New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-10
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
SELLING A DESERTED VILLAGE.

The village OF Feltyillc. ~ J.. known az = The
srttd illage' with over GOO acres oi lahu anu
important Mater rights Was SOLD ~ pnoc nuSaon
under a foreclosure of "a mortgage. The iorectosure
proceedings, which were conducted bctore Guam
sellor Runyon by Counsellor james NJ u BOTTOM "
FISH tho receiver Of the GioOc Insurance Company
OF New-YoTk. whose attorneys aro NlngAte *
Cullen. oi No. 20 NaSSsl-st. The property Is Pic,
tuIesqnely situated ia the townships OF Wcstieid
sad New-Provideace, ia Union Coun,N, hoh'
the eastern base of the Orange Mountain
About twenty capt. sisiS and farmers gstActcn y.
the Court House AT o'clock, and when Auc'iohscI
Richard v. Harnett read the description OF .ne
property they crowded close about nm Among sm"
present were Abram :. Hewitt eN-ConHrcSS,Jinsaiu
Amos Clark, IT,, OF Elizabeth, Asssmbym9h VIZ -,
inson of Newark. ex-SEcrif Josiah balu"ai "
lrungton, Warren AckeInan ana ). uaINes H Nm
man, Of PlaInheld Receiver fish ana seNv'"aJ 60,
York and brooklYn capitalists. Suh,nI""".. -.
mers with hard heads and i"i's GO, ri"mecr
took an active interest IN the SAFE Auv.'un.' !,
Harnett announced that all the proPertS
would be sold free of cncunorances Oh an, Annu g
terms being 10 per cent cash "lu w. lh ' I'D NJ
H. o,i,ce of Ningaie q Cullen. on september 10.
some property m Elizabeth was first said lhrrc
was stir when the ale'ieneT -, bs s,sLest
would sell the entire Fctvhlc estate 70 lne lsIes'
bidder fee Of all encumbrances, ana that not ieS'
than $4,000 ought ,, to di ne S" COG Sd'
acres had been advertised there were really 90
acres ia the estate. IL was within three nhSs "
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Ncsl.n aa tao
central Rnrund of New Jersey on tue 0thet ria',
I1Wyer T. b. Allen, o. Newark, started the TuuIus
with AN offer OF Is, 900. This WAS rapidly Iolio"eu
H. a OO blds until the aut tiOnccT was calllhB i"'
az advancc on the $4,000 offered. ~ a.,
Whvr said he, q director OF the ui"p' V"'i'
soJO 400 for the property before he dled' 81,
- 4 reckon that ere otter was ehuush 10 MA aug
man. dir, Ia remarked an old iainer .,
ssAitsr brief halt the bids of ~ 600 cach r'o''
- npurc 20 ~ 900, and then the bids ten Oh 20
900 mill The auctiOucer called for somebody w.
ratse the $4,000 offered. Warren AcNeI-
man bid 500 The aucuoneer talked llhe
,,cEci-seller al circus nhlh aho'uSl
handed dollars Was BID. lie was happy "hei the
ns~,res reached LOO, but there the Udd,ne
iagged Finally somebody shouted raise IRA,
s5hr The auotiOneer turned to MI AcAennan ShV
e..ed him him TO raise the hi. lie consented anu
The properly was knocked down to th Ioi
Sl1 40 just rs the sac was closed Ahrah :,
Ue~lt arrived. lie said he would nave pn
Nj. Alderman said 10 the reporter that he owned
Land near feltvlllc, aud he intended To- eNPenG
large sum of money IN improving ms ola auu III
newly acquired iand - ,y ,,,,r, nd
ACkerinan got that land dirt cheap, remarked
farmer; bui II won't be worth peek oi si,l Iui
Ten wears yet When he gits some men cry i"ihs ~
Luild cottages there he'll Oe ali right but no. pe
fore u amt no use for factory, but Iihlhlolu
cot to get her water trum the stream that STARTS ou
The place