The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-10-28


are men engaged in erecting instead thereof
me, hrst.ciass three.story and basement
s scstGSGpc e. which when finished; viii be
covered with a French roof the mai building
being " feet Inches square, and the l. or
back building 30 by 10 feet, and will embrace
about twenty rooms. Tho entire front will
be OF pressed brick resting on a 3.foot brown
stone ASHER, with ornamentcd iron trimmings,
anu very Imposing corniec. Along the south
front VIII be handsome Iron vetanda, as Will
also be along nearly the entire east front,
with large bay.window fronting cast and
one west. The windows will be ofthe best OF
French platc.5lass, and the building through.
out VIII be fttct up on the most improved
plan, and OF the very best materials In the
market, without regard to cost II sets back
10 feet from the building line on NJ street,
leaving a large open space, In front of which
& will be placed an iron fence of rare taste and
beauty, and the yard will be laid Off into plats
Otherwise ornamentcd When completed "" II
will be q great Improvement to this already
nourishing locality, and will cost about $50 900.
Mr.. j q. Myers 10 the contractor and builder,
who has sub.let the brick work to MIR. John
Walstruin, and our readers can rest assured
that their workmanship needs no eompii.
mcnts, as II speaks for itself.
On the south side Of NJ street, between
Fourth and Firth, Mr. James Y. Davis Ia hav-
ing constructed magnificent two.story, with
q nne basement and French roof, pressed.brick
front residence. Its dimensions are 40 feet
'front.' by depth of 81 feet, and 1t will contain
twenty large rooms, ane halls, waTdrobcs,
In the very latest style. The cast and west
fronts Will be Of the best OF red brick, tucked
and Jointod, with rich brownstono trimmings,
with brick arches over the windows, and q
heavy bracket cornice will cncircle the entire
house, There Is large area In the rear OF 1t,
over which Is being placed beautiful ycran.
dab. On the top OF 1t will be a fat ten.foot
square, which will he enclosed by an orns-
mented Iron railing, thereby afiording a view
Of the entire city The front windows will be
hllcd with the best of French crystal glass, as
will also two large bay.wintows, fronting east
and west. 1t sits back some distance from the
building line, leaving sufficient room for
choice Hover garden which will be inclosed
by neat and handsome iron fence, with large
Of 1.-THE house. II will cost about 10000, and
the workmanship Is OF the heat, Mr.. William
II. johnson being the contractor and builder,
and Mr.. Jerome Dgg, the bricklayrr
Mr. 1. IL. Barron, contractor and builder, Is
erecting on the east side OF filth street, he
tween !. and VI, a twO-stOry and basement res
idencc, % feet front, running back 81 feet, and
embracing II rooms The front OF 1t is com.
posed Of pressed brick, with heavy iron win
dow heads aud sills, and n meat cofnicc, II is
back from the building line about 20 feet on
terrace OF about 10 feet, and in from is a neat
iron iense. MI. A: Davis is doing the brick
Ga Fourth street, between NJ and " streets,
MIR. A. Davis is building for himself a three.
story pressed'btick front residence, with white
marble trimmings lts dimensions are 20 feet
front by depth Of Is feet, and 1t embraces ten
large rooms, with all Of the modern improve
penter work, and when completed 1t will cost
about $1,000.
Jos. HammNehcr, esq, is haying erected on
the east side of Filth, between l. and NJ streets,
Ahrst-clrss two-5tory frame residence, front.
Ing ~ feet By depth Of % feet. It embraces
avery large rooms, and is being constructed of
the very best OF seasoned lumber. 1t will
have ali the necessary arrangements for water
and gas, and sits back some 10 feet from the
building line, the ground in front being ter
raced down 10 the sidewalk with a neat fence
IN front. Cost, 1900. Mcssro, Hopkins 4
Middlnton ARE the contractors and builders.
On the west side OF Seventh, near NJ street,
story double house. The dimensions OF II are
% feet front by depth of 10 feet, and 1t EN-.
braces two fine store.rooms on the main floor,
and siN rooms in the secondor upper story for
, dwelling purposes. The lower front Is an
, open Que hllcd with heavy French. plate glass,
and the upper one is Of pressed brick with an
appropriate cOrnice and trimmings. Mr.. Robt
+. Flemming Is the contractor and builder.
