Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-22
BROOKLYN BRIEFS


 AIr and Mrs Richard Brown. who have been visiting with the latter's family on Poplar avenue, have re- turned home.
 John Kazeliumas and Miss Mary Czizauehkiute, both of Union City, were married at St Joseph's Lithuan- ian church this morning by the Rev Father Saurusaitis.
 The flag on the Bank street school is floating to the breeze to-day in cefe- bration of the anniversary of the opening of the Oklahama territory to the citizens of the United States, for the first time, on April 22, 1880.
 --City hall contained another large audience Saturday evening, the attrac- tion being the fair of St Josephs Lith- uarian parish. The fair will be held only two nights this week, Thursday and Saturday, and it will be held In St JOseph's school.
 The Barnard school base ball team would like to arrange d game witch any team in the city or out Of the city under l4 years of age, the Victors pre- ferred. The lineup is as follows: T. Stokes, c; A. De Ligouri, D; F. Siebert. lb; J. kamak, 2b;J. Schlosser. ss: D. Lang. 3b; A. Cook, If; D. Lachance. cf; 4. Lynch, If Games can be ar- ranged by writing to Manager Freu siebert of 643 North Riverside street, or through this paper.
 The Red Indian base ball team would like to arrange q game with any team in the city whose players are under 12 years of age. The iine- up is as follows: John Kudirka. N; James hinnane, ?; Willie Hogan, ID; Frank Chittam, 2b; Eddie Roach, 3b: Joe Yankowsasan, ss: John Salvage, If; Joseph Salvage, of; James Evans, If. Those desiring q ganie may arrange s on .j.xhinnane, Bank street, or w. Ma nancy.
 Robert Madden, aged 9 years. died yesterday afternoon on Riverslde street while being removed to the hos pital Two of his brothers were with him at the time. He had mind tron- Die and if was thought that if he could De got away from home he would be all right ill q few days. It is sup posed that the excitement brought on heart failure. Acting Medical Exam iner Graves viewed the remains and gave permission for burial. He leaves live brothers, James, Michael, John. Daniel and Timothy. The funeral will tnke place froCl the residence of Mrs Michael English, e North Leon ard street, tomorrow morning at S:30 o'clock, with services at St Patrick's church.
 "A big cooking main took place in n barn on the Bradleyville road early yesterday morning. Birds from the Abrlgador and Ben Mohr were pitted against each other. There were five battles. The fighting was excellent up to the fourth battle. The first six birds were evenly matched and the battles aroused considerable enthusi- aslm among the l50 or more sports present. The Ben Mohr birds won the first and third matches, while the Abrigadors won the second. The last two were cinches for the Abrigador birds, who won them in two flies each and thus won the main. The stakes were SD on the main and $25So on each battle. There was considerable betting and much money changed hands on the result.
 Mrs Concetto Gerardo of S25 Bank street drank a glass of bi-cloride of mercury last night in mistake for wa ter and would have died soon after taking the dose had It not been for the timely arrival of Dr Russell. She was preparing to use the solution of mer- cury upon one of her children who has | sore leg and hnd the preparation on the table when she drank it In mis- take for n glass of water which she had just drawn from the faucet and placed on the table beside the other liquid. The place was diinly lighted and as the contents of both glasses looked alike it was the easiest thing in the world foE<the accident to have occurred The woman noticed the mistake right off and messenger was dispatched for the doctor, who hap pened to be at his office and hastened to the house. An emetic md the use of the stomach pump saved the woman's life.