought. She held her thought

a person holds his breathing. Then she consented to recognise him. "He'll no be earning here, he oannae be, it's no possible." And there began to grow upon her a subdued choking suspense. He was coming his hesitations had quite ceased, his step grew firm and swift no doubt remained and the question loomed up before her instant what was she to do? It was all very well to say that her brother was a laird himself: It was all very well to speak «f casual Intermarriages and to count cousinshlp, like Auntie Kirstie. The difference In their social station was trechant propriety, prudence, all that she had ever learned, ail that she knew, hade her flee. But on the other hand the cup of life now to her was tpo enohanting. For one momeut, she saw the question clearly, and definitely made her choice. She stood up and showed herself an Instant In the gap relieved upon the sky line and the next lied trembling and sat down glowing with excitement on the weaver's stone. She shut her eyes, seeking, praying for composure. Her hand shook in her lap, and her mind was full of Incongruous and futile speeches. What was there to make a work about? She could take care of herself, she supposed! There was no harm in seeing the laird. It was the best thing that could happen. She would mark a proper distance to him at once and for all. Gradually the wheels of her nature ceased to go round so madly, and she sat in passive expectation, a quiet, solitary figure In the midst of the gray moss. I have said she was no hypocrite, but here I am at fault. She never admitted to herself that she had come up the bill to look for Archie. And perhaps after all she did not know, perhaps came as a stone falls. For the steps of love In the young, and especially in girls, are instinctive and unconscious.

In the meantime Archie was drawing rapidly near, and he at least was consciously seeking her neighborhood. The afternoon had turned to ashes in his mouth: the memory of the girl had kept him from reading and drawn him as with cords and at last, as the cool of the evening began to come one, he had taken his hat and set forth, with a smothered ejaculation, by the moor path of Cauldstaneslap. He bad no hope to find her he took the off chance without expectation of result and to relieve hit uneasiness. The greater was his surprise, as he surmounted the slope and came into the hollow of the Dell's Hags, to see there, like an answer to his wishes, the little womanly figure in the grey dress and the pink kerchief sitting little, and low, and lost, and acutely solitary, in these desolate surroundings and on the weather-bea-ten stone of the dead weaver. Those things that still smacked of winter were all rusty about her, and those things that already relishci cf the spring had put forth the tender and lively colors of the season. Bveo In the unchanging face of the death-stone, chan, were to be remarked and in the chant lettering, the moss began to re-

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Toung Hermlston was struck with certain chill. He was reminded that he now dealt in serious matters of life and death. This was a grown woman he was approaching, endowed with her mysterious potencies and attractions, the treasury of the continued race, and he was neither better nor worse than the average of his sex and age. He had a certain delioacy which had preserved him hitherto unspotted, and which (had either of them guessed it) made him a more dangerous companion when his heart should be really stirred. His throat was dry as he came near but the appealing sweetness of her smile stood between them like a guardian angel. 2-

For she turned to him and smiled, though without rising. There was a shade in this cavalier greeting that neither of them perceived neither he, who simply thought it gracious and charming as herself nor yet she, who did not observe (quick as she was) the difference between rising to meet the laird and remaining seated to receive the expected admirer.

Are ye stepping west, Hermlston?" said she giving him his territorial name after the fashion of the countryside.

I was," said he little hoarsely, "but I think I will be about the end of my stroll now. Are you like me, Miss Christina? the house would not hold me. I came here seeking air."

He took his seat at the other end of the tombstone and studied her, wondering what was she. There was infinite import in the question alike for her and him. "Ay," she said. "I couldnae bear the roof either. It's a habit of mines to come up here about the gloaming when it's qu£,iet and caller."

