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VOL'UMEV. 5» SFt SUMMARY OF THEGENERAL NEWS. Molar*' Knpld* Canal. The great canal mound the Des Moiues lapids of the Mississippi rher at Keo *.\llc, Iowa, was formally opened on Hie 23*1, with a suitable displaj, and a laigo attendance of invited guests and citizens. The C/olden Engle, with a laige IUlegation of St Louis e\eur,ionists got stuck on a sand ba and failed to aime consequently the pro gramme was onl pai tiall.v cai I led out. The GoNcmmcnt stcamei Montana, and the North western, of the Keokuk Northern Line, passed taroutfi the canal nmlbtor*s succcssfnlh.and returned in less than tent hour., taking scler al hundred passenger each The officers in charge expressthemselves entirely satisfied "nlitht working of «»c machinerv Tlioc «apW» have been the gieatcst obstruction to ••av^atlott -in the river, and in low water .siwalwajs impassable, and the cost of trans Renting goods and passongers aiound them by ail has fallen on individuals, and will now be Mivcd* The amount thus Kned wil\ amount to abotit orie hundred thou-.md annually. Tho (.inal is seven and si\-ttnth milts long and three bundled fctt wide, extending along down the shoie from Keokuk to Nashville The minimum depth is fic feet The fall is 1 8^ feet, with an embankment sixty to ninety fctt wide at the bottom and ten feet wide at the top There are three locks three huudrcd and fifty feet long and eighty wide of cut stone masonry, and cost $360,000 to $725,000. The lower dock is at Keokuk. The gates tan be opened or closed in a moment or less, and the locks fill in about three minutes, so that a stcamei may pass through iu from eight to iwehc minutes The work was begun in 1867, and has cost the government $4,155,000 Thue is a balance of *l00,000on hand, and it is estimated that 6100,000 moic will be ucces »ai to finish the inprovement Prehistoric Kacci of America. The Amciicoxt anthropological associa tion holds tho hist annual nicctmg in Cincin nati, September 5, 1877. It was a society Tihith has fonta object the nncstigatiou of the puhistonc racts of America It was or ganized on the centennial grounds, but has members'icattcttcd from Maine to California, and fiomlVIin:ne3ot.i to Texas, ill engaged in the sairj* voik. Itembiatcoa large number of the bcstscholais of this ^country, and has luii^ a societj of European sauins called the, viogrcss d'Amci anises to meet lLh at AtMuij ohs in 1S79 Its officers atpicsent are Fl-ou Jones, Augusta, Ga, president, IProf S Baiid, Catifomia, C. Whittlesley Dr Thomas E Pickett, and others, vice pres idents Sc\ S Pect, Yshtabula, Ohio, secic tm and Wm 8 Vaux, Esq., Philadelphia, treasurer Sixteen Hundred Striking Intra The miners employed in theWestmoie land and Pennsyhama companies' mines ati that Uiej would not regime woik until their demands foi an ach inee trt complied with Tlit«e mints «a\e unplojnunt to about l,C0O men 1 he same night a force of from 300 to 400 mmeifl organised and muched to Spring lull, a point wheie the engines on the Penn syhama road are coaled, and induced the miners at that place to quit woik All the mines iu the Irwin district are now closed. The miners have demanded three cents per bushel of setent six pounds, pay every two weeks,a half inch screen, and a check weigh nnn Ia*e»tl« atlon or Indian Matter*. It is now lepoited that the investiga tion into the Indian office affairs will ceitaiuly ie=iiU disastrously ,to CommUoioncr Smith not that he has been personam gnlltv of bad piactlecs, but has not had the" nerve* to pre \cntthem The name of Onille Grant and hw tounection with certain Indiantradorships and matters of similar unpleasant oiders arc paintullv brought up in these whispers as to the coming repoit. There is a great expres sion of feeling coming from the country on the Indian business, and moS| persons insist on the immediate transfer of the Indian bureau to the war department Events ol the sum mer have made this feeling decidedly pop ular Mutts for Damage* Done hy the Ittotera. The committees of the boaid of direc *ois of the Philadelphia railway company and of the Maritime Exchange, have had a con sultation relative to the adjustment of the los«ts incmrcd at Pittsbuig during the strike. An agreement was aimed at by which suits will be brought against Allegheny count},Pa audit is undeistood that after the necessary data Shall be prepared tho claims of tho mer chants will be presented prior to those of the lailroad company, who will assist the business community in the suits Statements RTCTIOW being prcpaicd to show the amount ofTosses sustained the mei chants of Philadelphia In the destruction and delay of their goods in tiansit Coal ailners Demanding JKedreaa. The coal miners of La Salic, 111., who struck July 27th, appeared in the United States ourt Aug 34th, and tiled a petition repre senting their giievuiccs, which were That iftci having anangccl with II Plant, re ccnei of the Northern Illinois Coal Company, to mine coal for 75cents per net tonandtoIC- Jvcfull work, they were nevertheless given but three days work per week, and had great ly suflercd consequence, that,the scales were Inaccurate and the powder furnished in ferior, and that under these circumstances they could only make about $25 per month. They therefore, ask that the court arbitrate upon and adjust their grievances. Arraigned and Hold for Forgery. ColoneJ Nelson A. Gcsner, formerly of Lake Oityrchargcd with forging a check foi ^2b,06»OH-the Third National* Bank of New York and who is one of" the gang, of forgers anestcd'in the weft, was arraigned at-the Tombs police station" of that city on the 3Mth. Vffidavits wero^aaa| mgainst |rtm by Wells Van Tvre, telle* »*f. the Wankrand^oscph W.' -Thont^n, wlK tiiTneja fcUlp's ev idencc. Tho *p?i«oneTVas*reiff !nd'ca "to.the poiiec central office. It is stated that ihc police authorities arc Tn possession o*f factb*shqwineth»t (teener was concerned iuthc forgery of the check for *64,235 on^the Union Trust Company '**"'_ *AKecdlesaScare... .,}_)* About" half