, 1873-05-29
A Poisonous Potted Pie-Plant
sorape.
The Michigan Avenue Chimes Heard From
Yesterday.
United States, Criminal, County, and
Other Court Items.

pne of The firm Of John v. fsrnol Il Co., CREDITOR
West fnilcd, and solicited compromise Of tllc
,,e ueois A. TO nansa on tho ollar. Thoy owt
We nnmedinlely so At work investigating ther eairs
ehd hoeaao very soon satianed TINT theS failure was
~ centa 70 every creditor. and we pprcmptorily re-
91sod to accept loss. Tho parties continued tho
farosr Snoss dor eo%Hsomtse ~ however un much th
sak It'll rafused to assst my
y t. asbiat,
claimed that we alone >woro standing In tho way oi
ussens a ssasa sr ss1.s
ss 4ssSs' ns asss 4. s e VI
0a9aI 9fa anI 9 ,st 9sp0ts wora able to
- our position to stan for ioo cents WA no socrof
eopt ourn unsocured we beievcd thom Responsible.
sbout $1,000, which they owo about that sun. IN
March last they wera unable to meet their papor ma
their relief At heir lequot and hst OF sos Of the
creditors no dccidcd to do so aud agreed to advnnoo
hs9 end ss T. a. sas & ssn,t S
elsl pfessafo embas1sssmsn sn ensbla them 't t.
We soes,ldlnaly sent to th,lt storo two competent
Quantity o5 Could aa' ',sfez
more hnn % cents On tho dollar And did not deom
% s q s S
1atlsa. Ne bad no nowiedgo Of Tho bankruptcy pro-
st5ssvs.s until now '' nor $ wo 'f9nass 9asasa e e
THIS proceeding wn4pommencod we have boon waited
on repeatedly BY Manning, claiming to be the ii.
perslstennYy and In threatening manner that ~
should give tue notes reccved " for tho oxtra
Ct ths remainder which is now ali duo We hayo tod
him Invariably that Il he would pay our now ACCOUNT
ea q t. osa ta' b 1eoRass e fs maud
dSs9r Or eEsat upon ths debtors
70 would so.ze upon tho fset e
compel us to ht further farbearnnoo, and thereupon
the 70 ecnt9 tho ezra 50 aould b p.a I'D hereafter
s In,s alleged lawyer haa brought to U.s. repeatedly,
ssne s1a so osr seos Il s %
matter matter were sid to 20 contained aud reatone TINT
70 hs IT, 9 th
s6iaszts saa s%ass gso's hsss sas
Customer Sna aNE ,nS W. haze uniformly told lin ths 10
% thom We ssc informed that, by tho exhibition q q
impede md ebarraas tic fatr udminiaraon Of tho he
oban al unfair fall adSansae Ia wsreso hs e59
the facts arc that anco thta proceeding WA
IT,: 9a II Els
es"seod asxdR dPhSS Soo eents sFG ntsrmsd
81 fha q e.
mont Mr. John r ohumaaeFo lad yory nttlo Il any
thing, to do with the mattor but tie name was af.
believes, without the knowledge Of said Ghunasero In
reference to tts torms until no nf.er the settle
50 far said Chumnsero has actol na Proyisona A.
sgnee ~ this matter, ho has acted, % doponent verify
belseyea for theeomnon benefit Of a creditors, and
Ut any one else. SIMEON FARwELI.
.PoIaosous r1E-pLANT.
y. y. Hopkins, attorney, yesterday flied In tbe
esae Of Wsa pIncRe e. Heed in e assps Il tho
Packing Company; damages, $4,000. Tho Cir
cumstances Of the case nro theae Defondauta
oro an organization operating ;.ndor charter,
with capital of $50, 900, in tho business Of can-
eerlsy over other companies engaged in like
their cans Last year they canned largo qua1l.
ty Mty OF ple,pant and groen corn, Of which goods
Hogor i Jewell, and gave It al'efu5i fu5i |
warranty to exoeed anything of tho Kind In the |
market. Hoge j. Jewell were given tho ex-
tbae caeaVe sale 81 TIE goods In Chicago 70 induce
adorable Wholesale buainess. Thov nlaecd tho
Pio-pant on the market here, and sold It to =
ta;ttgo nnmber Of parties doing business in tho
found to contain some poisonous mastor. az Il
INDIRECTLY produced sickness In tho oater who
used 1t as food. Hoga j. Jewell reported this
state Of aifaira to tho Elgin Company, who told
thom to get it of at any risk. and thoy would be-
responsible for the consequences. Aparty kaan.
ing restaurant placed 1t upon his tablo.
and the consequence was that ton boarders
were s,d Low q one fell swoop and tho ressuE-
the deaortod host had can Of tho nie-n1.Ht
enalyzed by chemist, who pronounced it unfit
Tor uso. and aaid it contained unmistakable owl
eences e1aso q tho presence Of poisonous matter.
ness IN the CANNED fruit line Is completely p at .
staaa 10 consequence Of their handling The
aoleteEous atu1f. One Of their customers has
brought suit against them to reooyor damages
them to aottlo with one city Arm to keep thcm
e [5om suing tho Company: Oomplainants charge
that the Company were fully awaro Of the char
hoter OF the goods, and state that there arc
In Rimifar manner.
THosE CHIMES AGAIN HEARD FROM.
In the suit Of tho Great Western Insurance
uS%gaPy easgy ot @ w a.11sp Aasbqr8h bankrupt the
Company's lion from certain property WHICH. as as
his Affidavit shows, ho held merely IN trust, but
Which tho Company seized as part Of the bank
Fnpts eHtate. wna filed. Afaont testiles that
about the 1et Of May, 1871, Low b. Boone.
Henry =. Pickett, John Z. Howley, and aflank
antesed Into an arrangement for tho purpose Of
purchasing = chime Of bells for tho Michigan
avenue Methodist Church, and to that end tRey
sgroed g 70 to contribute: Boone, s6o2.b0; Picket,
slN6o Rowley, 92Ao; and at1lent, $500, maxi
Ing total Of e1 400 to be Invested ii real estnto,
With view Of appropriating the value Of tho In
,reaao Of said real estate to inyost
N the purchase Of said chime Of bells, that aald
wore contributed by each Of said parties,
md tho proceeds were invested In tho south.
Sost OF Soc: g. 7. 80, r. Il, T., and tho title
7as taken BY J. K. Nowloy, in trust for said A.
'oclation. On 9Th Of August, 1878, J. X. Rowley
conveyed to afflant the above land to be held Ia
rust TOR tho purpose Of enabling defendant to
negotiate $1,000 loan to make payment on
,ald bells, aud safd amount was duly paid to
lones 1 %, q &c Co., tho manufacturers Of the bells
~ the 23d OF August, 1872, tho Association sold
20 aores Of the land. leaving 40 aoros, which
hey sold On tho 10th Of April. 1873, to J. K.
conveyed tho land to them on tho 18th Of April,
873 The proceeds Of the aale was applioi to
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