It was a habit of my mother's also," he said gravely. The recollection half startled him as he expressed It. He looked around. "I have scarce been here since. It's peaceful," he said, with along breath. 'It's no like Glasgow," she replied. "A weary place, yon Glasgow! But what a day have I had for my hame-coming, and what a bonny evening!" ,,

Indeed, it was a wonderful day," said Archie. "I think I will remember it years and years until I come to die. On days like this—I do not know if you feel as I do—but everything appears so brief, and fragile, and exquisite, that I am afraid to touch life. We are here for so short a time and all the old people before us— Rutherfords of Hermlston, Elliotts of the Cauldstaneslap—that were here but a while since riding about and keeping up a great noise in this quiet coraer—making love too, and marrying—why, where are they now? It's deadly commonplace, but after all, the commonplaces are the great poetic truths."

He was sounding her, semi-consciously, to see if she could understand him io learn if she were only an animal the color of flowers, or had a soul in her to keep her sweet. She, on her part, her means well in hand, watched, womanlike, for any opportunity to shine, to abound in his humor, whatever that might be. The dramatic artist, that lies dormant or only half awake In most human beings, had in her sprung to his feet In a divine fury, and chance had served her well. She looked upon him with a subdued twilight look that became the hour of the day and the train of thought earnestness shone through her like stars in the purple west and from the great but controlled upheaval of her whole nature there passed Into her voice, and rang in her lightest words, a thrill of emotion. "Have you mind of Dand's song?" she answered. "I think he'll have been trying to say what you have been thinking."

"O. EVERYBODY," SAID FRANK. "No, I never heard it," he said. "Repeat it to me, can you?" "It's nothing wanting the tune," said Kirstie. "Then aing It me," said he. "On the Lord's Day? That would never do. Mr. Weir!" "I am afraid I am not so strict a keep er of the Sabbath, and there is no one In this place to hear us, unless the poor Old ancient under the stone." "No that I'm thinking that really," she said. "By my way of thinking. It's Just as serious as a psalm. Will I sooth it to ye. then?" "If you please," said he, and drawing near to her on the tombstone, prepared to listen.

She sat up as if to slag. "I'll only can sooth It to ye." she explained. "*I wouldnae like to aing out loud on the Sabbath 1 think the birds would carry news of it to Gilbert." and she smiled. "It's about the Elliotts," she continued, "and I think turn's few bonnier bits In the book-poets, jh Dand baa never got printed yet"

And she began, tn the km, clear tones of her half voice, now Inking almost to a whisper, now rising to a particular note which was her best, and which Archie learned to watt for with growing emotion:— **0 they rade ta the rain, in the days that are gane, ta the rain and the wind and the lava. They show tit in the ha* and they routlt on the hill.

But they're a' quallit noo la the gram

Auld, auld Elliotts clay-cauld Elliotts dour, bauld Elliotts of auld!" All the time she sang she looked steadfastly before her, her knees- straight, her hands upon her knee, her head cast back and up. The expression was admirable throughout, for had she not learned it from the lips and under the criticism o£ the author? When it was done, she turned upon Archie a fa6e softly bright, and eyes gently suffused and shining In the twilight, and his heart rose and went out to ber with boundless pity and sympathy. His question was answered. She was a human being tuned to a sense of the tragedy of life there were pathos and music and a great heart in the girl.

He arose instinctively, she also for saw she had gained a point, and scored the impression deeper, and she had wit enough left to flee upon a victory. They were but commonplaces that remained to be exchanged, but the low, moved voices in which they passed made them sacred In the memory. In the falling greyness of the evening he watched her figure winding through the morass, saw It turn a last time and wave a hand, and then pass through the Slap and it seemed to him as If something went along with her out of the deepest of his heart. And something surely

had come, and come to dwell there. He had retained from childhood a picture, now half obliterated by the passage of time and the multitude of fresh Impressions, of his mother telling him, with the fluttered earnestness of her voice, and often with drooping tears the tale of the "Praying Weaver," on the very scene of his brief tragedy and long repose. And now there was a companion piece and he beheld, and he should behold for ever, Christina perched on the same tomb, in the grey colors of the evening, gracious, dainty, perfect as a flower, and she also singing— "Of old, unhappy far off things, and battles long ago," of their common ancestors now dead, of their rude wars composed, their weapons buried with them, and of these strange changelings, their descendants, who linger ed a little in their places, and would soon be gone also, and perhaps sung of by others at the gloaming hour. By one of the unconscious arts of tenderness the two women were enshrined together in his memory. Tears, In that hour of sensibility, came Into his eyes Indifferently at the thought of either, and the girl, from being something merely bright and shapely, was caught up into the zone of things serious as life and death and his dead mother. So that in all ways and on either side, Fate played his game prtfully with this poor pair of children. The generations were prepared, the pangs were made ready, before the curtain rose on the dark drama.