past 5 on the evening of the 21st just as the steamer Phil Allen was «picparing to^ leave Memphis her safety valve blew off and the rush of steanvaud noise inised a among the passengers, amOng Wh,ommanyKiu.niped ovei board and 'others fiom the boilei deck to the lower deck,' p£$~Styii*tr-1L among them Mist EUa?Lahougli, a corres pondent o? the Ndw York" Sun, who was se verely injured. None of the others were in jured. Had the boat been under way at the time the loss of life would have been frightful a» she was erowded with passengers. Improved Jtatlroa* Vrospect*. The Baltimore & Ohio road anticipates a greater^ demand for facilities, and at the Mount.Clave work shop additional freight ears are being constructed for an expected brbk fallTlrrde. The force of hands has been largely increased and the time extended. Tiain hands are working on full time. The increase of business has enabled the road to employ the same number as before the strike, and mahy favors, arc granted employe? before denied. In some respects the strike was suc cessful. Officials of the road say they will only employ additional train hands aa business will justify pacing them full time Vail or ttao V. J*». 8*. JR. at Council Blaflk. About 3:80 a. m. on the 35th, two spans, about 300 fecLof the Eastern end of the Unio»Pad en«hx«Kli nbridge at Council S S S S Bluffs low a, was struck by a cyclone and pre tipitated into the Missouri River. The dis mantled piers were left apparently uninjured HS was also the remainder of the biidge The two spans however arc a complete wreck. The loss is estimated at $350,000 and it will I cquirc two or three months to repair the damage. All communication is temporal ily suspended. Mack Indians Attack on Xlacra In the 1I1IU. Advices from Deadwood, Black Hills btatc that a party of twenty persons who left theietwo weeks iously had returned on the 25th and rcpoitctl that on the 21st, 500 In dians had attacked them and in a four hour's fight, had killed Thomas H. Carr, quartz re couki of the Deadwood mining district and 27 horses belonging to the party. After dark the Indians withdrew and the party who were en route to the Little Missouri River, were forced to return, walking 150 miles to reach Deadwood. Ohio worklnsMen'i (StateConvention. The central Ohio executive committee of the Woikingmen's Industrial Uuion have issued an address, betting forth the platform of principles, and lecommending that con ventions beheld in the several counties to nominate county officers and establish indus tnal union clubs in every township and voting prctinct, and that they se ect one delegate to the State bonvention, to be held in Colum bus St.pt. 13, to adopt a platform and nomin ate State oiheers The Ohio Campaign. The campaign of the Ohio Democracy was opened at Columbus on the night of the 8 Iiwm station, WebtmurU tnd count), quit I Cincinnati, and Gen Thos Ewing, oik on the afternoon of the 21st and resolved a I a 8 I I George H. Pen- Mr Pendleton'* npeooh a toote to the labor and currency exposed the absurdities of the Republican platform and attacked the finan cial theories and particularly the resumption policj of Secretary Sherman. He spoke to a large audience in public square and occu pied over an hour in delivery ProwoNal to form Cnban Leasaee. At a latf meeting of the executive com mittee of the Cuban league in New York, an addics* to the people of the Uuitcd States was adopted, together with a resolution that the inhabitant-! of laige cities form Cuban leagues for the purpose of exerting a moral influence upon our own and other civilized governments in fav or of the suppression of the inhuman war waged against Cuba for the last eight venra, and invoking the aid of the president to demand her recognition as a belligerent The Xational Board of Trade. At the second day's session in Milwau kee of the National Board of Trade, resolu tions wcie adopted almost unanimously, favoring anew reciprocity treaty with the Dominion of Canada aud memorializing Con gress for a modification of the bankrupt law. Resolutions were also adopted ^recommending that the signal service Bureau be enlarged ex tended and made permanent Wnereahonta of Chief Joseph. The latest information from the Mon tana Indian outbreak is to the effect that the hostiles under Joseph left Hole-in-the-Rock station the 19th or 20th, on the approach of Howard, going east or northeast, and suipiis ing Howard'amen,who had charge of the pack animals and loose stock, at daylight on the morning of the 20th, at Camos Meadow s,which is about twenty miles cast of Dry Creek stage station The Indians got away with 100 of Howard's pack animals and also about thirty horses belonging to Montana volunteers. Captain Norwood and Colonel Danford follow ed the Indians Hh three companies of cavalry and overtook them when about six miles dis tant, when there was a skhmish in which one was killed and six wounded. Platform of Woikingmen' Party. The -workingmen of Philadelphia have organized a protective labor party, endorsing the eight houi law, equalization of taxes, com pulsory education and liberal application of funds therefor, and condemning the employ ment of prison labor by private parties, man ual labor in factories by children under 14, and also condemning all laws making it a con spiracy for leading men to conbine for their own protection. Advertising Devleee to ho Stopped. Cards closely, resembling United States obligations or securities are so frequently used as advertising mediums by business firms that the government, for the protection of the people, has determined to stop the practice by prosecuting all engaged in tUe work in the future. Worklngmen Moving Pennsylvania. At a meeting ot the'congress of dele gates representing worklngmen organizations all over the State, in Philadelphia, on the 24th, it was decided that on September 14th con ventions should be held either in that city or in Harrisburg, to nominate a full State ticke A St. Louis journal tells a story of a disconsolate widower, who, on