Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-07-28
auction Sales.
commissioner, Sale of House


~ LOT IN LEXINGTON.-By virtue of a
decree of Rockbridge Circuit Court rendered on
the 18th day of April, 1868, in a cause therein
pending, between Samuel Med. Moore. Plaintiff
and Jacob NJ. Ruff and Others defendants, the
Undersigned Commissioners will,
TUESDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF A UG UST
next offer for sale, at auction, on the premises
very valuable Dwelling House and Lot,
posite to the Odd Fellows Hall. beng the same
Lot on which said Jacob NJ Ruff now resides.
This dwelling is located near the centre of the
town, and Is large and commodious building,
well suited for boarding house.
The lot is large and productive and has on it a
number of choice varieties of fruit trees
The property is in good condition, and will be
shown to any one desiring to purchase, by Jacob
M. Ruff, who resides on the premises
TERMs-Cash in hand sufficient to pay the costs
of suit and expenses of sale and to the residue
OF the purchase money: upon a credit of one,
two, and three years, in equal instalments, bear
giving bonds, with good personal security for the
deferred installments, and the title being retain
ed as ultimate security c
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ID OCKBRIDGE ALUM SPRINGS,
IL VA, FOR SALE.-By a decree, in
chancery, Of the Circuit Court Of Augusta Coun-
ty, pronounced On the 3Oth 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
lie auction, on the premises, ON
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 1868
1t is not extratagant to say that, in financial
aspect, this is the most valuable water1ng-place
in Virginia. In 1848 it sold for twelve thousand
dollars: in 1851, for one hundred thousand, and
IN 1852 to the present owners for one hundred and
nifty 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 beaut-
fed in its grounds and buildings and especially
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 equal to the
popular demand for room. Since the war; the
| establishment has been retitted 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
Held before the VAR the sales in the last two years
| have run up to an average of more than seven
thousand dollars per annum, with a constantly
| growing demand in the North and South.
Inc landed estate consists of about HOO acres
| lying in Rockbridge county, % miles from the
Natural Bridge, II miles from Lexington, and
miles South Of the Va. Central r r. Passengers
leave the cars at GOSHEN Depot The personal
property consists of all furniture and other prop
| erty necessary for the complete outfit of a first
| class watering place, with capacity for the ac-
| cOmmOdation of ONE THOUSAND VISITORS and
all necessary farming stock and implements for
| the proper cultivation of large farm, together
with cows, &c.
| The terms of sale are-'Cash in hand to paw
the costs of sale, and the residue with interest
from the day of sale, in equal instalments for the
real 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.
self for cash as to all sums of $40 and less and on
all other sums at II months from the day of sale,
all of said deferred payments to bear interest from
day of sale and.t be well secured by bond, with
personal security, and the legal title to the real
| estate to be retained as ultimate security"
| SO fine an opportunity at once for the safe in
vestment of capital, and for the employment of
| energy and enterprise in the due development of
unquestionably one OF the most valuable miner
al Springs IN this country is very rarely offered
to the public at large.
! The commissioners will determine before the
day of sale whether the real estate and the per-
| sonal property shall be sold conformity or sepa-
| rately
Visitors and bidders coming to the Springs
| from the Northern and Western States travel uia
Washington City to the Va. Central r. R. at Cor
| louisville thence West to GOSHEN DEPOT
| From the South and South w est via Richmond
| or Lynchburg, and by Va. Central to Goshen
Descriptive pamphlet, with map, will be sent
on application to the Proprietors at the Springs
| t5es JOHN b. BALDWIN,,
! HENRY B. NICHE,
! JOHN ECHOLS,
! DAVID FULTZ,
! Address Stn7t7lton Va Commissioners