Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-04
CITY NEWS.

the finest made Sold only by the A. and P. Tea Co.
 The district court, civil and crim-
 inal sides, opened to-day. No busi- ness was done, however, and ad- I journmont was immediately taken to 1 the 25th of the month, when civil
 business was to be taken up.
 1 The returning wall fer Mill street along the bank of the Mad river is now an assured thing, and it remains to be seen what there was in this talk about private individuals putting down a l walk there as soon as the city had built the wall.
 Helen Iahey, the 1 year and IS months old daughter of MT and Mrs Patrick Lahey of Merry street, died Sunday night Of brain trouble The l funeral took place yesterday afternoon with interment Ill Calvary cemetery. 4 6-year-old member of the family died few days ago.
 J. E. Mullings & Son, who took quarters in the old lurnbull store af- ter the fire and expected to stay there
 until May. have decided that the place Is d suitable one for their business l and have made arrangements with the
 Miller < Peck Go. lessees of the build 1 ing, to occupy the store for the whole season. Patrons will find all high class merchandise in stock.
 John Lyons performed a seeming inn possibility last evening by getting drunk on smallpox. Lyons appears to be regarded by his friends as an ora tor. He was in saloon orating, as seems to be his custom. and his subject l was smallpox. He gathered crowd, and he became so eloquent that every man present 'set 'em up'' for him, and he finished by getting drunk He was sentenced to thirty days by Judge Peasley.
 Jacob 4. Riis, who was designated by Mir Roosevelt as the most useful citizen of New York" will give his H. frustrated lecture on ''The Battle With the Slrms'' tomorrow evening at Leavenworth hall No one is better qualified to speak on the lives of ''The Other Half' than MT Riis. His lec- lures are interesting. instructive, amusing and pathetic, and he is one of the most convincing platform forces in the country.
 Do you want to pay the building inspector within $200 a year of what the mayor of the city gets?'' inquired Alderman Foley at the meeting of the board of aldermen last night while the salary of that official was being aired. Nobody answered the question, but the city attorney, who was coach ing the chair, leaned over to the re- porters' table and remarked to one of the scribes that it was a fact that the mayors salary was too low for the amount of labor and responsibilities resting upon him.
 The members of the Hammer club were about town last night, each car rying nallet. They left headquar- ters with the intention of making
 nince meat of the man who said that there was some doubt as to whether the club would hold it's an- nual St Patrick's day banquet this year. They didn't find him. One of the Hammer boys told q reporter to-day that all arrangements have been completed for the clubs banquet and that the attendance will be larger and the program more inter- esting than ever before The affair will take place in T. H. Hayes hall on East Main street
 Francis Cullum. aged years and ; months, died this morning at the home Of his parents, Mir and Mrs John Cul- lum, 199 River street The funeral took place this afternoon with inter- ment in St JoSeph's cemetery The family buried another child yesterday. Catherine, aged years and ' months. Another member of the family. boy 10 years old, Is also suffering from the same sickness that has caused so much suffering in the home, scarlet fever Little Francis Was a bright, cheerful boy, pupil at the Merriam school and great favorite among his play mates. Life was full of charms for him and he was very anxious to re. main here and grow up to be a man under the tender care of his father and mother. but the disease proved too much for him and he was called into ! the unknown world a few hours after his sister. The family have the sym. pathy of their neighbors and friends in the great aff1iction that has come upon them.
 I Considerable talk was indulged in last night regarding the salary of the deputy building Inspector, who will be named in the near future. The demo- crats thought that if the city should ! pay the inspector a large salary and this official should call In the deputy often. the cost of overseeing the con. l struction of buildings would be ennr- nous. The other fellows didn't appear to be worried about this The salary Of the deputy will be determined by his politics. The new inspector didn't appear to be very elated over his au- | pointment this morning when a re- porter talked with him. He said he wasn't very particular whether he got the job or not, but that so many want. ed him to take 1t he finally consented He recognizes that he will have lots to do when he gets started, but he does not anticipate any trouble. He said he didn't see how misunderstandings could occur between him and builders who wanted to do what was right. HN made no application for the position and does not Intend to call at the City hall building until he is formally noti-
 fled of his appointment
 While the aldermen were discussing l the plumbing ordinance last night AL l derman Stanley said 1t was hard to
 leave plumber at the mercy of a
 board. They might revoke his Ii- eense for some cause and this would
 mean that he couldn't make q living
 here. Supposing, he said, he got drunk and the board took away his lt t4xz.. .E..wx, yt--