Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-01-30
A MODEST BUT INVITING TOWN.
fafrvfew's Indaeement 90 Those want.
ing Cheap and Pleasant Homes.

Special Correspondence Of the Register.
FArRvIEw, w. Va January 29.-Situated
twelves miles from Fairmont, the county.
seat of Marion, six miles from Pennington,
the nearest point on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, and on the waters of Paw.
Paw creek, is the beautiful little village of
Fairview, surrounded by q fine farming
and grszing country, with = good class Of
go.ahead, generous citizen and with most
of the facilities that one could wish for q
man ufacturing town. She has for nearly
three. quarters ofa century been as hid
den treasure from the world. I might
here give a short biography of some Of the
first settlers, but to be brief l. will only
mention few whose names appear among
some of her leading citizens. The Iousts,
McMasters, Conaways and Conelys were
among the first to locate and to advance
civilization in this valley. These are the
only ones will mention personally, but
there are others that came later, who 90 a
great ways to make up the enterprising
portion of our village, as the REGISTERS
readers will comprehend when I give to
you classification of the amount Of bus
iness that is transacted. We have three
first-class general merchants, one boot and
shoe store, one grocery, two steam.power
Touring mills three run of burrs each and
doing q good business; two stationary
steam power sawmills, one steam.power
planning mill, one tannery, one furniture
and undertaken shop, two daguerreotype
rooms, one silyersmith, one blacksmith
shop, one wagon shop, carpenter shops and
two licensed hotels, one barber shop, one
two-story school building employing two
teachers each session, two church buildings,
one sect of Methodist and one of Baptist,
and only one doctor. You can comprehend
by this that We have healthy climate and
q vigorous progeny. The hills are most alf
underlaid with vast coal fields easy to mine
and consequently cheap fuel. Land is
reasonably cheap. Real estate, both in
farms and town lots, can be had at such
figures that no industrious person need be
without a home OF his own. We have
moreover good markets and good country
roads, clay pike TO the couIty-seat through
the enterprise Of the citizens of this place
and others along the route. We are ia
direct communication with the county-Se2t
by telephone line.
In speaking of the generosity OF our citi
zeps, ] beg leave to make mention OF
an incident that occurred at this place
on Christmas Eve. Two weeks be-
fore this eveDtful evening the Bapuot
Church Sunday School Society made a
public announceme that they would
give free public Christmas entertainment
and in order 10 meet the finances of the
school and the entertainments contest was
given to three merchants OF the place for
gold.headed cane at twenty five cents vote.
also a contes. between three young misses
for picture album. The first three candi-
dates procured two hundred and eighty.
eight dollars, the second three candidates
procured on theaIbum thirty.three doia-s,
making total OF three hundred and TWEEN
ty.one dollars. After the expenses OF the
entertainment and past Indebtedness were
adjusted there was left in the school treas
ury two hundred and sixty. three dollars.
In summing up the names of voters find
a number of Wbeelingites who contributed
literally, and also some OF the first citizens
Of our neighboripg towns extended liber-
al amount, and TO one and all may your
donations to this cause be az bread cast
upon the waters for thou shalt find it after
many days.