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NEWS ANT) SUNDRIES'. 
The following named were elected officers for the ensuing year: President,. 
Dr. W. P. Epperson, of Ottawa; Yice-President, Dr. A. A. Holcombe, of Topeka; 
Secretary, Dr. E. R. Allen, of Kansas City; Treasurer, Dr. J. H. Wilhite, of Em¬ 
poria ; Board of Censors, J. H. Wilhite, of Emporia; O. W. Murphy, of Law¬ 
rence; E. R. Allen, of Kansas City; A. A. Holcombe, of Topeka, and J. C. 
McCasey, of Coneordia. 
This organization of the veterinarians of Kansas is the outgrowth of the 
efforts of Dr. Holcombe, and is well calculated to elevate the veterinary professor; 
in the estimation of the people. It seems to be the determination of Dr. Hol¬ 
combe and other members of the profession that “horse-doctors” and “cow- 
doctors” in the State shall give way to educated and regularly graduated veterinary 
surgeons. 
NEWS AND SUNDRIES, 
Suit against Dr. Hopkins. —The following extract is taken 
from the Journal , Rawlins, Wyoming: “Veterinarian Hopkins 
has a suit for damages on his hands, brought by the Comanche 
Cattle Company, of Missouri, for detaining a lot of cattle in 
quarantine at the border of the territory in 1885. The cattle 
were en route to Montana. The damage is placed at $2,500, 
which, it is alleged, was expended for food during the time the 
cattle were detained. Acting Governor Morgan referred the 
matter to Attorney-General Donzelman, who decided that, as the 
territory was not made a party to the suit, no action on his part 
was necessary, but he was ready to assist in any way in his power 
to uphold the law of the territory.”— Nat. Live Stock Journal. 
A Monstrosity. —It is stated that ‘ a living heifer calf, seven 
weeks old, is on exhibition at 72J Montgomery Street, Jersey 
City, which has three eyes, three under jaws, three tongues, three 
sets of teeth, and a double pair of nostrils. It is in perfect health, 
takes its food regularly, and is apparently thriving, was born at 
Orange Valley, N. J., on the farm of Mr. W. H. Hall, and is 
the offspring of a full-blooded bull and an Alderney cow. Vet- 
etriuary surgeons (?) say it has a double set of brains, and will 
have at least four horns. This little freak is very docile, chews 
its cud the same as any other calf, but does not appreciate the 
public gaze.”— Jbid. 
