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Hastings Happenings. HASTINGS, Minn., Aug. 8.-(Special.)The total value of personal property in Dakota county, as equalized by the county board, is $1,086,600; as returned by the assessors, $1,060,982; increase $25,084. Miss Bertha C. Harnish, cashier at the Boston store, left today for Chicago to spend her vacation. Capt. M. H. Sullivan, receiver of the Union Stockyards Bank of South St. Paul, is closing up its affairs, having declared a final dividend of 12 per cent. Twenty per cent of the indebtedness, preferred claims and claims paid by offsets, have been paid dollar for dollar; non-