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gleaned many facts from old town records which have never been
published. He will publish his work in small book form and sell it at
fifty cents a copy.

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F. Wally Perkins, a topographical engineer in the employ of the United
States coast and geographical service, is making a geographical survey
of the Connecticut river from South Deerfield to its mouth. Part of the
expense of this survey is borne by the government and the rest by the
state, the object being to locate certain topographical and geological
features in the valley.

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It has not been definitely stated where in Boston the proposed statue of
William Loyd Garrison will be placed, but it will either be in West
Chester Park or Commonwealth avenue, with a preference for the latter.
The city engineer is now engaged in making plans for the pedestal, which
is to be of hammed Quincy granite, about ten feet in height. In the
statue Mr. Garrison is represented sitting in an easy chair apparently
at peace with all the world, the great struggle in which he was a
prominent figure having been brought to an end. Beneath the chair lies a
file of the Liberator, which suggests the iron will of the man in his
conflict with slavery, and the strength of his purpose is further shown
in the following inscription on the side of the pedestal "I am in
earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retire a
single inch; I will be heard."

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The General Court has a double survival in the State Legislature and the
town meeting. And the most curious part of this survival is that the
Legislature of this State still retains some judicial functions. It is,
we believe, the only State where this is the case. The Legislature of
Massachusetts retains the name of the General Court, but contents itself
with purely legislative work while our own Legislature is still Supreme
Court in equity. This has descended to it as an inheritance from the
General Court of colonial times.--New Haven (Conn.)_News_.

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From the annual report of Major C.W. Raymond on the improvement of
rivers and harbors in Massachusetts it appears that the cost of the
improvement of Newburyport harbor during the year was $31,560, and
$9,868 remains available. The object of the improvement is to create,
at the outer bar, a permanen