April 20.--A large reservoir at East Lee, Mass., gave way, and many mills and houses and six bridges were swept away by the flood. Seven persons were drowned. A relief fund was established to aid the many destitute families, and assistance has also been given to the town, whose loss on highways and bridges is very great. * * * * * April 20.--General meeting of the New England conferences of Methodists at Newburyport. * * * * * April 24.--Arbor Day in Massachusetts. * * * * * April 29.--Annual dinner of the Boston Latin School. Judge Devens presided. Addresses were given by President of the Association Dixwell, Head-master Moses Merrill, Dr. Benjamin Apthorp Gould, and others. A poem was read by Rev. James Freeman Clarke. * * * * * May 3.--Extensive strike went into effect in Boston, among the carpenters and builders. About five thousand men left work. * * * * * May 11.--Monthly meeting of the Bostonian Society. The chief interest centered in a collection of historical curiosities, among them the original subscription list to a new, large map of New England to be published in 1785. Among the subscriber's names were those of General Lafayette, John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and James Bowdoin. The address by Daniel Goodwin, Jr., of Chicago, was in relation to this exhibition, and dealt largely with the life of James Pitts. * * * * * May 13.--Monthly meeting Massachusetts Historical Society, Dr. Ellis in the chair. * * * * * May 13.--Erection of a statue of William Lloyd Garrison on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. Among the inscriptions on the pedestal are these: "I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." "My country is the world; my countrymen are all mankind." The statue was designed by Olin L. Warner of New York. NECROLOGY. April 14.--Edwin C. Morse, born in West Natick, 1817, Judge of the Natick Police Court, died at Natick, Mass. * * * * * April 14.--George F. Emery, born in Portsmouth, N. H., in 1812, died in Boston. He had been U.S. General Appraiser for New England, also paymaster; and was treasurer of the Union Institution for Savings. * * * * * April 15.--Anson K. Warner, of Greenfield, died from the effects of injuries received at the West Deerfield railroad disaster. Mr. Warner was closely connected with the institutions of his town, and held many offices of trust. His will bequeaths $50,000 for the education of Greenfield boys and girls. * * * * *