The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-02
Sale of the Real Estate Of Lydia s.
Gruger, Deceased.
The Most valuable Property In the
county
William McMechen and others)

The Most Valuable Property In the
county.
William McMechen and othersl
VS..
Joseph Skinner and others.
PURSUANT TO A DECREE OF THE
Circuit Court OF Ohio county, rendered
named cause, We. the underaIgned Gommis-
sIoners, will sell at PUBLIC AUCTION. ON
the
Saturday, azth day or March, 1859.
on the premises, nve miles east OF the city
OF Wheeling, on the Cumberland road, at
point known as Elm Grove, commenting al
the hour of ten O'Clock A. NJ, q tract OF ~
uSee same eA" property formerly Owned
by Lydia s. Cruger, deceased, divi-
ded into lots and farms to suit pnr-
chaSers, consisting in all OF thirteen lots.
varying IN size from one TO fifteen acres, aud
two farms containing Gt1ty.slz and eighty
acres respectively. !hese lotS al 1f ron upon
side extending to the brow of the hill. whilst
those upon the south embrace all the pro
said Cumberland road and Wheeling Greek
In connection with lot No. 5, which contains
ID 6-10 acres OF surface land, Will be sold The
coal privilege OF 40 acres underlying the Hill
lands; comfortable frame tenement house
is built upon this lot. On lot No. ?. which
fronts 100 feet on the Cumberland road and
extends so feet in depth, is located the old
and new Elm Grove stores, the former now
used as warehouse to the latter. and ~
present occupied by r: s. Hopkins, tOgethe'
with stable, carriage house, DC. On lot No
8, which contains 6-lO OF an acre. Is a flne
ton with the store, with suitable ouL-buIid-
ingB and all the modern improvements. On
lot No. is the stone grist mill, dwelling
twenty-five feet in width, embracing tie
mill-rRce; from the dam to the Cumberland
road, together with 6-1O OF an acre on the
point OF the hill adjacent to the head OF the
race, making in all 2 2-lO acres. with excu.
sivs title to the water power. Upon lot No
10, which is 5-lO acres in size, is the stone
hotel, now occupied by Mrs. French, with
all the improvements, eomprehending sth'
bles. Ice houses, &C. The remaining lots,
numbered /, 2. 3, 4,6, IL, Il and Ii, respective
ly, arc without improvements but fATOTaby
located for residences and excelllnG any
deninG purposes. The hill property COLI
nected with the estate Is laid on into two
farms, the dI6t OF which contains sc acres
occupied by James Smith, bounded on the
east and north by Atkinson's ridge T0Ad.
easy of access, well timbered, productive anu
two-thirdS arabic land. together with t""
substantial frame tenement houses.
The second farm fronts on Little Wheel
ing Creek, not more than 20 yards from tho
ridge road, thereby giving two desirable out
lets, one by the National turnpike and The
other by ~, the 5, County o road eSn1taining
abOunds in timber of the best quality, whilst
the low lands are well adapted tS farming
purposes. Parties desiring more particular
description OF the above property are re-
ferred to two plats OF survey of the same, one
at the Recorders office OF Ohio county, and
the other at the residence OF j. F. Smith, On
the premises, or to one of the undersignt-i
Commissioners. Possession given on LIST day
OF April.
TERMS OF SALR:-One-third Of the pur-
chase money in cash, and the remainder in
two equal inatalments, payable, tho one Al
one year, and the other at TWO years after the
day OF sale; tho tito to the said land and
premises being retained az the security fol
The payment OF said two deferred instal-
mentH. ]. n. GOOD,
r. b. WOODS,
HANNIBAL FORBES,
1eb1g-d&Wtd Commissioners.