Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1887 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

. Chicago elevators contain 13,599,060 bushels of wheat, 6,647,938 bushels of corn, 1,259,917 bushels of oat-<, 138,582 bushels of rye, and 35,060 bushels of barley; total. 21,4*80,557 bushels of nil kinds of grain, against 12,281',51)6 bushels a year ago. . . .011-1 reducers in the Lima (Ouioi fields are organizing against the Standard Company, and intend to foim an exchange. It is intimated that ] ipe lines will be built and re nenes erected Swan Bros., a well-known firm of live-stock de tiers at Cb yennq W. T., consisting of Alexander and John Swan, have m tde an assignment of all the property ot the firm and of the individual members of th- firm for tho benefit of their creditors. It is reported that tie liabilities amount to $300,000, and may be greater. The asse s will exceed the liab lities.... Extensive preparations are now be ng made for the great International Sunday School Convention which meets in Chicago on the ni‘g..tof May 31st and continues June Ist, 2d, id, and -,th. Battery D has been engaged and will have chairs to accommodate 1,000 persons soon in place, aud extensive decorations are in progress. Nearly allot' the railloads in the United States have made arrangements to return at one-third fare ail wuo pay full fare to the convention. Perso-.s wishing, to avail themselves of reduced rates must receive frpm Mr. B. F. esu’ubs, t'.mii'ni.Lii of' me Executive Committee, No. 09 Washington street, certificates. which will be luraiebed on applicat.on. Trie prospects are that the attendance wiil be very large. In order to accommodate those desiring to attend outside of Chicago, reserved seats will be sold to others than regular delegates for $1.50, ” good foFtEe'eutife~cbn vent lb n. The Mexican Cpmmissien new . examining into the recent seismic disturbance in the ' Sietra Madre Mountainshave sent the lollowing' dispatch to GA*. Tories, of bonora:

In trie pv.eb aof Babi-pe City seven persons were kil.ed and nineteen injured : in Oputo nine ivero Kill d. aaid bo tn pueb.as wereilestroyed, Tiie Inuabitants of Babi-pe, Baeeraco, oputo, and Gua.sabJ.B »ilre living in tlie fields under trees and in dug-outs. 1 uere have been repeated successions ot shocks. A panic existed everywhere,and a number of women died ironi 1 right. A wide extent of t.rritory is seamed witu crevices, and immense chasms. The earth has sunk in many places and is flooded with water, making swamps where water never existed before. In many mountains are to be seen what appear to be eruptions, and continuous smoke indicates vplcah.c action. This region has not yet been "ex plored, owing to eemmuons —trcHFors and great chasms. making tne approach thereto at present most nitficult and dangerous. Lieutenant General Sheridan has "TecriVett the following report of an examination by the Inspector General of the Division of the Atlantic into the condition of Geromino and his fellow-captives at Fort Fickens, Florida: “There is a guard over the Indian prisoners. The latter have been docile and obedient, and seem ready to do with -cheerfulness Whatever is required of them. The extreme cleanliness maintained in the casements which they occupy was a revelation to me, and as to the fort I doubt if it has evei been so well and so thoroughly policed as now. Their labor can undoubtedly be advantageously used at this post in divers ways, particularly in garden culture.” In 'case France mobilizes her army in oetober Gmmaffy “wtinubibiTize "aIsoLLT. In the Baris municipal elections the Revolutionist party gained several seats... .Win. O’Brien has been elected to Parliament by a Cork constituency to fill a vacancy. .. , The Financial Secretary for India has advised the British Government of the discovery of an immense amount of treasure, estimated at over $25,000,000, which had been secreted in the palace at Gwalior by the late Maharajah. The treasure had been sunk in pits under the vaults beneath the Zeenana and the secret intrusted to a few confidential servants, -'fire - Secretary was present when the treasure was unearthed. After removing the eat th to a depth of six feet the workmen revealed great flagstones. Beneath these were several pits filled to the 1 rim with silver, chiefly freshly coined rupees. In each pit was a plate recording the amount of treasure and the names of the officials who assisted in secreting it. The 'lndian Government has taken the hoard as a loan from the young Maharajah.