ALABAMA
Commencement Exercises.
—On April 30, the annual commencement exercises of the Medical Department of the University of Alabama were held in Mobile, and a class of 29 was graduated. The address of the evening was given by Hon. John McDuffie, Monroeville, and John W. Abercrombie, president of the university, presented the diplomas.
Personal.
—Dr. Samuel W. Welch, Talladega, has been elected a member of the State Board of Medical Examiners, vice Dr. Edward H. Sholl, Birmingham.—Dr. J. E. Shirley has been appointed resident physician of the Mobile City Hospital; Dr. S. S. Stubbs of the Southern Infirmary; Dr. S. C. Spencer of the Providence Infirmary; Dr. R. R. Ivey of the Alabama State Hospital, Tuscaloosa, and Dr. J. R. Oswalt of St. Margaret's Hospital, Montgomery.—Dr. Felix H. Craddock has been elected municipal health officer of Sylacauga, and Dr. Braxton B.