Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-01
CITY NEWS.

The case of Mitchell and Schlipp vs GeoEge N. Gabriel was decided this morning in favor of the plaintiffs. Judgment was given by mutual agree ment to recover $42.53.
 A little girl named Della O'Brien, 14 years of age, was arrested this after noon charged with obtaining goods on false pretenses. She is said to have got $1 from a Mrs Oliver Lyons on misrepresentation.
 A representative from the Bridge port Wagon Go was in town to-daysin conference with Mayor Kilduff and Commissioner Hardie of the board of public safety relative, to the new hose wagon which was ordered some time ago. The order was given the Fenton Bros, in Holyoke, Mass, but that con cern was unable to carry out it's con tract and finally sold out, leaving the city in bad way.
 Last evening two men employed by local coal dealers got into q row. One of them was using a pitchfork at the time and he drove two of it's tines through the other mans arm, making an ugly wound. The man leaped off his wagon and ran. the other after him, and overriding him gave him a severe beating that made necessary the ser vices of doctor.
 Attorney John O'Neill received a let ter from the German government this morning. All he could decipher ill it was thirty marks" it being written in the German tongue. He infers from this that the letter refers to his adven- ture with the train officials which cost him thirty marks, and as it did not contain the money, he presumes the government found some excuse for keeping it to help pay off the national debt.
 Miss Mary Althea Smith and Daniel E. Blackmar were married yesterday at the home of the brides mother, Mrs s. A. Smith, the Rev ISa Dayen- port officiating The ring se4 vice was used and the couple were preceded by | Herman Smith and Clinton Blackmer as ring bearers. Miss Florence Smith of Woodbury rendered tine Lohengrin wedding march. The brides gown consisted of castor crepe de chine After a wedding tour, on which the couple started at 1:2S p. m., MT and Mrs Blackmer will be at home at 253 North Willow street.
 The injunction suit of Mrs Mary A I Merriman against Thomas Maxwell which was heard by Judge Peasley il | the district court last week, was de cided this morning in favor of the de fendant The injunction restrained tht defendant from removing a barn ht built upon premises leased from the plaintiff. When his lease expired sht refused to permit him 10 move tho l barn, fearing it would hurt certain I shrubbery. Judge Peasley decided nt injury need be inflicted. 1t did not talk
 Maxwell very long to remove the barr T after hearing of the decision. Botl parties live in Watertown.
 The four months nine-hour day oi the street, sewer and water depart
 ments closed yesterday It was sait that the laborers intended to petition the board of public works for a contin uance of the nine-hour day indefinitely
 but they must have changed thei minds for no such matter came up yes
 terday. One of them told a Democra
 reporter that nine hours constituted days work in most of the cities of tn
 state and that many of the factorie K are giving q nfne-hour day. On thi
 account he thought it would be no iI
 n0vatiOn in Waterbury.