Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1879 — MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. [ARTICLE]

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS.

Grain in sight in the United States and Canada: Wheat, 25,691,000 bushels; corn, 10,113,000 bushels; oats, 3,092,000 bushels; rye, 812,000 bushels; barley', 3,790,000 bushels. The remains of Senator Chandler were consigned to earth on the sth inst., at Detroit, with impressive ceremonies. Many prominent officials, State and national, were present. The body was laid in state in tho City Hall for a few hours in the forenoon, and was viewed by-thousands. Gen. Hookor’s obsequies, at New York, on the same day, were also largely attended. The remains were taken to Cincinnati for buriaL Gen. Grant has signified that he cannot be in Indianapolis on the 20th inst He says he will visit that city about Dec. 20, and go thence to Columbus, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Washington. He will then go South, aud may go to Cuba and Mexico. The notable coincidence is brought to view that Senators Morton and Chandler, both of them classed as among the strongest men of the Republican party, both died on the Ist of November and were buried on the sth. The American Woman’s Suffrage Association held its yearly session at Cincinnati last week. Henry B. Blackwell was elected President for the ensuing year. The next meeting will be held in Washington city. A denial is given to the report that the Presidency of the Texas Pacific railway has been offered Gen. Grant The appropriations of the Methodist Missionary Board, for the coming year, amount to #079,832.