seeing the body ot his late wife lowered into the grave, exclaimed, with tears in his eyes "Well, I've lost gloves, I've lost umbrel las—yes, even cows and horses but I never—no, new—had anything to cut me like this." At midnight of the 37th, Senator Mat lon's condition, j^as repoitetl to foi convalescence te favorable PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRACY. The Harrlabara Coarctation a ad at Platform Adopted. The Pennsylvania Democratic Conven tion met at Harrisburg, on the 22nd, and or ganized by choosing Jacob Sicglcr chairman. The committee on resolutions reported the following, which were adopted unanimously. The Democratic party of Pennsvlvania and its delegates, in convention assembled, so de clare: Firsfr-That the Induction of Rutherford B. Hayes into the office of President, notwith. standing the election of Samuel J. Tildcn thereto, was a high crime against free govern ment which has not been condoned, and will not be forgotten. The same spirit of patriot ism which forbore to contest upon the first offense, will resist and punish any attempt at a second. Second—That the immediate happy effect of the application by the federal administration of the Democratic policy of non-intervention in internal affairs or the Southern States, am ply indicates our frequent protests against previous violations of the reserved right of the several States to exercise all powCr not delegated to the general government by ex press constitutional provisions. present administration is like its adopted Southern policy, a confession of the failure of radicalism, and a just tribute to the Demo cracy, which long and earnestly demanded the overthrow and punishment of corrupt officials. Fourth—That capital, combined with incor ate organization, had been too highly favored by both state and federal legislation, and its demands for large returns arc inconsistent with the depressed condition of the laborin«• and business interests of the country. We oppose further enactments for its special benefit at the expense of other interests. La bor and capital hould have no cause of antag onism, and they should be left free to adjust their own relations. The right to contract freely, exists for both parties. Fifth—That we accept the admonition of Jackson concerning standing armies. They are dangerous to free governments in time of peace. We shall not seek to enlarge our pres ent establishment nor disregard the salutary lesson of political experience which teaches that the military should be held subordinate to the civil power. Accordingly, the increase of the federal army, and any attempt to cm ploy it as a partisan agent of federal author ity or for interference with the sovcieign rights of states, receive the continued earn est opposition of the Democracy of Pennsyl vania that the deprivation of employment of many thousands of industrious citizens and laborers and the deep distress of themselves and families enlist our heartv sympathy, and we declare in the language of Jefferson, the founder of our party, that a wise and frugal government which shall restrain men from in juring one another, and shall leave them otherwise free to emulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned, is the hope of the people in adversity and their security in prosperity and that under such a government, which it is the mis sion of the Democracy to maintain and per petuate, and resort to force or violation of law, or invasion of the lights of person or property to redress Grievance, is needless and at war with free institutions under which the only rightful remedy is by frequently secur ing elections of the representatives of the people in State legislatures and federal con flTpas to Aoeomplioh 4h -nrlll vt tUe majority, which should be accepted as the voice of all. Sixth—That many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought us to make them rich by acts of congress. And by attempting to gratify their desires, we have, in the results of our legislation,arrayed scctionjaginst section, interest against interest, man against man, in fearful commotion-and, therefore,the grant by the legislatures of States, or by congress, or exclusive privileges, and the establishment odious monopolies under pretext of public benefit or of justice to certain sections of the country area direct assault upon the equal rights of the people and as these monopolies have been contrived to enrich a few, whilst a vast number of people aie Ieduced to want, the Democracy of Pennsylvania protest against subsidies, land grants, loans of public credit and appropriations of the people's money to any corporation as legalized plunder of the tax-paying industries of the country. Seventh—That we look with alarm and ap prehension upon the pretensions of the great transportation companies to be above the fun damental law of this commonwealth, which governs all else within its holders, onl until they accept the constitution of 18«3 in good faith, they should remain objects of the ut most vigilance and jealousy by both the leg islatures unci the people. 2te8olvedt That we hereby reaffirm and adopt the financial resolutions of the national Democratic platform adopted at St. Louis, in 187G. John Trunkey, of Venango county, was nominated for supreme Judge, on the fouith ballot. THE CONFLICT IN THE OLD WORLD The Russian staff in its recent deliber ation favoied immediate vigorous resumption of operations and was of the opinion that no points should be voluntarily evacuated. Sulieman Pasha telegraphs that he passed through Kczanlik had occupied the town of Schipka, evacuated by the Russians. A special to the Galos, reproduced by the official Russian agency, admits thatthc Russian losses in the two battles before Plevna were 8,000 to 10,000 men, half of whom were killed or seri ously wounded. About 5,000 are in the hos pital at Sistovo, Simnitza, and TurnoMagurli. Of 200 persons attaced to the Red Cross am bulance, 40 were killed while collecting wounded. The Turks attacked Tirnova on the 