New Britain herald., 1927-05-09

automobile operated by H. L. Brauit. He was picked up by Mir. Brault and taken to q doctors office for medi- cal attention. His injuries are slight. 1 Birth of Daughter A daughter was born this morn ing to Mr. and Mrs Charles Burns of AS Wolcott street. Mrs. Burns is daughter of Police Chief Ernest T. Belden.
 l Water Main Bueyts A gang of men of the water de- partment was kept busy all day sun- cay repairing a burst in the water main near Muzzy Field on Park street. The break was discovered early Sunday morning and thous- ands of gallons of water flowed from the break before it was re- paired. The water first appeared near the tracks of the Bristol and Plainville Electric company and 1 gradually spread toward the curb. 1 Residents in the vicinity of Park street were without water until early last evening as a result of the break .. Heavily Fined For Assault Joseph Calderazz of Meadow | street was fined 31o0 and costs in the police court today on charges of breach of the peace and assault on custos Mamatseo. proprietor of the Palace Of Sweets store at the corner of North Main and North streets. The assault was the result of l slight accident between the auto mobiles of the two men last We'd nesday evening.
 Mamatseo. who had a badly dis colored optic. informed the cour, that he was operating the car whes the assault took place. -.. Library Board Meeting 4 total of 1882 books were Is sued during the month of April at the Bristol public library, according to the report of Librarian Charles I. l Woodlng, subritted at a meeting. Of the board ot library directors theld last Saturday evening. This is ar 1 increase of 553 over the same mont, last year. The gain in the adult dc partment was 5S, in the childrena department of sa7 the Ende. i branch 6: East Bristol school se l There was loss Of x" st the For estNille branch. 22e at the North Side school and l3" at the Jonn Jennings school The circulation was 1 distributed as follows: Main library, | adult department 1.594: children's department. 4.oo$; Forestville. l. o56; Endee branch. e2,: schools
 SSe. The total circulation was clas- sified as follows: Juvenile fiction s. SAG: adult fiction. 7,033: general. :: philosophy, 73; theology. 12s: so- ciology. 3s7: philology. 2s: natural science, 3Ss; useful arts. 227; fine arts. 29s; literature. 5ss: history, es1; travel. 45s: biography. 17o; magazines, 7S. Included in the above were e4 French, 4s German. fl Polish, 6 Italian and Lithuanian books.
 One hundred and thirty-seven volumes were added to the library during the month, III by purchase. 21 returned from the bindery, two federal documents. one transferred from the school library and one each by gift from Hagop Bogigian of Boston and the Bristol Lumber Co. One hundred and f1fty-four volumes were withdrawn, l45 of which were worn out. the average circulation of each being ls since binding. The total number of VOL umes in the library on May 1 was 5o.521.
 Battle Lasts Two Hours
 Michael Stirboda of Sixth avenue. East Bristol and Frank Daniels, who resides in the same ueighborhood, became involved in an argument last night and staged . battle which lasted for two hours. Fists, clubs and empty beer bottles were used in the offensive and as a result, both men were badly damaged. Michael ! was brought to police headquarters 1 where he received medical attention from Dr. B. B. Robbins. city health officer. His right eye was entirely closed this morning and his face was badly distigured. Daniels apparent ly came out second best in the arsu- ment as he was unable to appear in court today and the cases of the two men were put over until Tues day. Daniels also required medical attention and he was attended by | Dr. c. NJ. Kent of Forestville. Stirboda was able to furnish the police with only meagre account Of the fight, due to his inability to speak English. Daniels received d bad cut on the head. which required several stitches to close.
 Case Continued
 The case of Adeline Zimmerman. arrested Saturday. April 30. for al- leged violation of the liquor law. and which was scheduled for hear ing in the police court this morning, has been postponed until Monday. 1 May le, at the request of her at torpey Judge S. Russell Mink. Five gallons of alleged alcohol were con fiscated by Sergeant Henry Jenglin- sky and Officers Doolan. Mccarthy and Chabot. all of whom partici- pated in the raid.
 New Departure Defeated
 The New Departure baseball team (Trot{y3yyeA An fAN