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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 wear
it is rendered much more so by the pres
ence Of might shops" which extend in
almost continuous line from Kie hashi
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 of which he sits, keeping 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 arranged,
and make pretty appearance, often, in
the weird c'tsar0 0sc,,ro of the torch lamp
of tallow saturated paper. Generally
secondhand, but sometimes new. thew
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 inconceivablc 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 higher sum than
that for which copper coins can suffice as
a medium of exchange.
Most of these tradesmcn have other oc-
cupations during the daytime, or 90 about
the streets, with boxes On their backs,
picking up trifes at low prices when
they can find promising bargain within
their capital. Some, again, are 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
uradon0, or back-shops, in inner courts
and miserable localities where they make
Q shift to live. But despite their poverty
they seem to share the happy disposition
Of their nation, and passer-by who stops
to examine their wares will find them no.
lite, pleasant and clever. And occasion
ally it will be worth his while to exam
inc the wares, as, now and then, really
very pretty articles may be picked up at
very low prices. And the purchaser:
sharp US he may think his bargain, NAV
rest assured that he: has sent one moor
soul happy to bed that night over unac-
customed profits.-Tokio Times.
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sixteen Hundred Striking Miners.

The miners employed in the Westmore-
land and Pennsylvania companies mines, at
Irwin station, Westmorcland county, quit
work on the afternoon of the 2lst and resolved
that they would not resume work until their
demands for an advance were complied with
These mines gave employment to about 1000
men. The same night force OF from 800 to
400 miners organized and marched to Spring.
hill, point where tie engines on the Penn
sylvania road are coaled, and induced the
miners at that place to quit work. All the
mines in the Irwin district are now closed.
The miners have demanded three cents per
o''sllel of scventy-six pounds, pay every two
weeks, a half-inch screen, aud check weigh
man.
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fish have chartered the mnnud:t6rtics to drag
them over the sandbars. Their modus oper-
andi is thusly: }, Mr.. Fish takes the tail Of
Paleus between his toothless Jaws and away
they go o7er bars or anything smaller than the
Rocky Mountains. tssf@ ss:'- -~.5@i .sst;':~f -
The Goodhue County Agricultural So
cicty and Mechanics Institute will hold IT'D
tF0urteenthg Annual Fair at Zumbrota, October
10TH, 11th, and 10Th, 1877. The present officers
arc: President, c.. Stearns, Mmbrota: Vice
,PrcsidenttJ. T. MITCHELL, Roscoe; Secretary,
2. 3. .scoaeld, Zumbrota; Treasurer, 3. {:
Gsoxer Gbes%,G Mane9ld Ho,:S Executive cSmmttes:
|; hoYers, Roscoe; VIM: Doxey, Minneola; ID. c.
Dow; Minneola; M.' B. Anderson, Minneola.
- - 'S'T:' & STEELE. - i. ,.'''"
7 Complaints are made that the Lost Ma
:tiont wheat is badly affected with smut The
corn is looking we'll, considering the long
drouth. The residence of Carl VOss of Deer
field, was recently burglarized during the
fami1y's absence and 500 stolen. The out
side walls Of the Catholic church in Cwatonna
are finished, and the roof put on. 1t sis the
most imposing structure in town. :;
rnEEnoRN.
1t is a remarkable fact that no machine
accident has happened in this county during
the gathering Of the present immense crop.
::...Dannie Christie, the "boy lecturer" lee
tured recently in Albert Lea, and proved him
self old enough to jump the town, leaving an
unsettled bill of $40. The Albert Lea
public school opens the fall term on Septem.
ber 10th.
There is big drove Of ponies being
herded in the town of Ripley. :. Dodge Centre
receives larger amount of school money than
any other district in the county. >. A valuable
horse belonging to John Mccormick of Clare
mont recently fell into an eighteen foot well,
and was drawn out with Windlass in badly
demoralized condition.
FILLMORE.
On the evening Of. the goth, the body Of
an unknown man about IS years of age, and of
light complexion, was found on the railroad, :
two miles west Of Rushford. Owing to its
swollen and decomposed condition, identified
hon was impossible.
A farmer living near Cannon
Falls, recently recovered in Usage,
Iowa, span of three year old colts, which had
been stolen from him five years ago. The
Usage farmer had purchased them from the
thief and in consideration of this fact the
original owner transferred his interest in the
property to the Iowa man for the sum of
two hundred and twenty five dollars A detec-
tive had worked up the CASE -
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Latest Markets.
MILWAUKEE,

