Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-10
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE FOR 1890

The Alexandria Gazette, begun in 1893, is The
oldest newspaper in Virginia. and it has survived,
with few exceptions, al the public presses in
America which saw with it the dawn of the
nineteenth century. 1t lives too, not in decay
or dccrep!t, bat full Of life and youthful vigor,
giving all tho news, telling the truth without
fear, favor CT affection, !renching on the privacy
Of no mans home, but full TO the brim with all
public information. and giving daily honest
judgments of public men and public measures.
II furnishes the news kilograms Of tho New
York Associated Press and Of Reuters Euro
pean agency, being, with hut two exceptions,
the only paper between Baltimore and Rich
mond that is thus connected with tho great
fountains of tho worlds news
With the coming year all the long tried and
improved m ethods Of making standard news
paper will be continued, with such additional
facilities as past experience justifes the pr6prie-
tor in believing will add TO the capacity of the
Gazette to serve its readers. II expects TO rom
Ger nith!ul service to the city, the state and the
country by q candid criticism Of men and events
in theintercst ofthe people Of tho Com nou wealth
If Virginia.
The yoar 1890 will ba period Of critical in
torcst in both tho Union and tho Common weslth
Tho election OF the eighteenth Precedent Of tho
United States will take place, with all The COM
binatiCns precedent, and counts consequences
and settlements subsequent, will call Tor record
in tho coming volurne. The Developments Of
the financial situat:on, which msy portend sflu-
hnce end comfort or poverty and priVaton to
thousands, arc nov IN progress and tho columns
OF the Gazette will LotG each step as we'll AZ
chronicle The rosulL T. new and striking foreign
policy is among Likely events, ard the absorbing
interest Of it cannot TO overestimated. In Vir-
gna there ID political chaos and industrial and
commercial depression. Tho Way out Of this
quagmiro will fill many ct those rarse raphs
with Information of r&ro interest.
TO moet all the demands upon i. in an e1cep.
tional year, tho Gazette will be made WASH.
INGTON and RICHMOND NEWSPAPER,
AS we'll ss an ALEXANDRIA JOURNAL.
Tho Richmond ard Washington news of the
past year las left little to improve, but yet
greater effort will DO made to insnre absolute
perfection in these departments.
Tho city Of Alexandria will hCd as ucual its
daily history in each evenings ISSUE, and the
Intelligence Of thatsocton of the Ccmn on wealth
which nature has bound to Alexsndria by the
curvsture of lis mountsins or the courses Of its
rivers as we'll IS that portion linked to us by the
iron bands Of railways. will DO sssiduously
Chronicled.
The Business aud Com uorcisl coumns of tho
Gazette will DO filed with the earliest and most
exact commit rcial news. edited with such pains
taking care rs will render an error, whore oven
slight crrors are dangerous impossible
Tho CatLlo Markets of all the loading points of
the world whose rates affect this market will DO
quoted. and regular statements of tho Baltimore,
Georgetown, Washington and Alexandria sales
Of cattle will appear.
Tho Flour. Grain aHi Produce movements
will DO noted daily, and the sales of the Alexan.
dria and neighboring markets given with accu.
rscy and dispatch. The Grocery and other mar
kets will receive constant attention, and the
money or stock markets OF tho country epito-
~Si
to all stocks, &c, which find inv estors in this
section of tho country.
The advertising columns Of tho Gazette offer
Inducements which experience has shown TO af.
ford grester returns for small Investment than
any other which can DO msde
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Tho beginning Of the New Year, which in
this case marks the advent of another decade of
the worlds progress, is deemed ft time for
new features. so tina! from this date the Gazette
for the country (tri.weokly) will be supplied at
FOUR DOLLARS per snnum in advance.
THE NRW RATES.
Alexandria Daily Gazette. &C per arnum
Alexandria TIL Weekly G.zstte I"
Always cash in advance.
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