Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-20

the whole bill Of fare, since he sets be-
fore each one IN succession every dish,
aud there are . great many, on the t.
bic. "Six bits" Is the price OF his hos
pltality. .n' -.
Iwish could show you
The Town "a Sherman
as saw IL yesterday from an eminence
on the Pilot Point road, q mile and y
half from town. Is stands on prairie,
almost surrounded by low hills, and
seen at about 5 O'Clock of bright after
noon, enYeloped in q thin, blue haze,
on account OF tire distance, Il makes q
very pretty picture.
Now Cor statistics. The population
amounts to about 5000, not so many by
2,00O as &c was six years ago; but it
grows more stable every year. Its
streets are wide, houses mostly frame
of two stories or a story aud half, set in
good sized yards, and the business
houses are generally Of brick. There Is
nothing typical Of the South in the ar
chitecture of the houses, unless except
the almost universal presence of the
versnda, or gallery" ~ It is called
here.
The business portion of the town has
formed hollow square, in the centre
of which stands the Court House, q
large, square brick building, painted u
brOwnish- yellow, and decorated with a
gilt star under each gable, symbolical OF
thesOubriquet of the State. Rich scenes
are said To take place in the Court House
when the District Court is in session,
for then the farmers in their ram
shackle wagons, with bOny lorses OF
mules tied up, apparently with carpet
rags, come into town to
Rear the Testimony"
Then the circle of hitching- posts, con-
nected by iron chains, is crowded with
teams, where now can be seen only an
occasional horse, wearing sheepskin
saddle, and W ordering, as he stands up
to his fetlOcks in mud, what this "buSi.
ness" can he that takes up so much o;
the time of human beings.
The stores on the south side of the
square, being especially expose to the
rays of the sun, are protected in uni,
que fashion. On all four squares a
wooden shed, uuheld by posts extends
over the sidewalk, and on the southern
square an addition il made to this avn
ing by boards nailed across from post
to post, or BY canvass let down almost
TO the ground. In this way the side
walk OF the whole block becomes q sort
of tunnel, within which trade is carried
OH in comparative comfort. That pro-
prietOrS may lose nothing by thus hid
ing their light under bushel, their
signs are sometimes painted on the side
OF the awning toward She street.
In many ways sherman shows the
energy and enterprise Of a Northern
city. It's business houses include all
the lines 10 be found in Northern towns
of the same size. was confronted the
other day by u manicure set purchased
here from jewelers. stock, showing
that 1.-The latest" has not been lsng in
finding its way here.
A. TO Churches.
Sherman il certainly aspiring don't
make pun Of thar. Ten years ago it
had one church, now it has eleven.
Methodists and Prcsbytcrians are baSt
represented, after which come the
Raptists, Complexities, Catholics,
Episcopalians, a missiOn-chapel, and
two churches belonging to the colored
people. When il comes to schools, the
town l. equally well provided. Indeed,
people come here from all over the
state on sccOunt OF the educational
facilities which il offers. The young
idea can be taught to shoot in Baptist,
Presbyterian, Methodist, or Catholic
direction for . certain sum, while the
public schools, now scattered around
town in different small houses, have
broken ground for large building to be
put up within the year. The negroes
have a department OF their own in the
public schools, and they keep up a pri'
waite school besides. Still another edu.
catiOnal institution is a school for boys,
kept 10y an officer in the Southern army.
BY special request of their parents, Il
few girls have been admitted and Occu'
py i separate room.
There are three -four mills, which
supply much Of the surrounding cOun-
try with -four, cotton seed oil mill, Il
cotton press, and an ice factory, for
Sherman manufactures itS ice.
The water used is principally lime
water, and is 50 strongly impregnated
that many people have cisteruS aud
use soft water. Gas is manufactured
and lights many of the houses, though
for some reason il is lOt burned on the
streets. Take it all in all, doubt very
much if Northeruer, set down i'll Sher'
man without knowing his whereabout,
or how he had come, would think of it,
being new town or one Oh the border,
of American civilization. NV. 4.