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Fact and Rumor.

J. B. Henney, Jr., who was injured in the fire at Hilton's Block, came back to Cambridge on March 22.

The taxation case has come up before the joint committee of the legislature, and has been put on record. The hearing, however, will probably not take place until the end of April.

At a meeting of the Camera Club last night it was announced that the darkroom was ready for use, and that there would be a lantern-slide and photograph exhibition early in May. Mr. J. S. Thorpe of Cambridge will lecture on "the Charles River from mouth to source," in April or May.

The Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs will give a concert in Eliot Hall, Newton, on Thursday, March 31. The proceeds of the concert will go to the Newton Y. M. C. A. Tickets may be got at Hubbard's, at the door, or on application to George C. Ewing, 38 Richardson street.

A telegram has been received at the Observatory from Professor Schaeberle, at the Lick Observatory, stating that Dr. Perrine has just discovered a bright comet. The comet is 2m in diameter, of the seventh magnitude, has strong central condensation and has a tail one degree long.

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