Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-10-08
PUBLIC SALES IN AUGUSTA County,.

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and Lot in Fishersville, occupied bv Zirkle.
Ocr. sth.-By N. K. Trout Com'r., the Gibson
tract, $50 acres, near Hickory Hill.
Ger. 9th BY N X. Trout, Com'r., the Store
houses and Dwellings of A. T. Maupin, corner o.
Beverly and Market Streets, Stanton.
Der. l6th.-By Craun Snapp Com rs, the
JAG. Craun tract, 118 acre., on Naked Creek,
near Centreville.
Ocr. 19th.-By II. NJ. Bell, Trustee, at Au-
gusta Springs, the personal property Of J. A.
Hefelfnger.
We call the attention of Confectioners and
Dealers in Confectioneries generally to the adver
tisement of Messrs. Darby & Co., the front
of our paper.
We deem it an act of justice to that enterprsing
firm to give short description of their new Iron
building Gust finished located at the Conner of
Baltimore and Howard Streets, which for beauty
OF finish, Interior arrangement and architectural
display generally is surpassed by no other build
ing in the city.
The site, one of the most eligible in The city,
was purchased at the price of $55, 900, which,
together with the cost of the building makes the
outlay of the Prop-ieiors 500 900.
The building fronts on Baltimore street
thirty-four feet with depth of seventy-ive feet
on Howard street. The basement, or first floor,
extends on all sides to the curb, and covers an
of &c. $50 cubic feet, and is designed especial
ly for the storage of foreign fruits, OYSTERS sardi
mes and other Theoretically sealed goods. The
patent asphaltic pavement surrounding the build
ing, hard as stone and seamless-the only one of
the kind laid in the citys carried on archways of
brick, supported by heavy wrought iron girdere;
and the basement floor is lighted by patent pave
ment lights set in iron, and ventilation necessary
IT, Al.
ranged. The floor is laid in cement and covered
with selected yellow pine flooring, making the
room water and rat-proof. Two hosting
Chimes one extending to the fifth story and the
other opening on the sidewalk, to facilitate the
receipt and delivery ofgoods and speaking tubes
and water arrangements complete the convent
ences ofihe first floor. In the rear portion pat
ent furance furnishes heat throughout the upper
stories. This floor can conveniently accommo-
date the cargoes of several vessels.
The second floor, on level with The Street. is
devoted to the display and sale of candies fruits,
cigars &C., and is arranged with every modern
convenience. In the rear of this floor, suspended
in air between it and the one above is situated
| convenient and handsomely furnished counting
room, finished in oiled pine and walnut, and oc-
cuped by BILL entry and corresponding clerks,
cashier and bookkeepers.
The third floor, of the same dimensions as the
one beneath, is also used as a sale, packing and
furnished private counting room for the uses of
the members Of the firm The fourth and fifth
floors occupied eni~e as the manufacturing
department, where, by the introduction of recent
and costly improvements, operated by force of
thirty workmen, one hundred and fifty barrels OF
soft crushed suga s can be transformed into can
dies Of difere2t favors daily, a capacity largely
in excess Of the most extensive factories in New
York or New Orleans. A rev invention of the
Messis. Darby, for which patent has been ap
piled for, is in successful operation in the manu-
factory, and consists of 'bot syrup cooler.'
The iron work possesses the double advantage
of being highly ornamental and du: ab'e, is pani-
ed beautiful white, and still further o-namented
with signs Of fue execution, and on the Balti-
more street is placed in gilt letters the words
DARBY Building"
! The Messrs. Darby have been engaged in the
| manufacture of candies for more than quarter of
century, and from their well known energy and
industry, together with their extensive assortment
ofgoods we trust they will receive liberal pat
ronage from the citizens of the Old Dominion