Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-02-18

1t seems, from the following, tnat
there is "heap" OF rascai'ty gong
on at McGregor, Iowa. in the way OF
light weights. We copy from Inc
Pocket City Meas
Sw,sp1,NG II THE Pork Markell
Onr town WAS thrown into an unusua'
state OF excitement on Tuesday last, oy
the arrest Of three Of our p'om'neo.
produce dealers, and some halt dozen o.
their employees, on charge o. .nsa -,
ing in The weight Of pork PurchaSeu y
them. =.
The arrest was made on warrant 70
sued By Esquire Hurlbut, before wnon
III. examination Of A. Lowentret, one u
the parties accused, has taken place. o.
cnnvinp about three days. Messrs. lien
nick and Beckwith appeared lot VI.
prosecution and Odell aud UPdeg'SPn
and Jno. T. Stoneman for the defence
The case was holly contested and re-
suited 10 binding Lowentret IN Inc sun
Of $4,000 for his appearance. BEFORE 'ne
next term Of the District Court OF O'ay'
ton county.
implicated, has been postponed untii Tue
25th inst. We abstain from giving the
names of these parties until they 'ave
had the benefit OF judicial inves'lga-
ton. and their guilt or innocence deter
mined. If they are innocent Of inc
charge, it would be improper Tor us 10
say anything that would have zen.
dency to reflec. uuiustly upon them. II
they are guilty, the evidence to be SUD
mit,cd to the proper tribunal VIII sho"
the fact. Bat whatever may be the re-
suit Of the prosecutions pending, II can
not be denied that our market has cut
tered and is suffering from the dishonest
practices of few floating and irrespon-
sibIe characters who make a living by
downright thievlng from the farmers IN
the use OF false weights and measures
or rather, by deceiving them as to the
true weight Of their produce. And 10
such an extent has this swindling gone
been carried on recently, that in many
instances honest dealers have had TO re-
tire from the produce market because
they could not do business and make a
living in competition with men whose
profits onsisted almost wholly OF steal
| inos. This state Of things was causing
farmers to seek other points Tor the sale
of produce which should have come to
i the McGregor market. But the day TT
stealing for living is over in McGregor.
Our citizens, so long outraged, are how
thoroughly aroused, and have come to
the determination not to rest until they
have terretted the knaves out, and
brought them to punishment; and gen
Hemcl who have made living Oft OF
the farmer by fraud and stealth, had
better pack up their dads and leave, IN
less they desire to live eft Of the public
little longer, in the county Jail.
EASTERN JEALOUSY OF THE VEST
We find the following article in the
New Haven Conn Register
a Western writer suggests that the
States of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana
aud Michigan unite in establishing an
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to lake defence.
I've agree with the Providence Pos
that, 'Once let the Western States be-
lin to form union for the purpose O
mutual defence, no matter what may be
II special and Immediate object, anc
they begin what, in twenty years or SO
will develop into a Western indepen
dence.' This must not be permitted
The West is injured no doubt more
than the South by the blockade Of thu
Mississippi river. Freights on her pre-
duets to the sea-coast are enormousl,
increased, aud there is no possibility @
transporting the immense supplies
Once the West unites for defence, anc
1t will 60 down the Mississippi. We o
the East could not help ourselves"
DEFEAT OF THE REPUBLlCASs-A
WoMAS ELECTED MAYoR.-Thc election
10 this city on last Monday resulted il
the defeat OF the Republican city ticket
by about an average majority of rs
This is quite change in a city which
last Fall added at least 200 majority te
their State and county ticket. 'Ihlngs
is working" in Oskaloosa as we'll as else
where. The ticket elected was com
posed Of men belonging to both politi
cal parties, but had they all been Demo
Gratis the result would have been The
same. The Getty Ticket" ran no candi
date for Mayor, but, as the "boys" didn'
want Ingles, the Republican candidate
to run alone, late in the day they nomi
mated Mrs. Nancy Smith, and succeeded
in electing her by 81 majority. Oska
oosa has elected woman "Mayor O
the town ~ skaloosa Lo,oa) Time
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