MILWAUKEE.
GRAlN-Wheat No. l, hard, Sill; No. 1,
10; No. 2, $1.08; seller August, 81 .O6M !;
seller s September, 9SSc; Nc; 8, 81 92h. Corn;
No. 2, 42c. Oats, No. 2 2S1ac. Rye, No.
GRA1N-Wheat, No. Chicago spring
S1.064 cash; ti.054 seller August; 96M@
96B seller September; 9513c seller the year ;
Nc; 8, Chicago, Il; o., Corn, 42Ac cash; 4211Sc
seller September; 421ac seller October; reject
w seef 6ef6SeT; 6S S;11 reee{ed eeS See' isc:
Rye, No. 2, size cash. Barley, 68c cash.
Prov vIs1oNs-Pork $124O cash; $12371l sell
Ter September; S12.42111 seller October. Lard,
1926 cash and seller September; $3.50 seller
October. Bulk meats, shoulders, SC; short
rib, 611c; short clear, exc for boxed.
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oRrHlNGIoN AUGUST

heights, on the Russian right. Desperate
fighting continued till midnight, when the
eclipse Of the moon stopped the fghting!. The
Russians maintained al; their; positions, not
withstanding the Turkish numerical superb
ority and cross fire. The Russians have now
fought four days the whole of sulicman Pasha's
army without partakinse Of rest or 5nourish.
ment. Further reinforcements are expected
during the night ~Sulieman Pasha telcgraphs
confirming the report Of fzsWedncsday's despcr.
ate fighting without decisive result. Fight.
Ing ~as resumed on Thursday. The
Russians are completely surrounded. We
command their limo Of retreat to Gabrova.
Tomorrow q: decisive = assault will be
made. As the Russians have not proftcd;
by the darkness to retreat, they risk being all
captured. ~ =
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Hard to Please.--A Young Mans Sad
Fate.

You can't most always sometimes tell
how to please a prospective father-in-
law, as the reader shall learn from Pc
rusal Of the sad experience of a young
man. He went to ask his prospective
father-in-law for his fair daughter. and
the prospective fathcr-in-law said to him:
Young man, trif1es are the most infal-
hble indicators of character. I have
long kept my eye upon you, 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, have been disappointed.
Whenever you go to any social gathering,
have observed that you have invariably
come away with another mans hat,
" But, sir,"' pleaded the unfortunate ,roung
man, these accidents will happen at the
best-regulated party or ball where the
check system is not introduced" II
know they WILL" replied the old gentle
man testify; II know they will, but what
1 blame you for is not for coming away
with another mans hat, but because the
hat you come away with is poorer than
that you took with you. There is lack
OF acuteness about such a course Of pro-
cedure which is most sadly signifoart.
If were to trust Emma to you j 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 a living. No,
no. When you have Termed a correct
idea of ones duty to oncs self in the mat
tiers OF everyday life, tken may consider
your propos;tion.' The young man
went away very sorrowful, but a bright
idea struck him, and the next time he
went out IN society to dinner party he
went away early, selected the best hat on
the rack, and left in its place a con-
demned tile that wouldn't fetch three
cents gross. The next evening he called
on his prospective sfather-in-law and
tull him that he had turned over a new
leaf, and hoPed hereafter to lead a better
life unde: 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, II have it out in the
hall, }" and hustled out and returned with
his acquisition. "You internal, slab
sided, tallow-hcaded idiot - roared the old
man in a voice of thunder; "that's nv
hat, and you are the fendish thief that
took it. Out of my house this instant, or
I'll call a policeman and give you in
charge for embezzlcmcnt under false pre-
tenses," and with his stalwart foot he pro-
pelled3 that haeless young man out of
the front door, and halfway across the
street. The young man received next
morning note on scented paper from the
old mans 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 frorn pcrpctrating 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.
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THE CONFLICT in THEOLD WORLD