In, the same moment of time that she disappeared from Archie, there opened before Kirstie's eyes the cup-like hollow in which the farm lay. She saw, some five hundred feet below her, the house making itself bright with candles, and this was a broad hint to her to hurry. For they were only kindled on a Sabbath night with a view to that family worship which round-' ed in the Incomparable tedium of the day and brought on the relaxation of supper. Already she knew that Robert must be withln-sides at the head of the table, "waiting the portions" for it was Robert In his quality of family priest and judge, not the gifted Robert, who officiated. She made good time accordingly down the steep ascent, and came up to the door panting as the three younger brothers, all roused at last from slumber, stood together In the cool and the dark of the evening with a fry of nephews and nieces about them, chatting and awaiting the expected signal. She stood back she had no mind to direct attention to her late arrival or to her laboring breath. "Kirstie, ye have shaved it this time, my lass!" said Clem. "Whaur were ye?'"O, Just taking a dander by mysel'," said Kirstie.

And the, talk continued on the subject of the American War, without further reference to the truant who stood by them In the covert of the dusk, thrilling with happiness and the sense of guilt.

The signal was given, and the brothers began to go in one after another, amid the jostle and throng of Hob's children.

Only Dandle, waiting till the last, caught Kirstie by the arm. "When did ye begin to dander in pink hosen, Mistress Elliott?" he whispered slyly.

She looked down she was one blush. "I maun have forgotten to change them," said she and went into prayers in her turn with a troubled mind, between anxiety as to whether Dand should have observed her yellow stockings at church, and should thus detect her in a palpable falsehood, and shame that she had already made good his prophecy. She remembered the words of It, how It was to be when she had gotten a jo. and that that would be for good and evil. "Will I have gotten my jo now?" she thought with a secret rapture.

And all through prayers, where it was her principal business to conceal the pink stockings from the eyes of the indifferent Mrs. Hob—and all through supper, as she ira-ie a feint of eating and sat at the table radiant and constrained—and again when she had left them and come into her chamber, and was alone with her sleeping niece, and could at last lay aside the armor of society—the sane words sounded within ber, the same profound note of happiness, of a world all changed and renewed, of a day that had been passed in Paradise, and of a night that was to be heaven opened. All night she seemed to be conveyed smoothly upon a shallow stream of sleep and waking, and through the bowers of Beulah all night she cherished to her

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENINO MAIL, APRIL 18, 1896.

ALL THE TIME SHE SANG, SHE LOOKED STEADFASTLY BEFORE HfeR.

Mart that exquisite hope and if, towards morning, she forgot it awhile In a more profound unconsciousness, it was to catch again the rainbow thought with her first moment of awaking.

CHAPTER VII.

ENTER MEPHISTOPHELES. Two days later a gig from Crossmlchael deposited Frank Innes at the doors of Hermlston. Once In a way, during the past winter, Archie, lit some acute phase of boredom, had written him a letter. It had contained something in*the nature of an invitation, or a reference to an invitationprecisely what, neither of them now remembered. When Innes had received it, there had been nothing farther from his mind than to bury himself In the moors with Archie but not even the most acute political heads are guided through the steps of life with unerring directness. That would require a gift of prophecy which has been denied to man. For instance, who could have imagined that, njt a month after he had received the letter and turned it into mockery, and put off answering it, and in the end lost it, misfortunes of a gloomy cast should begin to thicken over Frank's career? His case may be briefly stated. His father, a small Morayshire laird with a