22nd, but were repulsed. The engagement was recommenced next day. Osman Pasha's troops made an attack on Selvi with the inten tion of advancing upon Gabrova, but Mirsky repulsed them even before the arrival of a division which he asked for as reinforcements. Details received regarding the battle in Schip ka pass state that the Russians repulsed suc cessively the vigorous attacks made by the Turks, the positions of the Russians being very strong. It is not true the force of Lieut Gen. Mechmet Ali and Sulieman Pasha have effected a junction. The Russians are pre paring to attack several Turkish positions. A Constantinople dispatch says a telegram from Mechemet Ali claims that the Turks captured two guns.manyprisoners and a great quantity of ammunition and rifles at E6ki Djuma. Sulieman Pasha telegraphs, August 21st, that three of his brigades ascended the heights of Schipka Pass in spite of a shower of Russian projectiles, drove back the Russian outpost and advanced to within one hundred yards of the enemy's entrenchments. There was desperate fighting for fourteen hours, and although the Turks retained the ground they conquered, the enemy still held their fortified positions, which were defended by fourteen cannon and a large force. The telegram con cludes: "To-morrow we shall bring up our siege guns and renew the straggle. We hope to be successful." A. London dispatch of August 25th, gives Russian version of the late battles as fol lows: The Tnrks in strong force attacked 'Schipka Pass, Thursday, on three sides. All onslaughts were repnlsed. At nine in the evening a rifle corps rcinfoiccd the stormed WORTHINGTON, NOBLES COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30,1877 heights, on the Russian right. Desperate fighting continued till 'midnight, when the eclipse of the moon stopped the fighting.. The Russians mantained all- their positions, not-' withstanding the Turkish numerical superi ority and crossfire. The Russians have now fought four days the whole of Sulieman Pasha's army without partaking of rest or nourish ment. Further reinforcements are expected during the night. Sulieman Pasha telegraphs confirming the leport of 'Wednesday's desper ate fighting without decisive result. Fight ing was resumed on Thursday. The Russians are completely surrounded. We command their lino of retreat to Gabrova. To-morrow a decisive assault will be made. As the Russirths have not piofitcd by.the darkness to retreat, they lisk being all captured. "^-"x* -me*. Hard to Please—A Young Mali's Sad Fate. You can't most always sometimes tell how to please a prospective father-in law, as the reader shall learn from a pe rusal of the sad experience of a young man. He went to ask his piospective father-in-law for his fair daughter, and the prospective father-in-law said to him: Young man, trifles are the most infal lible indicators of character. I have long kept my eye upon yon,, hoping, for Emma's sake, that you would display the amount of energy, "grit, and git-up-and git which infallibly enter into the com position of every successful business man. My hopes,however,havebeendisappointed. Whenever you go to any social gathering, I have observed that you have invariably come away with another man's hat But, sir," pleaded the unfortunate young man, these accidents will happen at the best-regulated party or ball where the check system is not introduced "I know they will," replied the «ld gentle man testily I know they xvill, but what I blame you for is not for coming away with another man's hat, but because the" hat you come away -with is poorer than that you took with you. There is a lack of acuteness about such a course of pro cedure which is most sadly significant If I were to trust Emma to you I should live and die under the conviction that some day or other you would be buried at the county's expense, and she would have to take in plain sewing for «, living. No, no. When you have formed a correct idea of one's duty to one^s self in the mat ters of ev«ry-day life, then I may consider your proposition." The young man went away very sorrowful, but a bright idea struck him, and the next time he went out in society to a dinner paitv he went away early, selected the best hat on the rack, and left in its place a con demned tile that wouldn't fetch tluee cents a gross. The next evening he called on his prospective •father-in-law and told him that lie Had turned over anew leaf, and hoped hereafter to lead a better life under the discussion, recounting his experiences the night before. It was a hat, hey?" queried the old man, and the young man described the hat at length. Indeed," he added, "I have it out in the hall," and bustled out and returned with his acquisition. "You infernal, slab sided, tallow-headed idiot!" roared the old man in a voice of thunder "that's my hat, and you aie the fiendish thief that took it. Out of my house this instant, or I'll call a policeman and give you in charge for embezzlement under false pre tenses," and with his stalwart foot he pro pelledj that haclcss young man out of the ftont door, and half-way across the street. The young man leceived next morning a note on «cented paper from the old man's daughter to say that she had been mistaken in him, and since that his esteem of and respect for her did not suffice to keep him from perpetrating low and vulgar practical jokes upon the author of her being, it was, perhaps, bet ter that they should part, and learn to forget each other. Japanese Night Shops. The great thoroughfare thus lined by gay shops and brilliantly illumined by gas lamps, would in itself be sufficiently attractive but at this season of the year it is rendered much more so by the pres ence of "night shops," which extend in almost a continuous line from Kio foashi to Suzikei. These shops are kept by very poor dealers, who come out between eight and nine o'clock in the evening and stay till eleven or even later. Their mode of doing business is very simple. Each merchant spreads his meager display of goods on a mat in the