Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-07-14
auction Sales.


DOCKBRlDGE ALUM SPRINGS,
Ia VA, FOR SAAE.-By decree, in
chancery, of the Circuit Court of Augusta Coun-
ty, pronounced on the 30th 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
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1.ST, 1868.
1t is not extrayagant to say that, in financial
aspect, this is the most valuable waterlng-place
in Virginia. In l04S, 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 accommodate
ting the public, greatly embellished and beaut-
fed in its grounds and buildings, and especially
very largely advanced'in its fame and reputation
as a most remarkable therapeutic agent
Z But Notwithstanding the continual enlarge
ment of the place, by buildings, year by year,
there never was watering season before the war
in which the accommodations were equal to the
popular demand for room. Since the war the
establishment 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
held before the war; 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
The landed estate consists of about HOO acres
lying In Rockbrldge 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-
n rtJOT II
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 nav
the costs of sale, and the residue, with interest
from the day of sale, in equal nstallments 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 bv IT.
seu Tor 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 to be we'll secured by bond, with
personal security 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. Y .. t'-areI5 T%k
| Visitors and bidders coming to the Springs
| from the Northern and Western States travel ria
| Washington City to the Va Central R. R. at Cor
louisville, thence West to GOSHEN DEPOT.
From the South and South " est Ella Richmond
| or Lynchburg, and by Va. Central to Goshen
Descriptive pamphlet with map, will be sent
on application to the Propretors at the Springs.
9t- 4 ass- JOHN b. BALDWIN,
HENRY B. NICHE,
JOHN ECHOLS,
DAVID FULTZ
| Address, Stanton, Va. Commissioners
PECK q CUSHING, Auctioneers
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