BALTIMORE ITEMS.-Thc following items,
which are Of interest to parties in this city,
Messrs: Smith, Pierson \ West, Independent
police detectives, succeeded In making the ar.
Rodney ssSor8 ths eS,FgN Of as
TO dciIaud the Farmers and Merchants Ma.
I tlonal Bank Of this city. The accused WAS
taken before Justice Thompson, when the fol.
lowing facts were elected: On Monday of last
week the accused, under the name of Rodney
Sanford, opened an account with the bank
abovc.nRmed, and on that day deposited be.
tween $500 aud SlOJ, and on tho following day
~ COO more, all In baukaGlG funds. On
Wednesday last he deposited a check for sis,
Bank OF the Metropolis, Washington city.
The check was transmitted to the bank In
Warrington, and on comparison OF the sig.
nature with that OF Mr.. Jackson, who keeps
An account In the bank, u material difference
was found to exist This fact was commuIi.
Gated to the Farmers and Merchants Bank
on saturday, and about go o'clock on that
! afternoon the accused again entered the bank
aud deposited to his credit another check,
purporting to be drawn by A, Jackson, for
sl,0Si on the Bank of the Metropolis. This
/ was received, but on telcgraphing to Wash.
ington 1t was found not to be good. During
the week Sanford drew out of the bank all the
cash he had deposited, and with II purchased
bonds from a banking house on baltimore
street. Early yesterday morning the accused
appeared at the Farmers' and Merchants
on the two checks drawn on the Bank OF the
Metropolis, when he was Mt once taken into
custody. The Justice committed him for the
action OF the grand jury. The accused is
about 2S years of age, and said he had rented
office No 30 Second street. for the transaction
OF business.
Detective Carroll yesterday arrested Gus.
tav Dreyfus, charged with stealing \ lot OF
clothing from J. kanforte, of Washington ID,
valued at .s75. The goods were recovered
and delivered to the owner, and the accused
! sent to Washington last evening, The rob.
berry was only committed Monday morning.
! Inc Hon. JOhn l.. Kennedy, oil Baltimore,
the wcll-kTown and popular novelist, and for.
merly member Of Congress, has returned TO
his home In this city after several years alb
scnce. He was one of the American commits
! siOners to the Paris Exposition, and comes
back In apparently good health.
ERRoR,-ln consequence of an accidental
! Encouragement of copy, after II reached the
! ofice. we have An error IN our report OF the
proceedings OF tho Board of Aldermen, which
the following communication will explain
| TUESDAY MoRSISG, Otubar q, 1873,
| DEAR SIR: Your report OF the aldermen this
morning ascrlbcs to me motion to increase
, the assessment for the public schools to nfty
cents on the one hundred dollars, which Is a
mistake. | told the Board that twenty five
cents was not enough by one half, and II they
desired to assess the amount that would be
| required for the schools, 1t should be increased
to iifty contsj that this mode Oi openly assess.
lug less than the amount required for any par
tieular purpose, was to mislcad the public ms
to the expence of that branch of the municipal
lgoveFnmcnt-virtually n fraud upon the peo.
ple-hecsusc, In this bill, we had total assess
mcnt for school purposes of forty cents on the
one hundred dollars, which was twenty-five
ccnts short OF the amount reQuiredi and this
deficiency had to be made up from the general
assessment, thus making the actual assess.
mcnt for school purposes ahoutslNtyhye cents,
| WHILE IL | was not mislcd rs to the law Of
Congress, the maximum that could be assessed
for this purpose was nifty cents. | argued that
II the facts OF the entire expense OF our schools
was made evident TO the people and to Con-
gress, without any effort Mt conccalment in
the Assessments, they would be the better
| enabled to make some cfiectual effort to re-
lievc US from this heavy burden, Ne.
The motion on which your yeas and nays
was taken, was my motion to strike out for
the reason stated in the motion, the words,
Including colored."