Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-20
SHERIFF'S SALE.

issued out Of the Court Of Common Pleas
of Pike County, to me directed, will ex-
pose to public sale by vendue or outory. at
the Sheritf's Office IN the Borough of Mil
ford on
Friday, Sept, 10, A. D. 1897,
At o'clock in the afternoon of snid day
All those four certain tracts of land sitii-
ate IN the township Of Laokawaxen, county
oil Pike and state of Pennsylvania. bound
cd and described rs follows: FIRST
IhACI beginning at n corner on the
bank OF the LuCkawaxen river IL being n
corner Of ThOmas J. Ridgway's land.
thence north fifty-seven degrees east
twelve perohes to a heap of stones, thence
north ten degrees west one hundred and
twelve and one-half perches to a white oak
tree thence west one hundred and thirty
| two and one-half perches to a stone corner
| thence south ten degrees west eighty. .four
| ana One-half perches TO a corner on lines
of land surveyed TO Abraham Barnes.
/ thence north seventy-four degrees east
| forty-t three perches to a stone corner
/ thence south nine degrees east fOrty-threo
| perche5 TO stone corner, thence south
/ nine degrees east forty. eight perehes to n
| corner between land Of Peter Decker and
Israel B james by the side of the towpath,
/ thence down the tOwpath north twenty
/ one degrees east ton porohes to a corner
| thence north eighty-One and a half de
| grecs east nineteen perches TO corner on
| the towpath one rod above the waste weir,
/ thence south nineteen degrees east twelve
| perches to the Lackawaxen river thence
/ down the said river the several courses and
| distances to the place of beginning CON
/ tanning ninety-tive and one half acres
/ more or less, excepting, however the pri-
vilege possessed by the Delaware and Hud-
son Canal Company and al o excpptinu
one hundred and fifteen perches conveyed
to Michael Whaling by deed dated May 81 i,
/ 1864, recorded in Deed Book %, page $50 /;
also excepting a lot containing two and
one-half acres more or less, heretofore
conveyed TO Michael Flood, described as
follows; Beginning at the north point of a
rock on line of Thomas j. Ridgway land
and upon the north side of the Lackawaxen
| river, thence north eight degrees west
twenty-eight and one half rods to stone
corner thence south eighty-four and one
| half degrees west fourteen rods to stone
| fence, thence down said fence south six
and half degrees east eighteen rods to
| said road, thence down said road to the
place of beginning.
SECOND TRACT-Beginning at a
small oak near the river and land adjoin
| ing sold by William j. Coupling TO Israel
b. James, thence by land Of said james
north nine degrees west four chains and
! twenty links to the Delaware and Hudson
Canal COmpany's Canal thence along
| said canal north SiXty-seVen and One-half
degrees east one chain and sixty five links,
| thence north seventy-seven and one-half
degrees east eighty-four links to a post,
thence south nine degrees east four chains
| to post near the river, thence along the
| river south sixty-siX and one-half degrees
west two Chains and fifty two links to the
! place OF beginning, containing one acre be
the same more or less.
THIRD Beginning at the
waste weir on the Delaware and Hudson
Canal in the centre of the brook leading
from Walkor swamp, thence down said
brook to the LackaWaxen river, thence
along said river south sixty-eight degrees
west to the southeast corner of lot sold
by William j. Conkling to Peter Decker
thence along said lot north nine degrees
west four chains to the Delaware and Hud-
son Canal, thence along to the waste weir
or the place Of beginning, containing one
and three-fourths acres of land more OF
less and being part of the tract known as
the Kettle lot
FOURTH TRACT Beginning at the
Lackawaxen river at several white oaks,
thence north ten degrees west sixty-eight
rods TO a stones corner, thence south seven
ty-tour degrees west eighty-two and u h alf
rods to oak and stone, thence south ten de
grees east forty-six rods to stone in the
] highway, thence south forty-three degrees
east fourteen rods to a post, thence south
ten degrees east three rods, thence north
seventy-nine degrees east twenty-four rods,
thence north seYenty-lve degrees east
thirty rods to the place of beginning con-
tanning thtrty-One acres and thirty and
one-half rods more or less; which property
| oecame vested in Willis l.. Simonson by
! deed from Thomas McConnon dated 22d
| September 1888, and recorded in Deed
Book 10, page $50, etc