Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-22
BROOKLYN BRIEFS

--nOydl WdTu OIs New f1aFGn IS tue guest of Mrs Michael Kane of Wash ington avenue.
 Mrs George Thomas of Bank street is spending a few weeks at the home of her sister in Lakeville.
 Thomas Kelly of Bridgeport is yis- iting his aunt, Mrs Katherine Kelly of Bank street
 Hector Martel of 69 James street has returned from a weeks visit with friends in Fall River.
 Miss Mary Flanagan of Torring ton has returned from a weeks visit with her brother, James Flanagan of Poplar avenue.
 The Misses Helen Gilmartin of South Leonard street and Nellie Car ney of Charles street are sojourning at Savin Rock.
 Joseph Beauregard of North River side street is critically i'll as the result of an operation performed upon his tongue for the removal of a cancer.
 William Ringenberg of Lawrence street is among the members of the boys choir of St Johns church who are enjoying a sail up the Hudson this week
 James German of Washington ave
  week by falling from ladder while working at Plume x Atwoods, IS able | to be around once more.
 -Four or five dogs had it out on Riverside street yesterday. Several at tempts were made to part them, but without success. Finally one man got I a good hold of one of their tails and swinging it as he would bag Of feed
 he landed the animal across his back.
 A very interesting game of ball was played yesterday afternoon at Town plot. The Washington Square Stars defeated Edward F. Floods
 team by the score of z to $. This is
 the second defeat Floods team has received this season. A very large I crowd witnessed the game.
 A surprise party was rendered Ben
 Hoefier at his home OH West Main l street Saturday evening. Dancing was
 indulged in until midnight, after which
 refreshments were served. The main
 features of the evening were the se-
 lections given by the Washington
 square quartet, whose singing was eX-
 cellent and was something never be-
 fore heard i'll the Brooklyn district.
 They gladly responded to the many
 encores and sang the very latest songs. About 14 couples were present. Patrick Clark of North Riverside
 street has returned from Tarrytown, N. Y., where he has been working for
 several weeks. Thomas Ray of 7 Charles street, former member of the Brooklyn A. O., is also working
 there While Clark was there Ray F swan across the Hudson for three
 miles, when he was picked up by a
 boat and carried back. He was not
 very tired at the end of the swim, l which was made as the result of con siderable discussion which had been
 indulged in by several parties as to l the ability of Ray as swimmer. The l latter proved to be even better than
 his friends thought he was. [ Some person threw lighted cigar ! or match by accident upon the avn ! ing in front D. J. McGrath's meat mar ' get i'll the Guilfoile block on Bank ' street last night. It is said that it fel ; out of window above. At any rate the awning was soon in flames. 4 Il large crowd was quickly on the scene n and one or two excited persons want a- ed to ring in an alarm. Several of tho l. tenants were preparing to re q move their household goods to tht 10 ground below at moments notice. 4 K few pails of water, however, extin s n guished the fire. While the crowdwa ,i standing about the sidewalk some on
 threw q pail of water towards thl le awning, but the larger part of it wen IL on the spectators.
 n The second chapter, entitled "Il IS the Fight" of the serial story evil y It Pay?' was read by it's author, Re
 Charles E. Granger of the Third Con in gregational church last night before id large audience. The second chapte i, was even more interesting than tn - first and was paid the closest attention ', by the large audience. The poin Fl which the author wishes to bring ou 70 in his story is that ill this time of keel
 competition high school education of most beneficial to young men, and tha n q young man who has received sue ,n an education will attain more success ,a than one that hasn't. Rev Mir Grar ,d ger thinks that many a boy has re a+ fused to accept a high school educf z tion and that i'll later years he has nc ne been able to accept positions of r' H. sponsibility which he was offered. H he brought out this point clearly las he evening.