The examiner., 1881-12-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
 The Star Route Ring has routed the government, and scored victory through the decision of Judge Cox. What else is the government for?
 endeavoring to induce the Singer Sewing Machine Company to locate in that city. The "Victor machine is now manufac- tured there.
 Messrs. Francls Wayland of New Haven, Nathaniel Wheeler of Bridgeport, and John A. Tibbits of New London, members of the commission to revise the liquor laws of this State, met in New London Friday.
 The application for bail of counsel for James and Walter Malley, charged with Jennie Cramer, s murder, has been refused by Judge, Beardsley, and they will have to stay in jail until the grand jury meet in January.
 A colored man, named John Thomas, who has committed 8 number of burgla- ries in the city, has at last been caught. Quite a number of cases can be made out against him. Poor John Thomasl If you had only been Star Route politician.
 It has been decided to erect soldiers monument, and the town has appropriated $60, 900 for this object. Committees have been appointed to carry the vote into exc cution. That's right; honor the dead, though the living are forgotten.
 The state council of education has just held it's annual meeting at New Haven. These officers were chosen: President, I. N. Carleton of New Britain !; vice president, J. G. Lewis of New Haven secretary, R. c. Hitchcock of ThompsonvilIe; treasurer, F. A. Crockett of Bristol; executive com h Morco of D1& of Essex and A. P. Somers of Danielson- vile.
 The total of locomotive engines in this country is 12,7OO. The demand is very great for new engines on account of new railroads. For instance, this year 5000 miles of new roads and extensions have been built. One road wants imme- diately 150 engines. The skilled mechan- ic is, therefore, greatly in demand.
 MT. Frederick Douglass, after life of strange vicissitudes, is spending his latter days in comfortable prosperity. He is the possessor of $100,000 or more, and his office provides him with an annual salary of $7 ,O0O. His duties are easily performed and be has leisure for writing and lectur- ing.
 Excessively cold weather for the season is reported from Eastern Canada, the mer- cury at Quebec Monday reached fifteen degrees below zero.
 Nearly $l8,OO0 has been subscribed by @ few prominent men to establish Gar field professorship in Williams College in honor of the man whose name 1t will bear.
 A venerable tree in Kentucky, 16 feet in diameter, 120 feet high, and supposed to be 300 years old, when lately cut down produced 33, 462 feet of lumber and 25 cords of frewood.
 It is reported that the physicians who attended upon President Garfield have made out their bills for presentation to Congress and that the aggregate amount is about Sl00,000.
 The report comes that the lighthouse on Calf Rock, ten miles from Bantry Bay on the coast of Ireland. was washed away in the great storm that has been raging, and it was feared that its six inmates were carried with it.
 In the criminal court at Washington, or Friday, the grand jury reported the indict- ment of William Jones for an attempt to kill Charles J. Guiteau on Saturday last.
 The resistance to the payments of rents continues very stubborn in Ireland.
 Sixteen houses have been burned at Ayr, Scotland, and thirty families have in con- sequence been rendered homeless. MT. Patrick Egan thinks that the revival of home rule agitation in Ireland at the present time would be ipiudicious.
 Gambetta declars that he will faithfully carry out the provision of the treaty be. tween the French government and the Bey of Tunis.
 Theodore F. Baldwin WAS arrested and held in $50, 900 on charge of abetting hii brother, the cashier, in the frauds on the broken bank at Newark. The Nea0s' Vienna dispatch says: Some Turkish officers and soldiers have massa cred Christian family at Luca, and car ried off sixteen men, women and children and 92o0. Anarchy IS reported through out Macedonia.