The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-03-12
Saturday, the 27th day OF
March, 1869,

on the premises, FIVE miles east Of the city OF
Wheeling sl the Cumberland road, at point
known a. Elm Grove, commencing at the hour
of ton o'clock A. NJ, a tract OF 22O acres OF land,
more or less il being the same property form.
erly owned by Lydia 5. Cruger, deceased, d.
yided into lots and farms 10 suit purchasers,
consisting in all of thirteen lots varying in size
from one to fifteen acres, and two farms con-
tanning sixty.six and eighty acres respectively.
These lots all front upon the Cumberland road;
those upon the north side extending 10 the brow
vi 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, S, which
contains Is 6-lO acres of surface land, will DO
sold the coal privilege of 100 acres underlying
the bill lands a comfortable frame tenement Is
built upon this lot. On lot No. :, which fonts
100 feet on the Cumberland road and extends 50
feet in depth, ia located the old aud new Elm
Grove stores the former now used as a ware
house to the latter, and at present occupied byS.
Hopkins together with stable, carriage house,
SC. On lot No. :, which contains Clio of an
acre is fine frame dwellisg house, now used
In connection with the store with suitable out
buildings and all the modern improvements.
On lot No. is the stone grist mill, dwelling
house and blaCksmIth's shop, with q strip OF
twenty tive feet in width, embracing the mill
race from the dam to the Cumberland road, to-
Sethcr with $40 of an acre the point of the hill
adjacent to the head of the race, making IN all
? 10 acres: with exclusive title To the water
power Upon lot No. 10, which IA J-lO acres
in szs, Ia the stone hotel, now occupied by Mrs
French Tith all the improvements, cOmpre-
hending stables, ice houses, &c, The remaining
lots, numbered l. ., g. I, 6, II, II and 49, re-
spectively, Rre without improvements, but
favOrably 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 90 acres, occupied by
James Smith, bounded on the east and north by
Atkinson's ridge road, easy of access, well tim
bered productive and two thirds arabic land,
together with two substantial frame tenement
houses.
The second farm fronts on Little Wheeling
creek not more than 10 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
road containing 20 acres. The hill portion of
this property abOunds in timber of the best
quality, whilst the low lands is well adapted to
farming purposes. Parties desiring more par.
ocular description of the above property are
referred to two plats of survey OF the same, one
at the Recorders office of Ohio county, and the
other al the residence of j. F. Smith, on the
premises, or to one of the undersigned Commits
sioneTs.
Possession given on LIST of April.
TEENS or SALE ;-Ons.thiTd of the purchase
msney in cash, and the remainder in two equal
instruments payable, the one At one year, and
the other at two years after the day Of sale; the
title to the said land and premises being retain.
ed as the security for the payment OF said two
deferred instalments.
J.H. GOOD,
r b. WOODS,
HANNIBAL FORBES,
,shIadSUtd Commissioners.