The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-02-20
Sale of the Real Estate Of
Lydia S. Cruger, decd.
The Most Valuable Property
i'm the County.
William McMechen and others)
Saturday, the 27th day Of
March, 1869,


Saturday, the 27th day Of
March, 1869,
on the premises, five miles east of the city OF
Wheeling, on the Cumberland road, at a point
known as Elm Grove, commencing at the hour
of ten o'clock A. n, tract of 22O acres of land,
more or less, it being the same property form.
erly owned by Lydia S. Cruger, deceased di.
vided into lots and farms to suit purchasers,
consisting in all of thirteen lots varying in size
from one to fifteen acres, and two farms con.
tanning sixty-sx and eighty acres respectively.
These lots all front upon the Cumberland road:
those upon the north side extending to the brow
of the hill whilst those upon the south embrace
all the property and buildings intervening be.
tween said Cumberland road and Wheeling
creek. In connection with lot No. 5, which
contains Is 6-lO acres of surface land, will be
sold the coal privilege of l20 acres underlying
the hill lands; a comfortable frame tenement is
built upon this lot. On lot No. :, which fronts
100 feet on the Cumberland read and extends 50
feet in depth, is located the old and new Elm
Grove stores, the former now used az o ware.
house to the latter, and ut present occupied by s.
Hopkins, together with a stable, carriage house,
&C. On lot No. 6, which contains 6-l0 of an
acre, is a fine frame dwelling house, now psed
in connection with the store, with suitable out
buildings and all the modern improvements.
On lot No. 8 is the stone grist mill, dwelling
house and blaeksmith,s shop, with strip OF
race; from the dam to the Cumberland road, to.
gether with $40 of an acre en- the point of the bill
adjacent TO the head of the race, making in all
2.lO acres; with exclusive title to the water
power. Upon lot No. 10, which is $40 acres
in size, is the stone hotel, now occupied by Mrs.
French, with all the improvements, compre.
bending stables, ice houses, &c. The remaining
lots, numbered ], ., 3, 4, 6, IL, l2 and Is, re-
speetively are without improvements but
iavora6ly located for residences and excelling
any other body of land in Ohio county for gar.
dening purposes. The hill property connected
with the estate is laid off into two farms the
first of which contains &C acres, occupied by
James Smith, bounded on the east and north by
Atkinsons ridge road easy Of access, well tim.
oered, productive and twothirds arabic land,
together with two substantial frame tenement
houses. - q
The second farm fronts on Little Wheeling
creek, not more than 20 yards from the Cumber.
land road, extending back to the ridge road,
thereby giving two desirable outlets, one by the
National turnpike and the other by the County
t ROAD containing 80 acres. The hill portion of
TINS property abounds in timber of the best
quality, whilst the low lands ia we'll adanted 10
farming purposes. Parties desiring a more par
Ieulr description of the above property are
referred 10 two plats of survey of the same one
AT lhe recorder $ office of Ohio county. and the
otner at tne residence Of J. F. Smith, on the
sioners. r.,...o. = "'" " NAAiii'
Possession given on 1st of April.
a iERAs OF SALE One third Of the purchase
money IN cash, and the remainder in two eoual
instruments, payable, the one at one vear !and
the other at two years after the dav Of sale. fbs
title to the said land and premises being
ed as the security for the payment OF said tnn
deferred instruments. '"o
-l. j. H. GOOD.
r. b. WOODS
HANNIBAL FORBES
ieOle'd&wtd Commissioners