The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-03-22
A CHAPTER OF CHAT
FRoM THE TOWNS OF rAEWclNIrY.
Fatality From Premature Bll.t-Ths New. o.
aD.yup, Dopn and Across the Rlrsr-Coll.Es
6Olts.ts-D,lth Of an HOaOrsd Citizen.
Pr..lsr, the Teacher Homicide.

Mr.. A. W. Smith, o prominent merchant
aud ex.member Of the West Virginia Legs
lature. died at his home in Greenland, West
Va, March 10Th, OF consumption.
Washington.JVffers College, at Little
Washington, closed yesterday for two
weeks vacation. and last evening the literary
contests came of at the Town Hall, which
was crowded with people. The contest be-
tween the societies was one OF the best ever
given.
The Hinton Herald says that few persons
have an idea,of the immense quantity OF fuel
required to run the locomotives on @. d o.
T. r. A faint idea Of the vast amount OF
coal consumed by these "iron horses may
be gathered from the fact that ut Hinton,
sixty thousand bushels Of coal, and twenty-
five cords OF wood are used each month. FoT
one year this amounts TO seven hundred and
twenty thousand bushels.
A man named Reynolds broke out Of the
county jail at Uniontown at AN early hour
Tuesday morning and made his escape, He
halls from Brownsville, and bad been SEN
fenced 10 four years In the penitentiary for
burglary. Sheriff Hoover was 10 leave for
Pittsburgh with the penit4ntiary candidates
that morning, and Reynolds decided to make
one last desperate break for liberty. He
took part OF bench, pried the bars apart,
and got into the cell overhead by means OF a
bedtick aud piece Of wire. Thence he got
out OH the roof, reached down and drove q
steeple into a crack In the wall, TO which he
tied the wire and tick, and thus reached the
ground. There was light. snow on the
ground and his tracks made toward the
mountain.
There was an accident on the Grafton &
6reenbrier railroad Monday morning, about
ten miles below philippi, caused by the pre-.
mature explosion Of powder in the hands OF
workmen, by which young man named
Nestor, OF Barbour county, was injured in
such manner as To cause his death that
night Aman named Matterson, of Virginia,
was 80 badly injured that 1t Is thought he
! will surely die and may be dead by this TIM;
and also two other parties were Injured
seriously, but 1t is thought not fatally. One
OF the parties injured Is brother Of the
young man who died, and both are sons OF
'sauire James hester, OF Cove district, Bar
bour county, who Is very worthy citizen.
Young Neltor, who was killed, was about Is
years Of age.
The annual contest between the Philo and
| Union Literary Societies Of Waynesburg col
lege took place last night. The judges after
being changed several times were, E. G. Cra-
CthlL, VI NHbtIluk, d n. MCLifauet VI " hoh-
ington, and Joseph Beatty, OF Uniontown.
The contestants we're: Select Grafton, Miss
Carrie Smith, OF C0nnellsville, and Miss
Minnie Myers, OF Waynesburg; essayists,
Miss Emma Sims, Of Rixyille, ., and Miss
Matte Scott, OF Waynesburg; original orators,
T.. E. Adams, OF Waynesburg and 9. B..
Elliott, Of Allegheny City; debators, W. w.
CRUDE, OF Punxatawney, and X. Lindsey
Crawford, OF Waynesburg. Subject: Would
revenue tariff under the adj pqioreHa princi.
pie be oppressive to American industries y
VIC. Frazier, the Noble county. Ohio,
school teacher, was arrested on Tuesday on
the charge OF killing Hays and Luce, two OF
his pupils. He was taken 10 Cumberland
and will have a hearing before Justice Pur-
key to-day. The last grand jury failed 10
find bill against him, and the matter can
DO presented to succeeding grind juries un-
til he is indicted, though this might have
been done withouta preliminary hearing. as
Frazier has made no attempt TO escape. The
Guernsey Times says: ut is proper that
there. should be another hearing II the
frietds Of the. dead boys are not satisfied,
or II 1t Is necessary for Frsz!er's own vindi-
cation or the public welfare. And possibly
1t would be better for Frazier, as well as for
the public good, II he should be indicted and
have trial In open court. The failure OF
the grand Jury to indict is q mere avoidance.
Acquittal can only be made by petit jury,
aud until he Is tried Frazier will always be
liable to arrest"