The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . )t a liijuor store at the comer of Mott andBayard Streets. Tht> succession of Donoho to thej)rou(l |K^)silion which was so long occupied by Ryn-ders came through one of the ty|)ical conventionsat Dooleys Long-Room, when, both sides havingprepared for the inevitable fight, the battle resultedin the throwing of Rynders and his contingent intothe street and the enthroning of the opposition, inwhich Donolu) was a biave and conspicuous fighter. THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS Among the po
The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . )t a liijuor store at the comer of Mott andBayard Streets. Tht> succession of Donoho to thej)rou(l |K^)silion which was so long occupied by Ryn-ders came through one of the ty|)ical conventionsat Dooleys Long-Room, when, both sides havingprepared for the inevitable fight, the battle resultedin the throwing of Rynders and his contingent intothe street and the enthroning of the opposition, inwhich Donolu) was a biave and conspicuous fighter. THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS Among the politicians who rose to fame throughthe pohtics of the Sixth Ward was Mat reminiscences of Florry Kernan are invahiableto the investigator of this neighborhood. He saystliat 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 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 ¥^ 1^
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