Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-02-21
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STATE NEWS.

Carleton, Norw oed & Co. have laid the
| keel for large ship in their yard at Rock
port.
| Three Rockpoft firms, Talbot, Rust 4 Co.,
Carleton < Co., and the new firm of Barrett
& Co, are storing large quantities Of ice from
the Ho:mpr aud Lily Ponds. ard the kcnne
bee river.
The Pennington Chronicle says that Mr.
Dexter W. Beeay, young man of Madrid.
came very near losing his life on Wednesday
| lth inst. He was at work on Long Pond.
an! while going 10 camp at the close of his
days work slipped and fell upon stump be-
side the road. One of the sharp slivers upon
/ the stump penetrated his hip and broke of in
side. The silver was taken out measuring
! iys and one-half inch">
! Mr. john Wallace Of South Lube says,
| that last year, he raised eighty bushels Of
barley on two acres OF land. His seed was
not only well selected, but the ground was
was put in the right condition or the crop
wouli never have show sack results as this.
! A petition is in circulation in this county
asking for the appointment of a competent
| Fish Warden in the Eastern part of the
! State, with power to open and construct fish
ways and whose further duty shall be to care
; ior and see enforced the game laws in the
! couE,ies Of Washington and Aroostook, and
prosecute violations thereof. also asking for
| extension OF the close time for land locked
salmon. togue and trout, from Sept. 18th to
| March lst instead of from Oct. lst to Jan.
! lst as at present. We should like to see
| some OF the lakes and streams in this vicinity
| stocked with trout, and to not see why they
cannot be as well as the lakes and ponds in
! other parts of the State. The game laws ara
! almost dead letter for tho want of some
person to enforce the law. We hope that
the sgners OF this petition will succeed in
their undertaking and that competent per-
son be appointed to look after these import
ant interests Eastport Sentinel.
| DR.. Allen of West Waterville, successfully
| extracted 4 fragment of a common sewing
needle from the uterus Of lady of that
| place. What is almost tunaccountable, it had
| been in her system more than ten years AT
! that time she was sewing the bottom on some
| slippers, and having no suitable needle, she
| bent one for the occasion. She has not used
needle like that since, so she is convinced
that she must at that time, have swallowed
this fragment. The fragment was one inch
! in length, and bent, as above stated. 1t is
doubtful if like ease Is on record.-[ Fair
| field Chronicle.
The new Masonic Hall at Pittsfeld is COM
plcted aud will be dedicated on Tuesday next
when the members OF kendalrs Mills Lodge
! are to be the guests of Meridian Lodge by
| special invitation, and that there is to be q
! grand banquet after the dedication; the
whole affair to be confined to the members of
! these two lodges and their ladies, and to be
! strictly private.
! The town of Cambridge has voted aid to
the Moosehead s Wiscasset railroad, proyd-
| ing the road is built through that town.
! The Ellsworth American says that N. w.
Collins, Esq, of East Bluehill has recently
closed $1,000 contract with the contractors
| for building the new county and city building
| in Philadelphia, for fusnshing the stone for
the coping of the first story. The building
will cost between fifteen and twenty millions
| Of dollars, and will be one of the finest if not
the finest in this country.
The l.30 p. M, train to-day for Augusta,
! from this city while crossing Spring street.
/ Woodford's Corner. struck a wagon contain
ing Mr.. Myriek Emerson, who lives in the
vicinity CT Strondwater, a man apparently
about 70 years Of age. Ii was impossible to
stop the train before it reached the station at
Woodford's, when the body of the man was
found lying on the cow-catcher. Severe
bruises were discovered about the head and
he was bleeding protusely from the mouth
There were no signs of life evident. Mr.,
Emerson had just been to Woodiord's to leave
son who departed five minutes before the
accident III the Lewiston train. 1t Is sup
posed Mr.. Emerson's horse took fright just
before reachiag the crossing as he dashed
across escaping injurng.
Mr.. Emerson leaves a wife, four sons, and
a daughter to mourn his loss. He was car
riage builder by occupation, and is the last
one, we believe of four brothers, ali of whom,
met with sudden death. Coroner Gould