The Russian staff in its recent deliber-
alton favored immediate vigorous resumption
Of operations and was of the opinion that no
points should be voluntarily evacuated.
Sulieman Pasha telegraphs that he passed
through Kezanlik had occupied the town of
Schipka, evacuated by the Russians. A
special to the Galos, reproduced by the official
Russian agency, admits that the Russian losses
in the two battles before Plevna were 5000 to
10000 men, half Of whom were killed or seri-
ously wounded About 5000 are in the hos
pital at sistovo, simnitza, and Turno Magurli.
OF 200 persons attaced to the Red Cross am.
bulancc, 40 were killed while COLLECTING
wounded.
The Turks attacked Tirnova on the
22nd, but were repulsed. The engagement
was recommended next day. Osman Pasha's
troops made an attack on Selvi with the intcn-
ton Of advancing upon Gabrova, but Mirsky
repulsed them even before the arrival of a
division which he asked for as reinforcemcnts.
Details received regarding the battle in Schip.
ka pass state that the Russians repulsed sue
cessively the vigorous attacks made by the
Turks, the positions of the Russians being
very strong. It is not true the force of Lieut..
N0As NAOCAAAVS dAA auU 0u11eluuu t4SQa nave
effected junction. The Russians are pre-.
pairing to attack several Turkish positions. A
Constantinople dispatch says a telegram
from Mechemet Ali claims that the Turks
captured two guns, many prisoners and great
quantity of ammunition and rifles at Eski
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 gronnd thcy
conquered, the enemy still held their fortified
positions, which were defended by fourteen
cannon and large force. The telegram con.
cludes: Tomorrow we shall bring up our
siege guns and renew the struggle. We hope
to be successful :: a..:f. 49,
A, London dispatch Of, August 25th,
gives Russian version of the late battles as fol.
lows: !; The Turks in strong force attacked
'schipka Pass, Thursday, on; three sides. All
onslaughts were repulsed.; At nine in the
evening rifle corps reinforced the stormcd
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The Ohio Calnpaixn.

The campaign Of the Ohio Democracy
was opened at Columbus on the night of the
223d, with speeches by Hon George H. Pen
dlcton, of Cincinnati, and Gen. Thos. Ewing,
Of Lancaster Mr.. Pendletons apeeoh was
principally devoted to the labor and currency
questions. He exposed the absurdities of the
Republican platform and attacked the flnan-
cal theories and particularly the resumption
policy of Secretary Sherman. He spoke to
large audience in u public square and occu-
pied over an hour in delivery
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At late meeting of the executive COM
mittec Of the Cuban league in New York, IN
address to the people Of the United States Was
adopted, together with q resolution that the
inhabitcnts Of large cities form Cuban leagues
for the purpose OF exerting moral influence
upon our own and other civilized governments
In favor Of the suppression Of the inhuman
war waged against Cuba for the last eight
years, and invoking the aid Of the president to
demand her recognition as a belligerent.
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The National Board orTrade.

AT the second days session in Milwau~
kee Of the National Board Of Trade, resolu.
tions were adopted almost unanimously,
favoring new reciprocity treaty with the
Dominion of Canada and memorializing Con-
gress for a modification of the bankrupt law
Resolutions were also adopted recommending
that the signal service Bureau be enlarged cx-
tended and made permanent
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y ~ ~ FISS
"A Needless AeRra.

