Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-09
BROOKLYN BRIEFS

Mrs John Murphy of Bank streer IS enjoying a short vacation at the sea- shore
 Miss Margaret Mead of South Leonard street has returned from q visit with friends in New York.
 The Misses Mahaney entertained a number of their friends at their home on Bank street last evening.
 The Misses Annie and Katherine Lawlor of South Wilson street have re- turned from a delightful visit in Hart ford.
 William Collins, who has been yis- lt1ng friends here for the past week, has returned to his home in New Or ange, N. J.
 -Christopher Geraghty and John Cronan have returned to work in Paw tueket, R. l., after spending a short visit at their homes in Summit street
 The Misses Mary Carney of Sum- nit street and Mary Byrnes of Beacon street have returned from weeks wis., It With friends in Thomaston.
 -The fine group picture of the Brook iyn A. C., was moved from Douglas shoe store yesterday to the club rooms where it will soon be adorning a prom inent place upon the walls.
 About o'clock yesterday afternoon the fire department was cdEled to Por- ter street. Before the department ar- rived the nre was extinguished. The fire was in Stages tenement house. A family who was moving out, had gas olene stove and some person who knew nothing about it, lighted the stove and Ill 8 minute it was in q blaze An alarm Of fire was immediately sent in. There was no need of the services of. the fire department aud there were no damages to speak of.
 Mrs James Hennessey of fl La- fayette street states that unless the boys in her neighborhood cease to tor ment and plague her, sine will have warrant issued for the arrest of sever- al of them. Mrs Hennessey claims that she is tormented by boys who shout at her and call her names. They also go Ill her yard and break her fruit trees Yesterday morning when she was re- turning from work, she saw four boys thus engaged. Mrs Hennessey suffers considerably with her leg, which was broken short time since.
 Jacob Schriebel, the Bank street clothier, has adopted new plan of | getting the best of his supposed tor l mentors. A crowd of boys were sitting last night on the steps of vacant store next to SchriebePs when suddenly there was a commotion. They were receiving an unwelcome shower bath. Jacob had unwelcome shower bath. Jacob had filled pail with water and threw the contents on the youths occupying the | steps. It is unnecessary to state that | the boys changed their headquarters. The street department is prepar- | ing to perform an important public im- provement at the lower end of Railroad | Hill street. At present there is room | for one team to pass there and the place has been considered dangerous 1 for years. Although the residents made several attempts to get some thing done there still it remained un- touched up to the present time. The street will be widened to width of at l least twenty feet and secured with . rail fence so that there will be no dan ger of teams going down the embank- | nent It is big undertaking, but it is a job that needs attention and the administration deserves credit for talk ing hold of it.
 The city has practically completed an important piece of work on Bank street, nearly opposite the residence of D. J. Mahaney. For years the water I from the brook that comes down from the high grounds has been causing con- l siderable damage in that section and 1 although several efforts have been made to remove the source of the trou- l ble nothing permanent was done in the l premises until this year. A large ma sorry basin has been constructed there I and the water confined so that it is not l likely to cause any further annoyance to the residents. This with the storm I water drainage which is being con- structed in Green and Draher streets and Sunnyside avenue, together with other work of that character which is under consideration will be great
 boon to people of this part of the town. who have suffered much during the l past few years on account of surface water