Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-28
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE FOR 1880

| Cha AlrrAI,;ris Gazette, begun in 1870, is The
oldest newspaper i'll Virginia, and il has survived,
| with few exceptions nj the public presses in
| America which saw with it the dawn Of the
| nineteenth century. II lives TOO, not in decay
or dcc.cp;t, hut fall Of life ard youthful vigOr.
| giving all tho nows, telling the truth without
fear, favor or affection, !Tcnching on Tie privacy
Of no mans home, but full TO the brinl with all
public information, nnd giving daily honest
| judgments 81 public men snd public measures.
| IL furnishes tho news kilograms of Tho New
| Y0ri: Associated Frcss and Of Reuters Euro
roan agercY htng with hut Two exceptions,
tho only papcr between Baltimore and Rich
mond that ia thus connected with tho great
! fountains OF the worlds news.
| With tho coming year oil tho long trod and
| improved methods Of mshinga standard neWs-
paper will he continual, With such additional
facilities as past experience jGstllc3 tho propro-
| tor in believing vii! add 70 tho capacity Of the
Gazette TO servo lis readers. IL expects 10 rom
der faithful service to tho city, tho state and tho
country by n candid criticism oi mon and events
in the ntcrcs! crlho people Of the Commonwealth
OF Virginia.
Tho year 1880 vii! DO "a period Of critical in.
forest in both tho Union and tho Common wealth.
| The election Of tho eighteenth President Of tho
| United States will fake place. with all tho COM
binstions precedent, end counts consequence
and settlements subsequent, will call fJr record
III tho coming volume. Tho Developments of
the lnsnclsl situation, which may pOrtond ailiu.
enco and comfort or poverty aud priyatiCn TO
Thousands, arc now in progress. and tho columns
Of tho Gazette will roto each step as we'll as
chronicle tho result. 4 now and striking foreign
policy is among Likely crcnta, and The absorbing
Interest Of it cannot be overestms!od. In Vir-
gina thcCo is political chaos and industrial and
commercial depression. Tho way out Of this
quaGmro vii! ill many q thoa0 Paragraphs
| with information ii rare .ntctcit.
To meet Sli tho demands upon it in An oxcop-
tional yo2r tho Gazette will DO made a WASH.
lNGTON and RICHMOND NEWSPAPER,
as well SIS an ALEXANDRIA JOURNAL.
Tho Richmond and Washington nows of the
past year has loft iitLlo to improve, bat yet
greater effort will be mado to lnsuru absolute
perfection in these departments
The city Of Alexandra will find AS usual it's
dsiIy history in osch ovaning's ISSUE, and tho
Intelligence o! that section Of tho Conn on wealth
which nature has bound to Alexandria by tho
curvature q! liz mountains or the courses Of iLs
rivers as VOL aS that portion linked t. Ils by tho
iron banda q railways will bo aE5iluc,isy
chroniclcI
The Business aid CHGiulnrcia cclumns Of the
Ga"ettn will In liked with tio earliest and most
c2ac! co'nintrcisl moss, cIlcl with such psins-
taking cara ~ VA! render All GTior, whore oven
slight nrrura sro dangerous, impns%ihn
Tho Cattle s;ArkaIs Of 81! the leading points of
! tho world whose ratios .lIoct this market will DO
quoted, and regular s.at"mclts Of Tho Baltimore
Gcorgolown Washington ani h!oAandtia sales
| Of Catt5 will appear.
Tho Flour, Grain an rrul.iro movements
will 10 noted daily, ard tho snes nf the Alcxnn-
dtla and n"Ehhoring mstoLs givun with arcu.
rGcY and dispatch. The Grocery and other MIR
kHL4 will rcrrivn constant attention, AMI the
money or stock markets OF the country epito-
! mixed f1r its columns. full "details heing eiroL
/" al stocks. &c, which ind investors in this
section Of tho country.
Tho advertising cnuGn3 81 tbs Gnzcttc Tor
Inducements which experience has shown 20 ST
ford greater returns for II small Investment than
any other which can be :nndn
I TERMS OFHUBSGnlpTION.
Tho toGinnng Of tho Now Year, which in
this Case marks tho advent of another decade of
tho wtrds progress, is deemed s. fit tmo for
| now features, So tina! from this Gato tho GsZr:ta
for the country (lr-wcckly) will be suppled 1T
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