Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-08-27
The Cattle Plague.

4 The New York Express says thai
! the cattle disease, no doubt, IS g Sc
rious business, but it looks as If there
was q disposition in some quarters Il
exaggerate 1t. We learn from Pitts
burg that the sickness has entirely
disappeared from the Pittsburg, For
i Wayne and Chicago Railroad, Penn
/ sylvania and Allentown line. At AL
bany, some thirty or forty head have
died within the past fOrty-eight hours
but in every case, it is said, only
animals from Illinois were the vie,
Tins" This goes to show that the
disease is toa great extent local-and
not epidemic.
A letter to the Chicago Republican
dated at SadOnis, Illinois, August 5th
says:
Since the 1st Of June last six to ter
Thousand Texas cattle were brought
70 this county and scattered all o4el
u. The result is, all Of our native
cattle are diseased. SadOnis and Toll
ono townships have already lost ovel
six hundred head Of cattle, and it now
seems we are only in the midst of it.
L see from the agricultural report that
as early as 1858 Rails county, Missouri,
suffered from this same cattle disease.
The trade was continued until 1853,
when horses and sheep, also the Texas
cattle died.
The Troy IN. Y. Times says:
There is every reason to believe
that the dreaded cattle fever or pesti-
lence which has caused such havoc
among the herds of Illinois and other
Western States, has made its appear
ance in this vicinity. It's ravages thus
far seem to have been confined to
Greenbush and vicinity, but it is ev-
identity spreading, and unless great
vigilance is exercised may be fearful
in its results. The first case reported
occurred about week ago, a cow be-
| longing to Mr.. Aiken being found in
the pasture dead. At first it was sup
posed she was struck by lightning.
The next day, however, another COW
suddenly died, and up to the present
time Mr.. Aiken has lost eight. Sew
eral other persons have lost cattle by
the same disease, and during the past
week probably twelve have died. The
animals are sick but a few hours, and
the only symptoms they exhibit is a
slight bleeding at the nose. They will
apparently be well at night, and in the
morning be found dead. There is
hardly a doubt that this is the same
disease which prevails among the
western cattle, and that it has been
brought here by infected drOves from
Illinois. 1t is said to have made its
appearance in Buffalo about a fort
night since, also at Cincinnati and
other places.
"In this locality its fatal results have
not been confined to cattle alone. A
young man named Abram Smith, en-
plOyed by Abram G.. Wands, who
also lost two cows by the disease,
skinned one of the cows that died on
Wednesday last. His hands and arms
were somewhat scratched by berry
bushes, and in this manner the pois-
Onous matter or virus was innOculated
into his arm. The limb began to
swell and pain him very much. He
consulted a physician, but his condi-
ton rapidly grew worse, and on Sat
uFday resulted in his death. His fu-
neral will take place to-day. A sister
of the deceased, who attended him in
his last illness, kissed him after his
death, and was also infected by the
disease. This morning she is lying
very low, and it is thought cannot re-
cover. Another man named Ostran-
der was subsequently affected in the
same manner, but is still alive. Phat
the death of Smith was the result of
the infection there is no doubt. These
facts show that caution should be
used, not only in preventing the
spread of the cOntagiOn, but in touch
ing the diseased animals"