gutter, on one cor ner ot which he sits, keeping a sharp lookout for the depredators who crowd about his exposed property. The wares on sale are of the cheapest description, of course, but arc attractively ananged, and make a pretty appearance, often, in the weird chiaro oscvro of thc[torch lamp of tallow saturated paper.' Generally second-hand, but sometimes new, they comprise almost all kinds of goods in common request, such as domestic uten sils, books, sandals, gotas, "chop-sticks," mats, flowers and "curios" of every con ceivable and inconceivable shape and purpose. Some stocks are, collectively, of considerable value, but in many cases a five-dollar note would buy out the en tire establishment. But to most of their Customers such an amount of ready cash is undreamed of wealth and few of the transactions mount to a higher sum than that for which copper coins can suffice as a medium of exchange. Most of these tradesmen have other oc cupations during the daytime, or go about the streets, with boxes on their backs, picking up trifles at low prices when they can find a promising bargain with JI their capital. Some, again, arc sent out by established houses to work off cheap and damaged goods. When not engaged in business, they may be found in very dirty houses, called by the Japanese uradona, or back-shops, in inner courts and miserable localities where they make a shift to live. But despite their poverty they seem to share the happy disposition of their nation, and a passer-by who stops to examine their wares will find them po lite, pleasant and clever. And occasion ally it will be worth his while to exam ine the wares, as, now and then, really very pretty articles may be picked up at very low prices. And the purchaser sharp as he may think his bargain, may rest assured that he has sent one poor soul happy to bed that night over unac customed profits.—Tolio Times. Minnesota Mews. .i FILLMORE. A great deal of 'the wheat has been badly shocked, and would be greatly dam aged by heavy rains....BUhop Whipplead dressedthe Sunday school children of St. rvT^fy* ehtoelvin Chatfield on the night of the 13th. 6 WABASHAW. J, G. Lawrence has received the ap pointment of Commissioner from the Third Judicial District, on the State Board of Equa lization....Wabashaw is livelier'these days than has been'known s'nee those of '60. The streets aw full of contractors graders and la borers of every class... .Jerry Mahoney was.Powers, killed on the 20th, while working around the thresher on a farm in Highlana township. Early on the morning of^he 20th, burglar* entered Kuhn's store, in Wabasbaw,. wm broke open the-till aud Secured a few dollars in change, but were frightened off before they could take away any goods or other articles of value. vvixoxA. The following is the summary of the business transacted at the depot in St. Charles for the month of July: Freight received, 809. °1 9 S)jF£e8 •14W.65 freight forward- ed'. l,224,40o fts: charges, t$266.09. The freight forwarded and received is considerably in excess of the same month last year The saloon keepers of St. Charles have been noti fied by the pi oper authorities that no games will be allowed in their saloons except bil liards. LE SUEUR. Daily tiains on the Minneapolis & St. Louis l-ajQroad arc running to Montgomery. DAKOTA. On the Curry farm, near Farmington, 610 bushels of milling wheat were raisedfrom 17 acres—an average of 364-17 bushels to the TICKS. The total expense of cultivating and harvesting the crop amounted to 1259.19. JACKSON. In case the required aid is voted four teen miles of the Martin county railroad will be built the pi escnt season. This would bring the road to a point near Lone Cedar, and ith in sixteen miles of the town of Jackson.... Two years ago this summer Mr. George Free mire, of Heron Lake,put in 70 bushels of wheat and got back 35 bushels. One year ago he put in 40 bushels and got nothing back. This ear ho put in eight bushels and got 92£ This shows what can be done, ttOw the 'hoppers, have gone* CARVER. A good deal of building is going on in diflercnt parts of the'eounty... .About a fort night since, Dr Lewis removed a fibrous tu mor, weighing several pounds, fiom the side of M. Hartung, of Carver. The patient is now walking about town, in apparently good health. ..Two new locomotives were put on the Minneapolis & St. Louis road last week. No. 3 (Levi Butler) is in charge of Engineer John Lee, and No. 4 (John Martiu) is under contiol of Engineer Robert Thomas. E N O Terrence Carr of Sauk Rapids who was confined in the St. Cloud jail for an assault on a man named Simmons, has been exam ined, and pronounced insane and taken to St. Peter.... J. M. Huffman who was arrested on a charge of larceny preferred by Charles Gil man has been dischai ged .Two St Clond gentlemen were recently detected in a iola tion of the State game law by a curious mis hap Tll/.5r Ko.„ „„». w^r^-^, ltl» U,i, Wt,-,, and was captured by a couple of citizens of Sauk Rapids, who on examining the buggy found a bi ace of prahic chickens. Tbitled to the an est of the chicken hunters. COTTONWOOD. The yield of wheat on the IBarden faim is estimated at 8,000 bushels Just 20 bushels to the acie About 3,000 bushels have been threshed Bingham Lake begins to look like a business town. The track is covered with cars ready to receive Barden's new wheat while the mill is using more or less cars They will need a depot soon Mr. Dunnichff of Windom thinks that "those who laugh best laugh last," for that is his experience with a crop. In the spring tho people laughed at him for sowing, and now he has secured sixty acres of crops, and he cau laugh at people for their timidity... .There are In this county but two sections of minimum government a land situated beyond the land grant limits,aud this is in town 106 range 58. Mr. Smith has located several families of Russians on these lands, the pi ice of vv hich is |1.25 an acre.... It is stated that if the entire plowed acreage in Cottonwood county had been sowed to wheat or ciopped