Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-27
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From Little Old New York

{ pairs of shoe faces, 19 pairs of socks. suits of underwear, handkerehiefs, pair of white kid gloves 96 collars. 2l pairs of cuffs and but one solitary
 pair of trousers. The clothing was of good material and bore the tags of Paris tailors. Many of the arti- eles were embroidered with the name
 s. Koaras, which name also aD- peared upon the tag Of the trunk How the trunk happened to be abandoned on the public streets and what has
 become of the owner of the trunk who is supposed to have arrived here .pn one of the late steamers, the po- lice have been unable, so far, to as- certain.
 Mayor Gaynor is a man of many ac.
 complishments and of an outspoken-
 ness that is quite startling at times.
 The other day he gave the most con.
 vineing proof that he has the making of a good literary critic in him, a gift hitherto unsuspected by the gen
 eral public Some time ago the com
 mittee on book selection of the pub lie library decided to exclude from the shelves of the library a new novel of stage life by an American author
 Mildred Holland, president of the Ac> tors Church Alliance wrote a letter to Mayor Gaynor, protesting against this decision of the library board and con | tending that the novel was by no
 means immoral Mayor Gaynor Ob- | tained a copy of the book and having read it, sent a letter to Miss Holland, answering her protest. With the ut
 most candor he informed Miss Hol-
 land that he had read the book and
 had found it quite harmless but very
 stupid and that he felt sure the book
 had been excluded for no other req
 son than it's stupidity.
 i Some of the magistrates and jus. | tices of New York are not particular ly famous for thetr knowledge of 1 legal phraseology The other day a | fruit peddler was being tried in spe-
 cial sessions for selling decayed fruit The lawyer for the defense announced to the court that his client pleaded "nolo contendere," but the presiding i justice had never heard of such a I thing and wanted to know what it
 meant The lawyer explained. but | the justice informed him that he would not permit any quibbling and
 would accept only a direct plea of guilty or not guilty. The defendant pleaded guilty and was promptly sen l fenced to a fine os $100 or two months I in the workhouse.
 When the trained dogs, which form | part of the police force of Greater New York ands assist in protecting | the sparsely settled districts on the outskirts of the city, were sent to ! Parkville about a year ago, the resi- | dents were enjoyed. Choice tidbits were left on the front stoops on which
 the dogs might regale themselves ou their midnight patrol, for the residents
 were certain that the presence of the 1 watchful dogs would keep all bur l glars and other evil doers out of their 1 district The dogs made a fine record. | helped to make many arrests and l kept bureiaTies at a minimum, yer there is growing dissatisfaction among the residents, who have complained to the board of health that the police dogs disturb their slumber with their
 faucous barking AS the residents of Parkville seem to prefer burglars to barking dogs, the police dogs will
 be transferred fo Staten Island, l where the people do not mind the barking of dogs half so much as the | safety of their homes.