Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
CITY NEWS.

Promenade concert by American band at City hall this evening.
 A false alarm was sent in to the fire department last evening from the cor ner of Magill and Bridge streets.
 l List of letters remaining unclaimed I in the postofice: Wilfred ABerteau, Miss Sarah Bryant, Mrs M. l.. Clark, M. J. Commerford, Manuel Bnis, Frank E. Kelley, D. J. Cavanaugh Mrs Margaret Moore, Mrs Elizabeth Nichols, D. Terrell, Stephen Wiggett.
 The case of Boughton vs Boughton l and Pryor was still on before Judge Elmer in the superior court again to- day. The litigants are brothers and sister and the plaintiff is seeking to re- cover from them $1,OO0 for rent of premises belonging to their fathers es- tate and of which he is trustee.
 The long pending case of the Platt Mills Go vs the city for $1O0,OOO dam ages for injuries to their property be- cause of the Naugatuck river being used as means of sewage disposal, has been placed on the trial list of the superior court in New Haven, and plaintiffs attorneys are making every effort to have it tried this spring.
 This is the 125th anniversary of the birth of Robert Emmet. The day will be observed in this city tomorrow night by an illustrated lecture by the Rev Father Sheehy in the City hall building, followed by banquet at T. H. Hayes's banquet hall on East Main street. About a hundred covers will be served. The meeting will convene at 10 o'clock
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 The criminal side of the district court will open next Tuesday morning. The following have been drawn as jurors for the term: George Sprague and Elmer W. Griswold, Prospect; Harvey w. Coe and Charles s. Futile, Wolcott; Bethuel U. Treat, John Pierce and Cyrus O. Curtiss, Southbury; George B. Bristol, William H. Holmes and Chester D. Bronson, Middlebury; Bennett Humiston and Milo K. Gray, Thomaston; George w. Bradley and Albert N. Judson, Woodbury; Berklee F. Hinman and Phiio b. Sperry, Wa tertown; Ard Melton and Ashel M. Johnson. Plymouth, and Alexander Dallas, Waterbury.
 The many friends of Patrick J. Law Tor of this city win be surprised to hear of his return from the state of Pennsylvania a few days ago with 8 happy bride. He was married just one l week ago to-day in Mahanoy City, Pa, to Miss Bridgie Reardon, daughter of Mrs Ann Reardon, by the Rev Father McEnroe. MT and Mrs Lawlor have | been receiving the congratulations of the many acquaintances of the groom in this city for the past few days. They 1 will reside in the groom's block on | IN, Fzs. y1or 4 present exalted ruler of the Waterbury 1 lodge of Elks and is a travelling sales man for a large wholesale house.
 Louis LaPlant of Waterbury, step | father of George Collins, and one of l yesterday to see Collins, who with Will l liam Rudolph, the Missouri Kid, is waiting to be taken to the Franklin county jail ill Missouri LaPlant had not seen his step-son in some years and l the young woman, who is about IS years old, was very anxious to see her brother, as she did not expect she would ever have chance to see him again. She begged the officials for the opportunity of having farewell talk l with her brother, but the authorities have decided not to allow anyone to see them except their lawyer, John ". l Coogan.-H Hartford Courant
 Many are wondering why nothing has been said in the aldermanic cham l Der about the bill now before the legis- lature giving private parties the right 1 to do about what they please with the l Naugatuck river. If this kind of work i is allowed to go on pretty soon private | corporations will control all the water ways of the city as we'll as the public l streets. Every measure affecting Wa l terbury and not approved by the alder men should be opposed by the city at l torney. Probably this is the reason 1 why people take the ground that the salary of the city attorney should be 1 large enough so that2le would have an
 office in the City hall building and de ! vote all his time to municipal affairs A corporation like Waterbury has lots
 to do for an attorney the year round
 but no lawyer with good practice and the city would not want anybody else. could afford to give his entire ser vice for what there is in the office
 | Whatever way tn row between Wa ] tertown and the Connecticut Railway T and Lighting Go ends, it is, certain that
 the Watertown people gave the trolley
 folks a good scare. Watertown wants
 the trolley line where it will be within
 reach of the largest number of people
 while the company insists on locating
 it a long distance from where the pub
 lie wants it. Finally the good people
 of WatertoWn. got their heads together
 and concluded to apply for charter of
 their own and build the road where
 they felt it would be of most benefit
 to the town. This put the Connecticut
 Railway and Lighting Go on the de
 fensive and all parties interested had
 a hearing in Hartford yesterday, the
 Connecticut Railway and Lighting Go
 endeavoring to convince the committee
 on railroads that it should be allowed
 to do what it wants to in Watertowr
 without regard to the wishes of thf
 people, and the latter setting up tho
 claim that 1t was nothing more thal