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following cablegram to the New York Times'. “ London, Nov. 
ii.—The Times to-day prints a notice of the annual report of 
the United States Bureau of Animal Industry. It says that 
though the work appears somewhat late, there can be nothing 
but praise for this grand volume, which is worthy of the great¬ 
est Bureau of Animal Industry in the world. The contents 
show that the interests of American stock breeders are well 
looked after by the Department of Agriculture at Washington. 
The numerous articles in the volume, says The Times , are all 
of high practical interest.” 
JAMES Brodie GresswelL, P'.R.C.V.S., of Louth, England, 
was sued by a farmer named Nixon for /45 : 5s. damages for 
neglect and improper castration of four colts, and the former 
put in a counter-claim for ,£2:13:8 for professional services. It 
was brought out on the trial that the plaintiff employed the 
doctor to perform the operations, but that instead of his doing the 
work he sent an assistant, and neither of them being personally 
known to the plaintiff he presumed that the operator was Dr. 
Gresswell. The instrument used was the “ Reliance,” and the 
result was that all four colts bled profusely, one being dead in the 
morning, another had chronic paraphimosis, and the other two 
were greatly weakened. Being unable to secure the attendance 
of the operator when notified of their condition on the following 
day another veterinarian was called in. The jury found for the 
plaintiff for /26:6s., and disallowed the counter-claim. 
Charles H. Ormond, D.V.S., of Milwaukee, Wis., was 
killed at the farm of George Wing, Nashotah, that State, the 
latter part of November. He was called to the farm to see a 
lame horse, and while examining the foot the horse suddenly 
kicked, striking the doctor on the top of the head, the calk of 
the shoe penetrating one of the cranial bones, resulting in his 
death a few hours afterwards. He was hurled against the side 
of the stall, but was conscious, which he gradually lost. Dr. 
Ormond was a graduate of McGill, class of ’81, and had prac¬ 
ticed in Milwaukee ever since, where he was highly esteemed 
professionally and personally. His father, William Ormond, 
was also a veterinarian, and was supposed to have been mur¬ 
dered three years ago, having been found dead in a field in Min¬ 
nesota. Notwithstanding the most strenuous efforts of his son, 
the mystery surrounding his death was never cleared up. Dr. 
Ormond, Jr., was 45 years old, and unmarried. 
Mr. Mule Received the Death Penalty. —Odd things 
happen in our southern sections, and not the least unique take 
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