The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-10
,COmmissiOners'Sale 1


of the Virginia Iron Works, and other property
pertaining thereto situated at Be,soood ~
y Marshall County and Stateof West Virginia,
ON the Ohio yscer, near WAeeliag, S1ad ut the
junction of the Baltimore and OHIO Railroad
1oih the Ohio Central and other Railroads.
sale to be at The front door ef'lt6e, Court
House Of Ohio county, a., 0te cttssof Wheel
ina, W Va, on WEDNESLbAY,dtee-2 18th,
day of June, 1864, commenciHq at 10 O'Clock,
fA.M. nj gDH vi NH HI
I n pursuance of the decree of the Circuit Court
i for Ohio County aforesaid, in thocass Of Hutch
ms and Moore and others, plaintiffs, and Kelly
Holloway and Co, and others, defendants made on
tho 9TH of April, 1864, the undersigned appointed
special commissiOne1s for this purpose will sell at
public auction to the highest and best bidder, up
on the terms 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, Il 664,
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. 70 Z
Jacob dated the llth day of May 1856; annexed
to plaintiffs bill in this cause as iher exhibit (91
This property consists manly of said Iron Works
an extensive coal privilege and right with i'm
provements for working the same, and q rail track
running from the coal bank to the mill also of a
large number of building lots, improved and un-
improved with comfortable dwelling houses on
part of them capable Of accommodating Is we are
told, eighty families, and yielding az we are also
informed yearly rental of near four thousand
dollars, together with good two ,tory brick house
The rolling and iron mill possesses as we believe,
one Nail factory containing foryInine (49) ma
chimes in good order sixteen l6l boiling furnaces,
three, heating furnaces, four nail furnaces, "a
double train muck rolls and squeezers, with neces-
slry machines and fixtures for manufacturing. 40
cording to our information, four, hundred A 4OOl
kegs of nails per day, OLDEST quality. It is deem
ed unnecessary to give any more particular do!
scription Of the property, as We request and pre-
snme that persons wishing to purchase will exam
Inc for themselves : 49," - y 80 80
As said property is so situated, on the bank Of
the Ohio river, at the junction Of said Railroads
IRON and other materials for the operation of said
works can be received at the mill, and pfoduct
or handling - :
1t Is part of the decree under which this sale Is
made, that the purchaser shall not be disturbed in
the possession title of the property by any fur
Their or future litigation between said parties.
TERMS OF SALE. The purchaser to nav
such sum in hand as he may desire, but not less
than one hird of the amount of the purchase mon
ey; end the balance thereof in equal installments
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 the installment of the purchase mon
ey payable at one year from aid day Of sid and
the title to be retained as further security until
the whole Of said purchase money Shall have been
fully paid up and discharged
Wheeling, April 10th, 1864 E.5' AaA;I
fll sl1a-- JAMES S. WHEAT
apis-td Special Commissioners q