Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-02
A BIG SALE,

Disposing of the Property Of the Late j. @.
Ramsey at Auction Of the
Sale To-Morrow.
Market hall was an attractive spot yes
terday. The occasion was the great sale
| by the well known auctioneer, P. T.
Kavanagh, of the estate of the late j. G.
Ramsey. Mr.. Kavanagh thoroughly un-
derstands the art of advertising, and he
done the work so well that large crowd
was attracted to the sale. Cata-
logues of the property were sup
pliedJ the company and bidding
was spirited. In fact there has never
been better auction sale of property
made in this city. The first item on the
catalogue was the following:
Undivided 1a lot IL, block 26, norther-
ly side of East Third street, between Rob-
ert and jackson streets Size of lot 5Ox
l45: Lot leased for six years. Occupied
by K. Lion & Sons clothing house and
McLeod's restaurant
This was sold to Gov. Ramsey for 5000
per front foot
The next was part of lot 3, block 80,
fronting on northerly side of Second
street, corner Robert street. Size of part
lot 5Oxl15. This property adjoins
Presley's fruit store on Second street and
was sold to P. II. Kelly for s4,25O.
Number three on the catalogue was the
undivided q OF lot 5, block s, northwest
erly corner Market and Fifth streets, op-
posite Rice Park and next to city hall.
Frontage 81 feet on Fifth by $50
feet on Market street, rear line of lot
34a feet. This is now occupied by Mark
Costello for his carpenter shop and was
bid off by Mr.. Kelly for him at $500.
The following residence property made
lively bidding: Lot %, block II, norther-
ly side Summit avenue, between Selby
and Nina avenues. Size of lot 60 feet
front, 81 q feet rear, division lines 2561l
and 269B feet respectively. Messrs P.
Il. Kelly, Joseph Leighton, G. W. Griggs
and Horace Thompson were the contest
ants, and Mr.. Leighton the purchaser at
"a, 1926.
Messrs. Dawson, A. r. Nininger, Geo.
Heron and others were among other
purchasers of valuable property. Sales
were made as follows:
Undivided q lot s, block 5, northerly
side of Fifth street, between Fort and
Exchange streets. Size of lot 60x150
feet. Sold at 1,650.
Undivided 3 lot 3, block 27, southerly
side of Chestnut, between Fort and Ex-
change streets. Size of lot 54x1sO feet.
Sold at 81 ,450.
Undivided % south 40 feet4ot 1,ablock
2s southerly corner Fort and Walnut
streets. Size of lot 6Ox15O. Also, un-
divided p lot 2, block %, southerly side
Walnut, between Fort and Exchange.
Size of lot 54x1S0, both lots brought
s2,25o
Undivided Is north 100 feet lot 1, block
54 southwesterly corner Fifth and Fort
streets. Size of lot 6Oxl5O. Sold at
81, 800.
Undivided q of lot 4, block 81, south
erly side Fifth street, between Fort and
Oak streets. Size of lot 60x15O Sold at
s1,575.
Undivided ID lot 4, block 20, southerIy
side Sherman street. between Fort and
Exchange streets. Size of lot 54x18O.
Sold at $500
Lot II, block %, northerly side Sher-
man street, between Fort and Exchange
streets. Size of lot 54x1SO feet. Sold at
$1,000.
Undivided 11s lot S, block Al, southerly
side Washington street, between Eagle
and Chestnut streets. Size of lot 6Oxl7O.
Sold at s175
Lot 8, block so, northerly side Ramsey
street, between Oak and Sherman streets.
Size of lot 6Ox15O. Sold at $1,000.
Lot 4, block IS, southerly side Pleasant
avenue, between Walnut and Chestnut
streets. Size of lot 6Ox175. Sold at
Dts, Mock e5, southerly side Pleasant
'avenuvSbetween Walnut and Chestnut
streets. Size of lot 6Ox175. Sold at
s2,175..
Lot IS, block q, northerly side of Fuller
street, between Kent and Mackubin
street. Size of lot 391sxl2314. Sold at
$24O.
Lot 10, block 4, northerly side of Fuller
street, between Kent and Mackubin
streets. Size of lot 391axl2314 Sold at
$3.50.
Lot 6, block %, fronts on Goodhue,
Richmond and Superior streets. Size of
lot 60x95. Sold at S70O.
Part OF lot 4, block %, 95 feet front on
Goodhue and Superior streets respective
E, between Richmond and Western
avenues, by 60 feet in depth. Sold at
$3.50.
One-tenth of the proceeds of this sale
goes to the Catholic orphan asylum and
one-tenth to the Protestant asylum. The
sale yesterday aggregated some S55, 900,
and was very satisfactory.
An important feature of to-morrows'
sale will be the disposal of the whole of
northeast one-quarter of northeast one
quarter, section "a, town 90, range "a,
embracing forty acres of land, situated
in the Second ward, city of Minneapolis.
II Is expected that this property will ex-
cite lively contest. 1t will be sold at 2
o'clock p. m.