Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28
State of Wisconsin, Wood County
In County Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Marian L. Bensley
deceased.

deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That by virtue of
and in pursuance to an order of license for sale,
made in the above entitled matter by the said
County Court of Wood County on the 5th day of
May, A. D. 1896, the undersigned, G. S Biron.
administrator de bOnis non of the estate of
Marian L. BenSley, deceased, will on the 26th
day of June, A D. 1896, at 10 o'clock in the fore
noon, at the front North door of the Court
House, in the city of Grand Rapids in said Wood
County, offer for sale and sell at public auction
the following described pieces parcels or tracts
land situated, lying and being in said Wood
County, tO-wit:-
AL that tract of land known as lot number
four az i'll section number eight (S) which lies
East of Main street, in the Village now City, of
Centralia, in Township number twenty-five (22)
North of Range number six (6) East
Lot number one ~ in Section number eight
(Sl in Township number twenty-five (29 North
OF Range six (6) East.
=, Lot number two (2 in Section eight (Sl in
Township number twenty two coz North of
Range number six (6) East
Lot number three 81 in Section eight (s) in
Township number twenty-five (22) North of
Range number six (6) East.
Lot number nine ~ in Section eight (S) in
Township number twenty-five COY North of
Range number six (6) East.
Lot number two % in Section five j5l in Town
ship number twenty-five (22 North of Range
number six (6) East.
=, Lot number three 81 in Section five (5) in
Township number twenty-five COY North of
Range number six (6) East.
Lot number four IA in Section five (5) in Town
ship number twenty-five (22) North of Range six
(6) East
Lot number five (5) in Section five (5) in Town
ship number twenty-five (22) North of Range
number six 81 East.
Lot number six (6) in Section five (5) in Town
ship number twenty-five (22) North of Range
number six (6) East.
Lot number seven g in Section five (5) in
Township number twenty-five COZ North of
Range number six (6) East.
Lot number one Q) in Section four az in
township number twenty-five (22) North of
Range number six (6) East.
Excepting and reserving thcreout and which
was a part and parcel thereof, the following
described piece, tract or parcel of land, to-wit:
Commencing at a point bearing South eighty
two 1921 degrees fOrty-tive [451 minutes, East
four 4 chains from the Southeast corner of
Block humber one III in the Village [now CityI
of Centralia, thence North seven RI degrees,
fifteen [15l minutes East two ri chains, thence
South eighty-tNo 1921 degrees forty-five [45l
minutes East two ri chains, thence South seven
III degrees fifteen Ll5l minutes West one III chain
degrees torty-tive [45 minutes, East one NJ
chain, thence South seven ri degrees fifteen isl
minutes, West fifty [50l links, thence North
eighty-two 1921 degrees forty-fv FAST minutes,
containing seventy-two [72] rods of land. Also,
the right of drawing from the race or canal near
or adjoining said premises two thousand [2000]
inches of water under eleven Ill feet head
Together with the right of way or passage of
water from said premises across said first men,
toned land to the river for the purpose of tail
race following the nearest and most practicable
route to the bank of said river, and the right to
fortify near and adjoining the north line of said
lands against high water reserving the right to
build and maintain a bank four feet high along
the West side of said premises, which last men-
toned premises were conveyed by Ira Harris
and wife to George Wellar by deed dated Octo
Der 9th, 1860. Also, excepting Block number
tWenty-nine [29 thirty one 1911, thirty-two ISL
and thirtysiX 1861 twenty seven 27l, thirty four
t34I and lot number eight S) of Block twenty
eight (2S), all in Harris Addition to the Village
of Centralia plated and recorded in the office
OF the Register of Deeds, in said County of
Wood, and being part of said Lot number four
a. OF said Section eight s, also excepting an
other portion of SAID Lot number four, A. of said
Section eight, s, now owned by one Reuben G..
Lyon and bounded as follows:
Commencing at point fifty, so, links East Of
the bank of the slough on the section line be-
tween Section eight, s. and seventeen, II, in said
Township twenty-five, D. North of Range Six 6,
East, thence West along the section line fifty, so,
links to the bank of the slough. thence up and
along the bank thereof three, ,chains and fifty
90, links to large rock, thence East two, .,
chains, thence on Southerly course to the
place of beginning, containing seventy, 20, rods
of land Also, the right of way to and in COM
mon with the owners and assigns of said first
described premises as passage way, and for
the purpose of a mill-yard, all that land lying
East Of Main street and the South half of Block
number four in the Village, now City, of Cen
tralia, and the West bank of the slough, and
also the right to build and maintain dam or
dams at the upper end of the island and at the
lowest place on the island below said described
premises, and to construct and maintain a road
on the West bank of said slough below said
premises, hereby intending to convey all the
water-power where the old Whitney saw-mll
was located excepting and Teserving forever
thereOut free passage way over the dam for
the purpose of running lumber without him
drance or delay to the owners of first described
premises and their legal representatives. Also,
excepting and reserving from the conveyance
all that part Of Lot three, 8, ofsaid Section eight
s, bounded on the East by the highway which is
a continuation in a Northerly direction of
French street in Harris Addition to the Village
Of Centralia on the South by Lincoln street and
the westerly continuation, on the West by the
section line between Section seven 7,and eight s,
and on the North by line parallel to the cen
ter of Lincoln street at the distance of sixty, Co.
rods therefrom. Also excepting piece of land
bounded as follows:
Commencing at the Northwest corner of the
Southeast quarter of the Northwest quarter,
being in Lot three s. of Section number five, sin
Township twenty two %, North of Range number
six, 6, East, thence East along the North line of
said Lot eleven II, chains to the highway thence
along the highway in a southwesterly direction
six chains and fifty so links, thence along the
said highway in a northeasterly direction seven
7, chains and sXty-three g. links to the place of
beginning containing two 2, acres and eighty So
rods OF land, together with all the privileges
and appurtenances to the same belonging, be-
ing the same lands that are described in
mortgage executed by said Marian l.. Bensley
deceased, dated August 10th, 1882, and recorded
i'll Vol. G. of mortgages on pages 472 to AS in
elusive, in the office of the Register of Deeds
of said Wood County.
The terms of sale will be for cash and will
be subject to the mortgages and liens upon
said property
Dated this 2Sth day of May A. D. 1896.
Administrator de bOnis non,
Marian L. BenSley, deceased