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HYDROPHOBIA. 
The Philadelphia papers of Jan. 28th contained an account 
of the death of Mrs. Mary R. Lindermier from hydrophobia. A 
strange dog bit her slightly on the finger some six weeks before 
she developed symptoms of the disease. She was treated with 
woorara, but it only served to moderate the terrible spasms which 
became so powerful at times during her delirium, that she could 
scarce be kept from injuring herself and attendants. 
The Legislature of the State of ISJew York has passed a bill 
appropriating the sum of $35,000 to be applied in continuing the 
work of the pleuro-pneumonia cattle commission. 
A BILL REGARDING THE DISEASES OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS. 
[ Special Dispatch to the World .] 
Washington, February 23.—Representative Le Fevre’s bill 
for the suppression of infectious and contagious diseases of domes¬ 
ticated animals provides for a Board of Commissioners to consist 
of the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Treas¬ 
ury and the Secretary of State. It is to employ a veterinary 
surgeon who is to draft such rules as he may deem necessary for 
the suppression of any outbreak, which upon the approval by the 
board are to be certified to the Governor and Veterinary Surgeon 
of the State wherein the disease prevails. Upon their acceptance 
by the Governor the Commissioners are to appropriate such a 
sum as may be deemed necessary for the purchase and slaughter 
