, 1879-01-06
ef The bofler-rooms hould be collier
farther od th8y did not satisfaeto-

up-8talrs. mounted to
rHR SECOND FLOOR,
and took turn through the Pott-Of1lca depart
tnent 10 TINT reafon. The first room he entered
was that OF Assistant Postmaster Squicrs.
1t had The generally frozen-up appcar-
.nes OF The Foot heGr 10 tn1@S ,.@
which sma1l.slzcd safe Ind eumbcd from Gct,
KIlbusnf8 ofiico overhead. The safe, wasn't
hurt any, ~ far a. could be seen. and ~ mad
rom on which It rested. slightly wrong side ut-
That It didn't IN through to the story h4nea!b.
with the s.ldsh momentum already gained by ta
fall froul the floor above, VS. somewhat etngu.
the hardness Of the 1nor It struck, aud tne re-
porter isn't going to tlotract from whatever
merit belongs to the builder for ha7inE provided
ths sas snGT n r. saa q sa wsa s:: sse "se
rum. Tho snppllcs-p7tnted envelopes. ete.-'n
tire room adjoining wcrc damsgcd BY water.
Init, nut being very valuable. nobody Gan sako
roon,-thc head oiI1co Of tho Logan Literary
Hurcau,-fookeA checrless and forblddtnv.
About oil that escaped tho dclaee ~at gilt
frame mirror; and .nas cane % ~ n ssf5 acsshs
those Of the Cashier. Accountant. aud Super
iutendcnt Of tho HALLWAY Mail scrvtcc-eanc oht
In about the aafnc way. the foly atu'agc eon-
tT 1 rste o ctes
~ :ste, 'a's 'cnesea yea dasas ns tie ~ pr0sss:s
of the. tlre Of thrown ~, lnto to-
msnss,msnt IN tRe uinrs nrrssnteii generally
m,ottrra.l and torn.up anpearsncc, sui seyerat
employees were looking over tlc floors and Sec
forced eviction from the room Saturday cvctl-
ing. To tho thorouRtncss Of tho way In which
tho lctter-cascs attl everything Of any raluo
was yankcd out =. that time may be attributed
tho fact That thcY found nothing but sorna old
hats and boots, 4 lot OF Congressional Rxords.
fsanked by stlndry ~ C.s to their waiting cei1-
stItucnts, aud other old odds and ends Of no
entrauec chi f' On m this foor VAS lodged ono Of tin
Biz wheels that oucc stood ut
tic top Of the shaft. Farther
On were tho Alton Offices, all
tru1, tho fact that the ocrupunta had tind!ed
irrs. and were tfawinR tho rooms out. This
clock iu tho Chiei Engineers Office had kept on
tTecztpr pcrfod and boid1y indicated the correcs
time uf dar. The o!lccs 1T Judge Beckwlth,
Solicitor OF the road. yscre fn better condition
than any OF the others and tho Judge, standing
with lid 1,ack to d kindly rrate-Gfr, Nas gau
within himself "a be saw things being put to
rights. LlckfY enough, be had lad i7!s law
in1oks u,oye.i Saturday to ncw cabinet ID tne
oiiioe, 70 that when .lis de!uee Gang Il found
ia reich, The Judge felt IT.
tie doubtful ~ to tho ssfcty ot
stsytnr in tilcso oillcrs before thcy wcrc pretty
annos sancs anu ausonsu''nueu ~, S9h IL su{},s 10
ntc. ussty 1eaIeu % ia. e usu a.. -tn"rnstnc
70 tnt ptppt.ctJ Q. Psus h.taa .nn,
or catpcntes-s"op no1t - ut'o, ~ a,.e'm Xii
Wnsn asatenent thG KonetH"ty u pe"p'e WIZ
proeaoly o2Fee ~NA al'n' 3; -
THE In1Rp FLOOR,
the home Of the military. Was. Gcnerally spenk-
Ing, In Mrth better condition than ifs oertliants
expected II woultl 10 when fhrv lctt II Saturday
nfterno,u. The dAmaRc. eysnpt 70 Two or three
ro,tnk, WIS confined tn the li1"ral ~sttf1R whaeh
papers In these r0oms wern taken out bY drp.
Sheridan aid others, III securely lacked IN Tho
vaults, the total loss will probably not bc very
considerable. Thr exceptions Wsra the ro<tus
Of lcn. ktfbur,,, Chfot com1listary, and tllo3e
of tho Medical Directors. tbs fthr IN tte
former was bent and unsteady. ntM through
hDtu therein lad tnn1het tha dliier-ssig mil
puftlon ~ aEfx. notn y "nnn Ih1uou ~ tue
room balow. In. tho Actlen1' directors "roofil
tlltngs presumed bauly-rhaEFea appearances,
and tho UttYnleprH here, loo, Uf masses Qf tSr,