The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-25
Commissioners Sale

Ofthe Viryinia bon Works, and other property
pertaining thereto situated at Be,aaoood ifl
Marshall County and Stateof West Virginia,
ON the Ohio riUer, near Wheeling, and at the
function, of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
uiM the Ohio Central and other Railroads.
Sale to be at tie front door of the Court
House Of Ohio county, in the city Of Wheel
day Gf J'"'e' 1864 Commencing at 10 o'clock
TN pursuance of the decree Of the Circuit Court
i for Ohio County aforesaid, in tho case of Hutch
ins and Moore and others, plaintiffs, and Kelly
Holloway and Co, and others, defendants made on
the 4th Of April, 1864, the undersigned appointed
special commissioners for this purpose, will sell at
public auction to the highest and best bidder, up
on the forms after mentioned, at the front door of
the Court House for said county of Ohio in Wheel
ing, on Wednesday the 29th day of June 1864,
the following property to wit: That known as the
Virginia Iron Works, at Benwood aforesaid, being
the same property mentioned and described in the
deed of trust from Kelly, Holloway and Co. to Il.
Jacob, dated the llth day Of May 1855: annexed
to plaintiffs bill in this cause as heir exhibit o.
This property consists mainly of said Iron Works
an extensive coal privilege and right with i'm
provements for working the same and rail track
running from the coal bank to the mill also of q
large number of building lots, improved and I'M
part Of them capable OF accommodating as we are
told, eighty families and yielding as VIC arc also
informe1 a yearly rental of near four thousand
dollars, together with good two story brick house
The rolling and iron mill possesses as we believe,
ono Nail factory containing forty nine (49) ma
chimes in good order, sixteen l6 boiling furnaces,
three heating furnaces four nail furnaces, "a
double train muck rolls and squeezers, with neces-
sary machines and fixtures for manufacturing. ac
cording to our information, four hundred 4OOI
kegs of ma ills per day, of best quality. 1t s DEEM
ed unnecessary to give any more particular de-
scription Of the property, as we request and pre-
inc for themselves.
As said property 10 SO situated, on the bank of
the Ohio river, at tho junction of said Railroads,
iron and other materials for the operation of said
works can be received at the mill, and product
shipped direct therefrom, without further hauling
or handling
Il is part of the decree under which this sale is
made that the purchaser shall not be disturbed in
The possession or title of the property by any fur
Their or future litigation between said parties
TERMS OF SALE. The purchaser to pay
such sum in hand as he may desire, but not less
than one-third of the amount of the purchase mon
ey; end the balance thereof 10 equal nstallments
payable in one two and three years from the day
Of sale, with interest from said day of sale; the
purchaser to give bond with approved personal
security, for tho installment of the purchase mon
ey payable at one year from said day Of sale; and
tho title to be retained further security until
the whole of said purchase money shall have been
fully paid up and discharged
Wheeling, April 10th, 1864
u. JACOB,
JAMES,. WHEAT,
apis I'd Special Commissioners