Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-19

| 1881
The ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE, begun in
| 1885, is the oldest newspaper il the State, and
the only daily published in Northern Virginia.
It nss survived, with few exceptions, all the
public presses in America which saw with it the
dawn of the nineteenth century. It lives, too.
not in decay, but full of life and vigor,
giving all the news, telling the truth without
fear, favor or affection, trenching 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 m easures
1t furnishes the news kilograms of the New
York Associated Press and OF Reuters European
agency, being, with but three exceptions the only
paper between Baltimore and Richmond that is
thus connected with the great fountains of the
worlds news.
With the coming year all the long tried and
improved methods of making standard news
paper will be continued, with such additional
facilities as past experience justfes the proprie.
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 candid criticism OF men and events
in the interest of the people OF the Common
wealth of Virginia.
10 meet all the demands upon it, the Gszstte
will be made WASHINGTON and RICH.
MOND NEWSPAPER, US we'll as an ALEX
ANDRIA JOURNAL. The Richmond and
Washington news of past years has left little to
improve, but yet greater effort will be made to
insure absolute perfection in these departments,
The city of Alexandria will find IS usual its
daily history in each evenings issue, and the
intelligence ofthat section of the Common wealth
which nature has bound to Alexandria by the
curvature of its mountains or the courses of its
rivers we'll as that portion linked to us by tho
iron bands OF railways, will bs assiduously
chronicled
The Business and Commercial Columns of the
Gazette vii! be filed with the earliest and most
exact commercial news, edited with such pains.
taking care as will render an error, where even
slight errors arc dangerous impossible.
The Csttie Markets of all the leading points of
the world whose rates affect this market will be
quoted. and regular statements Of the Baltimore,
Georgetown, Washington and Alexandria sales
of cattle will appear.
The Flour, Grain and Produce movements
will be noted daily, and the sales OF the Ae1an-
dria and neighboring markets given with accu.
'acy and dispatch The Grocery and other mar
kets will receive constant attention, and the
money or stock markets OF the country epito.
mized for its columns, full details being given
to all stocks, &C., which find investors in this
section of the country.
The advertising columns of the Gazette off,r
inducements which experience has shown to af-
ford greater returns for small Investment than
sny other which can be made.
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