, 1879-01-06

bs'ss's. b';iHs!s osss's%'ot s'sss' AA
lelcLdtsl
NorE-aa.. stairway inside, lea.I!na to Post.
OMeg from WaAhlngton street entrance: b. Asstst-
~ and clerk. o business ees
master tali under Wa.hinston .tsces s.devatk1: d @
q rsaE stairway isom alley for enployss; 4, stutc
Tor dcporltsnr mail matter, etc.
Inst evening the scene presented ,sas alto
getllcr different from that exhibited In the carly
part III thu DAY. AL tic old fixtures had heel,
removed trou' the ud office. Including the Ken-
rtc., and tho wholesale md rrtail stamp arrnuge-
tneuts, ao that affaiss began to asaume bntsncss-
like proljorttons The gns connections mad all
becu completed. tue tlxtutes were aii 10, and tho
room " w. ,,.I Hooded with iiEhs, The snployes
niettst dnd everything was moving nhout na Of.
old. Postmaster Paitner was still ut Ills post
giving hirccttous, and the ucn under h!1l
would scarcely Enow that there had been i ilre
~ this tnorniHg, ~ they would ret their mal]s
as regularly % usual. while ieitcrs and papers
would W 90 out On t!mc. ne requests The owuors
u ira"ers N t1e General Delivery Department
compartments arc tlt!r,! with Ice, and he cannot
gct iisto them to c'cur them.
u taH bccn matter Of sotns Inicrcst to real
estate men 10 knoH how Postmaster fulmer o.
taiued possession Of the Singer building 20 sud-
denly. Us It Is well kuowl that tho owners aro
Ut aonc dlstanco troln thts city. Tho tasts are,
the superintendent Ut tho building, rcallzlug
that TIM was public cxtcency, 0nvo Mr. Palmer
Possession Of tho basement upon hs own IT,
sp11si'a'!sy Trusting to the concurrence antl ap-
proval uf ttc ptoprictors when hc could COM
mNnsca'e with them. and that was tho way It
tan1c Af.urt.
Tug n'an who were arrested In the Chicago
district for violations Of tho TastM laws, aid
atc now awaiting t1la, wera doubtless conRsnt-
usaiing then1selycs Saturday night. since ii Is
criminals captured bY the spccia. Agcnts re-
taaIns IN thc Possession Of tho 1uttcr unt, tho
tascs como up heforv Jury. A tbs soous of
tirso obISefs wesc ns, tlIu sceond Hour Of tho
ltyet; II Was natural to suppose that they would
syasnss oaa @ b. S''fb, bslned f1' up tut e. ts r..
nt st5o,ysa ,Sa hy sa:, Wstst sush nowsys: VIZ
thc ot'iec when tho a1arIn WAS Giycn, aud 10
threw everything except tho ey1cnea Into thu
Sailt. rus ne PM under Ills nltrl, and, on
making ais exit leposttel Ia p1aco Ut safcty.
Court. @' " '"' "''e1 a'A'''
ARMY HEADQUARTERS,
Tho officers Of tho Military DEyIs!on Of tbs
Missouri Werc OH hand Yesterday to count up
tho losscs and direct tho rcmo7al Of tho proper
ty saved from saturdays fire. {icn. Sheridan
MIN H']N9t VII M kh9 at4A flSiLEN tU4 fu@uk 4QJ
maoe SURVEY Ut their former tu,sns. Gen.
shcrldan's rooHt was found to be but litile iu-
1uscd, ain& The injury done there, ns well M In
Col. N. '. shetidan's room, next adtoiutpv,
WIS mainly duu to watcr. The records mud
papers IN tho lusks were tntart.
Tho furniture wis pretty badly f.ozan
ilp, but will como out With but lttlc tn|urY.
Tie Allutabt*{scneral's room aud tic apart
inents Of tho aideadc-eatun, Immediately u,l-
jolntnE, wcre III even better condition. Al! tho
bapeFs III IT'LL Whtpple'a tUuil,s were intact,
hnd many OF them wcTe not cyen touched bythu
water. 1u tho Office Of Col. Klburn, Chief
Colh'nfsaatY, there will DO considerable loss,
Ills otilco Is ucar Tho tantral portion Of the
building anil u almost totul loss. The satu
went through to tic flour hetow, aud the wt.ols
oiilra IL completely wrcehcd. Ons lrsk, with
10 contents, was completely wrecked. null tue
H[nces, IL covered with Debris frum lte uupgr
thurs: II IL iIope.l that nust VI tho
vnilahle records aro aa!e In thu yanlt. Tnu
adjoining rtA't's, of thu Attending Surgeon and
1lfesl. amt thu loss there will ba Ituht. IN tho
oiE!ca OF Surgeon kohcrt Murruy, Medical u!-
IertoF t.oMeyer. 'o vonsrary i. trlc, W lls LOSS
y anIoHt tota!: There IL nuth!Ee viva :cyer !elt
IN tlla rnotti. he roof ati c.l!!ny fell thnllyll
AMI detnottshcs! everything which was not burnt.
4 hn'ukcase, with u medical library, was cnlr,-
plettly vvs'sn9ed. EVERYTHING atteu. tn,s oisl"v
W.. fulna III thu greatest conlusluI, at,i there
will W littac or no salvage thcre. Tho toolAs Vi
!he En.:inteE Corps IN thu fourth Aoor weru
found Ii, gos'l condition. Very little danayr,
.. ~ stat =. ~ almost entirely hy waller, W.. sus-
ta'tlr1 III thia department. The oIt!cu Ut lien.
ihi; hEt' floor. ehvt ", 4affsGsr IT, .as ,a on tno
vsry little damage hcing doue there, und tlu
same WA The saAc In tho Inspector urucruls
ofiiss. Ihu property xnd transportation clerks
oI the t43ttssnnascr's @ @ nepass!ueat wcrc located
Everything, desks, bookcases, aud furniture,
were entirely conAaascu aud the room, IL cum
ptelc rAt1p und al@lansk nothing was saved. Tho
sasne OF = worse condition of atfalr4 Wus found
III thu a15olninG rooms OF this dQur.
Tho Wurk pf Fcmoyl1 aAs uuguu Yesterday
m9tnlne, Tue furniture being scpi Ut arst to tl,u
oillc: aud storcroou,s VI Maj. A.. i.
stnall. Cotnu';sary of s subsistence, Vt
No. I Washington street. Later Ii
hImsclf and stan Ut tic Iulu.cr llouse. Ihs
rooms ph! Aimed there are vi the M0uros street
trout Of the entrcaol door, embracing the read
tns-roon ou the corner. which " to be 0eu.
Sherldan's Office, Tht arrangements With Sir.
~ lle roops arc Satisfactory, thrsa u syery
probability ihat the. headquarters will tc1ualil
uutll The spnplelsoH uf tho repairs " tho old
Offices. Tpe cpst u the pTr.sHt rooms IL not
aay Ft1is5 toAp n tas fotae5 atou arc
foilpw!p@ ts the directory of thq pFe.rnt head
, ,ns4, :Gs4. r.. H.. sheridan. eastu3ss4d4liai, est
.tlcFk.,, 1!oona 10: go 49, ','.17
r?s RSfas ent'al!,,.h :Qusrttruasses-
t,el; ". .: Hhtpple. Assistant Adiutaps. G en-
Cox b. u. sacket Iaspsetor-Gs noou,
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