Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-10

The plan to retain the chief clerks of the
 two houses of the General Assembly having
 been abandoned it is now generally under
 stood that Mir. Perrin, of Stonington, will be
 elected clerk of the Senate and that MT.
 Woodberry, of Norwalk, will be promoted to
 the clerkship of the House. There are sev-
 eral candidates for the assistant clerkship of
 the House, among whom is MT. Downs, of
 Derby. The Hartford Post considers Mr.
 Downs' chances of election good. It says:
 'It may be presumed that the two candidates
 in Hartford county and the Norwich candi-
 date in New London county will be seriously
 handicapped because of favors already or
 recently granted to these counties. Hartford
 county has had Mir. Barbour, of Hartford, in
 the clerkships and Mir. Spencer, of Suf6eld,
 has just closed a three years service New
 London county will be represented by Mr.
 Perrin in the Senate clerkship. Hartford
 county, moreover, had the Speaker-last year and was well represented in the minor legis- lative offices. Looking at the situation therefore with entire impartiaiity and recog- nizing the advantages of position, it is fair to infer that New Haven county will present a very strong and probably successful claim, and there IS very little doubt of the indorse- ment by the Republican members from that county of MT. Downs, of Derby, who has be- sides support there good following all through the Naugatuck valley and in Iitch- field county. If he shall be the successful candidate the House will secure the services of very capable young man. He is heartily by many leading citizens of the State"
 The third annual report of the New Jersey Bureau of Labor Statistics has just been published. By system of questions printed in circular form and distributed throughout the State, the condition of the individual Ia borer is discovered, and averages showing the general situation are obtained. The tables in the report give the occupations, the l amount received, the amount spent l he hours of labor, the days of idle ness or sickness the sums received from | he labor of children and women of the | anily not regularly employed, the aver lge daily pay, the division of expenses, etc | t is shown that the average amount spent | y workingmen in year is $455.27 and the l Iverage amount earned $498.53, leaving an | .verage saving of only $43.26 in year. The expenses also include sundries, tobacco, iquor, physicians and druggists bills and
 ther similar items. The report says that he truck system-compulsory dealing with torres in which the employers have an inter st-is nearly abolished in the State, and hat nearly all the wages are to be paid in ash. The average number of hours per Teek during which labor is performed is six 7. During the past year there was marked in the number of days lost trough inability to obtain work. The aver ge was forty from this cause while last year
 was eighty y-seven. The average from sick ess was seventeen. Wages have also ad- anced in most occupations, the average for en this year being $1.78 as compared to 1 .45 last year. A fact shownein in the report
 that great many laboring men depend for z lbstantial assistance upon their families l deed. that nearly all wage earners receive ' d in this way.