Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-29
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE FOR 1889

I he AleEauura taZes.e, DeRun IN lIJ], Is tao
oldest newspaper in Virginia. and it has survived
with few exceptions Ill the public presses in
America which saw with it the dawn Of the
nineteenth century. It lives too, not in decay
or decrep,t. bit full Of life and youthful vgor,
giving all the news, telling the truth without
fear, favor Or affection, !renching on the privacy
of no mans home but foil to the brim with al!
pubic information. ard giving daily honest
judgments Of public mon and pub c measures
It furnishes the news kilograms Of the New
York Associated Press and of Reuters Euro.
pesn agency, bling With but two exceptions,
the only paper between Baltimore and Rich.
mond that ia thus connected with the great
fountains of the worlds news.
With the coming year all the long tried snd
improved methods of making standard news
p lper will be continued, with such additional
facilities as past experience justifes the pr opre-
tor in believing will add TO the capacity of the
Gazette TO serve its readers. 1t expects to rem
der faithful service to the city, the state and the
country by q candid criticism OF men and events
il the interest of!he people of the Commonwealth
of Virginia.
The year 1880 will be psriod of critical in
terest in both the Union and the Commonwealth
The election of the eighteenth President OF the
United States will take place, with all the COM
binations precedent, and counts cons ,quences
and settlements subsequent, will call for record
in the coming volume. the developments of
The financial situation, which may portend afllI
and comfort and priupfioD 10
thousands, are now in progress, and the columns
Of the Gszat.e will note each step IS we'll as
chronicle the result. a new and striking foreign
policy is among likely events, and the absorbing
interest of il cannot be overestims ted. In Vir-
GINA there is political chaos and industrial and
commercial depression. The way out of this
quagmre will fill many OF those paragraphs
Vt tn information Of rare interest.
To moet ell the demands upon it in an eycep-
tonal yesr the Gsz .!te will be made WASH
INGTON and RICHMOND NEWSPAPER
as we'll as an ALEXANDRIA JOURNAL.
The Richmond and Washington news of the
psat year hss left little to improve, but yet
greater effort will be made to insure absolute
perfection in these departments.
The city of Alexsndris will fad as usual its
daily history in each evenings issue, and the
Intelligence of that section Of the Commonwealth
which nature has bound to Alexandria By the
curvature Of lis mountains or the courses Of its
rivers as well as that portion linked to US by the
iron bands Of railways. will be assid uously
chronicled.
The Business and Com columns Of the
Gazette will be filed with the earliest and most
exact commercial news, edited with such pains
taking caro- as will render an error, whore even
slight errors are dangerous impossible.
The Cattle Markets Of all the leading points of
the world whose rates affect this market will be
quoted, and regular statements OF the Baltimore,
Geor ketown, Washington and Alexandria sales
of cattle will appear.
The Flour, Grain IA! Produce movements
will be noted daily, and tho sales Of the Alexan.
dris and neighboring markets given with accu
racy and dispatch. The Grocery and other mar.
kets will receive constant attention, and the
money or stock mark cts OF the country epito-
mixed for its columns, full details being given
TO all stocks &c, which fad in, estors in this
section of the country.
The advertising columns Of thu Gazette offer
inducements which exr erience has shown to sf.
ford grester returns for small investment than
any other which can be made.
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this case marks the advent of smother decade of
the worlds progress, is deemed q f. time for
new features, SO tia! from this date the Gazette
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