Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-21
CITY NEWS.

number of her friends at her home on Cossett street last night. Louis Dunn of Bishop street left to- day on an extended trip to the south for the benefit of his health.
 Cora Mabel Gift, aged IS years, died yesterday at her home ill Water vile. The funeral will take place Wednesday afternoon at l o'clock.
 Cards have been issued announcing the coming marriage of Robert Foote Griggs and Caroline HaIing White The ceremony will take place on Feb rualy I.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Snow i'll northern. snow or rain in the southern portions tonight and Wednes- day; warmer tonight; brisk to high cast winds.
 Mrs Theodora Hooker teacher in the business department of the High school. is completing the preparations for the reception which she will tender to the members of her classes in Lea venworth hall some night during Feb ruary. It is intended that tho recep- ton this year will even surpass the one given last year ill the High school building.
 \ bad leak was discovered i'll the big water main that leads from the Branch reservoir late yesterday afternoon. The ahont opposite Dan Carter's. half way to the Branch. The leak was caused by basl work when the pipes were laid and the ,ferce of the water had blown out the lead All last night and to-day nf H. 1a,s Superintendent of Water O'Brien and this afternoon the leak was stopped. An excavation six to eight feet deep had to be made into the side of the hill to get at the leak.
 Judge Cowell was engaged today in the district court hearin" the case nf Lucy Augustine Marshall of South Britain acainst Frank Terrell of Rox bury. This is q suit for the maintan- ance of q baby. not vet a year old. The mother is but 16 years of age. while the alleged father appears to be over 30. Attorney Downs of Derby appeared for the defendant and Judee Warner of WoodbUIy for the plaintiff. l Decision was reserved Another case of the same nature was settled hy con 1 tinuine it to the next term The par 1 ties are Mary I. Pinkerton and Me- ton Burr. Both reside in Woodbuiy l There are some great fish stories 1 floating about. X party that spent l Sunday on Bantam lake returned with 1 m alleged catch of 400 pickerel and perch Whether or not these were l the elite of the lake the fishermen did ! rot say but the supDGsition is thar 1 they were. Great baskets of excellent looking picllerel were on view on North square last night and envious fisher men from all quarters blocked the l sidewalks near Donahne's corners. The ! fish were said to have been caught at 1 Bantam lake. Two fishermen of local reDute who have spent the greater part of the winter in huts on the lake say that not fish has been caught there so far that amounts to anything.
 The race for the judgeship of the l United States district court vacated by l the promotion of Judge William K Townsend to the United States circuit court is becoming quite interesting. l It appears as though Referee Newton of New Haven will be one of the los l CTS and that just now the contest is between Judge Platt Of Meriden. son of Senator Platt. and Attorney Frank X number of local lawyers signed pe- titicn some weeks ago fayoring Referee Newton, but number also did not sign it. This eyeninc party of law yers will start for Washington to ad- vance the cause of Judge Platt Col onel BurDee will represent the platt element ill this city.
 Mayor Kilduff and Superintendent m 4 I.,~ 4
 lively time around Castle Garden yes terday. They called to sec the agent of one of the steamship companies about returning to the old country two men now residing in Waterbury who came here within a year. one from Germany and the other from Poland and have become charge on the towr, and are likely to remain so all their 1 lives unless they can succeed in send ing them back. They had q hard time to prove the company that brought them oyer. but finally they succeeded I and once this was done the way was clear. The. company made no bones about taking them back, but of course Waterbury will have to pay the freight from here to New York and then again the men may refuse to go, and in this SttSS " iS al pttSliOll II tHSt slulnOIlllps would care to force them out
 It looks now as if there will be some fun around the Platt block on East Main street before all the tenants move out The time limit is up. but so far none of the occupants of the stores with the exception of Phelan the tea man. has vacated the prem ises. The others are conducting bus mess at the old stands and curiousls enough it is said that their volume o1 business has almost doubled since ii became known that they had beer served with notice to quit. What q days sport the public would have il case the proprietor should try to evic1 the tenants by force of arms and tho victims should resist. It looks. too as if the tenants have the best end o1 the argument. They have leases tha have not yet expired and so long as they pay their rent promptly it is { question if they can be evicted while the leases last. If they can the con ditions are almost as bad right here il Waterbury as they ever have been ii some of the countries of the old world TOWN BURNfNe UP