Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-21
BROOKLYN DlIE1s.


 Brooklyn Athletic club ,l6, Washington Hills 14.
 Mrs O'Brien and son of New York are visiting relatives in this section.
 Miss T. Edln of Hartford Is vis- iting MT and Mrs Frank Myers of Bank street.
 Fathers Conway and Sheehan of St Patrick's are just completing the census of the parish.
 Miss Annie Kaukas of James street has returned from a vacation spent in New Britain.
 Miss Katharine Sheridan of Bridgeport is visiting the McGrath family of Poplar avenue.
 For particulars of an exciting period in Americas history read Lavender Creighton's Lovers"
 Miss May Carney has returned after visiting friends in Thomast0n. ter visiting friends in Thomaston.
 -@Mr and Mrs Charles King of Norwalk are visiting the latter's fa- ther, Thomas Lyons of Alder street, who has been seriously i'll.
 William Donahue and Thomas Reece played with Watertown in its game with Litchfleld on Saturday Watertown won, score to 4.
 The Sunshine baseball team has ordered new uniforms which will be seen for the first time in their game with the Pioneers the coming Sun day.
 James Ray of North Riverside street, who has been laid up the past two months with an injured leg, IS able to be around with the aid Of crutches.
 Tt was announced yesterday at the masses at St Patrick's that a novena in honor of the Holy Ghost would start at the church next Fris day evening l 4
 Henry Johnson of Bank street. who waA badly shaken up in troll ley accident in New Haven some time ago, has almost fully recovered from the effects of the injuries received.
 The special May devotions will be continued at St Patrick's during the week, on Wednesday evening and every morning at o'clock. Special devotions will also be held during the month of June.
 At meeting of the members of the Third Congregational church yes- terday it was voted to send the fol- lowing persons to the Naugatuck Val ley conference of Congregational churches to be held at Watertown tomorrow: S. w. Chapman, T. B. Walker and Mrs U. Dehart Gulick.
 When it comes to drinking soda the Lithuanians in Brooklyn have it on other people in this city. Yester- day in Brooklyn drug store group of seven of the above named national ity dyank twenty-eight soft drinks. including soda water. college ices and ice cream sodas. The clerk in the store was busy about half an hour dishing out the drinks.
 The Brooklyn Town Plot lm- provement association Is working hard for the interests of this section and one of the things that will come up at their next meeting is the plan to buy grass seed to give to any prop erty owner or anyone else who will plant in order that more grass will >be seen in Brooklyn. The association is in a fairly good financial condition and the graB seed will be purchased from the money in the treasury, Many of the members think that the plan to distfibhte seed n a good one and the free grass seed subject will come up fora hearing Friday night.
 A couple of the strikers were in Brooklyn this morning looking over the situation. They admitted that they were seven or eight masons and bricklayers working on the Fernan- deg buildings. but asserted that they were very incompetent men. Agent Smith said that Mir Fernandez is very eager to hire union men. but was un- able to do SO because of the contract. We expect to win this strike easi- ly." said Mir Smith. and as every building in town where we struck Is as good as tied up l think that all things are in our favor" There Is plenty of work. SO it appears for those on strike and very few of them are leaving town. There was nothing do- ing on the Bank street school to-day.
 Manager Madden of the Brook lyn Athletic club and every other. baseball enthusiast of Brooklyn, were in a happy frame of mind last even- ing over the fact that Brooklyn's old rivals. the Washington Hills. went down to defeat yesterday afternoon at the hands of Captain Kelly's men. The players on this side of the bridge have plenty. of confidence of defeating the North Ends next Sunday and al- ready the rooters are ready to place money on the outcome of the game. Johnnie Kelly seems to have his old time curves with him and with little practice should have good con- trol. But even though Kelly should be in form all season it looks as though Manager Madden would have to improve his aggregation if he ex- poets to hang on with the leaders. His out field does not seem to have an abundance of strength and bat ting material seems to be lacking.
 How would the people of Brook lyn like it to receive their coal d. rect from the mines at dollar or 90 cheaper than what they now pay for the hard stuff? Although it looks as though it Is too good a thing to be hoped for still 1t is not as far away as it may seem. The Brooklyn town plot improvement committee has be- come interested In the scheme and it will be brought up at meeting of the entire committee next Friday evening. Already several Of the mem- bers have discussed the plan and seem to be enthusiastic over the idea of obtaining coal much cheaper than ~haf they nay fhe lorai retailers