Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-27
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE FOR 1890

The Alexandria Gazette, begun in lI@9 ia the
oldest newspaper in Virginia, and it has survived,
with few exceptions, AL tho public presses in
America which saw with it tho dawn Of the
or dec-epit, but full of life and youthful vigor,
giving all the news, telling the truth without
fear, favor or affection, !renchng on the privacy
Of no mans home, but full 10 tho brim with all
public Information, and giving daily honest
Judgments Of public men and public measures.
IL furnishes Tho news kilograms Of tho Now
York Associated freSs and cf Reuters Euro
poan agency, being, with but tao exceptions.
the only paper botWocn Baltimore and Rich-
mond thu. is thus connected with the CREST
fountains Of the worlds news.
With tho coming yonr all the long tried and
improved methods Of making q standard news
paper will be continued, with such additional
facilities as phFt experience justIros the rroprie-
tor in believing will add 10 tho capacity of tina
Gazette to servo its roadcra. It exptcis to rem
der faithful service IL tho city tho state and the
country by n candid criticism nC men and events
in thelntorest ofthn rcrpie Of tho Commonwealth
Of Virginia.
Tho yoar 1850 will DO 8 period Of critical in
terest in both tho Union and tho Commonwealth
Tho election Of tho ishteeith President of the
United Sintes will take place, with ali tho CON-
hinations precedent End counts; coraoquencos
and settlements subsequent, will cGil FIR record
in tho coming volume the developments of
tho financial situation, which may rortond flu
ence end comfort or poverty and p1ivation to
Thousands, arc now in progress, and the columns
| OF the Gazette will note each step az we'll az
chronicle the result. A new and striking foreign
policy ia among likely events, and The absorbing
| interest Of it cannot be oyeresiimaLed In Vir-
glnia there is political chaos and industrial and
| commercial depression. Tho way out of this
| quagmiro will ill many OF thcRn paragraphs
with information Of rare interest.
To meet MI tao demands upon il in an eEcep-
| tonal year, tho Gazette will DO mado WASH
lNGTON and RICHMOND NEWSPAPER
AS well as an ALEXANDRIA JOURNAL.
The Richmond bid Washington noTs OF the
past year has left little to improve, but yet
greater effort will be mado to insure absolute
perfection in these departments
Tho city of Alexandria will fad as usual IFS
daily history in zach evenings issue, and tho
intelligence Of that section of tho Ccmm onwosllh
which nature has bound to Alexandria by the
curvature Of lis mountsins or tho courses Of its
rvors as we'll rs that portion linkod 70 us by tho
iron bands of railways, will be aasiiuously
chroniclod.
Tho Business and Uomnorcia Columns of the
Gazette will be filled with tho carlos. and most
exact commercial nows, edited with such psins-
taking caro- rs will render al error, where oven
slight errors arc dangerous, Impossible
Tho Cattle Narkota OF nil tho loading points of
tho world whose rites affect this market will DO
quoted, and regular statements OF tho Baltimore
Georgetown, Washington and Alo1aadris sslos
Of cG!llo will appear.
Tho Flour, Grain asi Produce movements
will BIO noted daily, and the salos of tho Alexan-
dra and neighboring markets given with accu.
| rscy and dispatch. The Grocery and other mar
kcts will receive constant attention, and tho
money or stock markets Oh The country optic
mizod for its columns full details being eivon
to all stocks, &c, which find investors in this
section Of tho country.
Tho advertising columns Of tho ua2utlo oler
| inducements which OK cricnCo has shown to sf-
ford greater returns for small Investment than
any other which can be madu
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
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tins Case marks the advent of smother decade of
the w"rds progress, is deemed a fit timo for
now features, so tina! from this date tho Gazette
for thu country (tri-wIckly) will bo supplied 1T
Fouh lrOhhAKS per ahnnnl, in advance.
THE NEW RATES.
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Alexandria TIL Weekly Gbz"tte... 4
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