Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-17
/ NIBDEROUS ARRAY,
,-,,q TWO RALEIaH COUNTY MEN
y WERE SHOT.
~. r.;ns in Writ COunty-SsriOus Fire
h'.l'''' p.;,.s.,r-Ths General News Of
w. hs Safe For a Week.

Meadows and his two sons, An
.od Henry Meadows, and John
DEL .uof Raleigh county, were shot
- ..;,pslv wounded, at a point on
~ J.o,,. creek, near Dunlap, just over
I,,,g.oIs line, last Wednesday, by
1 r. ale. The old man, Isaiah
AZ was shot four times, aud his
eau Anderson Meadows, twice.
'' henry Meadows escaped to
'' .fps without much injury.
,u.. this ago Dave Keadle bought
tu Isaiah Meadows, for $50,
ash and agreeing that the
w. stand good for the re main
W." e,iay Meadows heard that
sent the COW 20 a man who
hs- rte state line and that he
90 leave the State. He
~ 5-,n q magistrate that he had
aA an, -bs COW. and on wednesday
nj. hin be armed his two sons ana a
--,,~sf John Smith, aud win them
nan .-5 -1 get the cow. keadle
s'a.4 NJ their departure, and
sa.- .Fa exclamation that they would
W. -s-.r1. took his Winchester and
l'',' 81, ,rrsg't. As they returned they
-. fred on from ambush by headle.
r..i,b Meadows says that headIe was
"a in a ditch by the side or the road
-I sd tre first shot from the ditch.
az. .b1- struck him in the left side,
80 entirely through mis- abdomen
,rt--ry the entrails In several
az Meadows then ran forward sew
ri stems. and Keadle sprang on the
80 M the ditch and fired again,
s---.tirg Meadows hip bone and bring
him down. As he lay there keadle
go twice more, wOunding him in the
+ ~. arm and hand. Anderson Meadows
~, some twenty yards when shot from
ra,5.e's Winchester struck him In the
.borlder. de dropped his gun, turned
"a bsg,ed him not % fire again, rails
=, his hand as be did so. Keadle
S,56 second shot, which pierced his
4 IN, hand entered the centre OF his chest
rsrsfrstsd his right lung. He fell
sr8 As be Iay there unarmed and help
49, Keais approached and, rubbing
IN, head. said derisiyely: "Weli, l
,usss you've got enough OF this COW
\ Sn,insss now" Smith and Henry
Meadows ran up the mountain side,
Smith being fired 40 three times and
4 Meadows twice, but neither being hurt.
isaiah Meadows says that three men Of
tba attacking party ran past him In
rBsuIt of Smith and young Meadows,
bot the others say that keadle was their
oBly assai.aut. They all claim not to
have fred their guns through all were
armed Birch6eld, a relative of Keadle,
saws that the latter vas fred on by the
. Meadows party, and claims that he was
wounded twice 10 the hip by them.
NBrchfe.d and a man named Coles were
with Kead.e when be started for the
scene Of action, but claim 70 have re-
NAMED behind for some twenty minutes
and 20 have gone forward then TO try to
stop the ARRAY but % have arrived too
late.
The Empire Mills, situated Ole mile
northeast Of Princeton, was burned on
|Friiay night last. Owing TO the dry
season aud scarcity of water the people
4 Do the northern part Of the county will
be compelled 70 20 TO Bluedeld or Gra-
ban with their wheat until the mills
srs replaced, as the water is too low Tor
other than steam mills TO run. The
origin Of the fire is not known, but 10 Is
supposed TO have caught from the
eDg.le The fire was discovered too
Sle to save anything. The loss 10 the
owners, A. j. Lacey aud company, who
had just purchased the mill az a cost OF
$4,000, is very heavy Tue amount Of
grain lost was: Four thousand pounds
0i chop one and a half tons OF bran, 80
bushels Of corn, and about $50 bushels
oi custom wheat. The mill was run
day and night and was paying a net
IIo6t Of $500 per month Mr.. Lacey
began work Tuesday morning TO re-
ol..t The mill, and will have it in full
Past 10 SIX or eight week..
An oil well which has been drilling
on the Peterson land, on the south fork
0 Fishing creek, in Wetzel county,
struck a heavy low Of gas on Friday
yelllg which iguited, causing q terri
PIE and fatal explosion. One man,
whose name we did not learn, was
Fatally burned and was taken to his
Lone 10 Pennsylvania for interment.
Two others were seriously burned, one
p them being man by the name Of
o'Lige0o, Of near Brink. The men
were on The derrick when the gas ig-
li'eo, aud made escape hopeless.
Charles Ca.liha1, OF Elk district, Bar
oo1r county, Is confined 90 his house
.'oa the effects of a very serious acct
-el- Tie was digging coal when the
TO, OF The bank, @ piece OF slate 7x2l
.se- and 9 inches thick, fell on him,
sils.us him ieyrtu,ly. Al, that saved
-ln IRON iuSta. cath was when the
-,e ie.. Oh him accidentally had his
SOa. pick -andil with the handle no
rll '1e ssta struck that and broke into
vera pieces which materially lesSeued
le Iorc3 q, It's fall.
a -J.g Ole crime is reported from
,sedE Writ county, which will prob
elt 90 several persons getting their
.As u t0 halter, either through the
guar Courts or by orders ofJudge
llea' Jc.l RatlitT aud mis- wife left
lsl ioe evening, leaving their two
-,1'ha aged il and Is years, TO
,filse la the absence Of the par
\" F'Vea Young men Of the neighbour
$50 He1t,o the house after the girls
~ slae 70 oed, broke down the door
~ CSI'mi1a..y assaulted the girls. The
ie's IOoIloot o, the crime is greatly ex-
S s..s The girls are in q serious con-
Inc Alexander Boom aud Lumber
SOm p pa. have extended their works
. .- 4ucSer county. They have about
.ogr miles Oh railroad laid in that county
-lu expect TO build twenty more In the