The weekly avalanche., 1893-01-20

e. L. Lyday, cashier of the First
National bank of NeH'ton, who was sc
badly burned ia the recent Rock Island
wreck near Grionell, will recover, but
will lose the use of both hands and one
eye.
A young man by the name of Hack.
bath, in the employ of Niemen Bros,
of Earlvllle, was thrown from a wagon
by runaway team and badly injured,
and it is feared lis injuries will prove
fatal.
james Renwlck died at Davenport
at the age of ss He was born IN Scot
land, the descendant of James Rem
wick, the last of the Scottish martyrs.
He came TO Davenport in the interest
of a large English syndicate in 1s45,
expecting to esta blish q factory for the
manufacture of lard oil. The plan
failed. He built the first saw mill in
that city, carried on other lines OF busi-
ness and made fortune.
The Iowa Producers Association
held meeting in the agricultural
rooms at the capitol at Des MONIES.
Their next meeting will come the
second Thursday IN January, 1895. In
the recent session the society elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: President, A. L. Plummer of Ivy,
Polk county; vice president, j. A.
Langdon of Des Moines: secretary, P.
5. White of Des Moines; treasurer,
Henry Robinson, of Des Moines.
"A few days ago Sioux City justice
of the peace who had t,ouole with the
board Of supervisors, secured and had
published a list of warrants drawn by
members of the board of supervisors to
compensate themselves for cash they
alleged they had paid out to various
parties. Now the people who are
credited with receiving the money de-
clare they did not get as much IN some
eases by hundreds of dollars as the
warrants represent. The matter has
caused sensation.
John Frantz, we'll known and
venerable carriage worker Of the firm
of Bennett e Frantz, Burlington, sud-
denly dropped dead while eating a
iheal with his family. lie has not peen
in good health for years, and also
feared death from heart disease. He
was born in Pennsylvania 70 years age
and learned the trade of carriage
maker. lie came to Burlington in 1864
and established the factory which still
exists In that city, and which has a
reputation for fine carriage work. not
surpassed in the country. He was
widely known, having almost constant
ly travelled all over the country in the
interest of the firm.
By tacit agreement between coun.
sci for the defense and state, a con-
tinuance of the Welse- Bennett murder
case at Marshalltown will be made to
the March term. The case of Horace
Hill vs. s. L. Ernst for 900 foi
SANDER, conspiracy and mzllcious pros
ecution growing out of thes case, Hill
beng accused by Ernst of e murder
will come up for hearing at ythis term
This case wlh be watchea-- sh-inter
est as,some lknain Ct the opinion tha
Hill is not wholly innocent of thi!
crime. The friends of Mrs. Bennett
are awaiting with interest &develop
ments in this case, hoping thAt some
thing Will turn up that Will hid her
tins IS the reason for asking a lcontin
uancc.
in The supreme court, the Case o.
Cooley, the Adams county murderer
was taken up and the findlng OF &ullty
and sentence 10 hang confirmed
Dooley was Tied for the murddr o.
Mrs. w. II. Coons and daughter Nellie
aged 10 years, at Prescott. on May H.
1892. Coons had gone away from bIome
and returning found the dead bodies q
his wife and child on bed. Appdar,
ances indicated at the time Of disc cIov.
cry, May u. that they had been dead
from twenty-four to thirty-six houl.s,
and further that an assault had been
attempted on Mrs. Coons. Defendaht
Doolcy was o nephew of Mr.. Coons
He was arrested at Vlllisca on May Ia
indicted and convicted of the murder oi
his cousin, Nellie Coons, and the opinl
ion of the supreme court sustains the
verdict of the lower court, which was
a death sentence.
The directory of the Credits Conn
mutation Company, Of Sioux City, in
session at Chicago, was waited upon by
a committee from the Jobbers and
Manufacturers Association of that
city. The committee assured the dl.
rectory that the citizens of Sioux CITY
would cooperate with them In ali the
plans undertaken for the revival of the
business interests in the compauv's
charge. The chief object of their mis-.
sion was TO urge the completion of the
steel bridge across the Missouri river.
and they pledged the city to vote two
per cent tax as bonus to the bridge
fund. The directory returned thanks
10 the committee and assured it that
the bridge was one of the enterprises
that wOlld he am0nr tho fret +.1.o-