Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-02-27
yeffer from Clarke County.

Correspondence Ul Tue AI'Aauulia ''"'''1.
WILDWOOD. CLARKE Co., Fcb. %. For
some time past the weather has been delight
fully warm and 81 ring like, and the farmers
have been ploughiug at great rate, but alas,
Northeastern SHOW STERN set in last night,
and it has been coming down beautifully all
day, and is now six inches deep, aud more be-
hind. One of my neIghbors told NE the other
day he should S.w peas his week, but think
he Will change his MUD now. Some persons
took advantage OF the last SHOW to fill their ice
houses. As ice has been very scarce, | suppose
others will do the like now; if they dout we
hone they won't have another chance.
The dwelling OF Thos NJ EDDY, esq l., owner
and occupant OF the mill below Wildwood, was
burned down Oh Monday night, the % /. All
the furniture and large quantity OF bacon was
lost. The family lad but little time to save
themselves. 'rnc flames caught from the
kitchen which joined the house, and had fallen
in before rhe fir was discovered. a strong wiud
was blowing at the time, aud the mill was Oh
fire, ami bur Tor timely aid from the neighbors,
would have been destroyed. There was an in
surance Oh all the property.
While On accidents, coored man IN Mill
| wood had MS thumb SO badly cut IN cutting
box. Saturday evening. that Ii had to be taken
off at the ioiut, DIS Hlrrisou aud Randolph
operating.
The growing wheat, through the county, looks
very we'll, and ii its enemies don't catch 1t, we
may hope for Il good harvest. heard geute-
u,al say that the chinch bug was still alive on
sime folder nc had put in his barn. So they
are waiting FIR their share. We are surrounded
! nj t1trs n,.S,S
the Circuit Court is III Bcrryvile, aud some
poor devil will feel it before it Is over.
| Fer some lime We have had no Sheriff; now
| there are three constantly going. The way
that Sheriff was elected was cute. There Was
no candidate for the office, nobody wanting one,
when on the morning oil the election, the law
yers sent word out that certain negro barber
was gong t, run, and the white people ought
to kDow il, 50 Mr.. Coon was elected and the
barber WIS no, voted for | heard several say
al erwar,!s, if they had known how it worked
the negro would have been elected. i.
TIE RAILROAD DIRECTOR AND TIE GRANG-
Err. Mr. Cobb, Of Kansas, felt aggrcyed
at certain remarks OF Mr.. Phelps, of New Jcr.
scy in the II use OF Representatives 90 Tues
day, with reference To the Grangers; and not
uunatlraily, perhaps as q representative OF the
the politics Of the country. Mr.. Phelps is not
an adnlrcr of the Changers. Indeed, lie boldly
declared he never would be d Grangcr--no,
never, uuti they organize oranges 10 northern
New Jersey Mr. Cobb oD the contrary, rev.
errnces thc Changers because he expects them
to shuck out votes t. send him TO Congress for
the remainder OF his life. His reverence, under
the circumstances, Is natural; and 1t Is DO
!, wonder taat he should have sought to crush
NJ. Phelps under the weight of an Indictment
!. winch he found ready framed for his use in the
(auio) biographical department Of the Con
greS>ional Directory" Mr. Phelps, it appears
from this d4iunng cord graduated with high
honors at Yale College in 1860, 'attcrwards
pur<u d his suiics in Europe, and later at Co.
umbia College Law School, New YORK, where
he received the valedlctory appointment Of his
class then entered Immediately upon the prac-
lice of law H. is now "a director of the Ma
lioaal City Bank and Second National Buuk
OF New York, the United States Trust Com-
ppny, and Farmers Loan and Trust Company;
also 10 The following railroad companies, name
ly: Delaware, Lackawana, aud Western, OS-
wcgo and Syracuse, Syracuse and Bnghamp-
ton, Cayuga and Su.qurhanna, International
of Texas Houston aud Great Northern New
Haven and Northampton, Morris aud Essex,
and others All this and more Cobb rerailed
to the House, but a. truth crushed 10 the earth
will rise again, 50 when Mr.. Cobb Concluded
Mr. Phelps rose, aud replied. With becoming
humiliation, he confessed that he had expeud-
cd his moncy in furthering railroad enterprises
to aid 10 The development ni the country, and
particularly of tie new Sfaes of the West.
He might say further, that while these rail
roads had Increased the value OF the prairie
lands through which they passed, aud built up
towns aud cities along the routes, he had lost
the money he put into these enterprises. He
Thought it rather hard that the West should
borrow Eastern capital to aid in its develop
mcnt, aud then turn around and abuse the
eastern capitalist who had helped them. Mr..
Phelps also rcSorlcd to the same armury from
which had been drawn the weapons used against
him, aud held up Mr.. Cohbs record, from
which it appears that he has been an Office
holder ever since he left college. In other
words while MIR Phelps has been devoting his
means to developing the country, Mr.. Cobb
has been iviIg ~ the accommodations Of others
Il would thus appear that Mr.. Cobb is not the
right sort eff mau-Grangcr though he be-to
take Mr.. Phelps to task Wash. Cyr Ball.
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