'3' About half past 5 on the evening Of the
2lst just as the. steamer Phil Allen was
preparing te; leave Memphis her safety
svalye blew off'and The rush Of steam, and noise
'a,'sed : =. stampede among the passengers,
among whom M many Is jumped overheard and
others from the boiler deck to the lower deck.
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The central Ohio executive committee
of the Workingmen's Industrial Uuion have
issued an address. setting forth the platform
of principles, and recommending that con-
vcntons be held in the several counties to
nominate county officers and establish indus
trial union clubs in every township and voting
precinct, and that they sc;ect one delegate
TO the State bonycntion, to be held in Colum-
bus Sept. Is, to adopt platform and nomin-
ate State officers
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Indians Attack On Miners In the Black
Hills.

Advices from Deadwood, Black Hills
state that party of twenty persons who left
there two weeks previously had returned on
the a5th and reported that on the 2lst, 500 In.
dians had attacked them and in four hours
fight, had killed Thomas II. Carr, quartz re-
corder of the Deadwood mining district and
81 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 $50 miles to reach
Deadwood.
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Prohist0rlc Races OF America.

The American authropological associa-
lion holds tho first annual meeting in Cincin-
n"tl' September i 1877. 1t was a society
which has for its object the investigation of
the prehistoric races of America. It was Or
sa"'zco on the centennial grounds, but has
members scattered from Maine to California,
nho rom Minnesota to Texas, all engaged in
''lc SAME work. 1t ltembraccs large number
" Inc best scholars Of this scountry and has
ln'l' cd society Of European savans called
inc e"'ngrcss d'Amcricanistcs to meet with at
annapolis in 1879. ITS officers at present are
Elton. G. G. Jones, Augusta, Ga, president;
PROT. 8. +. Baird, California, G. Whittlesley
Or. Thomas E. Pickett, and others, vice prcsi
'dents; scv. s. D. Pect, Ashtabula, Ohio, secrc-
t'ry; and VIM. s. vaux, Esq, Philadelphia
treasurer.
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Improved Hailro~A Prospects.

improved Railroad Prsspects.
; The Baltimore & Ohio road anticipates
greater demand for facilities, and at the
Mount Clavc work shop additional freight
ears are being constructed for an expected
brisk falltrrde. The force of hands has been
largely increased, and the time extended.
Train hands are working on full time. The
increase of business has enabled the road, to
employ the same number as before the strike.
and many favors; are granted employees before
denied. 1nsomc respects the strike was sue
cessful. Officials Of the road say they Will
only employ additional train hands as business
will justify paying them full time.
Fan sr tho u. r. k. q. Bridge at Council
BluAs.
About 3 80 a. m. Oh the Goth. two
spans, about 800 fcotof the Eastern end of the
Union Pacific railroad iron bridge at Council
Bluffs Iowa, was struck by a cyclone and pre-
cipitated into the Missouri River. The dis
mantlcd piers were left apparently uninjurcd
as was also the remainder of the bridge. The
two spans however arc complete wreck.
The loss is estimated at $4,000 and it will
require two or three months to repair the
damage. All communication is temporarily
suspended.
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whereabouts 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 10th or Goth, on the approach of
Howard, going east Or north east, and surpris-
ing Howard's mel, who had charge of the pack
animals and loose stock, at daylight on the
morning of the Goth, at Camos Meadows, 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 with three companies of cavalry
and overlook them when about six miles dis
tant when there was skirmish in which one
was killed and six wounded.
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among them Miss ElaEL Lahough, q cores
pondent OF the New York Sun, who was Sc.
-Verely injured. None of the others were in.
jured. Had the boat been under way at the
time the loss Of life would hare been frightful
as she was crowded with passengers.
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Arraixsed ana llela Tor Forxery.