large family, became recalcitrant and cut off the supplies 'he had fitted himself out with the beginnings of quite a good law library, which, upon some sudden losses on the turf, he had been obliged to sell before they were paid for and his bookseller, hearing some rumor of the event, took out a warrant for his arrest. Innes had early word of It, and was able to take precautions. In this immediate welter of his affairs, with an unpleasant charge hanging over him, he had judged it the part of prudence to be off instantly, had written a fervid letter to his father at Inverauld, and put himself In the coach of Crossmlchael. Any port in a storm! He was manfully turning his back on the Parliament House and its gay babble, on porter and oysters, the racecourse and the ring and manfully prepared until these clouds should have blown by, to share a living grave with Archie Weir at Hermlston.

To do him justice, he was no less surprised to be going than Archie was to see him come and he carried off his wonder with an infinitely better grace. "Well, here I am!" said he, as he alighted. "Pylades has come to Orestes at last. By the way, did you get my answer? No? How very provoking! Well, here I am to answer for myself, and that's better still." "I am very glad to see you, of course," said Archie. "I make you heartily welcome, of course. But you surely have not come to stay, with the courts still sitting is that not most unwise?" "Damn the Courts!" says Frank. "What are the Courts to friendship and a little fishing?"

And so it was agreed that he was to stay, with no term to the visit but the term which he had privily set to It himself—the 4ay, namely, when his father should have (pme down with the dust, and he should be &ble to pacify the bookseller. On such Vague conditions there began for these two young men (who were not even friends) a life of great familiarity and, as the days drew on, less and less intimacy. They were together at meal times, together o' nights when the hour had come for whisky toddy but it might have been noticed (had there been anyone to pay heed) that they were rarely so much togetHer by day. Archie bad Hermlston to attend to, multifarious activities in the hills, in which he did not require, and had even refused, Frank's escort. He would be off sometimes in the morning and leave ocly a note on the breakfast table to announce the fact and sometimes, with no notice at all, he would not return for dinner until the hour was long past. Innes groaned under these desertions it required all his philosophy to sit down to a solitary breakfast with composure, and Ell his unaffected good-nature to be able to greet Archie with friendless on the more rare occasions when he came home late for dinner. "I wonder what on earth he finds to do Mrs. Elliott?" said he one morning, after he had just read the hasty billet and sat down to table. "I suppose it will b$ business, sir," replied the housekeeper dryly, measuring his distance off to him by an Indicated curtsey. "But I can't imagine what business!" he reiterated. "I suppose it will be his business," retorted the austere Kirstie.

He turned to her with that happy brightness that made the charm of his disposition, and broke Into a peal of healthy and natural laughter. "Well played, Mrs. Elliott!" he cried, and the housekeeper's face relaxed into the shadow of an iron smile. "Well played Indeed!" said he. "But you must not be making a stranger of me like that. Why. Archie and 1 were at the High School together, and we've been to college together, and we were going to the Bar together, when—you know! Dear, dear me! what a pity that was! A life spoiled, a fine young fellow as good as buried here in the wilderness with rustics and all for what? A frolic, siliy, if you like, but no more. God, how good your scones are, Mrs. Elliott." "They're no mines. It was the lassie made them," said Kirstie. "and, saving your presence, there's little sense in taking the Lord's name in vain about idle vivers that you fill your kyte wi'." *1 daresay you're perfectly right, ma'am," quoth the Imperturbable Frank. "But. as I was saying, this ta a pitiable business, this about poor Archie and you and I might do worse than put our heads

together, like a couple of sensible people^ and bring it to an end. Let me tell you, ma'am, that ^rchie is really quite a promising young man, and in my opinion he might do well at the Bar. As for his father, [CONTINUED ON 8EVKNTH PAGE.]

