Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-27
SHERIFFS SALE.

BY virtue of writ OF Fieri Facias
issued ont of the Court of Common Pleas
of Pike County, to me directed, l will ex-
pose to public sale by vendue or outcly, at
the sheriif's Office in the Borough Of Mil
ford on
Friday, Sept, 10, A, D, 1892,
At2 o'clock in the afternoon Of said dny,
All those four certain traots OF land situ-
ate IN the township Of Lackawaxcn county
Of Pike and State Of Pennsylvania, bound
ed and described MS follows: FIRST
TRACT beginning at corner ON the
bank Of the LaCkawaxen river, 1t being n
corner of Thomas j. Ridgway's land,
thence north ffty-sevon degrees east
twelve perchcs to heap Of stones thence
north ten degrees west one hundred and
twelve and one-halt perches TO q white oak
tree, thence west one hundred and thirty
two ana one hulf perches TO a stone corner.
thence south ten degrees west eighty four
ana one-half perches to n corner on lines
Of land surveyed to AlFaham Barnes,
thence north scventy-fouf degrees east
forty three porches 10 stone corner
thence south nine degrees east forty three
perches to a stone corner, thence south
nine degrees east forty. eight pcrchcs to q
corner between land Of Peter Decker and
Israel b James by the side OF the towpath,
bANAANN hbWh tlAH NOMHitlit uOINA AWtnLN-
one degrees cast ten perchcs to corner
thence north eighty-One and half de
grues east nineteen perches to u corner on
the tOwpath one rod above the waste weir
thence south nineteen degrees cast twelve
perches TO the backawaxcn river, thence
down the said river the several courses and
distances 20 the place Of beginning. con
tanning ninety-ilyo and one half acres,
more or less, excepting, however the pri-
vilege possessed by the Delaware and Hud
son Canal Company and al o excepting
one hundred and fifteen perches conveyed
to Michael Whaling by deed dated May 81,
1864, recorded In Deed Book %, page 562
also excepting lot containing two and
One-balt 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 Riduwny land
and upon the north side of the Lackawaxen
river, thence north eight degrees west
twcnty-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-Beginnin at a
small oak near the river and land adiOin
ing sold by William J Coupling to Israel
B. James, thence by land Of said james
north nine degrees west four chains and
t1Ut1Oll
Canal Company's Canal thence along
said canal north sixty-seyen and one halt
degrees east one chain and sixty five links,
| thence north seventy-seyCu and one half
degrees east eighty-fOur links to q post.
thence south nine degrees east four chains
to post near the river, thence along the
river south sixty-six and onp-helf derraes
west two chains and fifty two links to the
| place OF beginning, continuing one acre be
the same more or less.
THIRD TRACT-Beginning at the
waste weir on the Delaware ana Hudson
Canal in the centre Of the brook leading
from Walker Swamp, thence down said
brook to the LackawaXen river, thence
along said river south siXty-eight degrees
west to the southeast corner OF a lot sold
by William j CUnkling 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 moie or
less and being part of the tract known as
the Kettle lot
FOURTH TRACT-Beginnin at the
Lackawaxen river at several white ouks,
thence north ten degrees west sixty eight
rods to n stones corner, thence south seven
ty-four degrees west eighty-two and h ali
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 post, thence south
ten degrees east three rods, thence north
seVenty-Iiine degrees east twenty y-fOur rods,
thence north seYenty-nye degrees east
thirty rods TO the place of beginning, cbii-
tanning thirty-One acres and thirty and
One-hulf rods more or less; which property
became vested in Willis l. SimOnsOn BY
September, 1888, and recorded in Deed
Book 40 page $50 etc