Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-04-27

THR GAZETTE endeavors to pick
flaws in onr produce table published last
Wednesday. The editor says We do not give
the amount of wheat received by railroad, the
amounts of other grain received for seaeral
weeks, nor the amount purchased by small
dealers. II our memory serves us, and " we
think she do" we said in our caption 10 the ia
bic, that we had not included receipts by rail-
road, as the Muscatine paper hal NOT that We
had lot been able to obtain the receipts Of
corn and oats for some weeks, and that we
could not give the amount purchased by small
dealers. but we set it down as being about
one-fifth of the total. The Gazette discovered
u mares nest, but the mare was not thar
Our table as far as il goes is perfectly cor: ect
A FALSE REPORT CoRREcrED.-In our
yesterday mornings issue We stated that
"a German woman. residing on West Third
street, whose husband is at Pixies Peak, at
tempted suicide day before yesterday" This.
as we have since learned from gentleman tho
is we'll acquainted with tie family. and took
pains to investigate the matter yesterday, is
entirely untrue; without the least shadow Of
foundation imaginable We are very glad to
learn that such s the case. and are happy Of
the opportun ty to authoritively contradict the
same From the source from which We obtain
ed the Intelligence. we supposed it might pos
sibly be true-at all events-ws run the risk,
and as usual, in such cases. come out at the
little end of the horn. We hereby apologize to
the lady in question. although, We are glad to
know that che has not yet been made acquain.
ted with the fact that such report has been
published about her. Her husband is on his
vsy home from the Peak. aud We trust has
made enough to render himself and his family
comfortable,
FIRE IN LONG GRovE.-We learn that
on last Tuesday about noon, the stables, sheds,
and other buildings attached. of Mr.. John Mad
Gen Of Winfield township in this county, we're
totally destroyed by fire, together with valu-
able mare, the property Of Mr.. Madden and q
span Of horses. the property Of Mr.. Getting. VI no
was at the time laboriug for Mr.. Madden. At
the time Of the fire there were three other
horses in the stable, but these Mr.. N. managed
TO get out, although they were badly injured
by the fsmes. The origin of the FIRE is not
known certain, although Mr.. Madden thinks it
caught from the remains of straw pile he had
been burning the night previous. but which
he supposed had been entirely extiuguishsd. -
Mr. NJ. looses several sets Of harness. and other
articles, which will somewhat inconv enience
him for . short time. Had he and his family
not exsr.ed themselves strenuously, the fire
would have spread to the adjoining hay stacks,
and from them to the bins in which were some
three or four hundred bushels Of corn and
oats.
The loss Of his team falls heavily upon Mr..
Getting. He is hard working but quite poor
man, and his team was his only reliance. We
understand that the neighbors talk of raising q
subscription and replacing it by another. Mr..
Madden says he will head the list with fiftv
dollars. and from the we'll known liberalitv Of
his neighbors, We think the necessary amount
can easily be raised. Mr.. Maddens loas will
amount to $500; no insurance