Colonel Nelson A. Gesner, formerly of
Lake City, charged with forging check for:
$26o6son-thc Third National Bank of New
York and whofs one Of: the gang: of forgcrs
arrested III tho west, was arraigned< at 1.-The
ToE,bs police station of that city on The s24th.
Af}idavits werq~psds against him by Wells
Van Tyre, teller 81 thee Bank; and5J oscph W.
Thorn nspn, Who turned state's evidence. Tho
prisoner vas sreemnandcd tS. the police central
Office, t is stated that t4e police authorities
arc IN Possession Of facts showing that Gcener
was s concerned in the forgery Of the check for
$642s5 on the Union Trust Company: sis.s.
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sUMMARY OF THE GENERAL NEWS.
Tho Des 1Golnes' Rapids canal


The great canal around the Des Moincs
rapids Of the Mississippi river at Kco
kuk, Iowa, was formally opened on
the I'd, with suitable display, and largo
nttendancc ofinvtcd guests and citizens. The
: hoiden Eagle, with large delegation Of st
Louis cxcursionists got stack on sand ba.
'aha tailed to arrive, consequently the pro
gfammc was only partially carried out, The
government steamer Montana, and the North.
western, OF the keQkuk Northern Line passed
'hrough the canal and b}etls successfully, md
returned in less than Four hours, taking sever.
sl hundred passengers each. The officers in
e.a'gc a cxpress, themselves entirely satisfied
WIN ING working of the machinery. These
''Psas nave beon the greatest obstruction to
''"'''euon 1h the river. and in low water
eliWays impossible, and the cost of trans
portlug goods and passengers around them by
Ea'A mas fallen on individuals, and will now be
saved, The amount thus saved will amount
TO about one hundred thousand annually. Tho:
cahal Is seven and sixteenth miles long and
threc hundred feet wide, extending along
down the shore from Keokuk to Nashville.
Inc minimum depth is five feet. The fall is
lo'a 1eet, With an embankmcnt sixty to ninety
lcct wide at the bottom and ten feet wide at
the top. There arc three locks three hundred
ana tfty feet long and eighty wide of cut stone
masonry, and cost $4,000 to s725,OOO. The
lower dock is at Keokuk. The gates can be
opened or closed in moment or less, and the
locks fill in about three minutes, SO that
steamer may pass through In from eight to
Twelve minutes. The work was begun in
1861 and has cost the government s4,155,OOO
There is balance Of $780, on hand, and it
is estimated that 100000 more will be ncces
sary to finish the Improvement.
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4 81. Louis Journal tells story Of
disconsolate widowcr, who, on seeing the
body OF his late wife lowered into the
grave, exclaimed, with tears in his; eyes;
swell, Pve lost gloves, I've lost umbrel-
las-yes, even cows and horses; but
never-no, never-had anything to cut
me like this" :
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ii AT midrightof the 9th, Senator Mar
tons condition was reported to- be favorable.
for conyalcsccnce
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Investigation Of Indian Matters.

1t is now reported that the invcstiga-
tlon into the Indian Office affairs will certainly
result disastrously to Commissioner Smith:
not that he has been personally guilty of bad
practices, but has not had the nerve to pre.
vent them. The name Of Orville Grant and
bis connection with certain Indian tradcrships
and matters Of similar unpleasant orders are
painfully brought up in these whispers rs to
the coming report. There is grent express
sion Of feeling coming from the country on the
Indiann business, and most persons insist on
the immediate transfer Of the. Indian bureau
to the war department. Events of the sum-
mcr have made this feeling decidedly pop.
ular.
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Coal Miners demanding Redress.

. The coal miners of La Sale, ILL.,, who
struckJuly 9th, appeared in the United States
court Aug. 2lth, and Tiled petition repre-
sentins their grievances, which were: That
after having arranged with II. B. Plant, re-
ceiver Of the Northern Illinois Coal Company,
to mine coal for IS cents per net ton and to re-
ceiyc full work, they were nevertheless given
but three days work per week, and had great
~ suffered in 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 arbitratc
uponsand adjust their grievances.