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"Cluck, cluck, cluck," said the hen. 'Tis time this little chick went to bed. Or you'll live to be a fowl Which in the night will prowl

And be taken for an owl," she said. Then without a single peep

And you wouldn't much like that," she said. Then the kitten in a trice Slept and dreamed of catching mice, px Wrapped in fur in her basket bed. "Bow-wow-wow," said the dog. 'Tis time this little puppy went to bed,

For playing in the dark Will take away your bark, And you'll never make your mark," she said. Then the puppy stopped his play And went to bed straightway,

And at last was carried pouting off to bed." Mary L. Paine in Youth's Companion.

Little Jack's Country.

Little Jack and Aunt Nelly were walking through Central park. They had wandered about at their own sweet will, fed the animals and altogether had a most satisfactory afternoon. But Jack looked at the asphalt walks and the trim, not to be trespassed on grass, and the thought of papa's great, free, open country place on Long Island came over him. "Aunt Nelly," he said, "I don't think they can ever make imitation country as nice as the real country, do you?" And Aunt Nelly, as she agreed with him, sighed in her heart for the myriads of children who never had anything but the "imitation" country all their livea—New York Journal.

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The chick went off to sleep. Soft tucked in its warm feather bed. "Pur, pur, pur," said the cat. "Tis time this little kit went to bed, Or you'll grow to be a cat Which cannot catch a rat,

Curled up on his clean straw bed. I "Come, come, come," said mamma. 'Tis time this little boy went to bed To sleep throughout the night And with the morning light

To awaken fresh and bright," she said. But that boy did tfease and tease— "Let me sit up this once, please,"

Whereas, A petition has been filed with the board of commissioners of the county of Vigo, in the state of Indiana, signed by the requisite number of resident freeholders of Harrison township. Vigo county. Indiana, praying for aid as herein contemplated, and

Whereas. The said board of commissioners of igoi county, state of Indiana. In pursuance of the duty devolving upon them by virtue df the provisions of the st at utes of Indiana. have ordered an election to be held as herein contemplated, now

Therefore. Notice is hereby given to the qualified voters of Harrison township, Vigo county, Indiana, that by order of the said board of commissioners of the county of Vigo, made at a special session of said board of commissioners held in the month of March. 18tW, did on the 31st day of March. 1896. order such election, and that the polls shall be opened on Tuesday, the 5th day of Mav. 1896. at the usual places for voting In said township of Harrison to take the votes of the legal voters of said township upon the subject, of said township's aiding in money in the construction of the Terre Haute and Mississippi River Railway Company in and through said township of Harrison to the amount of one-half of one per centum of the total taxables of said township of Harrison (including the city of Terre Haute) as shown by the tax duplicate delivered to the treasurer of Vigo county for the year of 1895. said aid to lie made in all things in accordance with and conformable to the provisions of the general assembly of the state of Indiana.

The polls of the several voting precincts of ild township, to be opened at the same hour, and the election to be conducted by the same officers and governed by the same rules as are provided oy the law for holding and condnot ing of state and county elections.

Witness my hand and seal, this 2d day of April. 1896. [seal.]

NOTICE

JAMES SOITLES,

Auditor of Vigo County.

TO CONTRACTORS AND PROP.* ERTY OWNERS.

Notice Is hereby given that on the 3d day of March. 1896. the common council of the city of Terre Haute adopted a resolution declaring an existing necessity for the improvement of Seabury avenue from east curb line of Sixth street to west boundary line of Seventh street by grading and paving the same, the sidewalks to be twelve feet wide* and paved with cement concrete next to property Hue the width of five feet, and curbed with sandstone Ave inches in thickness the roadway to be thirty-six feet wide and paved with broken stone and broken stone screenings the said Improvement to be made in all respects in accordancewith the general plan of Improvement' of said city and according to the plans and specifications on file In the office of the city clerk, the cost of the sftid improvement to be assessed to the abutting property owners and become due and collectible immediately on approval of the final estimate,' unless the property owner shall have previously agreed in writing, to be tiled with said plans, to waive all irregularity and illegality of the proceedings and pay his assessments when due.

