Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-12-01

whereby the largest of tho three pack
ing plants of that city passed from the
ownership of the Union Stock Yards
company, and the management of Ed
liankin son & Co into the hands of the
Cudahy packing company. The Cuda-
hys will take possession and begin in
creasing the force at once.' A full
force of 500 men will be pat on as soon
as possible. The plant has a capacity
of 5000 hogs daily. James Hale, man
ager of the Cudahy plant at South
Omaha, Neb, viii manage the Sioux
City Plant.
Two very serious accidents occurred
near Brooklyn recently, one OF which
will probably prove fatal. 1t hap
pened three miles southeast of town.
The little 4-year-old son of Frank
Berry was playing in the barnyard and
was blowing e tin horn, which was
about twelve inches long, when one OF
the horses kicked the end of the horn,
driving 1T back about two inches INTO
the throat. 1t is thought he cannot re-
cover. The other accident was that
of the eleven-year- old boy of Nerd Lee,
who while trying to draw water from
a well with rope and bucket, lost his
balance and fell in. After going un-
der the water twice he managed to
get hold of the rope, which fortunately
had caught at the top of the well, and
was able to keep his head above water
for two hours, when he was found and
taken out by his father. lie was badly
chilled, but otherwise unhurt.
Geo. NJ. Beach, of Marsballtown, Ia,
ran afoul of his clipping wife aud her
paramour, William Weaver, at the
postofiice In Denver, Col. Beach is a
prosperous merchant In Marshalltown,
and himself and wife, who is about 30
and the mother OF several children,
lived happily together, Weaver is a
drummer, and he made an encroach-
ment on the Beach household about
month ago and stole the heart Ct the
wife and then the wife herself. Beach
got wind of the fact that the clipping
couple had headed for Denver and he
started after them post haste. He ar
rived few days ago and employed de-
tcctves to find his wife. Hearing at
the same time of Officer Wiggings' re-
markablc gift at spotting runaway
couples, he confided TO HIM his troubles,
with the result mentioned, After an
angry alteration between the men,
with tears on the part of the woman,
the trio made haste down the street
Beach relentlng at his wIfes returning
and Weaver going his single path.
Rlverton, Fremont county, is cx-
cited over case of supposed poisoning
that mas been discovered there. Will
liam May hor came 10 tins country in
1865. lie was married in California
and in short time his wife died, from
consumption, he says lie remarked,
and his second wife died under suspi-
cious circumstances at Sidney, Iowa.
In three months he was married again
and some time afterward moved to Ak
tell, Kan. Some time after his wife
dropped dead wlnic sitting down to
breakfast. lie again married and his
wife died of spinal apoplexy he de-
clares. He brought the bodies of both
these wives TO Iowa, the first 20
Sidney and the second to River
ton. lie then returned to Axtcll,
and advertised for n housekeeper.
Having secured one, he afterward mar.
ried her, and moved to Rivcrton. His
last wife died on October 2Sth under
suspicious circumstances, and the COR
oner had the body disintcred and a
chemical analysis made of the stomach.
Strychnine was found. and Mayhor is
is now under arrest awaiting the action
of the grand jury.
The most successful season ever en-
joyed by Dubuque lumbcrmen in re-
spcct to quantity of lumber cut closed
November Il. The season was also the
longest ever recorded IN the history of
the present Dubuque mills The Stand
ard Lumber company began operations
March 20. and the Leisure company
April /. The Standard has employed
81 men during the season, the Leisure
company $50, and the Dubuque Wood
cnware company about fifty. The lum.
Der cut by the last named company Is
estimated at 6,000,O 600 to 1000, 900 feet.
The others cut as follows, Lumber.
$4,000, 900, lath $500, 900, shingles, 49,
.00,O00. The Standard also had cut at
saltwater 3, 900, 900 feet of lumber, L.
5O0,0 lath and $50, 900 shingles. The
Leisure Lumber company, lumber 49,
100000, lath 100000, shingles :, 500,
900. The Leisure Lumber company ex-
cceds its last years cut by 10000, 900
feet These companies have enough
logs on hand to last until the booms
open in the spring The Knapp, Stout
company pulled about 10000 feet of
lumber, an average seasons work.
The Standard and the Leisure com
panies sold more lum Der than they cut.
Stocks on hano are reported fair but
below medium. Trade is good for this
season of the year and list prices are
maintained.
Oscar Lambert, 90 years of age. was
seriously shot by Geo, Drake at the
latter's home, s3l Cherry street, Des
Moines. at u late hour at night Drake
is brakeman on the Diagonal and
lives at the place with his wife and
two sisters, named Wood and Roc
bugher. His work keeps him away
from home most OF the time, and, ac-
cording to the stories of the police and
his neighbors, the women hold high
cafnival during his absence. When he
is at home, however, they are forced to
be more decorous. 1t seems that Drake
was mt home on the night mentioned,
but where the women were is not very
definite. The house stands close to the
street and porch extends along the
front. About1l O'Clock cab contain
ing four men drove up to the house
and the men, who were intoxicated to
more or less degree, got ont and
knocked on the front door for admis-
sion. Drake heard them and getting