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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Demonstrations in casting" and controlling" were announced to 
be given by Drs. G. P. Penniinan, of Worcester; W. M. Siinp- 
vSon, of Malden , A. G. Walker, of d^aunton 5 J. P. Winchester, 
of Lawrence. Also a new method of anaesthesia by Dr Tohn 
M. Parker, of Haverhill. 
NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Dr. C. H. Peabody, Charlton City, Mass., reports a case of 
rabies in a dog caused by the bite of a skunk. 
Jacob G. Pfersick, D.V.S. (McGill, ’98), of Shellburne 
PMlls, Mass., was married on Oct. ii to Miss Helen May PMster 
of the same place. ’ 
There is only one graduate veterinarian in the city of Rich¬ 
mond, Va., a progressive southern city of 100,000 population. 
Dr. Thomas M. Sweeney is the lonely but fortunate possessor 
of that distinction. 
Two POPUEAR Rubber Pads are those made by Hallanan 
(the Star and the Columbia and by Mooney (the pad 
with the sanitary opening”). They are both advertised in 
the Review, and are worthy the confidence of veterinarians. 
The Ontario Veterinary Coedege opened its session on 
Wednesday, Oct. 12, with an inauguratory address by Principal 
Smith. We are informed that the attendance is large, coming 
from'the United States, Dominion of Canada, the British Isles 
and the West Indies. ’ 
George H. Metcaefe, a veterinary surgeon of Syracuse, 
N. Y., committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart 
on October. 19, in the livery stable of Peter Hopkins, in North 
State Street. Ill health is given as the cause. He was 26 years 
old, and had studied under Dr. Henderson, of Syracuse. 
Dr. Lowe’s Hospitae Extension. —PTom the plans for 
the addition to the Paterson Veterinary Hospital, what was a 
very nice infirmary will be converted into a very grand one, 50 
X 125 feet, two stories and built of brick. The internal arrange¬ 
ments will be modern in every particular, and the facilities^in 
keeping with the liberal patronage bestowed upon its enerp^etic 
owner. ^ 
Dr. George H. Baieey, State Veterinarian of Maine, 
Eiiows a broadside into Secretary Batchelder, of the New Hamp¬ 
shire Board of Agriculture, in the M^ciine FcivifieT^ of October 
