The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-03-06
Saturday, thc 27th day Of
March, 1869,

On the premises five miles east of the city of
Wheeling on the Cumberland road, at point
kuOHu "a Elm Grove, commencing at the hour
of ten o'clock 4. NJ. a tract Of 22J acres of land,
more or less il being She same property form
erly owned by Lydia :. Cruger, deceased, di-
yiCed into lots and farms to srit purchasers,
consisting in all of thirteen lots, varying III size
from one To fifteen acres, ana two farms con-
tanning sixty.,ix and eighty acres respectively
These lots all front upon the Cumberland road;
those upon the north side extending TO the prov
of the bill, whilst those upon the south embrace
all the property and buildings intervening be-
tween said Cumberland road and Wheeling
creek. In connection with lot No. s. which
contains 70 6.lO acres of surface land, will DO
sOld the coal privilege of 100 acres underlying
the hill lands; a comfortable frame tenement IS
built upon this lot On lot No. ], which FONTS
100 feet on the Cumberland road and extends 50
feet in depth, is located the old aud new Elm
Grove stores, the former now used as a ware
house to the latter, and at present occupied by \.
Hopkins, together with stable, carriage house,
&c. On lot No. 5, which contains 6-lO OF an
acre is a fine frame dwelling house, now used
in connection with the store, with suitable out
buildings and all the modern Improvements
On lot No. is the stone grlst mll dwelling
house and backsmith's shop, with strip OF
TWENTY-FIVE feet in width, embracing the mill
race. from the dam to the Cumberland road, to
retbrr with $40 of an acre Oh the point of the hill
adjacent to the head Of the race, making IN all
. . 10 acres with exclusive title 10 the water
mower Upon lot No TO- which Is ] $40 acres
in size, il the stone hotel now occupied by Mrs.
French, with all the improvements, compre'
heudinp stables ice houses, sc, The remaining
lots numbered l. =, ,, /, q, II, II and 10, re-
spcCtivelv are without improvements, but
tavorably located for residences and eLcelllng
any other body of land in Ohio county for gar.
dening purposes The hill property connected
with the estate is laid off 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 tim
bered productive and twOthirds arabic land
together with two substantial frame tenement
houses.
The second farm frsnts on Little Wheeling
creek, not moro than az yards from the Cumber'
land road extending back to the ridge road,
thereby giving two desirable outlets, one by the
National turnpike and the other by the County
road containing 20 acres. The hill portion of
this property abounds in timber Of the best
0uality. whilst the low lands is well adapted TO
farming purposes Parties desiring more par.
ticular description of the above property are
referred TO two plats of survey of the same, one
az the Recorders office of Ohio county, and the
other al the residence of j. F. Smith, on the
premises or to one Of the undersigned Commits
sioners
Possession given on LIST of April.
TENNIS OF SALE One. third Of the purchase
money in cash and the remainder in two equal
instaiments payable the one at one year and
the other at two years after the day of salei the
title 10 the said land and premises being retain
ed as the security for the payment OF said two
'''''''U ' J.H. GOOD.
RIB WOODS,
HANNIBAL FORBES,
tebladawtd Commissioners