The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-22
THURSDAY, the goth Day Of .Iuly, 1876,

At Hnper's Ferry, ". Va, on the several respec..
live tracts Of land hereinafter mentioned, 70 sell n
public auction the following valuable real estate,
With the water power connected theIegith;'
River As held By The United State under the con-
vcyAnecs 70 George Washington, President o. the
United States, In 1874, and thereafter BY the de-
visees Of Robert Harper and others as existing and
held By the United State, on ne S9th DAY o. no
under direction Of the seeretary, o. War. This
property includes the Site Of the old Armory build
ingi, or Muiket factory, Byrnes lsAnd and L.
lands A, B and c, In the Potomac River, and all
IN strip q land and bluf bordering on the Poto-
mac River and lying between tald river and the
streets and lots Of the town Of HArper's Ferry, Is
lRid down on the map Of sid property, used At the
ale Of 1863. Also all the valuable water power Of
the riyer Potomac at said place, with the canals,
buildings thereon, embraced In Lot No. on aid
ale map Of 1862 The road bed Of the Baltimore
q Ohio Railroad Company d constructed through
SsaOad-AiI Of the valuable water poEeE entire
Of the Shenandoah River, at HarpeFs Ferry, Is
held by the United States at the time Of sid Iale
In 1855, embracing the hte Of the Ride factory,
With al the Appuft0nanees thereto belopglng-des:
iEnated rs Lot No, on aid map used at the ale o.
Tifrd-Tvo lots, situated In Harpers Ferry, in
Block A, on Shenandoah St, rs laid down on mapot
MD properly, and sid town Of Harpers Ferry, By
objection Of the War DEPARTMENT In 1852, being
lots and Of sald property, In aid Block A, each
fronting 30 feet on Shenandoah street, running
through to Shenandoah river, interested by an
alley 10 feet wide, at the railroad embankment
These lots are situated near the intersection Of the
Shenandoah with the Potomac, near the butness
portion Of slid town, and are considered desiable
and valuable.
TERMS OF sALE-Ten per cent Of the amount
for which each Of aid Lots sell Will be required Of
the respective purchasers on the day Of sale. For
the residue Of the purchase money credit Of one
and two years will Be given, the purchaser exeent
ing bonds, In equal amounts. with good personal
Security,) bearing interest from day Of ale. A
lien on the property Sold Will also 10 retained, 10
secure the Payment Of the purchase money.
The above suits were instituted BY the United
States, tor the purpose Of subectipg the property
herelnheEore Described 10 ale, and applying the
proceeds Of le 10 the discharge Of the bonds exc
cuted hy defendants in aid suits at the saleot aid
propsrty made By the United States In 1869.
ANY additional Information % 10 this property,
IL situation condition, and purposes for which II 4
adapted, will DO flrniahed BY the undersigned who
solldts correspondence on the subject.
CopIes Of sid map Of ale, referred 10 above, to-
rethef With additional description Of mid propert!
and Of the surrounding country VIII b furnished
on application. This property IL considered 4mong
the most valuable In the country for manufacturing
purposes on account Of Ia narkAhle water power
Ii mid sale d not completed on aid 10th day Of
July, 1915, the SINE win be adjourned from day u
day, and time to time, until completed.
W. n. G0FF, JR.,
cLAaxspvnu, W. VA, Nay II, 1876. :myii-Tt