Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-20
BROOKLYN BRIEFS

Miss Mary Savage of West Main street is visiting friends in Watertown.
 MT and Mrs McAvenus of East Derby have returned home after a weeks visit with MT and Mrs Gilman tin of South Leonard street
 -The Misses Rose Starr of Soutl, Leonard street and Anna Riley of Charles street are spending a weeks visit with friends: in Winsted.
 A birthday party was given in hon. or of Mary McKenna at her home on South Leonard street last evening. It was merry gathering and the little folks enjoyed themselves very much.
 While Charles Rayner of 39 West Porter street was working at Plume < Atwood's yesterday, a piece oftmetal struck him in the back of the hand infiicting deep gash. Dr Russell. dressed the wound.
 The Brooklyn A. o. will play the Jeffersons at Waterville tomorrow. This is a game which ended in a dis pute, the Jeffersons refusing to con- tinue to play owing to q wrong decision by Umpire Klobedanz The game was protested and was ordered to be played over. 1t will no doubt be
 
 Tomorrow, at the Third Congrega- tional church there will be preaching by the pastor, Rev c. D. Granger at 1O:3O a. m. Subject of sermon, Con tentment," text Phil iv: ?. Sabbath school, 11:45 a. m., Juvenile Temple, 3 p. m., c. k. omitted till September. Evening service, 7:3O o'clock. Second chapter in the pastors original story entitled twill it Pay.'' Chapter title 'sIn the Fight" Large chorus. All welcome.
 Alderman Mahaney who makes regular trips to Ansonia to collect rents was down there last Thursday and was thinking of coming home when he happened to meet Attorney Bauby and | Constable Donahue tenroute for short stay at Savin Rock, one of Connecti- cuts fashionable summer resorts. | The attorney and the constable '.stumped" the alderman to accompany them to West Haven and, being easily l led, the big fourth warden yielded and i'll due time the trio were looking over l the bill of fare at Cox's restaurant. l Among the good things ordered was whole chicken This was for the all derman, the two limbs of the law not caring for that kind of meat. Some I one got hold of the waiter before the chicken was served and as q result | all of it that was set before the alder man would not be sufficient to break a baby's fast and when Mir Mahaney saw it he promptly inquired who made off with the rest of it. No one seemed to know and finally the alderman ap- l pealed to the proprietor and an in yestigation followed when the rest of -l.41 l~.NE | of one of the alderman's companions never mind which-and when this was made known there was war in the camp. When the matter was settled and the party went out to have bath the alderman, who had considerable money about him, had become so | suspicious of his friends that he con- cluded to leave all his cash and jewelry in charge of A1r Cox.
 The lightning cut up a few pranks | in this section on Wednesday after noon. It entered the meat market of D. J. McGrath on the electric light wire and gave a severe shock to one of the clerks To the residence of John Shea on Popular avenue it paid more attention. 1t first struck small tree i'll the yard , at the side of the house. The tree is minus some DarK to-day. It then entered the house ill two different l. places, it entered the first floor and also the second floor. On the second it went through window into the parlor thence into the bedroom, pro- ceeded to the pantry where it en- countered opposition in box of nails. It then made it's exit through the window. Clabboards were ripped, plaster knocked down, pictures over turned, dishes upset and everything received a bump. The funny part of the occurrence was that no one was in the house at the time. The Shea family was sitting on a veranda in the rear of the house. There was terrific clap of thunder followed by magnificent electrical display. 1t was about that time that the house was struck. It was a half hour or so later that one of the family, who happened to go within the house, dis covered that the lightning had been doing something. There were abour $10O damages.