Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
BROOKLYN BRIEFS

Daniel McGrath, the popular and Obliging clerk ill l.. r. and A. NJ. Guil- foile's meat market on Bank street, is detained at his home with severe attack of Ia grippe.
 The fair committee held. a meet ing yesterday afternoon in the Lyceum and transacted considerable business in regard to the coming annual fair of St Patrick's church.
 There will be an important meet ing of the St Thomas Cadets tonight at 7:3O in the Lyceum, and every member is requested to be present. ne annual reports of the different of HcefS and committees will be read and the annual election of officers wAll be held.
 At the 1o:45 mass at St Patrick's church yesterday morning the Rev ather GIeeson announced that he was contemplating a trip for the benefit of ms health during the present month; that the trip would last a few weeks at least and during his absence the Rev Father Sullivan would have charge of the parish. It is said that Father Gleeson's destination will be Ireland, that dear old emerald isle. whose memories are so dear and sweet to those who have been born there. Father GleeSOn also stated that the work of completing the church would be rapidly advanced. It is said. but not officially confirmed that the church will be formally opened in a few months and that services will Dc reg uiarly held in it after that time Flee 'fric lights are new being put in.
 Martin Dunphy, of 9SS Bank street. brother to Chris Dunphy, has arrived back in Waterbury, after about d year and a. half spent ill the Philip pines, China and in the general hospi- tai at san Francisco Martin Dun Dlly enlisted in the regular army June. 1883, at the s@brccruiting station in this city. He was assigned to Con- pany \, Ninth regiment, which saw duty in the northern part of Luzon He witnessed the death of General Lawton. Many and hot were the skir
 mishcs in which his regiment were en- gagged with the Filipinos in the north ern part of I.uZOn and Martin had several narrow escapes. as attCsted by bullet holes in his coat. During the first six months in the Philippines the work was very difficult. the boys be ing unused to the climate. and besides. the discipline was very strict. He l has words of praise for Generals 1 Wheeler and MacArthur. who always treated the soldiers very admirably. As to the Filininos. he says they are not the dark. ignorant savages they are painted. but are as learned. if not more so. than the average person in this country. On July 20, 1900, after i the Boxer outbreaks in China had oc- cured. Martins regiment was trans' fysr1 tN A hot If Ticn Tsin. in which their colonel. Mr i Liscum. was killed. they were in the
 thickest of the fight. They made the better progress of any nations repre-
 sentatives in the allied armies and
 were first to scale the mud wall which 1 surrounded Tien Tsin. About Io yards 1 from the mud wall was a wall of i stone It was within this space that 1 Colonel Liscum was killed and that ] Martin Dunphy was shot four times in | the left leg. From 3 o'clock that after 1 noon. July 13, till the following mOrn- 1 ing. he laid on the field of battle. The | next morning he was picked up and | conveyed to the hospital. About a 1 week or so later he was removed to | part of Japan on the hospital ship | Solace. one of Mrs Helen Goulu'S no-
 hlc gifts and thence. with 165 men. he was carried by the transport Thomas
 to San Francisco. On the way over
 twenty-three men died. At San Fran
 cisco he was placed in the general hos pital where he remained until week
 ano last Saturday. when he started for
 Waterbury. arriving here Saturday night His wounds are still very pain i ful and cause him much trouble. lie ! is unable to walk very well. Other
 wise his heaIih is snlcn1id and he looks as well as hef0rc his dGnHrture. He has recnivnd an honorable dischar"e
 from the army on account of disabil- | ity.