The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-15
Tho United States
Francis c. Adams ct al.
The United States
THURSDAY, tho 2Oth Day Of Iuly, 1876,

AT Harper's Ferry, ". Va, on the several respec.
tive tracts Of land hereinafter mentioned, 70 sell
public auction the following valuable real estate
With the water power connected Herewith:
PirtI-The water power entire Of the Potomac
River, Is held by the United stateg under the eon-
yeylnces 70 George Warrington, President Of the
United States, In l7si, and thereafter by me de;
ySees Of Robert Harper and other, 4. eIisttng and
held by the United States, on the Soth day Of No
vembef, 1869, the date Of the sale Of aid property
under direction Of the Secretary Of War. This
property includes the dte d the old Armory build
ings, or MuSket factory, Byrnes Island and L..
the strip Of land and bluff bordering on the Poto-
mac River and lying between aid hyer and the
streets and lots Of the town Of Harpers Ferry, AS
laid down on the map Of aid properly, used al the
ale Of 1869. Also all the valuable water povefo
tho river Potomac at said place, With the canals,
dams and other privileges, and the lots with the
buildings thereon, embraced In Lot Nc. on slid
sale map Of 1859. The road bed Of the Baltimore
4 Ohio Railroad Company Is eonstrueted through
this Lot No.
Of the Shenandoah River, at Harpers Ferry, q
held BY the United States at the time Of said sale
In 1865, embracing the hte Of the Rihe factory,
with all the Appurtenances thereto belonging-des-
ignAted a. Lot No. on nd mAp used at the sale Of
1859.
7ifrd-Two lots, situated In Harper's Ferry, In
Block A, on Shenandoah St., as laid down on mapot
aid properly, and sid town Of Harpd's Ferry, BY
direction Of the War Department In 1859, being
lots and Of sid property, In aid Block A, each
fronting 30 feet on Shenandoah street, running
through 70 Shenandoah river, interested by an
alley 10 feet wide, At the railroad embankment.
Thee lots zre dtuited near the intersection Of the
shenandoafsEith the Potomac, near the business
portion Of aid town, and are considered desirable
and valuable.
TERMS OF sALE-Ten per cent Of the amount
for which each Of nd Lots sell will Be required Of
the respective purchasers on the day Of ale. For
The resldne Of tho purchase money credit Of one
and two years Win be given, the purchaser exee1t.
Ing bonds, In equal amounts. with good personal
secuTity) bearing interest from day Of ale. A
lien on the property old will also be retained, 10
secure the payment Of the purchase money.
The Rboye suits were Instituted by the United
State, for the purpose Of subleefins the property
hereinbeiofe described 10 nle, and applying the
proceeds Of sale 10 the discharge Of the bonds exc
euted BY deendants In said suits at the AleOf aid
property made by the United States In 1863.
Any additional information n 10 this property,
its htuaton, condition, and purposes for which iii
adapted, will Be furnished BY the undersigned, who
Sohclts eorIespondenee on the subject.
Copies o. aid map Of ale, referred 10 above, to-
gether With additional description Of aid property
and Of the surrounding country VIII be furnished
on application. This property Is considered among
the most valuable In the country fox manufacturing
purposes on account Of its remarkable water power.
II aid ale Il not Completed on nd 10Th day Of
July, 1870, the ame win Be adjourned from day to
day, and time to time, until oOgpleted:
cLARxsSuns, W. Va, Nay II, 1875 myii.Ti