Sealed proposals will be received for the construction of said improvements# at tho office of the city clerk, on the 5th day of May, 1896. until five (5) o'clock, and not thereafter. Each proposal must be accompanied by a Innid with good freehold securities or equivalent security in the sum of two hundred dollars, liquidated damages, conditioned that the bidder shall duly enter Into contract and give bond within five days after the acceptance of his bid for tho performance of the work. The city reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Any property owner objecting to the necessity of sucli Improvement, may file such objections In writing, at the office of the city clerk on the 2nd day of May, 1896. and bo heard with reference thereto at the next regular meeting of the common council thereafter.

CHARLES H. GOODWIN, City Clerk.

/~1lTY TREASURER'S NOTICE TO NOK\J RESIDENTS. To Maria L. Griffith. Lou E. Van Slyck, Henry 0. Meyer, and all whom It may concern:

Whereas, it appears by a copy of the city commissioners' report, as certified to me by the city clerk under the date of January 7th, 181W, said commissioners did in the matter of the opening of Fourteenth and One-half (HK) street from Eagle street, to Wabash avenue In the city of Terre Haute. Indiana, assess benefits amounting to $(12. against lot number 18, lluinaston's sub-division, owned by Maria L. Griffith, assess benefits amounting to $144.25 against a tract of land commencing at northwest corner of lot number IM. Jowett's addition, thence west 11.5 5H-100 feet, thence south to the northwest, line of Wabash avenue, thence east 115 feet more or less, thence north to the place of beginning, owned by Lou E. Van Slyck. assess bone fits •amounting to86tt against If! feet, off west, side of lot number 12. IIumaston's sub. owned by Henry C. Meyer.

Said owners will take notice that demand is hereby made, and In default of naymenfc thereof within one month after tho fast- publication of this notice, I am commanded to make said sum by sale of tho premises herein before described.

Witness my hand this 2d day of April, 18WI. CHARLES BALOH. City Treasurer.

L. D. Levbque. Lawyer. No. 417H Wab. Ave. ^TTACHMENT NOTICE.

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Before A. B. Felsenthal. J. 1\. Harrison township, Vigo county, Indiana. Ell H. Redman vs. A. W. Ment/.er. et. al.

Whereas. It appears by the affidavit of the plaint,iff that the said defendants are nonresidents of the state of Indiana, and whereas also It appears from the return oft lie constable to the summons herein Issued, that the said defendants were not found In his bailiwick, it is therefore ordered t)at due notice of the pendency of this action be given to the said defendants by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in said county.

Said non-resident defendants are therefore hereby notified of tho pendency of said action against them and that the same will stand for trial on the 19th day of May. 18WJ. at 2 o'clock n. m.. at my office. 115 south Third street. Terre Haute. Indiana.

Witness my hand and seal this 27th day of March, 1890. [bkai/I

A. B. FELSENTHAL. T. P.

M. Hoi.i.ingkr. Attorney for Plaintiff. •j^OTICE TO NON-RESIDENT.

State of Indiana, Vigo county. In the Vigo Circuit court. No. 17998. Sarah I. Human vs. Jerry llaman, in divorce.

Be It known that on the 10th day of Apr! 1896, said plaintiff filed an affidavit in form, showing that said defendant is bellevi to be a non-resident of the state of Indiana

Said non-resident defendant Is here notified of the pendency of said action again him, and that the same will stand for trial June 2nd, 1896, the same being at the Ma term of said court in thejrear 1896. [SEAL]

HUGH

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ROQUET, Clerk.

Wk. Eogt.esto!*. Attorney for Plaintiff. J^fOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT.

State of Indiana, county of Vigo, in the Superior court. of Vigo county, March term, 1898. No. 4890. Ada starkes vs. James Starkes, divorce.

Be it known, that on the 10th day of April, 1896. it was ordered by the court that the clerk notify by publication said James Starkes as non-resident defendant of the pendency of this action against him.

Said defendant Is therefore hereby notified of the pendency of said action against him and that the same will stand for trial Juno 4th. the same being at the June tferrn of said court in the year 1K9B. [skai/J

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