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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-09-22
iSHERIFF'S SALE.
~ Leonard Woodland, ~
Silas ID Adams A Wifa1


vs.. In Iruniuu Com. Pleas.
Silas D. Adams & Wife,
By viIt1e of An alias order OF szle issued out The Court
OF Common Pleas Of TrumbulI County. Ohio, to ne d-
reeted and delivered, L have levied upon and shah
expose to public sale, at the door Of the Court House
in Warren, in said County, on
Saturday, the I'd day of October, 1855,
between the hours or 10 O'Clock A. M. and { P. ~, 81
said day, the following deseriheu Real Estate; situzte
in Bristol Township, Trumhnil County, and is known
By part Of lot a. and is bounded as foIloss, to Wit
Beginning in the North vest OF said lot and on the
middle Of the North and South roai at the North west
corner OF Aaron FentOn's land; thence North on said
road and lot line eleven chains and twenty links TO
the middle OF an East and West road running across
said lot No a; thence East on said last mentioned
rOal % chains and 90 links to the West line Of tin.
HunileT lot or farm; thence South On said Huntley's
West line ten chains AMI ~sixty-ous links TO the North
east corner Of said Aaron FentOn's EAHd. thence West
by a newly marked line 26 chains and 81 links to tbs
place OF beginning, containing about Thirty acres CO
land, more or less. APPRAISED - per acre
Terms-Cash-
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-09-22
CHERRIES SALE.
~ George Goshorn. ct. al
In Trumbull Com. Pleas.


Alice Harris, e. al.
By virtue Of an order sf sale. in petition for dover.
and partition issued out OF the Court Of Common
delivered, I shall expose to public sale at the door 0f
the Court House, in Warren in said countY. ON
Saturday the 25th day OF September 1853,
between the hours Of 10 o'clock. A. NJ. anil 4 O'Clock
! p. VI. OF said day, forty two and fly three hundredths
acres Of land. oil from the western part oF the follow
ing described real estate, TO wit: Situate in the town
. ship Of Lorlstoxn, which is township Nos. in tbs
fourth range of townships in the Connecticut Western
Reserve and which is also In the County Of Trunbuli
and State Of Ohio. known as all Of lot thirteen In trace
and bounded by said lot lines. which sthi y 81 100 tbs
acres, have been duly appraised 1T So per acre
Terms. one third Of the purchase money to be paid on
the day OF sale. one third one year thereafter, scd one
third in two years from said day Of sale, and Interest
thereon with approved security.
| Sheril's ofiee. Warren, Aug p. SS.-5w-4.GO.
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NE MANTILL4Sb
WE have now on hand a splendid
w assortment OF Silk and Lace Mantllas. Also
5 Ii WISH
White Grape, White and CoIored Stella. Thibet, Black
SILK. and a barge assortment of Cheap Summer shawls.
which viii be sold cheap for cash or reads lay.
PECK, BCRTELL & CO.,
June 10, IS. No. Q Market strret.
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10 be cured. | havn't used any hair oil
,'nce.
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