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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
lonias : William A. Campbell, Niagara Falls South, Out.; Arthur 
E. Chandler, Barberton, Ohio, U. S.; Alex. J. R. Cromwell^ 
Sawyerville, Queoec ; William E. Crone, Watford, Out.; Wil¬ 
liam Cunningham, Ashton, R. I., U. S.; John Hewins, Mounts- 
berg, Ont.; Robert Lawson, Shoal Lake, Man.; Howard S. 
McFatridge, Halifax, N. S.; Donald H. McKay, Brandon, Man.; 
Cranston Owens, Utica, N. Y., U. S.; Philip C. Palmer, Bryn 
Mawr, Penn., U. S.; Harry P. Reed, Hemlock, N. Y., U. S.; 
Charles B. Shaw, Ashby, Mass., U. S.; Winfield S. Wallace, 
Vermillion, N. Y., U. S. H. James Elliott passed his primary 
examination in anatomy. 
Did thIvS Man Die of Actinomycosis? —We have re¬ 
ceived the following extract from a Chicago paper through the 
kindness of Inspector Siegmund, of the Bureau of Animal In¬ 
dustry, located in that city : “ Dr. E. M. Hill, one of the phy¬ 
sicians who attended George Grafton, the government inspector 
of cattle at the stock yards, who died of a mysterious disease 
Sunday morning, is making a scientific examination of the 
malignant growth which formed on Mr. Grafton’s neck and 
produced death, after the most intense agony. Dr. Hill is of 
the opinion that Mr. Grafton’s affection was simply the cattle 
disease actinomycosis, better known as lumpy jaw, and that it 
was contracted by the decedent while in the discharge of his 
duties preventing the slaughter of diseased animals, a position 
which he had occupied at the stock yards for eight years. Four 
months ago the disease made its appearance in the formation of 
a lump under the jaw, which increased in size, attacked the 
throat, finally prevented the taking of food and at last stopped 
respiration, choking the patient to death. During this time 
the knife could not be used nor the disease in any way pre¬ 
vented from taking its course, the fatal result being inevitable 
almost from the beginning. The medical books lelate sev¬ 
eral instances of men having caught the disease from animals 
with which they came in contact. Mr. Grafton lived at 667 
Washington Boulevard. The remains were buried at St. Joseph, 
Mich.” 
A Vaeuabee Oed Veterinary Library. —The late Dr. 
W. H. Harbaugh, of Richmond, Va., was a conscientious and 
hard student of veterinary literature, and a hobby with him was 
the collection of rare old volumes treating upon veterinary 
science. His library was one of the best private collections of 
books bearing upon the subject in this country, including all 
modern works, as well as those which he so highly prized for 
