Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-08-26
BARNESvILLE.
A Beautiful Town Among the "Sun
Kissed Hills"
of the Buckeye State-A Good Word for
the People Improvements
Everywhere.
Special 10 the RsolSter.

GAINESVILLE, O., August 25.-Barnesville
is the ~"forest city" of Belmont county, is
situated in the western part, about Is miles
from the river, and is one of the cleanest,
ccsiest, coolest, most hospitable towns IN
the State. The gentlemen are manly,
agreeable and genial, making one feel &C
auainted and perfectly at home at once,
and the ladies are as handsome, witty, &C.
cCmplished and entertaining as you Will
find anywhere, and best Of all, there are
lois of them.
The Atmosphere
is DELIGHTFULLY."- cool, pleasant and invigor-
atinR away from the smoke, out OF the
dust heat and turmoil of the city, but still
not 30 far away as to be entirely a country
towp Surrounded by the celebrated sun
kissed hills and the streets lined on each
side with beautiful shade trees, it seems to
us that one would be content to live here
forever.
The city is an old one is composed prin-
Gpally oil frame houses, with Wide streets
and elegant roais leading in in all direc-
tons. The B. & O., the only railroad on
The south, just lar enough and not too lar
away. Nearly every residence Is supPiied
with d front stOop, where the young foiks
are WOIll " COusINs1lO ~ tbAS ESNoSA ~
The year ard whisper sweet nonsense III
willing ears until mama calls Come in
here Jane" and
Jane Goes In
and John goes home resolved to repeat the
pleasing psstlme The next evening". The
IoHn is having quite a boom in the build
ing line Just now. The window glass
works is all immense affair and is situated
south Of snd adjoining the b. 4 .. depot.
IL is about completed and the fires are To
oe started in about ten days or two weeks.
4 number OF fine residences are also being
c instructed in different parts OF the city.
A large nunb Der of the citizens attended
the
PenpyrOyal Reunion
at Fairmont on Wednesday and Thursday
of this week. Fairmont is about Z miles
from town in a direct line, and about IA
by the pike.
Two hotels furnish entertainment for
The traveller, churches and SCHOOLS are scat.
tered over the town in abundance. Three
first class newspapers furnish the citizens
with information concerning the world
round about. She has between 5000 and
1850 inhabitants, who think that their
town is the finest place in the world to
i've. Warren township has about $500 IN
habitants, and usually returns
A Republican Majority
Of about three hundred On a State election,
which dash is one of the worst things that
can be said ABOUT the whole township
They have d Quaker boarding school near
own which closed its session on Thursday,
nd the town was full of handsome shy
.rung Quakeresses on their way 10 their
ones at different places. The BelmOn,
uunty Ihi!dren's Home is near town on
lie Eat. and of il they are very proud.
lis is where they take their visitors 10
how them the Sights, and then they take
Il tie new glass house. and the old fair
rounds, ard you have seen all that is won.
rr!ul or unusual, but if you were TO stay
here for ears you could not comprehend
al that is beautiful in the grand Old town