rapidly.The old 3tate Road and Ripple Creek Turnpike Com* p any, Organized some three years ago for the buildiug a pike from Pettets school house ou the Alexandria pike to the Pendleton County line and rnnnlnff west of Alexandria, have completed the northernmost seven miles of the road. The remainder, about ten miles, has been graded and culvertsd. The expense** ho far b^tve teen about thirty thousand dollars. It is the intention of the Company tq push the work to comple*tion iu the shortest possible time.