The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-11
Sale of the Real Estate of Lydia s.
Gruger, Deceased.
The Most Valuable Property In the
County.
William McMechen and othesl
Joseph Skinner and others.

county
William McMechen and otheB1
Joseph Skinner and others.
PURSUANT TO A DECREE OF THE
L Circuit Court of Ohio county. rendered
AT the December term, 1883. In the above
sIoneTs, viii Sell at PUBLIC AGCTTON. on
the
Saturday, 27th day OF March, 1869,
on the premises, 1ve miles east OF the city
OF Wheeling, on the Cumberland road, at q
the hour OF ten O'Clock A. M, q tract OF ~
acres OF land, more or less, It being
the TN sane properly nSs formerly oT S1S
ded into lots and farms TO suit pur-
SnaSs3IS, e, Go EIz Ing IN al Of thirteen 4oLs
acres respectively. 4hese lots all front Upon
side extending to the brow OF the hill, whilst
those upon the south embrace all the pro-
said Cumberland road and Wheeling Creek.
In connection with lot No. s, which contains
% $40 aGFes OF suT d Land @ be sold the
lands; a comfortable frame tenement houss
is built upon this lot. On lot No. 2. which
extends so feet in depth, is located the old
and new Elm Grove stores. the former now
present occupied by 4: s. Hopkins, together
with stable, carriage house, &c. On lot No
frame dwelling house, now used In connec-
ton with the store, with suitable Out-buIld-
1ngS and all the modern improvements. On
house and blacksmith's chop, with a strip Of
twenty-five feet in width, embracing the
miu-rRce; from the dam to the Cumberland
road, together with 5-l0 of an acre on the
point OF the hill adjacent to the head of the
race, making in all 2-l0 acres, with exciu-
EiV6 title To the water power. Upon lot No.
10, which is 5-10 acres in size, Is the stone
hotel, now occupied by Mra. French, with
all the improvements compromising sta
bles. Ice houses, &c. The remaining lots.
numbered !, z. 4,6, II, IL and Is, respective
~, are without IMPROVEMENTS, bat IaVorably
located for residences and exceninR any
other body OF land In Ohio county for gar
deninR purposes. The hill property con-
nected with the estate Is laid on into two
farms, the INST OF which contains 66 acres,
occupied by James Smith, bounded on the
east and north by Atk1nson's ridge road,
easy OF access, well ttmbered, productive and
two-thtrds arabic land. together with two
substantial frame tenement houses
The second farm fronts on Little Wheel
Ing Creek, not moro than ~ yards from The
Cumberland road, extending back TO the
ridge road, thereby giving two desirable out
lets, one by the National turnpike and Ihs
other by the County load, containing 50
acres. The hill pOTuon OF this prOperty
abounds in timber of the best Quality VhiIst
me Low ianaS are Wen adapted % farming
description OF the above property nFo re-
feETed to two plats of survey of the saIne one
At the Recorders otIice OF ohio county. and
the other at the residence OF J. +. Smith ON
tho premises, or To one OF the UNDERMINED
Commissioners. Possession given ON lst day
OF April.
TERMs OF SALE:-One-third of thu pur-
chase money In cash, and the remainder In
Two equal 1nstalmenIS, payable, the one at
one year, and the other at two years after the
day OF sale; the title 10 the said land and
premises being retained as the security for
the payment of said two deferred install
mentS. J.H. GOOD
K. u. WOODS,
HANNIBAL FORBES,
1ebl9sd&Wtd Commissioners,