Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-16
BROOKLYN BRIEFS.

Promenade tonight by Stokes's band at AS Green street.
 Strong knickerbocker suits $1.97 lat Upson, Singleton & Co.'S.
 The Brooklyn Improvement so- ciety will meet this evening in the Lyceum.
 Miss Deborah Fitzgerald of South Manchester is visiting at her home on Railroad Hill street.
 The annual sociable and dance of the Pioneer Basketball team was held in Odd fellows hall last even- ing. A large crowd of Brooklynites was present.
 Jack Dahill attracted consider able attention yesterday afternoon while painting the flagpole on the office of the American Brass conl- pany. Dahill appeared right to home while gliding the ball on top of the pole.
 MT and Mrs William Borchardt celebrated the silver anniversary Of their wedding at their home on Lawrence street last evening. They were showered with silver during the evening by their many friends present.
 John F. Gooding, fireman of the New Haven road went into a death faint at the roundhouse this morning. The man was in serious condition when Dr Arthur Grant reached him but was brought out of danger after the physician worked over him for half an hour.
 Frank Smith, brother of Joseph A.. Smith the Brooklyn druggist, who is studying for the priesthood in a seminary in Bedonia, Italy, speaks highly of his first years experience in the school across the water. He has been in perfect health since he left this country last fall and iil , letters home says the climate has greatly benefited him.
 The Rev c. D. Chunn, pastor oi the Third Congregational church will speak on Current Tendencies in Theology" at the Sunday morning services. Sunday school will be held at the close of the morning services and the evening services will start at z o'clock, the subject of the sermon being Current Discussions and Events" There will be meet | ing of Mems league Monday even ing at o'clock.
 The All-Brooklyn polo team which won the championship of the Amateur Polo league in this cit, last winter had a chance to go tt New York state and play the game | this season. A new league has beer organized there and one of thu magnates wanted to take the Brook lyn team intact to represent one o the cities which will be in the league 1 But the majority of the Brooklyn l players did not care to take wha | looked like a transforming trip tt | them and politely declined to leav, | their present positions. Polo is be l ing tried as an experiment in tn, upper part of the state and natural ly the players will be only secont class and the salaries small until thu team owners see whether the ven ture is going to pay.
 Tony Chiccitti, who is though to be insane, was arrested in thi section last evening for chasing I women on the streets. He wa brought in by Patrolman Fitzgeral' and Reilly. As the man has all tn symptoms of demented person, hi case was not called in the city cour this morning. His friends sai they would take him back to Ne, York where he belongs, provides the police would let them. He ha wife and children in the big cit from which he recently came. Tn past few nights he has been annoy ing women in this section and las night the patrolmen caught hin This morning Superintendent Morri of the charity department take
 with the man and some Of hi friends at the station but as he Is
 New York man it is up to the off
 cials of that city to look after hin
 The old Monitor hose house o
 Bank street will not be the only vs cant place in the city where the yo,
 unteer firemen were won't to spen their leisure moments. now that tn
 Rose Hill house is Hing of tn
 past. The passing of these house
 makes the old time residents realiz
 what rapid progress has been mad
 in the fire department within fe
 years. The old Monitor house O
 Bank street has been lying idle fc
 some time and It looks as thorg
 the Rose Hill building would go tn same way. Still there Is rrmc
 that the house on Baldwin stree twill be used by the old company fc