NEWS AND ITEMS. 
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Hon. John M. Pearson, Henry M. Miller, and H. J. Thurston, 
who reported as follows : “ Whereas, We, as members of the 
Illinois State Horticultural Society, recognize the importance of 
veterinary instruction and of the immense live-stock interests of 
the State with which we are connected ; therefore, Resolved , 
That we heartily indorse a plan to create a college of veterinary 
science, to be under the control of the Trustees of the University 
of Illinois.” 
The Auto-Motor Car in England. —In the course of an 
editorial retrospect of scientific advancements during 1896 
affecting veterinary interests or collateral sciences, the January 
Veterinary Journal (Principal Williams, editor) says : u The 
removal of the restrictions on auto-motor cars is an event worthy 
of note, as a possibility has thereby been created that the em¬ 
ployment of horses for draught purposes may be dispensed with. 
That auto-motor cars will displace the horse to some extent in 
the street-transport of the parcels and heavy goods of commerce 
is, in my opinion, highly probable ; but I also feel confident that 
other openings for the use of the noble animal will, with equal 
probability, be found.” 
Ontario Veterinary College. —The Christmas examin¬ 
ations of this college were concluded Dec. 22, and the following 
gentlemen passed and received their diplomas : F. G. Atwood, 
Minortown, Conn., A. McKay Brock, Ottawa, Ont. ; Eugene El- 
wood Burdick, Ashaway, R. I. ; A. Edwin Dennis, Kinsale, 
Ont. ; John P. Fitzgerald, Mount St. Eouis, Ont. ; Joseph Gregg, 
Eittle Britain, Ont. ; Henry F. Hartnett, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Jere¬ 
miah J. Keleher, Pembroke, N. Y. ; George H. Leslie, Ottawa, 
Ont. ; David F. Luckey, Perryville, Mo. ; A. R. Metcalfe, Van- 
kleek Hill, Ont. ; G. H. Munro, Carluke, Ont. ‘ Joseph Nelson, 
Bath, Ont. ; Walter H. Orme, London, Ont. ; James E. Smith, 
Webster, N. Y. ; Joseph Telfer, Milton, Ont. ; G. A. Wehr, 
Andreas, Pa. 
Veterinarian Kills a Thief. —Dr. A. C. Worms, of Chi¬ 
cago, a young and successful practitioner, has had the mis¬ 
fortune to kill a man who stole the blanket from his horse, 
while the doctor was attending a sick horse in a rear stable. It 
was ten o’clock at night, and when the doctor discovered the 
fact and saw the thief running off he fired a shot after him 
merely to frighten him. The man was about 150 feet away, but 
the bullet struck him and he dropped dead. The doctor gave 
himself up to the police and is now out on $5000 bail awaiting 
