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Show Dhi'filars. Nearly evtri day there are reports re-ports of i.-tty thefts in various lrls of Uie city. Tlie fact that oulj articles arti-cles of small value are taken indie-ate lint tieoph) are getting more I watchful than formerly. But there j are cues where additional prevau- tions might It- taken with benefit, , for midnight marauders exhibit considerable boldiiee iu their proceedings. tn Aitunlay Light, j at a la-use In the Sixteenth i Ward, the kitchen door kty was I lo-t, aul when the family retired the table was dragged against, tlie i door. During the night the faniilv ' were awakened by ail uim-u.d noise. Tlie heal of tlie liou-e was out of tow u, Mid the la ly was cou "iderably frihteued. Her bedrooaH door was locked, aud through the glass aud from the window she watched the oi-eTatiuns of a man vi tio limi rccrai hu way into the Htch-n. He ttniek several nvatclies, and by the light idle uls. taiucdagood View of hij face. He cvuhl onlv get into two rooms of the hou-t, because of the lockexl lied-! room door, but tliric lmte- he went around the outside and tried other doors and windows, rite third I lime be succeeded in getting a ' window up, and put his hurt in, J when the lauy calleu out. At the I sound of litr xokre lie dia peared in the darkiie . An luvestigHtion , in the rooms thit he had entered showed that lie had ransacked see -enl drawers in cupboard and bureau, but found irothim; of value I to carry oil. Tlie same night ' three other Jacis in the vicinity I wire vi-ited, but no entrance was etreeted. In tlie Seventeenth Watd, I t-lr. Shell'', a small writing denk was stolen, irebab!y in mistake fi r j i jewel case. It was found yesterday yester-day at the rear ot the White House. |