Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-08-04
BROOKLYN BRIEFS.

street has gone on u vacation to friends IN
Boston.
The members of St PatriCk's church
choir are having their annual outing at
QuassaPaug to-day.
MIR and Mrs J.. +. Bannon and family
OF Lawrence street are spending their vaea-
ton at SAvin Rock.
Miss Maggie Mcmahon of New Haven
is the guest of Mr and Mrs William Mad
den. 90 James street.
Joseph Hamel. aged - years. died at
his residence 500 Bank street. last night OF
dysentery. The funeral will take place
tomorrow afternoon with services at St
AIMS church.
Charles Bait aged eighteen months.
son Of Mr. and Mrs Charles BAIT of 81
North Leonard street, died last night. The
funeral will be held at , o'clock tomorrow
afternoon with lnterment in Riverside
cemetery.
p. il. CLARK. the Bank street shoe
maker, spiked the bail shoes of the st
Thomas cadet base ball players this morn
ing. Sir Clark says if the Young Acm,s
do not keep a sharp lookout for their op-
ponents there will be a call for a doctor
before the end o. the first inning. The
game is on this afternoon.
South Brooklyn is again disturbed by
"A visit from gang of marauders Who
called down there the other evening and
caraied off considerable booty and COM
mitted several acts OF vandalism. Il is
stated that Contractor John MraZ Is out
about SO worth OF lOiners' tools as a result
of the raid. 1 he tools were locked up in
the closet OF The school, which stands in
the rear OF the building. The thieves
managed to effect an entrance to the closet
without breaking the door and carried oil
everything there was in the place that was
of any value. 4 ladder was then hoisted
against the school building bat it happen
| ed to be too short to reach the open win
dows of the addition, else there might
have been considerable damage done in
the school room. From here the party
| proceeded to pasture where q beautiful
gray filley belonging TO Michael German
was grazing, and cut the animals tail of
close to the flesh. Mr. German bought the
tlley lately and one of the most remarka-
| bic things about il was n wealth of name
and tail, the latter reaching to the ground.
1t is certain that the gang meant to clip of
the name too. but were frightened away
by some one who happened to be passing.
The employees OF Holmes. Booth Il
| Haydens are enjoying laugh at the ex-
| pense af the foreman of one of the depart
ments. \ couple of weeks ago he asked
one of the macEinists to make a spool
| holder Tor his wife. 1t Is u SIMPLE cOntTl-
vance and can be made in ten of fifteen
minutes, but the machinist WAS busy and
! could not spare the time to get it ready.
Every day the foreman sent one of his
| men into the tool room to know If ii was
ready. Finally the machinist grew tired
! of being peStered 10y the messenger and
went TO work and made the spool holder in
q few minutes. Then he sent it into the
! packing room and had it rolled up in
some fine paper and nailed up in a good
| sized box marked Adams Express Co."
| The foreman was called and t1ld there was
! fifty cents TO be paid 1t The man said
he was expecting present from a friend
IN New York and supposed this was II and
paid the money and started of with the
box. The fifty cent piece WIS turned
| over to the mIchinist. In the evening a
few of the boys who were aware of the Joke
met the man vino prepared the Lox and all
| had "A few beers on the money. The fore man
took the Joke good natUredly. hut it
makes him mad 10 ask what WAS in that
box He does care. lie says il his
wife doe, :.a. hear about it. lie to!l her
he ma,, the holder himself aud she has
since L,,cn showing it to her urigLbcTs and
telling them what handy man her hu$-
band i. The wife OF one OF hts nvishb"Ts
! asked him the other evening II lac would
/ make one like il for her. He got out of
the dilemma 10y telling her that they are
too busy in his room Just now, and prom
led 20 accommodate her some time when
he could gel a chance.