Arizona republican., 1897-12-22
GOSSIP OF NEW YORK.


 be produced shortly in Carnegie hall for the benefit of the New York Attn letic club, will be a remar kabde enter tainment. The chorus is made up ex- pressly of members of the stock ex- change, and represents a wealth of between $15, ,0GD, 900, and E20, ,0O0 900. It shouldn't be any trouble for this chorus to raise notes
 Archbishop CorTigam blessed new bell that will hereafter hang in the spireI of St. Gabrtel's church, East T\hfItty y-sekenth street It is a souve- mir of visit made by the archbishop and the pastor of the church, Bishop Farley, to the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Mexico, two years ago. The bell, which weighs 2,5OO pounds, and is in the key elf F natural, was manned with the usual ceremonies for the national Pajtroness of the sister re- public
 An elaborate spectacle is to be giv- en for charity in January At the Metropolitan op1 "a house "Cind =rella' will be produced on scale never be- fore attempted here. In halls and ar moTies, the 3,0G0 children who have vcauntielefth to dance are being thor oughly drilled, and an army of super nutmeraries are also being put through dheir paces. It is hardly necessary to state that woman is handling this big affair The sisters of t.le future will in all probability manhga our six-day bike agonies and pull off the prize fights.
 MT. and Mrs. B. H. Cohen ce- -ebrated the other day, at their home in, Ore Hundred and Tenth street, the sixti- eth anniversary of their wedding. Twenty great grandchildren and SIX ty grandchildren attended dhe celebra- tiou. Mrs. Betty Kopples, 90 years old, who was at the wedding, which took place in Holland sixty years ago was also present, ard thIre was feast ing and dancing. The old couple joined in the waltz to show that though old in years they are still young in heart
 All who wander down to the piers on West sstreet nowadays quickly real iZe that Christmas is not far away Thsre the atmosphere is redolent o1 spruce, pitch and fir. So far, 1O5 cau loads of Christmas trees have been re+ ceived by the nineteen wholesale deal ers who handle thsm, and who pay as high as $45 Ito the dock department for the privilege of stocking and sell ing them on a small space along the pier bulkheads. The odor of the Maine forest strikes the habitues od West street as being a bit peculiar but they don't turn up their noses at it
 A unique depa rtmenG has been added to John Wanamaker's huge mart. Ii Go -sisits of an invoice of 100 cats and a lot of canaries. Pussie is housed iI a cage like box of liberal dimensions The birds swing in cages beyond the reach of the feline DEW maw The i kittens are, for the most part, An goras. They were reared by a wpmau in Maine, who has succeeded in cross ing the tame and the wild variety st as to produce an animal superior tt i the genuine Angora. I priced one big but gentle Thomas, and the s2leslady calmly said: Twenty-Five dollars, 1 The 100 cats were still there when left. Some people would net give $2; for barn full of Toms and Merias
 The New York Life people, wht are putting up twsGve-story prtntint office for their own use at Elm ana Leonard streets, have made a sfrang, discovery. At depth of sixteen fee the architects concluded that they hat reached a solid foundation. Thel the timbers used to shore up the ad joining building began to sink, an, the contractor ordered men to di, down and find out what the beam were resting on. At a depth of thre feet they found B. peat bog. Thel the big hole had to be sunk nearl- twelve feet more, ard the workmel 1 found tree trunks, a spring and al underground creek. The peculia finds will cost the insurance peopl about $50,O00, but the diggers ar burning the peat in thefr humbl homes and saving a few dollars
 At a depth of 375 feet water ila been encountered in the Common wealth mine at Pearce. The flow i so gTeaE that a pumping plant vii , cve to be added. This, however will not interfere with the working o