Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-07
BROOKLYN BRIEFS.

Stokes band will hold a prom enade this evening at the new hall, at A Green street. All popular music will be furnished.
 Michael Crowley of Charles street drove to Litchfield this after noon to attend card party which will be given there this evening by several Waterbury women.
 Tonight is the regular meet ing night of the Brooklyn Improve ment society but as far as is known no business of importance will be transacted.
 The Brooklyn business men are scheduled to play in Naugatuck this afternoon, weather permitting. The clerks of the borough have strenth- ened their team considerably since the last game when they were de- feated by the Brooklynites and will make big effort to win this after noon.
 William and Margaret Devine, Miss Lena Tiernan, John Bolan, William Dumphy, William McGin- miss, Francis Hogan, Norah. Molly and Katherine Mahaney, Miss May Keefe and the Butterly family will attend card party at the Bantam Lake house this evening. All are stopping at the lake.
 Two big engines one a switcher No 2405 and the other the pier freight train No 475, collided in the freight yard last evening about o'clock. Both engines were badly damaged but the crews were unin- jured. Engineer James A. Mulligan was on the switcher and Edward H. Cosier was at the throttle of the pier engine. Both stuck to their posts and although badly shaken up were not harmed in any way. Fireman Calvin of the switcher would un- doubtedly have been fatally injured had he not jumped from his seat for his engine was sideswiped, one side of it being badly battered. The pier freight was in charge of Conductor Daniel Maloney. The accident tied up traffic in the yards for several hours and 1t was about 3 o'clock this morning before the wreck was clear ed up.
 Saul Lachance has been located iI Newark, x. J. His former employer, Frank Sheridan has heard from the missing youth and his friends need worry about him no longer. Blanche" as stated in last nights Democrat has been miss ing since Saturday and as no one in Brooklyn had heard from him. his absence caused considerable worry among his friends. About a month ago a man who is a foreman in button shop in Newark was in Brooklyn and learning that La- chance was an expert button turner offered him s4 day if he would accept a position in his factory. Lachance may now be working in this factory but 1t is likely that he will return to Brooklyn. MT Sheri- dan informed him that his position In his wine emporium on Bank street would be open for him until Monday morning, but if he was not back by that time he could consider himself discharged.
 There was considerable excite ment on the upper part of Bank street late last evening and early this morning. A lantern brigade composed chiefly of women were on man hunt. No. they were not all unmarried, in fact 1t was a married woman who was doing the greater part of the searching. Her husband who is a tailor, could not be found and his wife feared that he might have been assaulted near his home. From midnight until a couple of hours later every nook and corner in the vicinity of the shop was searched but there was no sign of the man who was preventing the neighborhood from enjoying their nightly trips through dreamiand. Just when the party was about to notify the police the wee bit of tailor opened the door of his shop and came upon the searchers not un- like the ghost of Ranuuo He had