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Army* Veterinary Matters. —Junior Veterinary Surgeon 
Poulson, 7th Cavalry, has sent in his resignation, to take effect 
Nov. 30, 1882. Veterinary Surgeon C. L. Kingston, 3d Cavalry, 
has sent in his resignation, to take effect Nov. 30, 1882. 
Liberal Donation to a Veterinary College. —A subscrip¬ 
tion of $10,000 from Mr. J. B. Lippineott for the establishment 
of a veterinary college in connection with the University of Penn¬ 
sylvania was received by the trustees of that institution on Nov. 
14th.—AT. Y. Sun. 
Pleuro-Pneumonia in Pennsylvania. —Pleuro-pneumonia 
has appeared among the cattle at Lancaster, Pa. J. H. Saun¬ 
ders of Chicago, secretary of the Cattle Commission, pronounces 
Baltimore and the farms adjacent a hotbed of the disease.— 
Breeders' Gazette. 
S uperfqstation. —A friend sends us a paper from St. Paul, 
Minnesota, containing the following statement: “ Truman M. 
Smith, the well-known Dayton bluff gardener, reports an interest" 
ing freak of nature. He has a young cow, about three years old, 
which calved on the 3d of May last. On the 28th of September 
she had another calf. Both calves were perfect in every respect.” 
— Cultivator and Country Gentleman. 
Poison for Tubercular Bacteria. —The Lancet says that 
M. de Korab has cultivated the bacteria of tuberculosis in bovine 
blood serum, and after treating some of this preparation with 
helenine , it was found to have lost its infective properties, while 
similar material not exposed to this drug readily caused tubercu¬ 
losis when injected into animals. We anxiously await further 
developments.— Medical and Surgical Reporter. 
Quarantine Stations. —The Treasury Department is in¬ 
formed that arrangements are nearly completed at Baltimore, 
Boston and Portland, for providing shelter and other accommo¬ 
dation for imported cattle, under an appropriation of $50,000 
made at the last session of Congress. The station selected for 
the Maine district is at Deering, and consists of nearly ten acres 
of land upon which are located two barns, which, with slight 
