The Press., 1898-12-01


 Over 5000 persons were rescued by ih, life saving service during the past year.
 It Is thought that the dedication O Kirk Woodbridge, while clerk at tht state prison, will reach BIO 900
 An explosion of powder at Havana or Monday killed aud injured 40 persons most of them b.'ing young people em ployed in emptying a large quantity o old cartridges.
 The Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, who ter yeaIs ago took tn place made vacant hy the death of Henry Ward Beecher as pas. tor of Plymouth church in Brooklyn, N Y., has resigned on account of failing health. Dr. Abbott is s years Of age.
 Secretary-elect Huber Clark of WnH mantle, it Is said, will appoint John S Mitchell, & Willimantic lawyer, his chiei clerk, to succeed Clerk R. s. Hinman who has been in the office of the secretary of state for nearly twenty years, with the exception of 1S93-4, during the adminis- tration of Governor Morris.
 The friends of Hon. W. Edgar Simonds have announced that he will not be a can didate for senator against Senator Flaw ley. Mir. Simonds' friends, at the time he was brought into the field, expected there would be a number of candidates, but the appearance of things has changed, and the sentiment of the state is so strong for the reelection of Senator Hawley that they withdrew MT. Simonds' name
 The terrible storm of last Saturday night and Sunday was one of the worst ever experienced along the coast. The Boston and Portland steamer, Portland, was wrecked of Cape Cod, with the loss of all on board, about 100. The shore up and down the New England coast is strewn with wreckage. Thirty or more vessels were lost of Cape Cod, with a loss of life of over 200. At Block Island the wind blew over 90 miles an hour, and much damage was done to the buildings on the island. The loss to shipping and buildings along the shore will be enor- nous. The Boston and other harbors, usually considered a refuge from storm, afforded no adequate protection.
 The annual financial report of the coun- ty commissioners will be found in another column. The total number of prisoners in the jail for the year ending June 30, last, was 97-94 males, 3 females. Thir- teen were in the jail at the beginning of the year, and 16 at the end. Fifty-one of this number were habitually incorporate. Forty -four were natives of this state, and 42 were natives of other countries. Of the 97 sentenced, AT were for drunken. ness, 2l for breach of the peace and in. toxlcation, 9 for stealing, 5 for assault, 4 for being common drunkards, 9 for biga- my, 2 for taking horses without leave and one each for adultery, attempt al rape, cruelty to animals, frequenting house of i'll fame, keeping house of i'll fame, neglect of family and resisting officer
 The Cheney block at Manchester was destroyed by fire at an early hour Tues day morning, causing a loss estimated al between $50,000 and $60, 1000, nearly covered by insurance. The building was large frame structure two stories high and 1t is nearly total loss. It was occu pied on the first floor by a dry goods anC shoe-store owned by W. B. Cheney, Harry Cheney and Mark Cheney the Manchest or post-office, c. D. Strickland's grocer, store, and w. B. Cheney's drug store and Calvin Tiffany's iewelry store. Or the second floor there were several offices among them being the office of the Soutl Manchester News, and a barber-shop The fire started from so ne unknown cause in the barber-shop, which was di rectly over the post-office. All mails from any part of the country received a the South Manchester office Saturday Sunday or Monday were destroyed. Indian Fails Shopli.ter.
 A NavaJo Indian can hide more bull within the folds of his blanket than two bushel basket could hold and car successfully hide many stolen articles before our eyes. The settlers along tn, San Juan and Animas rivers, during thu early days, had to put all their stsalabl, possessions in one corner of their places of abode and stand guard when the Ma vaJoes were visitors, which was a too frequent occurrence. "Chinny ah go r tmeaning something to eat) was the first intimation generally that an Indian was near tperhaps half dozen) They rarely exceeded half dozen in number as they, like the American hobo, had learned that smaller numbers stood 6 better show to get something to eat.
 One day in A. R. Lincoln's cabin, on the south bank of the San Juan river, three bachelors were partaking of their evening meal when a Navajo with a glass eye walked in. All tried to watch the Indians movements, but he had managed ,1N get several articles under his blanket nd would not have been detected had not an accident befalIen him. A hatchet which slipped from one of the folds in his blanket fell, and the sharp blade cut long gash in the cait of his leg. The Indian looked to the roof of the cabin as if wondering where the hatchet had fallen from, but the blood squirting from the open gash be. trayed him. His blanket was shaken, and butcher knife, miners candle stick, several candles and a package ct tobacco all belonging in the cabin, fel! on the earthly floor -Du =ango (Col. ] Wage Farmer
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