Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-09
BROOKLYN BRIEFS.

after enoying vacation in Bridge port.
 A daughter was born Wednesday to MT and Mrs Joseph Johnson of Charles street.
 The general fair committee of St Patrick's parish will meet this evening at St Patrick's parish hall.
 No need to destroy your hands. Good soap and washing fluid will do all your work. Any brand at E. F. Dunphy Grocery Co.,
 George Madden of Riverside street had one of his fingers smashed yesterday afternoon while working on press at the Buckle shop.
 If the weather permits this even- ing the Italians will have one of the best fireworks exhibitions ever seen in the city. Owing to the rain last evening they wera unable to hold their fireworks exhibition, but this evening they will have a double dis play. Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock there will be high mass at Our Lady of Lourdes church. All the honorary presidents are request ed to attend and the public is also invited.
 ! "A number of people have been making complaints of late of the l conduct of certain trolley employees who are employed on the Bank street line. One motorman In particular has been the subject of much criti- cism for his antics this morning at the end of the line. The car had to wait for about five minutes before making the return trip, and the only passenger was a Sister of the Holy Ghost. The motorman, whose number Is 301, sat in the second seat In the car while waiting and he seemed to enjoy himself pulling the bell rope over his head. Whether
 he was doing it to torment the only
 passenger or for his own enjoy
 ment is not known, but 1t looked
 very much like the former. There
 was no need of it, however, and he should have known better. When l he came to take his place at the lever again he jumped over seat ] in order to take his place.
 A very exciting runaway took l place on Bank street this morning, l when spirited horse owned by the New York Grain & Feed Go started l on run down Bank street. The only occupant of the team was a small boy, about twelve years of ! age, and it was very lucky for him that the horse was stopped before the team was thrown over. The l horse met no obstruction till he reached a point near Riverside street when he encountered one of the city men pushing a street cart up the street. The runaway struck the wheels of the cart and knocked 1t to l pieces. The man was thrown to
 one side with great force, but escaped uninjured. The horse was now going at terrific rate of speed and Thom- as Stapleton, who is employed by the Hellmann Brewing Go as teamster, l stopped the animal by blocking the road with his team. It was a very
 heroic deed and many who witnessed l it said it was the most daring thing they had ever seen.
 | After every storm now it seems l the men employed by the city know l just where the top dressing is needed l the most in this section. The first l place they visit to put in condition 1 is North Riverside street, which is nearly always found in pretty bad l shape after a storm, and it is safe l in saying that the men will show up
 in day or two to repair the damage done by yesterdays storm. Always | couple of double carts and the ser 1 vices of half dozen men are needed | to carry on this work. The men do l their work well, but it will not last
 for any length of time, for after every rain storm it is found that the sand
 is washed away, and it is necessary
 to commence all over again and put
 the street in condition, only to be | washed away by the next rain | storm. This work is carried on at
 considerable expense to the city l and it is a waste of the city funds.
 The cause of all the expense and trouble is the grade, of the street
 along by the side of the Riverside l cemetery. If a sidewalk was laid
 along this property and a couple of l catch basins put in to carry off the l water 1t would not be necessary to put so much labor in on this street. Every now and then we hear that
 work will be commenced very short l Iy laying the curbs for the side
 walks, but that is as far as 1t gets. The sidewalk should be laid at this
 point, and some steps should be ta-
 ken to compel those who are negli-
 gent to help better the condition of
 affairs, the same as the rest of the
 taxpayers in this section.
 It's not only satisfaction to know
 how hot 1t is, but this kind of weath-
 CT safety demands that you know. It
 is easy to know when you can get
 thermometers at our prices-10 cents
 up A. c. Walker, Druggist.