The New York herald., 1869-01-03


The new Brooklyn Armory, corner OF BushwicK
boulevard and Stagg street. is to be completed next
spring at a cost Of 100000.
fine estate OF 500 In Caroline county, Va,
was recently sold at auction for $1,000, which was
less than half the value OF the improvements.
The rise In real estate in Danbury, Conn, has been
immense. Two years ago fine lot on one OF the
handsomest streets could have been bought for from
s400 to 5000. Now the price asked for the same Is
from $1,000 to $1,000. An acre OF land IN the
could have been bouglt three years ago for s400.
In the grand list OF Vermont for 1868 the several
counties rank us follows In the appraisal OF real
estate:-Windsor county ranks highest, $9,63I, SOL.
Rutland next, s9,5259l9 rhe remaining counties
rank In the following order:--windnam, Addison,
Washington Grange, Chittenden, Caledonia Frank
lin, Bennington,s Orleans, LanoIlie Essex, Grand
Isle. The whole valuation OF real estate, including
non organized townsand cores, Is s7l,2'2.l ll3.
Among recent real estate transfers In ST. Louis,
No. are the following
James Smith Ct al. toDavid r. Rowland. lots
aud g. block l3, subdivision OF section ID 81. $40
john Wacker to Gottelb Elyrmann, lots II, p,
20 and "a, block ~, third subdivision OF Lami
ross c;Faoa Z Fobai q ohc.r ands i'oO'
vided half OF leas'hold Ia block 2s6, begin
ming in south line d Chestnut street, between
Ninth and Tenth, s5h feet front by lib ieet
Alexander s. brownie washington University,
23l 65-1o0 acres In common fields OF 50. ferd-
Peter Brooks to Charles Moran, ieasehoid 50
feet on Second street by depth TO aiiey.... 5000
Bernard Mcsorley II Philip Gredcl, lot In block
eo4. z5h feet on wash street by 90 feet TO
Michael Eichmann to Abraham Mack, lot In
block e3e, being wtst X Of lot conveyed to VIM.
Bachmann, 40 fee on south line OF Franklin
avenue by l44 feet deep. 300
A virginian paper OF q recent date reports the
following land sales In Loudon county In that
ON Saturday last the house Of r.. Il. Divine, on
King street. was sold under deed Of trust, and
txf.ttfr N2tyn nm trttgf
for $3.50. The sane house sold seventeen years
ago for 600
running back about 200 feet, was sold under deed
OF trust for to0o, and purchased by Mrs. Charles f.
Lloyd II has on IL small frame house and frame
stable.
To-day the house Of Alexander Poland, on West
Loudoun street good house and lot, was sold for
s97s the stable and lot for s22s and the lot on Ayr
street. l04 feet 'front.' and about as deep, for se25
Mrs. Poland purchased them all aud there was an
evident disinclnaton TO bid against her.
the farm OF Alexander Poland was sold to II. T.
Harrison for $40 75 Ier acre. IL lies about two miles
west OF town, contains 22i acres. aud has oerabiy
good brick house aud good brick barn, with water
IN ali the fields, and little or no wood
A tract OF 1s2 acres, five miles south OF Leesbnrg
under the Hogback Mountain was sold for 40 Is per
acre. The land h thin, but worth 10 man who
wants home Sl2 per acre. The improvements are
Indifferent. Il. L.Vclts was the purchaser
According TO th. report q the Superintendent OF
Public Buildings, The following structures have been
completed In Boston during the year.
Norcross grammar school house, South Boston,
cost fsb,OUO; Ncts grammar tcnoOl house. Blossom
street, cost $4,000: Lewis grammar school house.
ward Ia cost Scsg00: primary school house, Charter
street. cost s3c,Uo: house Tor Hose Company No.
l. salem street. ctst $4,000; engine house ward
room In ward li, cost $3S,0co Central Charity Bu-
reau and Temporary Home, Chardon street. cost
sl2s,0oo. Eotai s43i 900.
The department has also built m addition 70 a
stable the Aishouse lot ~ the highlands for the
use Of tho internal Health Department, has pur-
chased the UDttian church on the corner OF Nave
rick and Bremen streets, East Boston, ana fitted IL
up as an arucry for the military companies Of ward
L. at cost OF S3Sl, aud has purchased two lots OF
land on Newton street for normal schoolhousc and
another IN ward i3 for police station.
The following buildings are IN process ~ erection
but yet incomplete and each s coupled with its en-
Grammar schoohousc. II rooms and han, ward
l2 100000; do, ward y, &i00o00 primary school
house, rooms ward 7, sac, ,010: police station, ward
Is $4,000; hose house, on Church street for Hose
Company No 3 and ward room for ward ., $4,000;
hose house for Hose Company No q on North Grove
street, appropriation $4,000.
The expenses Of the year are thus classified
Public buildings, fi50,3lB 81; county buildings.
| $14s6p 90; grammar school houses, Sg0,j0S a.;
primary do, ss5,saB ~. Total s3f0,6s7 40.
Among recent real estate transfers IN this state
are tho follOwing:-John puls 10 Homer Benedict,
nifty acres OF land IN Greece; consideration $500.
Jane r. Shcarman 10 Edward A. Tuttle, lot Ice Wcst
avenue near Frances street; consideration, 5000.
James NJ whitney 10 Henry +. Fairohild pait OF lot
10 varnum stlvet; consiioratioas ss,aoi VI. L. ..