Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1866-04-26
A GRAND PUBLIC SALE

1F OVER TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY
i LOTS in JOHNSTOWN, Cambria county,
Pa, being part of the estate of JOHN DI-
BERT, Sr.. deceased, will take place on
Tuesday, May %, 1866, commencing at 10
o'clock and continuing from day to day until
all are sold or the sale withdrawn. These
lots have been kept from the market for
seventeen years, and such an offer at public
sale lCU neUer again be made in JohnstOwn.
This city is mainly bounded by high and
picturesque hills, and its further expansion
is, therefore, next to an impossibility, SO
that the lots now offered for sale will, in
few years, be much increased IN ralue.
Johnstown is the Pittsburgh of the noun
tains, and within its reach are materials
enough to supply fifty such Iron Mills as
the Cambria Iron Works, (Which are not
surpassed in the nation) for three hundred
years or more. The hum of industry must
be heard in these valleys down to the end
| Of time.
| Among the property to be sold is a tavern
! stand known as the MANSION HOUSE,
| containing l9 bed rooms, on the corner of
, Main and Franklin streets, near the Market,
| facing on the Public Square, and in the
very heart of The city. This stand has 58
| feet on Main street and ll2 on Franklin,
/ with all the needed room back for yard,
| stable, &c.
! ALso-In connection with this. on Main
| street, are three business lots, % by 20 feet,
! and on Franklin two, % by so feet. I'm
mediately in the rear of these, separated by
an alley, are four lots also for sale.
! ALso-Near the South end of Stony Creek
| Bridge a LANYARD, of good size, with
leeches. - watts, bark sheds, 2 lines, ,
! pools, = bats. finishing rooms, &c, facing
on Stony Creek $50 feet, and bounded by
alleys.
ALso-Four business lots on Morris st,
near the bridge, and three adjoining on
! Somerset street.
ALSo-Thlee lots on the North side Of
! Canal street, where the Compauy's Stores
now stand, and also two lots Immediately
opposite on the South side Of Canal street,
and two back Of these facing on Locust st.
ALso-Seven lots, % by 125 feet to an
| alley, facing on Walnut street. near Cone
maugh bridge and also below these, five
lots facing on Conemaugh street.
ALso-Nine lots situated on the corner Of
| Walnut and Vine streets, facing on Walnut,
2S by I2O feet to an alley.
| ALso-Six lots, % by I20 feet, facing on
! the alley in the rear of Mr. MorrelPs resi-
deuce.
ALso-Six lots, IS by I28 feet, fronting
Vine street.
ALso-TwoI lots, SO by 128 feet, each with
| house, fronting on Vine street, below l..
| B. Cohck'S residence. Two lots fronting on
an alley in the rear of the former. One
house and lot near Stony Creek Bridge, now
| occupied by Samuel Johnson. The undiv-
ded half Of double tenant frame house, and
lot, in SharpsburSh, now occupied by Mrs.
johnson. The undivided half Of several
lots facing on Stony Creek and the feeder.
Il, Z E-th IT,.
Morris and Dibert streets, cont tanning large
frame dwelling, with fruit and ornamental
trees, &c, now occupied by David Ditert.
! SIXTY-FOUR LOTS, Situated on and
between Morris street and Stony Greek,
embracing the old Fair Ground. All of
these lots are level, perfectly dry, and will
make most delightful garden spots and
building sites
On the South side of Morris street, and
between it and the rising ground, are
FORTN-EIGHr lots that are level and
good for houses. On the side Of the hill are
EIGHTI-TWO LOTS, varying in width
and length. A goodIy portion of these
have gentle slope and from them may be
had charming view of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, with Johnstown and its suburbs.
FOUR or more Lots, facing on and above
the township road leading South, embracing
''Dbert's Villa" house, barn, orchard,
spring, &c. Each lot will contain some
valuable fruit trees and two or more acres Of
ground.
o. On many Of the lots above enumerated
are shops and tenements which will be sold
with the ground upon which they stand
, Upon othels are shops and teremeuts, be-
| longing to lcssees, which can in most in
stances be purchased from the owners if
! desired.
TERMS REASONABLE!-For further
: information apply to David Dibert, John
Drbert, James Morley, Mahlon W. Keim,
John d. Knox.
Johnstown, April 26, 18G6.4t.