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BOSTON AND VICINITY.
Charles Folsom, aged q, for many years
librarian Of Harvard university, died at Cam
bridge ou Friday He was a graduate OF Har-
ward in 1913, aud his death leaves hut eight sur
viyoTs OF a class OF tittv-nine. He was Tor some
time tutor in Italian al Cambridge, and after
wards librarian of the Boston athenaum. He
was a member of the American academy Of arts
aud sciences and OF the Massachusetts historical
society, and had edited two works, Cicero's Ora
tions and livy with English notes.
HA1IPDEN COUNTY.
A heavy case OF fraud, IN which new York
bank and one in Springfield are directly in
vOlyed, has lust been unearthed, alter having
been kept quiet for some months, in the vain
hope Of discovering the rogue. 1t seems that
man stepped into a bank not far from Court
square, Springfield, one day last summer, and
bought several small drafts on New York
bank the total value being about $500. When
the Two banks came to compare notes, short
time afler 10 appeared that the drafts had been
so altered, by extracting the ink with chemicals
aud substituting different figures for the origi-
mails. that they had been caShed for over si60 600.
Very naturally, there was some difference in the
accounts, and somebody is wanted at New
York.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Father McManus, the Catholic priest of Green
field, publishes in the Franklin county Times
letter OF anonymous charges against him re-
Gently sent TO Rev Mr. Healey Of Chicopee, in
frequent intoXicaton, with specified instances,
and of collecting. unaccounIed for. sums of
money on pretense OF paving the parsh's debt.
MAINE.
Bates college at Lewiston has 115 Students
classified as follows: Nineteen seniors, twenty
Juniors, eighteen sophomores and thirty-nne
freshmen. In the theological school nineteen;
four seniors. eight middle class and seven iu-
niors.
The Ellsworth American says that in and
around the bay of Passamaauoddy there have
been zen individuals drowned this season. At
one time four in Cobscook bay, at another three
the rest singly. They belonged in Lupec, East
mort and on the island
An unknown sailor has within a day or two
died of the small poX in Belfast. The circum-
stances in the case which is one of the many
instances of mans iuhumanity 10 man. are
these: The captain of schooner bound from
Boston to some point on the river, suspecting
that one of his crew. who had been taken i'll
after leaving Boston, had the small poX, put the
sick man ashore at the Methodist campImeeting
grounds at Northport The abandoned man had
barely strength to crawl up over the beach into
the grove. where he Law for some time before
being discovered Information was given TO the
authorities al Belfast, and ne was taken to d
house in the suburbs of Belfastwhere he almost
Immediately died and was buried Thephysician
in attendance pronounced the disease TO be small
pox of a yirulent tvpe.
NEW HAMpsu1RE.
Bristol is oong to have a soldiers monu-
ment.
Harry Eastman of Newport. "a wears of age.
has inst had a tumor successfully removed
from the under side of his tongue as large as an
orange, and weighing Al ounces. 1t had been
growing for twenty wears, and crowded his
tonpue under the roof of his month SO MS TO
make il dificult for him 10 breathe or talk.
franklin B. Evans. who is in iail at Exeter
charged with the murder of his niece Georoi.
since. is apparently making A new bid for no.
toriety bv claiming 10 be the murderer of the
Joyce children at Roxburv abont nine wears
ago. He saws he was m the neirhborhood nj
the time. and exactly describes the Joyce
bouse. soon after tbe finding of the remains
OF the Lowering girl he asked Il some persons in
the room were Massacbusetts officers. and if
they wanted him for the murder Of the Joyce
children He has also been heard TO saw that
they would be OBLIGED TO hang him twice as
this was NOT his first offence Evans formerly
resided at Fitcbburm and is said IN have been
there at The lime of tbe mysrerions murder at
Overlook reservoir some wears a0o he was in.
yolved in an attempt to swindle an insurance
COMPANY. He rot his life insured for $1,000
and had the poIicy ASSIGNED 10 another man.
who proyed thar Evans was drowned at Hamp-
Ton beach. when in reality he left bIs suit of
clothes on the beach and embarked for Canada
in a suit furnished him by his partner Evans
complains that the man did NOT use him fairly
in the matter only giving him $40 of the
money The sheriff has given orders that no
person be admitted 10 see Evans unless accom-
panied bv him moi even his relatives MS il is
seriously affecting his health. The murderer
still shows no signs of remorse. and even pre-
tends to be aerrieyed that he was not allowed 10
attend the funeral of his victim.
VERMONT
Some voupg scamps recently amused Them
selves by throwing stones at one of The trains ON
the Rutland railroad near New Haven. seriously
iulurpp a lady nossenner The condnctor Win
was on the watch, stopped the train and soon
overhauled the bows, taking them TO Mont
peer, where they are now awaiting trial.
Rev. Peter H. Shaw. who was released a few
weeks ago from the insane asylum at Brattle-
boro, where he had been confined for some
time, has Just been before the investigating com
mittee at Montpelier and made some disclos.
uTes, which aIe startling, if true, although the
friends of the institution claim that not oply
are his statements unfounded, but that he was
at the time of his discharge and is now insane
Among other things he stated that he had not
eaten any meat for many years, and in his
opinion, if people would conine themselves sx
clusyely 10 vegetable diet, they would soon
live to the age of Methuselah, and that although
he had reached the are of 70, he saw no reason
why be might not live as much longer
CONNECTICUT
New Preston is 10 be settled over again by a
family Of eleven brothers, after the rood old