Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-11
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE FOR 1890

The Alexandria Gazette, begun in 1892 is The
Oldest newspaper in Virginia. and it has survived.
with few exceptions, sll the public presses in
America which saw with it the dawn of the
nineteenth century. It lives. too, not in decay
or dccrepit. but full of life and youthful vigor,
giving all the news, telling the truth without
foar, favor or affection, trenchng on the privacy
Of no mans home, but full 10 the brim with all
pubic information. and giving daily honest
judgments of public men and public measures.
1t furnishes the news kilograms OF tho New
York Associated Press and of Reuters Euro
pean agency, being, with but two exceptions,
the only paper between Baltimore and Rich.
mond that is thus connected with the great
fountains Of tie worlds news.
With the coming year al the long tried and
improved methods of making standard news.
paper will BIO continued, with such additional
facilities as past experience justiGes the proprie-
tor in believing will add 10 the capacity of the
Gazette to servo its readers. 1t expects to rem
der faithful service to the city, the state and the
country by candid criticism OF men and events
in the interest cfthe people ofthe Commonwealth
of Virginia.
The year 1880 will be period of critical in
teres. in both the MON and the Common wealth.
The election Of the eighteenth President Of the
United States will take place. with all the COM
binstions precedent, and counts consequences
and settlements subsequent, will call for record
in the coming volume. The developments of
the financial situation, which may portend Sflu-
eIca srd comfort or poverty and priVation to
thousands, are Low in progress. and the columns
of the Gazette will note each step as we'll as
chronicle The result. a new and striking foreign
policy is among likely events, and the absorbing
interest Of i: cannot DO overeslimsted. In Vir-
GINA .nero is political chaos ard industrial ard
commercial depression The way out Of this
qusgmire will I'll many OF those paragraphs
with Information Of rare iLtcIest.
To meet ell the demands upon it in an eScep.
ticnal CAR the Gazotto will be made WASH.
INGTON and RICHMOND NEWSPAPER,
az we'll IS sn ALEXANDRIA JOURNAL.
The Richmond AID Washington news Of the
patt year has left little TO improve, but yet
greater effort will BIO mado to insure absolute
perfection in these departments.
Tho city of Alexandra will find as usual its
daily history in escI evenings issue, and the
Intelligence OF thstsection of the Comm onweslth
which nature hiss bound to Alexandria by the
Curvature of lis mountains or tho courses Of its
rivers ss we'll as that portion linked to US by tho
iron bands of railways. will be assiducusly
chroniclo1.
The Business and Commercial columns Of the
Gazette will be filed with the earliest and most
o1act commercial news, edited with euch pains
taking caro- as will render an error, where even
slight errors are dangerous, impossible
The Cattle Markets of all the loading points OF
tho world whose rates affect this market will be
quoted. and regular statements of the Baltimore,
Georgetown, Washington and Alexandra sales
Of cattle will appear.
The Flour. Grain aai Produce movements
will be noted daily, and the sales of the Ale1sn.
dria snd neghboring markets given with accu.
racy and dispatch. The Grocery and other mar.
kets will receive constsnt attention. and the
money or stock markets OF the country epito-
mizod for its columns full details being given
to all stocks, &c, which find investors in this
section of the country.
The advertising columns Of tho Gazstte offer
inducements which experience has shown TO af
ford greater returns for small investment than
any other which can be made.
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this case marks the advent of another decade of
the worlds progress, is deemed a fit time for
new features 60 tina! from this date the Gazette
for the country (!r.weekly) will be supplied ct
FOUR DOLLARS per annum, in advance
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