with other grain it would hav« placed every farmer on his feet again aud let him out ol debt. BLCE EARTH. William Murphy, Alias Bassett is in tne Mankato jail charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. His plan was to exhibit a heavy, and apparently erenulne gold ring and secure a loan thereon. He played the game in Mankato, securing $200, but on de tection, was speedily Sent to jail... .Lieuten ant Bradley, the first man killed in the recent fight between Gen. Gibbon's command and the Indians in Montana, was a cousin of the Bradlcv brothers of Mankato He spentsome time in that place a few years ago, and will be remcmbeiedbymany of their citizens....A son of Mr. John Larson, living up the Ceme tery ravine in Mankato recently sustained a severe fractuie of the left arm, between the wrist and elbow A music—loving citizen of Mankato has just received from New York, a large seized music box, made in Switzerland, and impoited upon his order. It is arranged to olay 48 airs, selected from the best compos ers The cost of the instrument was ?350 WRIGHT The tax judgment sale takes place at Buffalo, Sept. 17th, and at the same place the foifeited land tax sale will come off September 24th The house of James Sheridan, of Rockford township, was burned on the 29th The St. Paul «te Pacific railroad company aie offering half fare latcs to exhibitors at tho coming State fair, for all stations excepting St. Paul and Minneapolis. KICOLLET. Capt. T. G. Scott, formerly captain of Company F. Second Minnesota Regiment and for many years a resident of St. Peter, died July 30th at Fort Smith, Ark Lars Peter son propiictor of the Northwestern HoteLSt. Peter has invited the farmers of Nicollet and Lc Sueur counties to a free "harvest home" dinner at his hotel on the 20 and 21st inst.... M. L. French, an old settler and original pre emptor at Lake Emily died on the 13th, in the 70th year of Lis age... .Pas'urage near St Pe ter is very scarce owing to severe drought A nine-acre field just across the river from Peter yielded 357 bushels of wheat, an av erage of 59 2-3 bushels to the acre. This is the best jicld so far reported in this county. WABASHAW. A tramp at Lake City the other day undertook to play it off on the boys by feign ing sickness, and falling in a fit, but instead of whisky he got a big dose of potassium and chloral ...The army of harvest hands have finished work in the grain fields and are ontheir their march westward. HOUSTON. Root River and the Mississippi are lower than they have been for several years ....Coon hunting is being indulged in by some of the Hokah 6ports A Jew peddler known at Hokah as *Litttlc Jo is reported to have been murdered and robbed and that his body had been found in a wheat shock.... Eight miles of new iron on the Southern Minnesota railroad will be laid this fall, on sections where tho old iron is badly worn. The S. M. track will be In good condition for cars this coming season... .O. C. Beurood of Hokah Is spoken of as the probable Demo cratic candidate for the Legislature from that District... Diamond Jo Reynolds recently paid the McMichael Bros., $10,000 for losses sustained by the sinking, early last spring at Brownsville of a barge loaded with wheat be longing to them—Caledonia needs three things—a railroad,! an aresian well, and the closing of all saloons-On Sunday... .The Cale donia Covner is responsible for the following: The water is so low in the nvei that the cat- CT PAGE fish have chartered the" mud-turtles to drag them over the sandbars. Their modus oper andi 4s thusly: Mr. Fish takes the tail of Paleus between his toothless Jaws and away tbey go oyer bars or anything smaller than the Rocky Mountains. GOODHUE. The Goodhue Countv Agricultural So ciety and Mechanics' Institute will hold its Fourteenth Annual Fair at Zumbrota, October 10th, Uth, and 12th, 1877. The present officers arc: President. IC Stearns, Zumbrota Vice President J. T. Mitchell, Roscoe Secretary, D. B. Scofield, Zumbrota Treasurer, B. C. Grover, Mlnneola. Executive Committee: Chairman, S. C. Holland, Zumbrota H. B. Roscoe Wm.Doxey, Mlnneola D. C. Dow Minneola M. B. Anderson, Mlnneola. S 1 Complaints are made that the Lost Na •tlonfWn*at is badly affected with smut The corn is looking well, considering the long drouth... .The residence of Carl Voss, of Deer field, was recently burglarized during the family's absence and $100 stolen... .The out side walls of the Catholic church in Cwatonna are finished, and the roof put on. It is the most imposing structure in town. nmsBoav. It is a remarkable fact that no machine accident has happened in this county during the gathering of the present immense crop. ....DannieChristie, the "boy lecturer," lec tured recently in Albert Lea, and proved him self old enough to jump the town, leaving an unsettled bill of 19.40....The Albert Lea public school opens the fall term on Septem bei 10th. DODGE. There is a big drove of ponies being herded in the town of Ripley Dodge Centre receives a larger amount of school money than any other district in the county A valuable horse belonging to John McCormick,of Clarc mont recently fell into an eighteen foot well, and was drawn out with a windlass in a badly demoralized condition. FILLMORE. On the evening of the 20th, the body of an unknown man about 35 years of age, and of light complexion, was found on the railroad, two miles west of Rushford. Owing to its swolen and decomposed condition, identifica tion was impossible. GOODHUE A farmer living near Cannon Falls, recently recovered in Osage, Iowa, a span of three year old colts, which had been stolen from him five years ago. The Osage former had purchased them from the thief, and in consideration of this fact the original owner tiansferred his interest in the property to the Iowa man for the sum of two hundred and twenty-live dollars. A detec tivc had worked up the case. Lfttest Markets. MILWAUKEE. GRAIN-—Wheat No. 1, hard, 1 fto. 1, $1.10 No. 2, $1.08 seller Aug*Bt, $1 06%, seller September, 98^c. No. 3, $102W Corn No 2, 42c. Oats, No. 2, 28^c Rye, No. 1 51£c, Barley, No. 2, eefier September, 68c. CftSCAGO. GRAIN—Wheat, No. 2 Chicago spring $1.06)* cash, $ 05% seller August 96%© 96% seller September 95^c seller the vcar, No. 3, Ohtoago, fl.01, Corn, 42J£c cash, 4 2 seller September 42£c seller October reject cd.