Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-28
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 -Thomss O'Gorman, a Brooklyn resident, on the democratic' ticket for constable is confident of election.
 Frank Hollywood spent to-day in New Haven. He has not decided as yet what he will do in the near future.
 "A few from this section attended the whist and forty-five party held in Waterville last evening under tho auspices of the young ladies of St Michael's parish.
 -"Dan" Cronin, the first baseman on the champion Brooklyn baseball team, was out to practice last even- ing for the first timc with the All Waterbury football eleven.
 Something of interest to Brook lynites and lovers of dancing in all parts of the city takes place at Eagles hall next Wednesday evening; it is the annual dance of the Cadet Junior football team.
 A benefit in the nature of a raf- file. the proceeds to go to the widow of the late Peter Lawlor, has been started in Brooklyn. It Is for a very good cause and all that are able should help swell the contributions by purchasing number of tickets.
 Preparations for the silver an- niversary are going on steadily and the event will undoubtedly be one of the biggest affairs held at St Pat rick's in some time. The various committees are working jointly with the pastor, the Rev J. Nj. Glees0n and there is no doubt but what the twenty-fifth anniversary will be one long to be remembered.
 Although Joesph Reid, who was nominated by the republicans in this section last evening for the senator ship of the sixteenth district Is pop ular and is highly thought of by those who knaw him, it is the general opinion that the young attorney will be defeated by John Hurley. Hurley showed by his vote in the fourth in the primaries that he is strong can- didate and 1t will mean that vast number of votes would have to be. turned by Mir Reid to win out. Even the republicans, when they look into the situation and weigh things as they really are, cannot nelp but ad- init that MT Reid's chances are small. Miss Elizabeth Szimkaite, who disappeared so mysteriously from her home on North Leonard street last Sunday, has been located by the de- tective department. She Is working in the home of John Yankalukis, at the corner of Green and John streets. and says she is satisfied and will con- tinue to labor there. Miss Szimkaite left home Sunday morning and as she did not return nor send any word to her relatives, her people were much worried over the situation. Tele- grams and letters were sent to friends in New York and Buffalo. and as no information came back the case seemed all the more serious to her relatives in Brooklyn. The detec- lives were notified yesterday and 1t did not take them long to discover Miss Szimkaite.
 Everything is in readiness for the celebration tomorrow evening by i,the Brooklyn Athletic club in honor of the winning of the pennant of the City Amateur league by the nine representing their organization. The parade will start from the clubrooms on Bank street at 8 o'clock, sharp and Brooklyn merchants are reminded to have plenty of red fire on hand when the bands start off. The line of March will extend down Bank to Grand, to South main, to Lake & Strobel's. where the cup presented by George Strobel will be received; to Stanley park, countermarch to North Main street along the north side of the green to West Main street to the rooms of the Pastimes; countermarch to Bank street back to the rooms where the cup will be formally pre- sented by E. L. Maloney, president of the city league. The parade promises ! to be the biggest yet held by any | club winning the City league rag and al, the junior teams in Brooklyn will participate. The players will. of course ride in hacks and no doubt there will be any amount of red fire. The celebration at the club rooms ! will. in all probability, be attended by large number. a
 The new bridge on Bank street is completed with the exception of not being as yet entirely painted. but this will be finished in a few days and the structure, over which there was SO many conferences and 90 much talk, will cease to be a matter of conversation. although 1t will al- though 1t will always cause anger to rise in the hearts of the members of the Brook lyn and Town Plot Improvement committee when they are compelled to pass 1t. Although the committee
 made grand fight to have the bridge raised. and was under the im-
 precision that 1t would be lifted eighteen inches 1t was simply being
 deceived and when 1t saw the true condition of affairs it could do
 nothing as all its former efforts had failed. John Henderson alwayu
 maintained that the Brooklyn bridge
 in its present condition which is al-
 most identical with the old one. wal
 a big drawback to this part of the
 city and he was ever fighting to have
 1t elevated three or four feet. When
 the Brooklyn and Town Plot Im-
 proyement committee came into ex-
 istence. he surely thought that his
 plan would materialise. but it vas too good to be true. Several at-
 tempts were made to get the rail-