Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-05
2RoOKLYN BRIEFS

The Brooklyn A. c. defeated the Waterville base ball team in Water vile yesterday afternoon by the score of 9 to 3.
 Miss Minnie Russell of Charles street is filling the position of clerk at
 the news store of E. J. Donahue dur
 ing the absence of Miss Addie Blands- | field.
 Already fifty names have been | added to the membership roll of the
 Constitutional Oak" club. It is ex-
 pected that the list will be swelled to hundred before the first of June. Commencing next Sunday there will be mass at 6:30 each Sunday at St Patrick's church during the sum- l mer months. The mass will no doubt be largely attended. If the attendance warrants it, the early mass will be con- tinued indefinitely.
 During the month of April money orders to the amount of $3, ,79O.57 was issued at sub postal station No. B. This is q very large amount and 1t shows that business is booming at the above station. The above amount of
 money is $1,000 more than any amount
 
 sub station No. 5 since it's establish ment.
 Mrs Mary Mccarthy died yester- day afternoon at the home of her daughter Mrs Michael Blandsfield, AS Poplar street Besides Mrs Rlands- | field, the deceased leaves another daughter Mrs Thomas Hoar, of Rail- road Hill street The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at S:30 o'clock with mass of requiem at St | PatriclS's church and interment ill St Joseph's cemetery.
 James Mitchell of Bank street, who has been studying for the priest hood during the past year at semi
 nary in Issy in France, will complete his studies there ill about four weeks. He will then enjoy four months va cation, which he will spend ill travel | ing on the continent, chiefly in | Switzerland. In the fall he will be- come a student at the American col l lege in Rome where he will complete his studies for the priesthood. There were one or two amusing l incidents in connection with the raid
 on the Riverside street saloon yester- 1 day. Two of the men captured in the
 raid had just arrived i'll this city from out of town. They met a friend of theirs and were escorted to the sa- 1 loon by him. They hadn't been in | the saloon more than a few minutes when the police scooped down upon the place The two out-of-town per- sons were never more surprised and accused their friend of betraying them. of being an informer and so on.
 They were very angry and 1t is a won
 der that they didn't assault their local friend. Among the persons who were taken to the station was man whom we will call Smith. He gave a fictit- ious name to the officer at the station. An hour oI. so after Smith was locked up Il friend of his came to bail him
 out He asked the chief if MT Smith was there No sir. was the re- ply Well, he is, l saw him arrested. No such man was arrested, the chief
 replied. Well, 1 know better, he is in
 here, for I saw him taken ill here, the
 man continued. He was getting very
 angry and the chief thought it would
 be the best way out of it by letting the
 man go into the cells to see for him. self He went in and called the man by his real name. What was the chiefs astonishment when he heard q
 man answer. It is needless to say
 that the man received q severe repri-
 mand for giving false name.