Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-07-20
AUCTION SALES.
r, f. Knox, Auctioneer.


by VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE
- Corporation Court of the city Of Alexan-
dria. Virginia, rendered at the June term
(l907) in The chancery case therein pending,
wherein John I. Nails is complainant and
X. A. Howdershell ct ais. are defendants,
the undersigned commissioner OF sale will
offer for sale at public auction on
SATURDAY, the Sd day of August, 1907,
at 70 o'clock m, in front of the Royal street
entrance to the Market building, in the said
city, the following described lots or parcels
of ground with the buildings and improve.
ments thereon in the said city Of Alexandria
and bounded as follows, to-wit:
First. All that lot of ground with the
buildings thereon beginning at point on the
east side Of Washington street equi-distant
from Prince and Duke streets and at the
north gable wall Of the building thereon aud
running thence south on Washington street
% feet TO the middle of the partition wall e.
tween the house on this lot and the house ad
joining on the south; thence east liz feet 5
inches to an alley II feet wide; thence north
on said alley ~ feet, and thence west liz feet
5 inches to the beg inning; also O strip OF land
beginning at the north line Of the above de-
| scribed lot and running thence north on
Washington street feet inches; thence east
TO the east line OF the church lot; thence
south feet 4 inches and thence west TO the
beginning.
Second. Beginning at point on the west
side of Alfred street l55 feet Z inches south
of King street and running thence vest 10
feet; thence south 20 feet; thence east ITO feet
| to Alfred street, and thence north on Alfred
street 20 feet TO the beginning.
Third. Beginning ON the east side Of Pat
rick street 40 feet north Of Gibbon street and
running thence east ptr 'llel TO Gibbon street
90 feet; thence Forth II feet; thence east IA
feet; thence north 30 feet inches; thence
west 70 feet To- Patrick street, aud thence
south on Patrick street 81 feet 3 inches 10 the
beginning The above being improved by
three dwellings Nos. 534, $50 and 53s south
| Patrick street.
Fourth. Beginning on the west side Of Al
| fred street 63 feet inches north Of Wolfe
street and running thence north on Alfred
street IL feet 6 inches; thence west 10 fee to
an alley; thence south on said alley ~ feet
6 inches, and thence east 10 feet to the be
| ginning, with the right Of way over the said
alley.
Fifth. Beginning on the south side Of Glib
bon street between Washington and Column
bus streets at point IL f ct east Of an alley 20
feet wide and running thence south 81 feet
inches; thence east IA feet inches; thence
north 81 feet inches TO Gibbon street, and
thence west on Gibbon street IA feet inches
to the beginning, with all appurtenances.
Terms of Sale One-fourth cesh; balance
in two equal payments at one and two years
from the day Of sale, the deferred payments
TO bear interest at per cent, 10 be evidenced
by the notes of the purchaser, and secured by
the retention of the title until the same are
paid, or all cash at the option of the pur-
chaser. DOUGLASS STUART,
Commissioner of Sale.
State of Virginia, City of Alexandra, to-wi t:
/, Newell 8. Greenaway. Clerk of the Cor =
porati0n Court Of the city of Alexandria, do
hereby certify that the bond required by the
above mentioned decree has been duly exc
cuted before me.
NEWELL 8. GREENAWAY,
iyl7 I'd Clerk Of said court.