Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1886 — GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

GENERAL.

Eighteen miles from Atlanta, Ga., the skeleton of a man was found in the hollow trunk of a tree. The interior of the trunk was marked with certain letters, and a broken knife was found among the bones. It is presumed that years ago the man took refuge in the tree from Indians, that he could not release himself, and perished of hunger. Chicago elevators, as per official returns, contain 14,591,710 bushels of wheat, 2,497.833 bushels of com. 271,581 bushels of oats, 320,876 bushels of rye, and 194,538 bushels of barley, making a grand total of 17,876,538 bushels, against 16,575,281 bushels at this period last year. Visible sunnly of grain in the United States and Canada: Wheat. 57,118,183 bushels, corn 6,595,409 bushels, oats. 2,074,297 bushels, rye 758,851 bushels, barley 1,966,887 bushels. The total exports of produce -from New York during the week were valued at nearly $6,400,000.

The Pacific Mail Directors have declared the usual quarterly- dividend of 1| per cent The net earnings for the quarter were $384,000, and after paying the dividends there is a cash surplus of $716,000. The ship Frank N. Thayer, 1,500 tons, bound from Manila to New York with a cargo of hemp, ha? been burned at sea. The vessel was valued at $60,000 and. the cargo at $250,000. All hope has been abandoned of recovering alive any of the men entombed in the Newburg, W. Va., mine.... Five deaths have already resulted from the explosion of a distillery boiler at Fort Wayne. The National Board of Trade adopted resolutions urging legislation to prevent the undervaluation of merchandise and to define the harbor limits of navigable watercourses; recommending the adoption of the cental system and the passage of the bill to regulate commerce. "* Three incendiary fires at Kingston, Ont., have been traced to a lad named Hersey, the son of a'wealthy merchant of that place.... The inquiry in progress at Montreal respecting customs frauds shows that officials have-acted in collusion with, importers to pass goods under their actual value, often for one-third of the original cost..