chief thought is to train youth to manhood in the ways of wisdom and virtue.

In 1872, the Very Rev. Thomas Galberry, O.S.A., President (now Bishop of Hartford, Conn.), and Superior of the Order in the United States, began the erection of the centre or main building, of which the hall of 1848, was only a wing. This improvement with its lofty facade, 174 feet long, and cupola 100 feet from cross to ground, adds immensely to the stateliness of the whole block besides greatly facilitating the course of instruction.

Catalogues were first printed in this year (1872-3). The number of students average 80; the premium is $300 per year of forty weeks, and the course necessary in the collegiate department for graduation, four years.

Its alumni have gathered from every State in the Union, chiefly from the Middle and Eastern, from Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, Spain, Ireland and Scotland.

Its present officers are Revs. Thos. C. Middleton, D.D., President, James I. Blake, Vice-President, Francis M. Sheeran, S. T, L., Francis X. McGowan, Pacificus A. Meno, D.D., Henry A. Fleming, S.T.L., Wm. A. Marsden, James T. O'Reilly (all of the Order of St. Augustine), besides Professors-C. Stockton Gauntt M.D. (Chemistry and Natural Philosophy), G. J. Carrie (music) and A. C. Wernicke (French, German and Drawing).

OBITUARY NOTICES.

WILLIAM C. BRIDGEFORD,

DIED on the 23d January, 1879, at his residence on West Main Street, in this borough, after an illness of but five days, in the fortieth year of his age.

The deceased was a native of New York State, where he resided a greater portion of his life. During the late war he served as a private soldier in the New York Twelfth Regiment, and was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Chancellorsville. After his discharge from the army he engaged in business

in Courtland, and subsequently in Penn Yan, N. Y. In October, 1874, Mr. Bridgeford came to Mechanicsburg, and purchased the drug establishment of J. H. Nonemaker, and from that time until his death was one of the most active and intelligent business men. He had succeeded, by industry, integrity, and untiring energy, in building up a remunerative business, the fruits of which the relentless hand of death prevented him from reaping. Besides a large circle of appreciative acquaintances, the deceased leaves a widow and two daughters to mourn his loss. The funeral services took place on Sunday afternoon in the M. E. Church, Revs. Eyer and Reigart officiating. The body was interred in the Mechanicsburg Cemetery. The funeral was one of the largest that has occurred in this place for a long time. Besides the general attendance of our citizens, many country-people were present.

Post-mortem Examination.-The body of W. C. Bridgeford, who died on Thursday last, after but a few days' illness, and whose disease baffled the best medical skill, was subjected to an autopsy on Friday last at two o'clock P.M. The examination was conducted by Drs. Kieffer, of Carlisle, George Fulmer, L. P. O'Neal, and R. P. Long, of this place, and witnessed by Drs. J. C. Long and Deardorf, of this place, J. J. Clark, of Shiremanstown, and Lauck and Kramer, of Philadelphia, besides several of our citizens.

His death was caused by a diseased condition of bowels; on examination of the viscera, it was discovered that there was not only excessive inflammation, but also ulceration of the large intestines at the sigmoid flexure, and impactation of the small intestines; also an unusual deposit in the appendicula vermiformis and its enlargement.-The Independent Journal, Mechanicsburg, Pa., January 29, 1879.

ROBERT T. HALLOCK, M.D.

Dr. Robert T. Hallock, for many years a practising physician of New York, died suddenly January 21, 1879, at his residence, No. 140 East Fifteenth Street, of disease of the heart. Dr.

Hallock was a member of the Geographical and Polytechnic Societies and of the Farmers' and Liberal Clubs of this city. It was at the regular meeting of the latter organization that he was stricken with the disease which within a few hours caused his death. He was born of Quaker parents, at Milton-on-the-Hudson, and was seventy-three years of age.

REVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS.

It is

LECTURES ON PRACTICAL SURGERY. By H. H. TOLAND, M.D., Prof. Surgery in the University of California. Second edition, illustrated, 520 pp. Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia, 1879. DR. TOLAND has published this book from notes taken of his lectures. therefore thoroughly practical, and in no way supersedes text-books upon the subject, but, as a guide to the student, and, considering its size, variety of subjects discussed, shows how conscientious a teacher Dr. Toland is. The divisions and illustrations are good, and sometimes elaborate. It is well gotten up, and, having already reached its second edition, will doubtless maintain its position among the manuals.

MESSRS. LINDSAY & BLAKISTON, of Philadelphia, have now in press a series of Health Primers written by well-known authors. The series will consist of eleven 16mo books. Paper, 30 cents; flexible cloth, 50 cents. 1. Hearing and How to Keep It. 2. Long Life and How to Reach It. 3. Sea-Air and SeaBathing. 4. The Summer and its Diseases. 5. Eyesight and How to Care for It. 6. The Throat and the Voice. 7. The Winter and its Diseases. 8. The Mouth and the Teeth. 9. Our Homes. 10. The Skin, in Health and Disease. 11. Brain-work and Over-work. The object of the series is not only to benefit the practitioner, but also aid him by educating the public; hence technicalities have been avoided, and the text can be appreciated both by the scientist and the family.

A TREATISE ON THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DISEASES OF WOMEN. By A. L. CLARK, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women in the Bennett Medical College of E. M. and Surgery. 400 pp., illustrated. Chicago Jansen, McCherg & Co., 1879.

Want of space has crowded out the notice of this well-written book, but its merits will receive attention in the May number.

Pp.

COMPENDIUM OF THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS AND PRACTITIONERS. By S. H. POTTER, M.D., Hamilton, Ohio. 500. Price, $3.50. Address author.

This Eclectic treatise will be noticed in our next.

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It is not a mere stimulant, like the now fashionable extracts of beef, but contains blood-making, force-generating, and life-sustaining properties, pre-eminently calculated to support the system under the exhausting and wasting process of fevers and other acute diseases, and to rebuild and recruit the tissues and forces, whether lost in the destructive march of such affections, or induced by over-work, general debility, or the more tedious forms of chronic disease.

It is friendly and helpful to the most delicate stomach, and where there is a fair remnant to build on, will reconstruct the most shattered and enfeebled constitution. It is entirely free from any drugs.

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