Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-16
GRAND PICNIC
TT IRLING y sra IN u =,
THE YOUNG CATHOLICS FRIEND SOCIETY

ut AlcNanira respectfully inform their friends IN
Alexandra aud the District. aud the public General
IT, that they have made lrrIn cement Tor holding u
GRAND Plr-NlC
II the above DELIGHTFUL rLArE OF GEsonI ON
.HONDAl, JiLI lSh. 1879.
I'D. -c77r57,. The Packet Boat, FLY &
= .-..---2CLOUD, will leave the Canal Basin
At :, y sud 4 o'clock. A. NJ and o'clock, =.
NJ: returning, leave Arlington al ). :. aud -
clock. p NJ. There will also be Omnihn,rs in
Whiting 10 convey passengers from the Long
Bridge station Of the Washington aud Alexandra
Railroad.
~" pIxxrG. SUPPER and REFRESHMENTS will
hc iurn>h,. ~ city prices.
-" ESPCTA'S CELEBRATED BRASS A>p
STRING BAND has been secured and the Com
mittcc pledge themselves to spare II" effort I" rem
der the occasion pleasant one Tor ali iar"rimg u
with their company.
Tirkct- can he had of any uf the members Of the
committee. aud at the grounds. rrices:-F"r II
gentleman 81 cents for u lady - cents t"r chil-
drcn 10 cents
The proceeds are L" be appropriated I" the lilul-
dation of the debt due on -. Marys Hall.
COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
II. Jacobs. Ii. Latham.
e.. e.. Callan. }. FUZputlhE.
L. Meahcr
Fare on the Boats for the round trip, between
town 10 cents. Children half price. Persons pur-
chasing tickets will be conveyed 10 and from th"
grounds Tor - cents each way, by the Washington
and Alexandra Railroad. ~ lJ-"t
VALUABLE LAND IN THE COUNTY OF
Y CrLPEPER, FOR SALE The subscriber
offers for sale. privately. two very valuable
TRACTS OF LAND, one lying IN the county at
Culimprr ii hr miles from the Court House, ad-
l.ining the l,nls "f Nathaniel Tatum and others,
Is on th, hcadwatcrs of Crooked Run. and con
r.ins about SEVEN HI NDkED ACRES. This
land j. IN q good state Of improvement. we'll va
tered by never failing streams, Is very productive,
and we'll adapted &" the growth of wheat, corn,
,uts tnhnrrn AMI graz. IL had upon il last win
ter, a good GEARED SAW MILL, bat by a"ci-
dent II burnt down. The dam, eat, &c, are siil
there. aud by very little cApahae there can soon Ice
another erected ia the simr place. With cir'n-
nrsaw 1t will easily saw from twenty tive hundred
To- three th"it. inI feet Of lumber IN day
Thi land lies we'll f"r farming, ha: about seven
" riv. az one hundred acre. Of Kan E"ti"n --
about two hundred and fifty acres "f good timber.
which if we'll managed, will half pay for the farm.
~. The improvements consist at fRaMi.
Ai:a DWELL NJ. with three rooms below, and
Ihrrr room, above stairs good barn. Blacksmith
shop and all the necessary out houses Bethel
Meeting House i, within half or three t"urth' at
= mill from the dwelling, and IN sight.
The other rr:rf lie, III the comfy "i Mnii'"n. AL
Ininiug the lands ot Mis-. John story aud "th'rs'
and contains about SEN IN HUNDRED AND
TWENTY -Ful K ACRES. This lauI lies "n a
run IN between two Mountains. There ~ from
evenly IT, eighty acres "t good bottom ani can To"
mi in cultivation all i'll body on both sies "t the
run four huulr, and fifty IL i've hundred ucres.
which will make i lcndrl farm of the best KIND
nr soils and the balance. which Is III Timber will Ice
valuable ON ,rcnunt ut the farms close hy not hnv
ing a suhiricnrc Of timber upon them. There -
one two hundred and fifty al three hundred acre
IN rulIivarion and IN the way, At this time.
The improvements oh this tract, consist 81 u
pW ELLING HOUSE, aud other out bu'i-
E::a ings but are not III good order. There being
so,ne three different buildings ON the Place-th'7
tract could be divided into w" good farms l
hay, not had thu farm long. therefore 1t - not I'M
rr,,,l 4 great deal Of il lies within \ mile and
, half of the Thornton's Gap Turnpike, and about
ID ar Il miles "t the Court House.
deem II unnecessary 10 say anything more ~
those wishing To purchase will examine the pro
rrtty TIA, elves.
offer these lands Tor sale only for the reh7"n
that have more land than can manage and as |
bought = bargain when purchased them th'hK
| can soil "A bargain. Tn" term vii he mIi" az
r,mmoiiting to snit the purchaser
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