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NEWS AND SUNDRIES. 
NEWS AND SUNDRIES. 
Hog Cholera.— Hog cholera continues to rage along the 
Sangamon River in the vicinity of Dewey, Illinois. One farmer 
has lost 117 out of 130 head. —Journal of Agriculture. 
Cattle Plague. —The cattle plague shows no abatement in 
the District of Odessa, Russia. Within seventeen days 1,800 
head of cattle have perished.— American Cultivator. 
Prolific Cow.—A cow in Hart county, Kentucky, recently 
gave birth to five calves at one time, three of which were well 
developed, alive and healthy, and two dead.— Journal of Agri¬ 
culture. 
Pleuro-Pneumonia. —Philadelphia papers are informed by 
Dr. Bridge and Tlios. J. Edge that pleuro-pneumonia has been 
stamped out in Delaware and Chester counties at a total cost to ' 
the State of only $3,500.— Cut. and Country Gent. 
Hew Litmus Paper.— Dr. Squibb has substituted for the 
ordinary blue and red litmus paper a single color, viz., purple. 
This purple litmus paper turns red with acids, blue with alkalies. 
It is claimed to be much more delicate and convenient.— W. Med. 
Reporter. 
Scab in Sheep.— Dr. MacEacliran, Dominion Government 
Inspector of Live Stock, has prevented the shipment to Liverpool 
of 2,000 sheep from Ontario on finding fourteen of them afflicted 
with scab. Some shippers there have lost large sums lately 
through this disease having infected the flocks and prevented 
shipment.— Country Gentleman. 
Rinderpest Coming West. —The following statement appears 
in English papers: “ The rinderpest, or cattle plague, which is 
prevalent in Southeastern Russia, has appeared in Silqsia. It has 
leaped across the European continent, following the course of the 
plague of 17 years ago. It is now within three days’ journey of 
Hull and the northeastern ports. Assuming that this rinderpest 
is identical in subtlety and malignancy with that of 1866, which 
inflicted a colossal loss on the agriculturists of this country—in 
