Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-06
BRo0KLYa BRIEFS.

There are several cases of chicken pox in Brooklyn.
 The St Thomas Cadet association will meet tomorrow morning at 11.:30
 Miss Catherine Derwin of Dra- her avenue, is visiting friends in New York.
 The drinking fountains in this section yesterday received coat of green paint.
 William Bantler. who has been the guest of relatives in New York the past week, has returned.
 Charles Johnson. formerly em- ployeG in Dunphy's pool parlor. has accepted position in an insurance office in Hartford.
 Mrs Annie Lord and family who recently purchased house on West Side hill, has removed from Clark street to their new residence.
 The officers of the Brooklyn Ath- letic club. who were recently elected will be installed at the meeting to be held tomorrow morning at II o'clock.
 William Gallagher of Fox street. yesterday crushed the thumb of his left hand so badly that it was thought that it would have to be amputated. He struck it with large hammer.
 The Brooklyn firemen were called by still alarm last evening to the DOran building on Washington ayen- ue, where there was chimney fire. There was very little work for the fire fighters.
 The Junior Amateur baseball league opens tomorrow and if the weather is fair. the game will in all probability he witnessed by Il num- Der of people as there is much en- thusiasm among the young fellows
 It seems as though Bob Moran, the star twirler of the Pastimes and John Edmunds, who captained the team last season would this summer he found in the lineup of the Brook lyn Athletic club Manager Madden has been after the men and apparent ly just at present he has the best chance of landing them.
 A fist fight that was witnessed by only few. hut which was one of tut aiNtiltNt NltntNstu in ma/y moons. took place yesterday afternoon. when two foreigners and a couple of Uncle Sans natives mixed it up for keeps" The battle waged for five minutes and when the foreign fighters were coming out second best. they thought they would change the method of fighting and went back to the custom of the old ages. such as David used when he made Goliah take the count. Although the modern stone tlirowers did not have any slings they hurled the hard missiles in such a manner that their oppo- nents tucked and hustled away.
 The memiSers of the Brooklyn and Town Plot Improvement society are not at all pleased with the pres ent condition of the streets of Brook lyn. especially those where it is in- tended the tro> ' will run The com mittee is beginning to think that there is to he no trolley to Town Hot this summer since the city department is making no effort to prepare the street for the coming of the long awaited line. At a meeting last cy- ening committee composed of Hans Rasmussen. Charles Tyack. and Pat rick McNamara. Tyack's name is placed between the other two fer va- rious reasons was appointed fo call upon Mayor Thoms and show him the necessity of hurrying the trolley inn provementS. David Walker. who was recently taken on as member of the committee. C. F. Harder and Charles Tyack were selected for the purpose of conferring with the board of safety and any one else with whom it is thought BespSsary. in order to obtain permission fo use fhe oli Monitor Hose house for branch library IL was agrresi fo give . big whist Isarty in the near future for the benefit of St Mary-s hospital. Other improve ment societies will lp asked to take paa ia th0 movement.