. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. ry, in which wet goods outclassed greengoods and dry goods. It was on Baxter Street nearthe Bowery. His principal opponent was Pat Kelly,who kept a liquor store at the corner of Mott andBayard Streets. The succession of Donoho to theproud position which was so long occupied by Ryn-ders came through one of the typical conventionsat Dooleys Long-Room, when, both sides havingprepared for the inevitable fight, the battle resultedin the throwing of Rjmders and his contingent intothe street and the enthroning of the opposition,
. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. ry, in which wet goods outclassed greengoods and dry goods. It was on Baxter Street nearthe Bowery. His principal opponent was Pat Kelly,who kept a liquor store at the corner of Mott andBayard Streets. The succession of Donoho to theproud position which was so long occupied by Ryn-ders came through one of the typical conventionsat Dooleys Long-Room, when, both sides havingprepared for the inevitable fight, the battle resultedin the throwing of Rjmders and his contingent intothe street and the enthroning of the opposition, inwhich Donoho was a brave and conspicuous fighter. 379 THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS Among the politicians who rose to fame throughthe pohtics of the Sixth Ward was Mat reminiscences of Fiorry Kernan are invaluableto the investigator of this neighborhood. He saysthat the Five Points was a fairly respectable neigh-borhood, and some portions of it were occupied bya very nice class of people, until the coming in ofthe cheap groceries, of which Donohos was a type;. -^*^-^«*a^ A Row in the Sixth Ward. and he mentions the first of these groceries as oneon Center Street, just south of Worth Street, whichwas kept by one Rossana Peers, and about whichand its neighboring groceries that celebrated organi-zation of young toughs, the Forty Thieves, re-volved. At that time there were many respectable negrofamilies living in Baxter Street. Perhaps they were 380 XEW YORK CITY LIFE the descendants of the negro colony which was be-gun in the early Dutch days. A trace of thisperiod still exists in the house Number 42 BaxterStreet, now occupied by a cheap clothing-store andnumerous Five Points citizens, but which shows onits front a tablet indicating its use in a negrocharity. The negroes were forced to retire andthe Jews came in, finding a good field for theexercise of their qualifications in the assisting ofthieves to dispose of their plunder. To this daythe Jews of Baxter Street are an
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