*SKc. Oats, No 2. 23c cash und seller geptefnoer, M%C seller October, rejecfed, 18c Rye, No. 2,51^c cash. Barley, 68c cash. PROVISIONS—Pork $1240 cash $12 37W sel ler September, $12 42 seller October Lard, $8 25 cash and seller September, $8 30 seller October. Bulk meats, shouldcis, 5c, short rib, 6£c, short clear, 6%c for boxed. .^»~ ——. MINNESOT A CROPS. Report offtHA fctotuttUsstoncr ofstattatle*. 0«fftiB o* PKCRETART OF STATE, 9i REAU OF STATISTICS, ST. PAUL, Aug. 21,1877. TO lEditors ot Minnesota I am required by law to prepare for, and furnish to, the newspapers of this State the returns of certain crops and acreage hav ing immediate interest to the producers in ad vance to the publication of my annual report, and not later than the third Monday of Jul}. By the same act the township assessors are required to transmit to the auditors of the sev eral counties their returns by the first Mondav of July, and the auditors are also required to transmit an abstract of such returns to this Bureau on the second Monday of July, and each and every auditor and assessor failing therein shall be subjected to a fine of fifty dollars. Inasmuch as seveial counties marked with a in the following tables have not jet re ported through their auditors to this bureau, and a very large proportion of the whole number did not do so until within the past ten days and then in many instances very incom pletely, owing to the omission of townships altogether, and neglect to add up and prove their tables, which defects and omission I have labored to cure and supply, it will be seen that it was simply impossible to furnish you with the subjoined infoimation at the time speci faed. The assessors of the towns of Verona and Clark in Faribault countv. and of Paynesville and Sauk Centre in Stearns county, have made no returns, therefore those counties, so far as these tables are concerned, do not show all they might. The object of this advance publication be ing to remove prejudices and objections of the producing classes, based upon the belief that this information has hitherto been acces sible to them only after their desire and need of it had passed, it was a matter of deep re gret to my accomplished predecessor that scarcely a newspaper in the State outside of the city of 8t. Paul, published the tables he prepared last September. It is to be hoped that if the publication en tire of the following table is too great a tax upon your time and space vou will at least condense from them so much as relates to the interest of your readers and locality. The tables have been enlarged so as to in clude the crops and acreage of barley,potatoes and cultivated hay. The market for these products is often largely local, and the intelli gent farmer can see at a glance a comparison of the years 1876 and 1877, and draw Ms own conclusions as to the scarcity or superabund ance of these crops in his local market. As there arejet living persons who complain of compulsory vaccination and education, it need surprise no one that many of our asses sors, and even some of our auditors, give very little attention to their duties in the collection and preparation of the statistics of our State. Instances have been given me of their meeting ignorance with ignorance, and prejudice with prejudice, in their official intercourse with the farmers. This is alluded to now and here for the pur pose of calling attention to the fact that the assessor is to the institutions of the State what subsoil is to the cultivated acres—the source of vigor and enduring value, and he should be chosen with at least as much care as one would exercise in choosing land. It has been the custom of my predecessors to volunteer at this time an'estimate of the total yield of wheat. This I may do later in the season if it seems necessary or advisable, when the actual results of the harvest are at hand. It is sufflcientto say now that there is already secured beyond the reach of disaster such a harvest as should make it a pleasure rather than a duty, for the people of this State to deluge with gifts of food, seed, and. clothing, those thrice unfortu nate residents of districts, ravaged for the last time, as we all now trust and believe, by the terrible locust. The wheat crop of 1876 averages, it will be seen, 9 64-100 bushels per acre, or a fraction over one bushel more than was- estimated by my predecessor last September. This crop was a failure without a parallel in the history of Minnesota, yet our failure compares favor ably with the average good crops of Illinois, which is estimated at 8 bushels of Iowa,In a series of seven vears,which is given at 10 30100 bushels, of Ohio in a series of eleven vcari», as NUMRER52. Hhown by her report*, which .was 1*85-100 bushels per acre. T. M^MBTCAL*, Commissioner,^ 8tatiaties. 187S IMS 1877 am 41043 Anoka, Becker, Benton, Big Stone.4 Bine Earth, Brown, C/arver, Chippewa, Chisago. Clar, Cottonwood. Crow Wing, Dakota, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin Houston, Iaaart. Jackson. Kanabec. Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle Lake'* Le Sueur, Lincoln,* Lyon, McLeod, Martin, Meeker. Mille Lac*, MorriHon-. Mower. Murray,* Nicollet, Noblea. Olmsted, Otter Tail, Fine,* Polk, Pone, Ramsey. Redwood RenYllIe.* Rice, Bock.* St. Louis, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, 8tearna, StceleT Stevens, Todd. Wabasha, Wadena,* Waseca, WaahlngtOD. Watonwan, Wilkin, Winona, Wright? Yellow Med, F1877 Acraa. Anoka} Becker. Ban ton, BU8toM* BlmJEutV, Brown, Carvar, Chippewa, OhUMO, Clay. Cottonwood, Crow Win*, Dakota, Dodge, Douglas. Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue. Grant, Hennepin, Houston, Isanti. Jackson, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Iiac qui Parle Lake,* LoSuenr, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod Martin, Meeker, Mllle Lacs Morrison. Mower, Murray,* Nicollet Nobles, Olmsted, Otter Tail folk, Pope, Ramsey Redwood Renville* Rice. Rock,' Ssott, Sherburne. Sibley. Btearnt, Stoole, Stevens, St Loois, Swift, Todd. WabashaT Wadena," Wasoca, Washington, Watonwan. Wilkin, Winona, Wriaht. Yellow Med.. Bash ilGsft M657 17281 •IBM HQ57 MSB 17S 740589 5533(2 Mr 37 Aet«t Acres JKlff 1499 6423 7834 .7821 1112 71011 •BOSS 44907 142M 17063 45S1 r6425 *19B8 mm 201! 8730 #7283 4710 491 1008 16 )4186 1 86811/16061 17W 8 0 102316 67049 COiS 64W7 18788 2*4S 8T826I mtr^iwi mn nam 883802 lOlflBOS'__ 8813631141 718398 1674728 3S78S 381290 499806 38936 20188 761 177796 47931 261070 134U S4T61 17105 88361 1004 11808 13631 144589 65421 157327 6336 29208 69009 8727 •989 71 40719 9523 uuk 67972 162010 6470 31890 657SI 4353 1575 87 JH77I 1826 883866 •JR280 221785 1591 8867 mm J15 7982 628 17606 2640 •1208 ^6396 .1681 1U5 SS337 8074 17647 8072 20*16 1689 82786 1013 8786 92882 .,960 6815 18152 148788 40513 272076 37012 304546 9296 5tB63 699112 JP» 22221 5728 3U27 762 3848 06610 1520SO 138082 1898 6917 401266 38178 1292660 17-i986 ^9283 ,1678 ^6812 4117 *707G iAM 2425 22252 184877 18840 47501 474740 215620 10814 771774 45488 23147 88777 60676 10010 267S67 1112051 6179 8 9 9 7 HI 21M 26661 38624 9279 filSt •756 8897 12860 24682 7J69 800 8089 433362 .6*22 1812 29818 6854 118106 29702 2491 20898 4647 10522 125569 8971] •036 1821? 6490 6803 LSGOf* 57798 34320 J071 aoio 2298 1415 41226 45359 314408 26110 3&812 384187 618121 29947 622 4321ft 60T02 830715 rteaj 10279 25868 issn 27762 46000 61490 6011 46 13122 8*922 4ifc77 37648 6829 1348 82976 19265 13028 27438 2048 6799 43293 61838 8106 13318 0*8 87962 160496 121209 238792 221384 272084 47W7 33765N, 28230 7672* 1047G14I 291888 713201 6072 8*2 9247 aoM 782U 1678 «Ki 12594 116 1964 8152 19082 1187fc U24 MK 2762 8070 29812 2501 1777 662748 264634 255924 J2NBBS 1889 828001 153818 12216 40316 8108 1511 09363 18747 12700' 8018 ()9S8I 8 5 "9637 3183 71687 L4 6017 181V 2664 WHEAT. lS7b—Bus. 1876—Acres. Reported 17,666405 1,886343 "Unreported—Est 657,752 55,082 Totals 18,221,357 OATS. Reported 10JM6.249 •Unreported—Lst. 173,389 1877—Acre*. 1,164,679 56,082 1,890,925 1,819,761 447v8M 16,321 Totals 10319,688 425,613 16.321 461,167 441,981 CORN COITSTIEH BABI.RT K1C 1876 1877 Keckar, iJ^ntoa, Uig Stone,* Blue Earth, lirown. Ca-vcr, C!l}ni*i»i Ch ago, Clay, Cottonv ootl. Cro Wiaff, Dakota, Dodge, Dou/jlai. Firibatllt, rilimore, FroQ* Goodhue, O-ant, 18 6 Bush 113SWJ igJS 2 7 3^ 1876 1B77 Acres Acres Bush 444 1404 5.1 Acree'Ar 2P 41 8914 16 81 iV 88CT., 7i2ji ii 1J8 f* 14TG5 26103 ViM 74a S4371 2*6 41-4* 41. I S ussa ion.:5 8t 4 1 IU 20 15-..L l&l llSf' 14i*! i*1 -i «-.. 21 4?* 71 W 4. I L, lu 295o UiSkH US8( E.i30i fl 24' 23*092 447104 7ft. .59711! 4C8H00 43h37 19174 1031 12 ". a.- 3 11.348 41d7 8C. 10021 1S.'C 7-23 1.10 l«SSi '?1» 6.C &&t 2»J' *'l 17 livn 2. ... (Ml 71' il A *•.£• •2-H, S9B8-1 Hi Ill 2 16U6 2u 17 U. jnrn 1&8 78 1 9T.70 sin IPlf 1 ST. 1 Viio pi 177 'Vjl S-'S *k! liOUotOtl, Isanti, Jacksoo, Kacsl oc. li^nd^ohi, Lac qui Parln Loko," L» Sueor, Lincoln,' Lyon, McLeod Martin, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Murrey,* Nicollet, Nobles, Olmsted, Otter Tall Polk, Pope, Ra*asev, Redwood. Renville,* Rice, Rock,» Scott, Sherburne Sibley. Stearns, Steele, Stevens, St. Louis, Swift, Todd, Wal Bslia, Wadena,* Waspca, Washington, Watonwan, Wilkin, Winona. Wrldht. Yellow Me 1 W2 l!S)i 17a9 8i!S2 HMO 4751 94 871t 1911 ITS. 8- 1 1 O I S aJf Ti 170 713 147S0 111*)., 771S3 09*2 19-V 80704 '&61&' 46295 9U617 18655 57757 Reported Unrep.—Est 2. &&< •'.'». 1 71Sfa *6»ioi •K-5. "S4t ?rr "8 29''1 ilul 57 25S tit- 87.7 blCl 77C-. 5101 TO 2*«i T7.1 O. 17 f*lS i. 2-. 8 tn ±d les 7417 C612 2516 1#6 «J inc. 19.i „.« r.w 1312% 8141 85759-. 22428 C1910 163X a 8 10 »21 HIT 3108 .6 232* 1*»'% .i-s% 24142* 52!* 1731 )3hfl 'AY 37i 10609 1197 10 131 l-i 9 6526 1178 Ktt7 HOI Sffl 7221 1 i. 12W1 «7. nr as JK» (329 £SHM 18790T 1U»,1 mil/ i.s"j I70isa 4o 2-7| -24? 19'' S m. 5& 7031 12.01 *77| 7V. 64» 4& 485C 61..T. SUA 8557 57.2 791K & S3$g 278 &-&.r 84»73 1 7 1117 ,1u 1 10527 10-20 171 i74 8 11C5 17124 185i. 41484 11M 2. iu eo ST5* CO, 7CS DBS 1825 13000 466 929 \V~ & 11&33 591C 176971 13900 200432 36031 87 Si1399 WJi74 7754 «ws 672 «LM 9n *$9 4818 18 1318 6488 105 3 7986 •arc 6938 26 132P" (4476 122 93327•m 114» 24W 34 "311* 47 3181 Totalo, ,, *M X- ,"rl COBX. Reported, 'Unreported, cat 1876, bub 7,833,854 V7(S aferea. 330173 9.660 lstt, a 8.011,079 BABUET 1,393,160 1 7 5 309,853 Reported. 'Unreported, eat. 438.17U fl.Olr 1,679 1,6*» Totals, 1.600.335 70,943 8M8B POTATOES. I CULTIVATED BU.X. 1«76 1876 1S77 1878 Bushels Mr Acres Acres A'res Acre* 42* 279 190 ~"ai 19ft 41 35 86848 87590 61076 57W 52476 8312 12095 2800 76015 40628 43551 32*1 lOOStO .VN50 85074 5.12 192988 53875 89843 14260 arm 15636 4818 1141 811 1114 195 426 44 868 19 1305 898 500 569 1116' 8SS, 1040 1711 515 78 415 10 1322 471 565 640 1324 834 965 97 1869 756 2383 121 500 35 3 J9 3llo 507 81 1800 *1 17 12 7515 4468 227 1455 e259 4993 3t» 1225 17019 1005 11816 1 5757 8260 299 57 94 198 2 vm\ n°i 934 110 9 87 1708 731 870 422 113 451 102 4bSr, Sfiyi 2» a 142 180 8 US S 870 loot 10977 74785 519 718 409 48! 115 687 667 281 437 711 8090r 9W1 82305 50102 1*5 880 377 406 SU 6: 47 °1 75! 661 205 IS 89 4408 44 59 6U35 878 268 1057 J37 2W 12787 171 14972 19173 68511 11195 61085 2J308 45891 KS09 85310 S160 6481 38145 53807 12tn 259 141 615 492 29 1471 4 64094 1 1473 82 653 798 J537 2948 85 '650 232 6G0 1269 525 77 150 372 739 380 641 %2 813 140 40 MM 47 787 1328 211 497 831 214 S43J 33193 6*142 12997 2819 63898 7*B81 7016 2,431,069 78.S95 :,-a2,9e4| 1311 a eta 618 738 822 80 726 i-J. 69 6 7 479 •Mi 857 833 46 899 710 162 1026 781 170 119B0 2128 13 IMS) 1344 81,470 1,160 Totals ^ifc^^^Ss^^M81^rfaii!&^a^*S»?^^W*V^Si» ^gS^&lf^fta^fc. 84,283 1,160 85,443 121361 115 113811 111 82,630 mm 113929