Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-23
SR0oKLYR BRrEra

Best stockings in town Cor boys are at U. S. & Co.'S.
 Thomas Stokes, the butcher, ia III at his home on North Leonard street.
 James Jamelli is building a
 three story block on his property on
 Bank street.
 Last evening Attorney Charles
 Bauby, Charles Engle, and Henry
 O'Connor went on fishing trip to
 Litchfield.
 The regular semi-monthly meet ing of the Junior Amateur league
 will be held tomorrow evening in
 the rooms of the Quaker Athletic club on Bank street.
 Jesse Devine. a student at the New York university, came to town to-day to spend two weeks vaca- tion with his parents, MT and Mrs Jeremiah Deyine of Bank street.
 Mrs Nellye Reed Rick has start ed a dancing class in Brooklyn.
 Weekly she instructs a number of A<AsAtohtoh yOuh6 AhCh dhu WOAuCH t4 Lithuanian hall on Green street.
 Richard Gill, who lived in Brooklyn about ten years ago. is vis- iting friends in this section. Gill, who is chef. has travelled extensive ly and has been a number of years in the northwest, spending several months in Alaska. He says that he loves to travel and would not De con- tent were he compelled to reside per manently in any other part of the country.
 Ralph Jacobs. who keeps a store on lower Bank street. was shot through the right hand yesterday by a man who. with two companions, entered the store about 2:s0. to pur- chase revolver. Jacobs was show ing one of them gun when another of the trio put his hand in his pocket and said: He wants one like mine" As he did so the revolver went on and the bullet pierced Jacobs hand. It went in diagonaliy. putting hole through his cuff, strik. ing the back of his hand almost near the wrist and coming out through the palm. The wound was not seri- ous.
 : It now appepars that during the strike of the freight handlers at the local houses, some one in a clever manner got away with . car of char coal assigned to J. F. Glynn, propri- etor of Browns Quick Fire Charcoal Co. MT Glynn keeps his place of business near the end of South Fifth street and the cars are uploaded in his yard. A few days ago he re- ceived word that a car of charcoal had been billed in and a few days later settled for the freightage. But when he came to unload the coal he was unable to locate the car. He did not think much of this at first, as often cars are lost In the yards, and especially so the past couple of weeks. But on inquiry Mir Glynn learned that the car had not been lost. Not only had 1t come into this city and put on the regular siding, but 1t had gone out again, but when 1t went back 1t was empty. Mr Glynn notified the road officials about the matter.
 Commissioners Wood. Chase and Phelan of the board of education. with City Engineer Cairns. were in Brooklyn this morning looking over the bank in the rear of the Dnggan school. It Is the intention of the to have this bank carted away and to have a large re- wall erected in the rear. This must be done in order fo give the children playground, as the building of the recent addition cut on much of the space which tke children had to play in. The educa- tionRl board and the engineer fe-. ured that the work will cost about ts.000. It will be about eighteen feet high and of substantial thick nsss. As the board has only s2,000 with which to do the work. part of it will be done this year and the finish Ing touches put on later. Already he bank is being earted away under the supervision of School Inspector. Michael slavin. If the work Is hur-