Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-25
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VII. eiooO dt lHo usual nOllQay hours on Memorial day, that Is from 2 to 5 in the afternoon and all evening af- ter o'clock.
 Everyone in Brooklyn certainly extends their sympathy to Officer Cal ianan and family who within week have lost two of their children from scarlet fever. Another one of the chill dren is also down with the disease. Miss Nellie Devine of Bank street is visiting in New Haven to- day.
 Miss Deborah Fitzgerald is on a few days visit to New Britain.
 The Daisy Whist club has reor- ganized and will this evening at the home of Miss Katharine Mahaney on Bank street play.
 Mrs Niver and son, William, of New Haven who have been visiting MT and Mrs Thomas Kilmartin of South Leonard street, have returned home.
 Patrick German of the United States navy is spending a furlough with friends in Brooklyn.
 At a special meeting of the Brooklyn Athletic club last evening the plan of running an excursion to Steeplechase park or some other shore resort during the summer was discussed but no definite action was taken, the matter being tabled for some future meeting. Although sev- eral members favored the scheme an equal number did not consider it very promising.
 John Sweeney, an inspector for the Connecticut Railway & Lighting company, who had his foot injured some time ago is able to be around once more.
 A still alarm brought the Brook lyn firemen to Westside hill yester- day to a brush fire near the Holmes property. A call was first sent for the Leavenworth street lads but when they arrived there they found that they had not sufficient amount of hose to reach the blaze. A call was then sent for the No com- pany which arrived there in just about four minutes.
 Driver Reynolds of No 3 is on for a couple of days and is spending the vacation in his former home, Southhury.
 Matthew Smith yesterday at- tended meeting of- the Eagles in Worcester at which delegates from all aeries- of the state were present to make plans for the annual field day to be held in Worcester during the month of August.
 From all appearances the action of the members of the Brooklyn and Town Plot Improvement committee in deciding to take up the coal Ques- tion at their meeting tonight has put some of the local retailers on the anxious seat and set the people, in general talking on the subject. The members of the committee notwith- standing letters of dealers still seem to think that if they ,buy directly from the mines they can get coal at least dollar cheaper than purchas- ing 1t from the home retailers. A member of the Brooklyn committee talked with the writer this morning and said that the Brooklyn organiza- tion had decided to look into the mat ter and even should no good come from it there is likely to be very lit- tie evil from the efforts of the Brook lynites to furnish the people with coal at fifty cents or dollar cheap CT than the merchants from whom they have been accustomed to buy. "The figures submitted by dealer in a recent article to one of the dailies looks. all right continued the Brooklyn man, but don't let any one deceive you into believing that the dealers are not making theirs. It seems strange to me why coal should be selling for fifty cents ton more this year than last when the price has only advanced from twenty to thirty at the mines. It is claimed that we will be unable to buy coal directly from the mines but the deal- CTS who are thinking this way are under false supposition. If the residents of this side decide to buy coal from us there will be very little difficulty in getting 1t straight from the mines. Already we are sure of our ground in this respect and there is no apparent reason why, If the whole committee favors the project. it cannot be accomplished. The dealers have become very much in- terested in the question all of a sud- den and are beginning to try to make up with the public for charging the latter an unusual amount for the black stun at this season of the year. The whole affair will be discussed thoroughly tonight and although a few dealers may try to throw cold water on the scheme. at least we will investigate to see If we cannot save coal buyers few dollars on their winter supply" Whether the plan will amount to anything is hard to tell. but at any rate the Brooklynites seem to be causing the dealers much worry and the latter is anxiously awaiting the outcome of to-nights meeting.
 Medicine buying is different from the buying of other goods-your