The morning news., 1899-04-05
APRIL'S AUCTIONS ACTIVE.
MUCH PROPERTY DISPOSED OF AT
COTRT HOUSE SALES.


COIRT HOUSE SALES.
The Wilmington Island Pleasure
ana Improvement Compnny's Prop
erty Bought in by the EndOrserS
of the Compnny's Notes for $IO,-
IOO-scveral Desirable city Resi-
dences Disposed of-GOId Mining
and Cotton Will stocks sold for n
SonR-Property Levied Upon by
the City Marshal for Cleaning
Vaults sold at Nominal Prices.
Real estate sales were larger yesterday
than on any saies day for many months.
The amount of the sales was due, however.
more TO the orders Of the courts than to
any sudden squirt in The real estate mar
keI, though the market has shown
steadily increasing activity Of late.
The largest sale was that of the vii
mington Island Pleasure and Improvement
Companys property An order for the
sale was issued recently BY the Superior
Court. by consent of both the creditors ana
the stockholders Of the company. the
stockholders OF the company being in
dorsers upon its notes and having assumed
these obligations The sale was made by
Mr.. c. H. Dorset for Mr.. J. II. II. Os-
borne, receiver of the company. The prop
erty was bought in by Mr.. Z. J. Kennedy
in whose name the suit was brought, the
amount bid being $lO,1O0 Mr.. Kennedy
announced that the property was bought
in the name of himself and Messrs. Adam
Kessel, John Dieter. George Schwarz.
Mr.. John Mclaughlin sold the property
on Bryan street, east, known as lot a.
Warren ward, TO R. j. Warrick, for 81 ,975
The property was sold for the payment of
debts and distribution, on account of the
minor children of John II. Doscher Sey-s
eral pieces of suburban property adver-
tsed by Mr.. Mclaughlin, were not sold
Mr.. l. d. LaRoche sold for the account
OF w ]. Cleary, trustee, the property
known as lot 81, Crawford ward for SO 1900
The Roberts tract at Thunderbolt was
sold by Mr. LaRoche 10 S s. Roberts for
500
The property at Nos 502 and 5Oi Price
street, opposite CASTOR street, which was
offered by Mr.. LaRoche, was Withdrawn
on a bid of $3.975 "a
Mr.. LaRoche also sold tweuty-six shares
of the Enterprise Dime Loan Association
stock, on which 259 iustalments had been
paid, at 99la on the amount paid and
81 900 bond of the Middle Georgia and At
lantic Railroad 10 S. X. Platshek for l0l.
The lot and two-story brick residence,
No. $40 Habersham street, was sold by
Mr. c. II. Dorsett TO ]. w. McInure for
.Sl,74O.
A lot at Barnard and Second streets,
was sold by Mr.. Dorsett TO Mr. Isaac
Beckett, agent for 81 $50.
Various shares of stock, the property
of the estate of l.. Y. Gibbs, were
sold by Mr.. Dorset at very low figures.
Five shares of the stock of the Savannah
Cotton Mill We're sold at cents per share
100 shares of the Hannibal Silver Mining
Company of Arizona were sold at cents
a share; 100 shares of the Wanda Gold
Mining Company's stock, par value 81 per
share. for II cents per share; 100 shares of
the Swift Gold Mining Company, par value
So We're sold for Y cent per share A
share of Savannah Cotton Exchange stock
par value 500, was sold TO Mr.. c. Noble
Jones for $35. A tract Of 4 6-10 acres Of land
in Weilvile belonging 10 the Gibbs estate,
was sold 10 Jacob Hart for $500
The undivided one-ffth interest of p.
j. Donohue in the eastern half of lot No.
Is Carpenter row. sold by Coun-
~ Sheriff Roman, was bought in
by Mr.. P. J. OConnor, attorney for the
Collins Narnsh Company, in whose be-
half the levy was made
Several lots were sold by City Marshal
John Power under executions for cleaning
privy vaults, al very low figures. Lot No
Is Minis ward, sold as the property of
Benjamin Garrett, was bought in by the
city for Sc. Lot No. 2S Kelly ward the
property of Berry Jones, was bought lin
at the same price. Lot No p Trustees Gar
den, on which there was an execution for
Sc, was bought by Mr. William Kehoe.
for $40. The eastern half of lot No stiles
ward, the property of Eveline S. Ross, was
purchased by the Chatham Real Estate
and Improvement Company for Sc. The
north third of lot No. 60 Mercer ward.
was bought in by the city for &c.