NEWS AND ITEMS. 
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Mark D. Williams, D. V. S., of Middleport, N. Y., was 
elected Secretary of the Niagara County Farmers’ Club, at the 
Court House in Lockport, N. Y., at its twelfth annual election, 
Jan. 29, 1898. This is one of the most enterprising farmers^ 
clubs in this State. 
Maurice O’Connell, D.V.S., of Holyoke, Mass., who has 
been a member of the Massachusetts' Board of Cattle Commis¬ 
sioners almost from its creation, was appointed City Veterinarian 
of Holyoke on March 10. The positon returns annual fees of 
from $500 to $600. 
Dr. R. H. Harrison, who has been actively engaged in 
practice at Atchison, Kansas, for many years, has given up his 
practice and has accepted a Government position as Assistant 
Meat Inspector and assigned to duty at Milwaukee. Dr. John 
Wright, of Kansas City, has taken charge of Dr. Harrison’s 
practice at Atchison. 
Edmund Tattp:rsall, the head of the famous firm of Tat- 
tersall’s, horse auctioneers, died in Eondon, Eng., on March 
5th. Since the time of King George IV. the horse market 
founded by Richard Tattersall, near Albert Gate, Hyde Park, 
London, has been the best known and most prominent mart 
among the English-speaking public. Edmund has been the 
head of the house for many years. 
Veterinary Inspection of Horses in the Chicago 
Stock Yards is in charge of Dr. B. A. Pierce, one of the^Wsist- 
ant State Veterinarians. An agreement has been reached be¬ 
tween the Stock-Yards Company and the Chicago Horse Ex¬ 
change, whereby the Illinois State Board of Live Stock Com¬ 
missioners have supervision over horses stabled there as to 
glanders and other communicable diseases. 
The Massachusetts Cattle Commissioners have se¬ 
cured a temporary appropriation from the Ways and Means 
Committee of the Legislature to continue their work, and ex¬ 
pect to secure an additional $130,000, which will be the amount 
asked for by the Commission. A spirit of retrenchment is per¬ 
vading the Bay State, and the Board, appreciating the fact and 
the hopelessness of obtaining the previous year’s $250,000, 
thought discretion the better policy, and we are glad to hear 
that they will be successful. 
Killed Horses to Prevent them from Starving.— 
During the latter part of February and the first of March the 
snow in the mountains of Maine was unprecedented in depth. 
