Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-01
Letter from Staunton.

Correspondence Alexandra Gazette
STAUNToN, Va, March 30-Iam request!
ed to ask msnt on by the GAZETTE OF IT,
tourney under the auspices ef ths Stauntol
Gun Club 10 take place here on Tuesday
Wednesday and Ttureday, April H. 13 snt
ID, for which preparations are now being 40
lively pushed, with every assurance of {
highly succ saul and noteworthy efalr
The shoot Ia open t, ali-smateur nnd pro
fessional--and nearly all portions OF ths
State wi | be represented. and some o
the bett craoksmen OF the country will bt
herr.
The priz,a, costing over 81. COO ere near
IL ready for exhibition. The grounds and
Ing put In order and whom ready Will be
equal to any, no matter what sort of weath.
or prevails.
The hotel men sre makirg 6 preparations
| for large crowd and the members OF the
club and cit,z:ns generally propose TO see
! that every one Ia accorded good treatment
and pleasant me.
| Alexandria should be represented. Pai.
ticulars OF the shott will be cbeerfullY fur.
nlshed npon application to Mr. VIM. I Sum.
meraon, secretary OF The cub.
The weather up here Ia like woman
fokle. We had sImmer.like weather on
| Christmas end now winter lpgers in t1e lap
OF spring aad We have a. lealt a spit OF "the
besn,iiei" evsry dag, and every day some
snnsbna as we'll.
Stsuator l. s.il the llgey town mention.
ed iu q casual let er from me ak months
ogo. o. court days it's Ii7eliest. for then
the country people If this great Baldwin
! district come TO town. The shop.keepere
are busy then. There were hardly less than
elk Thousand country people Ia t,Wn cp
| Monday. s. greit was the attendance
upon caurt, that fearing the roof would give
way. owing ID strained wall the court mad
| to adj lurn 10 the Caurt of Appeals cham.
bsr ard the doors gs,e barred when l: was
| inH.
TIE Counoli has concluded to pave Au-
gusta, tae principal oroes street. With the
vi,r;fed bricks used in paving Msin and
| c s.ored on the court house square according
| iy. These bricks are laid in cement edge
| Wise and makes thoroushiare smoother,
better and I believe by far more lasting and
cleaner than the asphals Of Washington. The
| narrowness OF the streets here, however, make
an important item. In the busiaeas POT
ton Of Staunton there s.e no shade trees,
| and boxes, signs, ETC., are not allowed to OBJ
ssruct the sidewalks. The cutting down OF
Main street up Gospel hill and the improve
ments beyond will e0d much to the value
of proper tS and beauty of,his shoroughfare.
| No town in the State has such street.
Tbs Virginia Hotel. which will be remem.
bered bg all visitors to Siaunton, has changed
| herds. Mr. Crowle, long its proprietor, re-
tires, epd Mr Julirs Scheffer. son CT a for
| mer owner, t, ,kes It. The consideration wee
| S25 600. Csps. John MtQuaide and Measrs.
Summerson and Exile propose erecting q
$4,000 hotel nearly opposi,e the Virginia.
Steunton got enough cfthe boom last yesr
and its 6re Altemont lie SILL on pepsr-still
| castle In the air.
The collapse tf tie Basic City boom fears
| to grow worse and worse. / was DOM there
| recently. and 1t mskes the heart sore to see
O lot of fine store and cfice buildings q
! fuusre apart and tensntless. It is hoped
toat the town will take new life, but this
is the solt of hope that Ia deferred and the
kind that makes t1e heart sick.
| Staunton is not OF the Basic breed, yet
quite q number Of big enterprises have gone
under" here. sha Is growing and sub
s,autial town that will not break She is
populet,d with foe people, well governed
and maintained, ever busy, healthy and In.
yltipg. She has lacks, OF course. would
mention better postal service. cheaper and
better gas, telephone exchange, an opposl'
tion telegraph company. Portner branch:
fewer triflng "niggers." These taiDga will
ali come along Her people are alert and
enterprising.
Considerable amusement hts been caused here
la.e,y over the enforcement of q law with regard
| to The sch ,ol girls. These girls come out fre'
ouently or 20 to church and see processlons
sometimes two blocks long, and o. course the
hoys congregate ss the pretty sirls 60 by. Late
ly this boys got to congregatinR too much and toe
frequently, SO policemen have bsen on the leok
out aud often say s'mo 7e.ou."
There are comparatively few ex-Alexandrlsni
here. Mr.. Charles P. Lambert, will mention
for he often speaks Of his old Alexandra dsyt
and says that though he has been here twenty.
five years. Alexandria Is more like his Il ma.
met Ben Partlow. who was the star of St. Johns
Academy in 'S0-'S1. He is speculating in res
estate hers and is doing we'll His brother Willie
who married an Alexandria lady, lives belov
here sud ia engaged with The B. & y. &. Il. Wei
inst thinking how strange it Is to hear PartoV
called "Mr." when We always called him Gap
tainn ss about every other big man here is called
why, Mr. John P. Robinson was here on Saturday
and scmsbody who had mot him at the hote
asked me Sunday do 80 know captain Robin
son OF Alexandria
will only add few lines concernipg the news
ra5ers here, which like all brands of August.
whiskey, are all good. The Spectator, F;ndicato
snd Ar5us ara doing we'll. Ihe former though
very old lady h ,s on a new frock an pre- snts al
improved appearance for she wears it with be
con. NJ grace as well SIS dignity think Its he
fIst since General Hunters men pied her fo!m
and strewed the muddy streets with her types
Thu Argus seems to be the county paper. Th
News -oaily-hfs had cor orsiderable trouble but
new prosperity has dswned tor 1t, we hope. b.
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALTE