The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-08
Tho United statss mCl
Francis C. Adams al )
The United States IN

Francis c. Adams, Clinton l4Oya' y"
DC.
By authority conferred on me, 4, Commissions;
by virtue q decree pacd y tes y vs., TrrsS.
a, Al WheeiipS, 10 thd akoye three several Chan
Gerry causes, shall proceed, On
THURSDAY, the 18th dayo september, l66'
Al HarperS Ferry, ". Va, on The several resnsc:
dive tract1 Of land hereinafter mentioned % sell At
public auction the following valuable real eaaie,
With the water poww connected Herewith:
FRH-The water power entire Of the Potomac
vcySness 70 Geofge washIngtou, President Of the
United StAtes, In l7at, and thereafter By the de.
yIses Of Robert Harper and others, q existing and
held By the United States on The Soth day Of No
yeErbef, 1863, the date Of The 1ale o. nd properly,
undeF direction Of tho Secretary, Of War. This
property includes the dte Of the old Armey build
ma, or Mnsket factory, Byrne's IalAnd and y.
iani, A, B and @, IN the Potomac River, and ali
the Itrip Of land and bluf bordering on the Poto-
mac River md lying between aid hyer and The
stTeets and lots Of the town Of Hmpers Ferry, As
lSid down 90 the map Of MD property, used at the
dc Of 1863. Also al the valuable water power Of
tbe dyer PotomAc al sAid place. with the canals,
dams and other privileges, and the loh Win me
buildings thereon, enbrAe9d In Lot Ne; on Hlld
ale map Of 1852. The roAd bed Of The BaiamoTe
q OhIo Railroad Company Il constructed through
Sea1d-AiIoi The valuable water power entire
oi an Shenandoah River, at HGIper's FsEry, n
hald by The United States at the time o. aid ale
in 1855, embracing the aite Of the hae factory,
with al the aPpurtenaneG thereto :,
ignatsd d LotSo. 2On aid niP used at the aie Oh
IA ISi,SLrwo lots, sstuated In HrperG Ferry, In
Block A, on Shenandoah St, as laid down on napo
SSid uropSrly, and aid town Of HArpers Fury, By
direction Of the War Department IN lS2 being
lots and Of slId property, In aid Block A, each
fnonting 30 faet ON Shenando6h street, running
through 70 Shenandoah river, interested BY an
alley 10 feet wide, at the railroad emhankment
Thee lots are situated near The Intersection o. the
Shenandoah with the Potomac, reAr the buElness
portion Of aid town, and are considered desirable
and valuable. 1 ~
TERMS OF sALE-Ten per cent Of tho amount
for which each Of lid Lots sell will Be required o.
The residue Of The purchase money credit Of one
md two years will Be given, the purchaser exeeut,
ins bonds, In equal amounts. with good personal
security) bearing interest from dry Of ale, A
lien on the property sold will also Be retained TO
secure the nymeni Of the purchase money:
The above suits were instituted blythe United
herginbeioro dsscfIbed 10 ale, ant lying the
proceeds Of le TO the Discharge Of the bonds exc,
rrted by efendants In aid suits Al the sale Of aid
properly made by the United States In 1869.
ANY additional information Is " this property,
ID situation, condition, and pulpofS for which
adspied, viii Be furnIshed BY the andersigned, who
solIciu correspondence on the subject:
CopIes Of aid map Of ale, reftTed to above, to-
gather With additional description = aid property
and Of the surrounding country will = furnished
on application. This property IL eonsideSad ameng
the most valuable In the country for manufacturing
pIrpoes, onaeeounto Of IT. Temar liable water power.
n. G0FF, JR.,
cIArxssuaO, W. IVA, July a, 1875. Jy27.Th