Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-06-03
Land Sales.
GREAT AND ATTRACTIVE TRUST
u SALE OF VALUABLE
FIGURING MILLS.

LWOeTeU UHO MEteTUt LOUUS, COTW NN%
Gopping and Sav Nils, Tannery,
Distillery, Fine Farms, aOith
Superior Improvements,
Orchards, Sc.,
AT WAYNESBORO, AUGUSTA COUNTY,
VIRGINIA.
By virtue of deed of trust executed to me
by Hugh L. Gallaher, dated April 20, 1871, and
recorded in the County Court of Augusta Book
86, page 227, and with the consent aid approval
of all concerned, will sell, at public auction IN
the town of Waynesboro. in Augusta county, on
FRIDA Y, JUNE 21st, 1873,
beginning at II o'clock. NJ, the following pro-
perty conveyed by said Trust Deed, viz:
WaynesbOrO FIGURING MilIs,
in the village. on South River, only 800 feet from
the depot of the Chesapeake s. Ohio Railroad,
with acres of land attached, large dwelling
and all necessary out-hOuses, fine garden, or
chard, meadow, &c. The mill is frame build
ing, 81 stories, on stone basement, making the
whole Al stories, and is 4Ox5O feet. with store
40x40, and plaster mill whole in good or
der. The mill has pair of wheat burs, and one
pair for middlings, corn, &c. and pair for
chopping, turned by new LetfePs Double Tur-
bIne Wheel, AZ inches in diameter with water
and room enough for another of the same size /;
capacity now 50 barrels of -four per day. and
has ground 35 GOO bushels wheat for toll about
the same amount of corn and rye, and 800 tons
of plaster per year. The location of this mill
on the railroad, and at the outlet tosmarket for
extensive and highly productive region, give
it great advantages and custom equal TO any ca
pacity that may be given it. A switch to the
railroad could be constructed at little expense.
Va The former owner of this property refused
1900 for it before the war; and since the war
it has been remodeled, and greatly improved by
the Introduction of new machinery. and an ad-
ditional story A plaster mill has also been ad-
ded, 30x40 feet-the whole cost of improvem ent
being oyer ST., 900. The brands turned out by
this mill have been favOrites for many years in
the Richmond Markets.
SPRING MILL FARM,
adjoining Waynesboro, Augusta county, in the
beautiful Valley of Virginia, containing about
Two Hundred Acres,
nearly all bottom land The soil is very fertile.
The Improvements are common frame house.
with five rooms, q barn 30x50 feet, with the usual
out buildings, and pretty good orchard. Be-
sides these there Is a chopping MILL distillery
and rectifying house that could be put in work
ing order at very little expense, the whole stua-
ted by large and constant spring, which turns
the mill. This is most desirable place for pa
per mill, the water being pure, abundant enough
for turning the machinery and supplying the
mill and the finest straw can be had from the
adjoining farms in abundant quantities, while
the railroad depot is not more than half mile
away. About two hundred acres of Mountain
Land will be sold with this farm, which
there is
LARGE DEPOSIT OFIRON ORE
This is very valuable farm, and, if desired,
could be advantageously divided.
WayneSbOrO' Saw Mill and Water
POWER,
with three acres of land and brick house for the
sawyer; 400 yards North from Chesapeake s
Ohio railroad. The saw mill is in good order
The power is the whole of South River if desired
which is constant. This would be fine site fol
| almost any kind of a mandatory, and the
country abounds in materials.
SIXTEEN ACRES OF LAND,
within 100 yards of the Chesapeake IL Ohio rail.
road depot at Waynesboro', embracing field;
with orchard, garden, &c; dwelling, large brick
with rooms, 2 halls, with brick kitchen IL
addition to the above there is on the property 9
large tannery-32 vats--brick leather-house anG
beam shop, frame finishing house, bark-shed anC
bark mill and house.
Also about 40 acres of valuable land adjoining
the town of Waynesboro.
| The terms of sale will be as follows One
| fourth of the purchase money in cash, Or at th'
| option of the purchaser, will take we'll endOrs
ed negotiable notes at sixty days, adding interes
| at per cent
| For the remainder Of the purchase money tb
| purchaser viii be required to give bonds of equs
| amounts payable in one, two, three and fou
years from the dsy of sale. and all bearing inter
| est from date at six per cent. payable annually
Deeds Will be made to the purchasers anC
| trust deeds taken to secure the purchase money
The title of the property is believed to Dt
good, but L will convey such title only, as hav
| under the trust deed.
| may20-tds JOHN B. BALDWIN.