Arizona republican., 1897-09-19
GOSSIP OF NEW YORK.

Score another for the end-of-the-
 century woman. With five men a
 day composed the jury in a city court that listened to the evidence and de
 cided a suit of a landlord against a
 tenant When the case was called
 LOesw, lawyer, volunteered her ser vices. The judge promptly accepted the offer, and woman again demon strated her ability to accomplish any thing done by man, stone throwing alone barred.
 Here's another phase of the new womanhood Early this morning a young woman with a thirst entered a saloon. She was followed by two strange sisters who saw her display a roll of bills while settling with the waiter. They followed her to the sidewalk, where they seized her, threw her down, walked on her and finally relieved her of s14 and some change. The woman's screams were
 
 the petticoated footpads after a lively chase that ended on the roof of tenement. The women of the day cut a wide swath is the columns of the sensational sheets.
 An old feeble mendicant has, for some time been annoying pedestrians on upper Broadway. Many people who gave him aims noticed that he fo who usually concealed himself in nearby doorway. The police were tipped, and last night the pair were arrested while working the crowd passing the Gilsey house. This morn ing at police court, they confessed that they were father and son, aged 84 and 54 respectively The old man also said that his son. forced him to beg and then virtually robbed him. No wonder wide-awake New Workers give street beggars the marble heart instead of the glad hand.
 A mite of humanity carried a bag for a traveller who entered a resort not far from the Grand Central depot early this morning The, stranger. whose heart was evidently touched by the tiny and tattered toiler's lot,
 
 <'LL" stairs Where do you liver" upon the bright coin in his grimy hand. T lives in de Ink Pot" add ing Oats where all de good people live" What are you going to do with the quarter?" I queried. Take it to me mudder, for fair She don't git many sinners this size now. De old man spends all de coin he can cinch fer mixed ale.' This young product of the ''Ink Pot" may live to i disprove the theory concerning envir- onment, for his heart is in the right | place, and all he seeks is honest la bor
 A prominent railroad contractor and builder says there is a marked l revival in new railroad projects Many , of these schemes have been lying l dormant for years. Now, however, they are coming to Life again, and un- dOubtedly some of the more meritor- ious ones will be taken up in earnest. | Inquiry among some of the railroad supply concerns develops the fact that the demand for railroad goods and fixtures of all kinds has shown a very large increase in the last six weeks. Capital and confidence go hand in hand
 Boys will be boys, especially on the East Side. Today two youngsters to throw section of Grand street into convulsions in their ef- forts to amuse themselves. After se- curing half a dozen well developed mice they attached strings to their tails and set out to do the Broadway of their district. When the crowd Of shoppers was thickest they turn ed the mice loose, giving them lots of rope, as it were. Women ran ard shrieked and some tainted. Before the police caught on the men in the line were treated to a display of lin- gerie and hosiery that gave them a good idea of the styles prevalent on the East Side. The fun cost the bad boys only a lecture. The magistrate used to be boy himself.
 good many men who have been pool rooms and making books in bar rooms and restaurants II all over town were served with legal papers today. One of the police com has been quietly investi- gating this phase of metropolitan II life and he claims to have evidence of collision on the part of the police, but feels certain that the steps he has Il taken will kill the business. There was a marked falling off in patronage at number of uptown cafes this af- Eernoon, as we'll as an air of mystery Life is growing burdensome to whole lot of sporty looking men here.
 YOSEMITE AND RETURN.