New-York tribune., 1885-01-26
CONNECTICUT AFFAIRS.
AN UNLOOKED-FOR APPOINTMENT.

LEGISLATIVE ToPICs-THE NORWICH DEFAULIEhS
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
rFROM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE IiiboNhI
HARTFORD, Jan. 25.-The newspapers OF the
State Republican and Democratic expressed surprise a
Governor Uarrisons nomination OF james Pheps Vi
Essex to be O Judge OF the Superior Court IL hao
been thought Of No supposed that Judge
Pbelps who has been on the Bench eleven years ana
was part Of the time Supreme Court judge at the
age OF sixty would upon active public work again.
There is however general approval OF the nomination.
The Ne,c- -Hapen Register (Dem.) does not ike Mr. fheps
and is the only paper I'm the State which objects 10 s
anpOntmcnt. II is an open secret that Cohgress" H
w. Seymour, OF Lltchfeld could have had the appoint
ment II he would have accepted it, that Luzon b. motifs
was thought Of until it became understood that he hau
no desire TO go upon the Bench There Is ahother aP
coming and It liable to be much OF sur
prse as that OF Judge Phelps The name OF the gehe-
man who to honored is said not to have been et
publicly mentioned.
Hill has been introduced In tho Legislature by Mr
Uoyt OF Stamford, which provides that the hcorPora
ton papers railway enterprises shall not DC heu
In the office OF the Secretary OF State until the Railroad
Commissioners have certified to the Legislature that
public necessity requires the construction OF the roau
Under the law 1t stands. twenty-five lneorporaors
may file articles OF association. and upon paying In lo
per cent on certain amount OF eaplta per mic or
sin or double track may go ahead take land dig and
tain mn appearance OF building competing road In ORDER
Ia ind purchaser The objection to TINS sort OF
comes largely from the OF land between New
York aud New-Haven, whose property mas peeh run
over and torn up In many cases by constrruoh com
panies OF the Kind named and permanent injury 10 III IN
ncted without any COMPENSATION roads laid OUT were
built or there any Intention or building theu inc
situation would be different The "puDhc necessity,
bill will be opposed because IL lodges too much power III
commissioners. The average leBlst-
tor il suspicious that the Commissioners are suect 10
undue influences the part Of existing faIrOao corPo'@
tions x.,, -, uoooh Oh.
Tne Norwich bank defaultors Webb and Meech, the
United States Attorney thinks. will plead guilty at the
term Of the codrt which meets AT NcW-HNen Oh tuc
IN rd Tuesday In February The penalty OF ther erme
il impsonment for not exceeding ten nor less thah No
y.ars Tie only prosecution heretofore FOR crimes co
inIted under the national banking act In C0nnecteu,
were those against the president anu casniea i1
OF the Farmers and Mechanics bahk OF tha7 t9
cty Both to state prison aH"
were parloned after serving less than TWO years
Wcl has several representatives, III the Weth,i
,rison the mos notorious Of whom are wesley Blshop
and AZ. Cobb the prisoners who are sentenced iJr ne
Counut who killed Mcclellan IN Norwich. has Dceh scn
fenced 10 state prison for life, but motion lot he"
trial Is pending. . ., -. -, -, .,,,,,,oro, ior
The school statistics OF the State show an enumeraton
50 0oi children OF school agebetveen ana 10 years
~ re-of which number $50 were Ia school during
the year or these i4.5sO were In private sehools
There paid for teachers wages In the plDo scoo
~ lIo s % $40 So for each chlld III sNeIhs'
attendance The school districts OF the otat" ha'c
total Indebtedness of Sil977 732 IL sItyseVeh to"h'
nav 6 500 more into the state treasury Tor schoo pr
noses than they draw under the per capita dslrpu
ion and towns pay S36.l37 less thah they recce'