National Republican., 1876-12-27
CITY RREyITTES.


A colored boy named Edward Jones had
his fun spoiled Christmas night by being shot in
the leg near the corner Of Four a. half and
streets southwest.
There must have been a general invasion of
rothersinlaw, Or some other terrible thing must
have happened, Christmas day, for a large num-
Ter Of citizens were arrested for profanity.
Thieves entered the grocery store of Frank
Pennsylvania avenue, last Friday night, and
stole several boxes OF cigars, quantity Of candy
and about hye dollars in pennies.
Tomorrow night there will be meeting at
Clarke's hall for the purpose Of abolishing the
Presidency. If those engaged in the movement
are successful in this FIRST modest effort, they
will probably make a clean sweep and extermi-
nate Congress.
Christmas day Mr.. Eiseman, clothier, corr
ner Of Seventh and E streets, and Mr. Ward, pro-
prietor Of the Alderney dairy, on the opposite
milk TO poor people, and were kept busy from
a. m. until p. m.
Inspector Thomas Plowmsn has issued the
following building permits: A. p. Pardon. a two
! story frame dwelling, south side of N between
Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets northwest
$500; A. NJ. Plumley, two-stOry frame dwelling,
streets northeast, $500. :.
The young gentlemen composing the force
employed by Mr.. W. S. Roose, the well-kuown
tobacco merchant in his extensive business in
present, comprising twenty-one volumes OF
|Waverly Novels, bound in calf and illustrated
with superb steel enKraVlnge. The volumes pre-
sented were worthy the young gentlemen, who
are go faVorably known in this community.
Imp r'oYements About the Post Office Building.
The grading Of the streets around the post ONCE
building has made extensive alterations sary
both inside and ont of that structure The add
ing of another story made quite a change in the
general appearance Of the building. The i'm
provements in the interior were most needed and
are most noticeable. These are of a character TO
greatly increase the working space. Work was
commenced on the 1st of October under the $4,000
appropriation by Congress, and has been pushed
with commendable speed. The corridor on the E
street side is concreted ready for the tiles, and
the iron plates over the heating pipes are in posi-
tion. All the rooms to be used for Offices have
been eoncreted, sleepers put down and floors laid
All the doors, many of which were made in the
building, have been hing and glass paneled. The
windows on the T street SHE have been cut down,
and greatly improve the general appearance OF
the building. This part l0f the work was done
outside Of the estimate of the supervising archi-
tect. A large repair khop for mail bags, thor
oughly lighted, has been partitioned off, and af-
fords increased WORKING facilities File cases
have been placed onAthe inner walls Of the Sew
enth and Eighth street corridors, making about
four hundred feet OF casss, most of which are com
pleted This will be CHEAT addition to the space
required for storing documents. Two elegant
flights Of marble steps have been fitted in place
from the basement to the fret story, aud are now
all completed except the railing. All the repairs
and improvements will be finished by the middle
ofJanuary.