The weekly avalanche., 1893-01-20

UdQly UuTutu ~ the recent ROCK 1St1nQ
wreck near Grinnell, will recover but
will lose the use of both hands and one
eve.
A young man by the name of Hack
bath, in the employ of Niemcn Bros,
of Earlvil!e, was thrown from wagon
by runaway team and badly injured,
and it is feared h;sinjurles will prove
fatal.
james Renwlck died at Davenport
at the age of sS. He was born IN Scot
land, tine descendant of James Rem
wick, the last of the Scottish martyrs.
He came TO Davenport in the interest
of large English syndicate in 1S45,
expecting to estab 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 a 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: wee 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,ou ole with the
board Of supervisors. secured and had
published 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
cases by hundreds Of dollars as the
warrants represent. The matter has
caused a sensation.
John Frantz, a we'll known and
venerable carriage worker, of the firm
of Bennett & Frantz, Burlington, sud-
denly dropped dead while eating
iheal with his family. lie has not peen
in gool health for years, and also
feared death from heart disease. He
was born in Pennsylvania 70 years ago
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
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 $40, 900 for
SANDER, conspiracy and malicious pros
ecution growing out of thNs case, Hill
being accused by Ernst of e murder,
will come up for hearing at ythis term.
This case WIN be watched inter
est, asIsome hmain ct the Opinion that
Hill is not wholly innocent of this
crime The friends of MrsN Bennett
are awaiting with interest 2develop-
ments in this case, hoping thAt some
thing will turn up,that will bid her.
th,s is the reason for asking contin.
uancc.
3 i'm the supreme court, the cIase of
cooley, the Adams county murderer
was taken up and the finding OF &ullty
and sentence 10 hang conf fmed.
Dooley was tied for the murdar of
Mrs. ". Il. Coons and daughter Nellie,
aged 10 years, at Prescott, on May IL,
1892. Coons had gone away from home
and returning found the dead bodids OF
his wife and child on bed. App&ar-
ances indicated at the time of discov-
cry, May l2. that they had been de. .ad
from twenty-four to thirty-six hout.s,
and further that an assault had been
attempted on Mrs. Coons. Defendaht
Doolcy was q nephew of Mr.. Coons
He was arrested at V1llisca ON May IL,
indicted and convicted of the murder OF
his cousin, Nellie Coons, and the opin-
ion of the supreme court sustains the
verdict of the lower court, which was
q death sentence.
! The directory of the Credits Com
mutation Company, of Sioux City, in
session at Chicago, was waited upon by
committee from the Jobbers and
Manufacturers Association of that
city. The committee assured the d.
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 company'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 a 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 would be among the first taken
up by The company. Among the SUBJ
jects considered by the directory was