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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Dr. W. N. D. Bird, formerly stationed at Nashville, Tenn., 
in the Texas fever quarantine service, has been transferred to 
Buffalo. This will be a pleasant arrangement for the Doctor, 
as his old home is not far from that city. 
“ I have been a constant reader of the Review for a long 
time, and cannot get along without it. I always look forward 
to its coming with a great deal of pleasure.”— A. O. Kennedy , 
V, A., Columbia , Tenn. 
Dr. Chas. H. Higgins, veterinary pathologist for the Cana¬ 
dian Government, is now stationed at William Head, Victoria, 
B. C., to aid in the inspection of emigrants, and prevent the 
introduction of u bubonic plague ” into Canada through the 
Pacific gateway. 
Dr. H. G. Patterson, of St. Joseph, Mo.; Dr. H. G. 
Simpson, of Denison, Iowa: Dr. D. G. Moberly, of Kansas 
City, Mo., are among the number of veterinarians the English 
Government has employed to accompany and care for horses 
shipped from New Orleans to South Africa. 
Dr. Charles A. Mackey, V. S., of New York City, died at 
his residence in that city, the latter part of April, from disease 
of the liver. He was a graduate of the New York College of 
Veterinary Surgeons, class of 1889, an d was one °f tfm veteri¬ 
narians of the Police Department at the time of his death. 
About 1200 horses are purchased and exported from the 
Buffalo horse market each month. The prices of horses have 
advanced fully 25 per cent, in the last few months, due to the 
scarcity of horses throughout this country, and the demand for 
the American horse abroad. 
Appreciates the Review. —Enclosed please find money 
order for $3.00 in payment for Vol. XXIV of the Review. I ap¬ 
preciate the monthly highly, and, aside from the fact that I know 
that I am getting full value, I think it every veterinarian’s duty 
and his best policy to help to support and encourage the publication 
of an organ devoted entirely to the publishing of news and facts 
affecting the welfare of the profession and the dissemination of 
advanced theories, discoveries and scientific researches relating 
to Veterinary Science, which in my opinion will be the chief 
factor in future Sanitary Medicine, so rapidly gaining in im¬ 
portance.— J. V. Laddey , D. V. X., Arlington , N. J. 
Insurance Against Tuberculosis. —An up-to-date ex¬ 
periment is being tried by the dairymen who supply milk to 
Minneapolis. These dairymen have formed a mutual insurance 
