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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Dr. Jos. M. Good, of Chattanooga, Tenn., has recently been 
added to the force of the B. A. I. employees at South St. 
Joseph, Mo. 
Bishop, the celebrated veterinary dentist, who in recent 
years kept a hostelry on the Coney Island Boulevard, Brooklyn, 
N. Y., died in October. 
Dr. John J. Moynahan, of Holyoke, Mass., has been ap¬ 
pointed by the mayor of that city inspector of animals and pro¬ 
visions at a salary of $500 per year. 
Dr. Munroe B. Miller, of New York, has accepted appoint¬ 
ment as meat inspector in the Bureau of Animal Industry and 
is stationed at Kansas City. Dr. Miller served in the commis¬ 
sary department of the army during the war with Spain. 
High Praise from High Source. —“ The Review is a 
noble exponent of the veterinary profession in this country, and 
should be a vade mecurn to everv American veterinarian.”— 
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Dr. IV. J. Martin , President Illinois State V. M. Association , 
Kankakee , III. 
Canine Statistics in France. —According to the Se- 
maine Veterinaire recent statistics made by official regulations 
show that there exists in France 2,960,000 dogs. Among them 
800,000 are u chiens de luxe.” Compared to the population, it 
makes 7 dogs for each 100 inhabitants. 
Dr. W. H. GribblE, of Elyria, Ohio, the efficient Secre¬ 
tary of the Ohio State Veterinary Medical Association, who for 
a year or so has owned and operated a steam laundry in the in¬ 
tervals of practice, has been so unfortunate as to be burned out 
in his commercial enterprise without a cent’s insurance on the 
plant. 
An examination of veterinary surgeons was held in New 
York City on February 15th to secure an eligible list from 
which to select a number of practitioners for the consolidated 
street cleaning department, which will employ more than five 
hundred horses ; for inspectors for the Health Department, and 
other positions. Twenty-eight took the examination. 
Prof. W. E. Williams, of the New York State Veterinary 
College, paid a flying trip to Philadelphia and New York during 
the latter part of February, visiting the various veterinary col¬ 
leges. On March 1st he was present at the meeting of the New 
York County Veterinary Medical Association, and entered 
heartily into the discussion of the paper on “ Median Neurec¬ 
tomy.” 
Michigan Veterinary Bill. —A letter from Dr. Herbert 
