Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-27

CUMnkRLAHD.
The republican convention for the coupt,
OF Cumberland viii be held in Portland. o.
the 9Th of August.
At the annual meeting of the trustees O
Westbrook Seminary and Female Collees
held "wednesday, the following o6lcers ven
elected: President. Sidney Perham; vics
President, David Tory; Treasurer. Chas
5 Fobes; Secretary, Grenville NJ Stevens
Corresponding Secretary. William R. French
Trustees for six years, Sidney Pernam, An.
son p. Morrill,, Chas. F. Forbes, Alfred
Woodm.n.
The Bowdcin College boat crew have left
for Saratoga to engage in a little practice
before the Fourth of July inter colleeiate
regatta. They have been doing exceilen,
work on the river under the direction of Mr..
Fred Plaisted, the well known professional
oarsman. and there is no reason why thev
can not make good shoxing at the race.
They took the old boat TO pull in; the new
one, OF Davis patent. has bothered ali the
crews of Bcwdoin that have ever used il,
about steering
1t is well known that a few weeks ago in
soivency proceedings were instituted agains,
John Winslaw Jones, by petition filed in the
lnsoivent court BY several of Mr.. Jones's
creditors. After hearing upon the petition
Mr.. Jones was sdjudged an insolvent debtor.
His counsel. Messrs. Hadlock and Strout,
Gage and Strout. ciaimed an appeal from the
rulings OF Judge Peabody to the supreme
judicial court The right of appeal having
been disaliowed by Judge Peabody. Mr.. Jones
has brought a suit in equity in the nature OF
summary bill, praying that all the proceed.
ings in the insolvent court, including the
decree adjudging him insolvent, be set aside
and declared null and void
KENNEBEc.
Mr.. Nathan Steatson of Monmouth. was
seen Monday in the field hoeing corn, he
handled the hoe easily some like a young
man; he is between ninety and one hundred
years of age. He resides with his son How
ard Steatson. one of the enterprisipg citizens
and is one of the selectmen.
The graduating exercises of the Oakland
high school, took place last Monday evening
at the Universalist church. There were three
graduates, and readings by five juniors. The
diplomas to the graduates were presented BY
DR.. ID. Z Parsons. Music by Pullen's orches-
ira The following was the programme :
Essay. Dickens and Thackery, Katharine
Allen; selection. The Volunteer Soldier, In
gersoll, Herbert Kimball Hallett; selection.
The Ballad of Babie Bell, T. B. Aldrich,
Mary Louise Halle,t selection, Plea in behalf
of Starving ireland, S. s. Prentiss, Leland
Pollard Sturtevant; selection, Rhyme OF
Jennie Eaglehart, T. B. Aldrich, Myra
Louise Wells; Grafton, ''The Testimony OF
the Rocks" Dwight Preston Mccartney
selection, Scene from Little Dorrit. Dickens,
Daisy Dell Heney; Grafton. The Literature
of the Age of Elizabeth. Clyde Hallett Fol-
som.
PENoBscor.
The $50 900 of salmon eggs that were con.
signed to the Enfield Matching house the past
winter were hatched without any loss of eggs
and young fry to speak of. and have all been
distributed in the Penobscot river and its trib
utaries. Some of them were carted seventy
miles up the river from the Matching house by
the order and assistance of the fish commits
sioners.
SAGADAHoc.
The second annual convention of the Wo-
mans State Relief Corps Of Maine was held
GERS and directors held q meeting at the Sag.
adahoc House, at which the reports of the
secretary, treasurer and installing officer were
read and accepted. In the afternoon the
convention was called to order by Mrs. A.
NJ. Sawyer, of Portland, president. Prayer
was offered by Mrs. Whitman Sawyer, chap
lain. The committee on credentials reported
II corps entitled to representation in this
convention. and l01 members entitled to
vote; 16 officers and IS delegates. The ad
dress of the president was read and accepted.
Mrs. Oren r. Legrow of Portland, Secretary,
submitted her report. which was accepted.
From it we gather the following statistics
Number of members in good standing, June,
1888, 396: number of members in good
standing, June. 1884, 722-a gain Of 1926 !;
number of corps in the State, June, 1888. 9;
number of corps in the State. June, 1884,
Ia gain of corps. Location Of corps
Portland, Gardiner, Bath, Hallowell, Togus,
Biddeford, Brunswick, Bowdoinham, Saco,
Waterville, Vinalhaven, Thomaston, South
Windham, Norridgewock, Saccarappa, Ap.
pleton, Rockland.
WASHINGTON.
An unoccupied house in Wesley, owned by
VIM. H. Phinney of Machiss was burned
Thursday night reports the Union. II ID
supposed to have been the work of an in
cendiary.
farm house on the DR.. Lincoln estate d