The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-01

In CllAnemy.
No 2

BY authority conferred on me, as Commissioner,
by virtue Of DEGREES passed by tho District Court OF
tho United States, for the District Of West Vlryn.
Ia, at Wheeling, In the above three several Chan
Gerry causes, shall proceed, on
THURSDAY, the 2sth day Of September, 1870.
AT HarpCr's Ferry, W. Va, on the several rcspCc.
tive tracts Of land hereinafter mentioned 70 sell At
public auction the following valuable real estate,
Win the water power connected Herewith:
Rlra-The water power entire Of tho Potomac
River, n held by tho United States under the con-
voyanceS 10 George Warrington, President Of the
United States, In 179i, and thereafter BY the Do;
yISOes OF Robert Harper and others, .! existing aud
held By the United States, on the 5oth day Of No
yembei 1852 the date Of tho sale Of eaid properly,
under direction Of tho Secretary Of War. This
property includes the site Of the old Armory build
ings, or MuGket factory, ByTne's lAlAnd and u.
lands A, B and C, In the Potomac River, and all
The StTip Of land and bluff bordering on tho Poto-
mac River and lying between aid river and the
streets and lots Of tho town Of HArper's Ferry, Us
laid down on tho map Of aid property, used at the
ale Of 1869. Also all tho valuable water poWerot
tho river Potomac at said place, with the canals,
dams and other privileges, and the lots With the
buildings thereon, embraced In Lot No: on said
ale map Of 1869. The road bed Of the Baltimore
4 Ohio Railroad Company Is constructed through
this Lot No, l..
Of the Shenandoah River, at Harpers Ferry, Is
held by the United States at tho time Of said ale
IN 1869, embracing tho hte Of the Ride factory,
with ali the AppuftenAnces thereto belopGing-des-
iEnated rs Lot No. on said map used at the sale Of
1859.
7hird-Two lots, situated In HMpcr's Ferry, In
Block A, on Shenandoah ST., rs laid down on m4loi
said properly, and said town Of Harpers Furry, "
direction Of the War Department. IN lS62l being
lots and Of said property IN said Block A. each
fronting 30 feet on Shenandoah Areetp running
through to Shenandoah river, intersscted by m
alley 10 feet wide, at the railroad embankmGnt.
Thesa lots are situated near the intersection Of tho
Shenandoah with the Potomac, near the business
portion Of said town, and IRE considered desirable
and valuable.
TERMS OF 6ALE-TCn per cent Of the amount
for which each Of ald Lots sell will 10 required Of
The respective purchasers on the day Of salc. For
the residue Of the purchase money 4 credit oil ono
and two yearS will DO given, the purchaser exccut,
Inc bonds, in equal amounts. with good personal
socurlty,) bearing interest from day Of sale. A
lien on the property SOld will also DO retained, 10
SECURE the payment Of the purchase money.
The above suits were instituted by the United
States, for the purpose Of Nbjecting the property
hereInbelore described TO- sale, and applying the
proceeds OF salo TO tho discharge Of the bonds exc
cuLcd by defendants In mid suits, at the ale oil aid
Any additional information rs 10 this property,
s situation, condition. and purposes for which Il b
adapted, will DO furnished by the undefhgned, who
Solcits correspondence on tho subject.
Copies OF said map Of sale, referred 10 above, to-
gether with additional description Of aid property
and OF tho surrounding country Will DO furnished
on application. This property Is considered among
the most valuable In tho country for manufacturing
purposes on account Of It's remarkable Eater power.
n. .G0FF, JR,
Commissioner.
CtAPvsruR0. ", Va, July q, 1876, jy27-Th