Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-02
BRooKLYR BRIEFS.

his home on Bank street.
 Miss Grace Bowers of North
 Leonard street is the guest of her
 aunt, Mrs George Griggs of Orange
 grove.
 William Dwyer left to-day to
 join the Clean team of the New York
 state league, which opens on the
 tenth of the month.
 Richard Herman, foreman for
 the Valentine Bohl company, is con-
 fined to his home on Bank street, as
 he is threatened with appendicitis. May devotions started at St Pat
 rick's church last evening. They
 will be held on Wednesday evening
 and Sunday afternoon during the month.
 MT and Mrs Henry Webber and daughter, Edna, of Washington ave-
 nue are planning trip to Germany. While across the water they will
 join Miss Barbara Webber who has
 been in Germany the past year.
 John Carroll has gone to the coast. He left Brooklyn to-day for Savin Rock where he will remain during the summer, partly for his health and to make few dollars on his cafe which he opens tomorrow.
 One of the bay horses brought from the west by the Hellmann Brewing company a couple of months ago, died yesterday of distemper. The animal had not been used to any extent but developed the disease and died notwithstanding the efforts to save it.
 Charles H. Booth who was placed in the Brooklyn engine house to drive the hose wagon after "Bill' Reynolds had been transferred to the Scovill street houes, when Booth came, will leave the ranks on the fifth of this month. His resignation was accepted by the board of safety yesterday afternoon.
 At a meeting held Monday af- ternoon, the graduating class of Barnard school elected the following officers: President, Alexander Li- | mont; vice president, Margaret Lud- dy; secretary, Mollie Quinn; treas i urer, Barbara Warren; class will, | Albert Bronisky; class historian, Ed i ward Erk; prophet, Peter Massonet: | prophet; on prophet, Edward Mucha- ! light; committee on pins, Alexander Limont, Mary Smith and Joseph | Grimes.
 Playing ball on the road came nearly resulting in a serious run away yesterday afternoon and as 1t . was, quantity of goods fell out of | the Apothecaries Hall Co.'S wagon and on the ground. While the driver for the concern was going along John street the horse was struck by a ball batted by one of the youths who were having a game of scrub. The animal reared on it's hind legs and started of with a gall lop. Though the driver was taken unawares he held on to the reins and succeeded in gettting the horse under control. As there was no back board on the wagon, the gallon of the horse caused several articles to be jostled out of the vehicle. !
 The urchins that play hockey rom school should bear in mind that rruant Officer Dick" Deeley is a good sprinter, even though at times he is likely to be caught mapping in allowing kid to slip through his hands. This morning he spied a boy )n Bank street that should be at 'chool and quickly nabbed him. He brought him to Officer John Cava- laugh and the latter advised him 10 ake him to the police station. Pre- that he was about to follow ,ut the advice of the officer. Deeley tarted up town with the runaway. The chap was walking all right until rear Jackson street, when he broke { way and scampered across the open ot on Bank street. The truant . haser was after him in a jiffy and ( vas almost upon him as they reach , d the Devils crossing near the , Iolmes Booth and Haydens bridge. { But just as Deeley was about to reach : ut his hand to collar the fugitive. |. he boy fell and Dick" went over jim in a heap. The boy informed , )eeley that 1t was all right to arrest i'm but he objected strongly about ( he officer falling on him like a hum $ red of brick. Deeley after bring ( ng the boy as far as Meadow street nd learning why he was not at ehooI pava him searfn0 and L..