The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-20
Sale of the Real Estate of Lydia 8.
Cruger, Deceased.
The Most Valuable Property In the
County.
William McMechen and othersl

Joseph Skinner and others.
DURSUANT TO A DECREE OF THE
i Circuit Court OF Ohio county, rendered
at the December term, 1858. IN the above
named cause, we, the undersigned Gonmls-
EionerS, will sell at PUBLIC AUCTlON, on
the
Saturday, 27IE day OF March, 1869,
ON the premises, fve miles east of the city
OF Wheeling, on tho Cumberland road, at a
t6 on houT OF ten O'CLOCK A. H., tract OF go
lie same property formerly %nosssys,, owned S9s{l
ded Into lots and farms TO suit pur-
chasers. consisting in all Of thirteen lots:
two farms containing sixty.six 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 pro-
perty and buildings Intervening between
said Cumberland road ana wheeling CTeek:
Is Clio acres OF surface land, will be sold the
coal privilege OF 1870 acres underlying the hill
lands; a comfortable frame tenement house
is built upon this lot. On lot No. 2. which
fronts leo feet on tho Cumberland road and
extends 50 feet In depth, Is located the oid
used as warehouse 10 the latter, anu al
present occupied by Il: 8. Hopkins, together
with stable, carriage house, &C. ON lot No
g. which contains GslO of an acre, Is a fine
frame dwelling house, now used in connec"
ton with the store. with suitable out-build-
lot No. 8 is the stone grlst mill, dwelling
house and blacksmith's shop, with strip OF
twenty-five feet in width. embracing the
mill-ruce; from the dam to the Cumberland
road, together with $40 OF an acre on the
point OF the hill adjacent TO the head OF the
race, making in all 2 2-lO acres, with exclu-
siVe title to the water power. Upon lot No.
10, which Is 5-10 acres in size, Is the stone
hotel, now occupied by Mrs. French, with
all the improvements compromising sta
bles, ice houses. &C. The remaining lots,
numbered l, 2. 3, 4, g. II, IL and II. espective-
ly, are without improvements. but faVorably
located for residences and excelling any
dening purposes. The hill property con-
nected with the estate Is laid on into two
farms, the FIRST OF which contains 66 acres,
| occupied by James smith, bounded on the
east and north by Atkinson's ridge road,
easy OF access, well timbered, productive and
two-thirds arabic land. together with two
substantial frame tenement houses.
The second farm fronts on Little Wheel
Ing Creek, not more than 10 yards from the
Cumberland road, extending back to the
lets, ono by the National turnpike and the
other by the County road, containing 80
acres The hill portion OF this property
the low lands are well adapted to 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. +. Smith, on
the premises, or to ono OF the undersigned
Commissioners. Possession given on LIST day
OF April.
TERMS OF SALE:-One-third of the pur-
chase money in cash, and the remainder in
two equal instalmentS, payable, tho one at
one year, and the other at Two years after the
day of sale; the title to the said land aud
premises being retained as tho security FOR
The payment OF said two deferred install
nlentS. J. h. GOOD,
X. Is. WOODS,
HANNIBAL FORBES,
feb19-d&wtd Commissioners.