Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-08-11

necessary out-houses and a stable. Also a first
rate Blacksmith shop and Coal Shed, a first-rate
garden and an orchard. 80 - -"
This is a fine stand fora blacksmith with we'll
established business of many years standing
TERMS OF sALE-One-fourth in hand and bal
ance IN SIX, twelve, eighteen and twenty-four
months with interest from date. Bonds with good
security Will De required for the deferred pay
ments and lien the property. 5.iIi
Sale to commence at II O'clock. :i-ig.
II. M. BELL, Trustee
PECK q CUSHING Auctioneers.BEs zs4
aug4-tds Jlr1 l~lTIStT
Tract of l554 acres OF land for sale.
il On behalf of Mrs Jaretta McConbl widow
and deviseeiof James McComb, deceased, offer
for sale, tract of 554 acres of land of which the
said James MeCOmb, died seized Said land
lies in the fork between Mill Creek and Chris
tian's Creek, near Barterbrook, and adjoins the
lands OF VIM. McComb, and David V. Gilkeson
and others.
Ii not sold In the meantime privately, it will
be offered at public auction on Saturday, 18th of
July.
quality, most of the tract is cleared and enclosed
This tract will make snug home for person
of limited means. = %. - 81 :
Terms of sale, $1O0in hand, and the balance in
6, II and Is months, with interest from day of
sale Bonds and approved security required
A H. Il. STUART, for j. McComb.
POsfpOnement.-The above sale is post
poned until 4 UG UST11T TIL, whenit will besold
with the personal property of j. McComb, at his
late residence. A Fl. Ii. S.
PECK & CUSHING, Auctioneers.
Nhurchville Land for SaIe.-I wish to
" sell privately, 115 acres, (more or less)
of land, of the III och Willow tract, about 100
OF which is in good timber, and Is acres cleared
and IN good state of cultivation,
Also about ~ acres of BOTTOM LAND, O.
part of the same tract, adjoining the village of
Churchville and which may be laid off in eligi=
BILE building lots
will sell all of this land in body, or in lots
to suit purchasers, and upon very easy terms.
If not previously sold privately, I will offer It
" TUEsDAY. SEPTEMiBER 1s7, 1868.
Theseylands will be shown by either j. G. Sto-
july2l-tds JAMES Heller
Dublic sale Of valuable land near
Il Staunton.-We will sell on
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the remainder of that valuable land belonging
to the Mowry heirs, containing about 275 acres
of excellent land, lying within three miles Of
Staunton Most of It IS heavily timbered. It
will be sold as a whole or divided as may be
thought best on the day of sale. Proposals for
sale privately will be received by us at our auc-
tlon ROOM where plat OF the land can be seen
PECK s. GUSHING,
july 2l-4t Auctioneers.
OCKBRIDGE ALUM SPRINGS,
IL VA, FOR SALE.-By a decree, in
chancery, of the Circuit Court of Augusta Coun-
ty. pronounced on the Both day of June, 1868,
this Splendid Property must be sold for partition:
and the undersigned Commissioners appointed
by the Court will offer the entire property at pub
a %1Esb n r. g gESPR1s e 1sg 1863
1t is not extravagant to say that, in financial
aspect, this is the most valuable waterlng-place
in Virginia: In la4s it sold for twelve thousand
dollars: in 1851 for one hundred thousand, and
in 1852 to the present owners for one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars (gold value). Since which
time it has been considerably more than doubled
in Hotel and Cottage capacity for accommoda-
ting the public, greatly, embellished and beauti-
very largely advanced in its fame and reputation
as most remarkable therapeutic agent.
But notwithstanding the continual enlarge
ment OF the place, by buildings, year by year,
there never was watering season before the wal
in which the accommodations were eaual to the
popular demand for room Since the war, the
has been reftted with new furni.
ture throughout, painted anew, and in general
restored to complete working order, and the pros;
pect now is that this watering season will be as
thronged, as fashionable and prosperous as any
of its predecessors,
One constant source OF revenue in this prop
erty is found in the sale of the mineral water
and of the 'mass" or salts produced from the wa
ter. This is only in its infancy as an enterprise
and yet-with the South broken down-(its only
field before the war; the sales in the last two years
have run up to an average of more than seven
growing demand in the North and South
The landed estate consists Of ABOUT 400 acres,
lying in Rockbridge county, Is miles, fr6m' the
Natural Bridge, II miles from Lexington, and S
leave the cars at GOSHEN Depot THE personal
property consists of all furniture and other profj
erty necessary for the complete outfit of a first
class watering place, with capacity for the aol
commodation of ONE THOUSAND VISITORS md
I'll necessary farming stock and implements for
he proper cultivation of large farm, togetber
with cows, &C. = q = S99H'hSf
, The terms of sale are-"Gash in hand to nav
.he costs Of sale, and the residue, with interest
rom the day of SALE in equal instalments. for the
ZEAL estate or for the real and personal estate if
sold together, at one, two, three, four and five
years; and, for the personal estate, if sold by it.
elf for cash as to all sums of $40 and less and on
Ill other sums ut IL months from the dav of sale
III OF said deferred payments to bear interest from
lay OF sale, and to be we'll secured by bond, with
estate to be retained s ultimate s9curitySf, fnf
SO fine an opportunity at'once for the safe in
7estment of capital and for the employment of
Energy and enterprise in the due development of
one Of the most valuable MINER
a sHa mb N TINS country is very rarely offered
The commissioners will determine before the
lay OF sale whether the real estate and the per-
ately. -
Visitors and bidders coming to the Springs
rom the Northern and Western 5tates travel Vii
Washington Cityto the Va. Central R. r. at Cor:
louisville, thence West to GOSHEN DEPOT.
From the South and South West via Richmond
r Lynehburg, and by Va. Central to Goshen.
Descriptive pamphlet, with map, will be sent
5 JOHN B. BALDWIN,
--1ee HENRY 2. NICHE
JOHN ECH0LS,
f..s--2s DAVID FUhTz.
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