The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-13
THE CATTLE PLAGUE.
Abatement OF the Dreaded Psst,lsnss

Abatement OF the Dreaded PestiIenes.
The New York World OF this morning says:--
A visit to the Abbatoir at Communipaw, yes
teIdsy afternoon showed that there nsd mac ,n oeen
since Monday. There was not large number
Of cattle in the yards, however, and all the dis
eased ones except twenty-three, which are
kept in quarantine, had been killed, and sacri-
feed to the rendering Vats, to be made into
tallow. Arrivals are expected from the West
and Southwest tonight and tomorrow morning
which will probably decide whether or not
the disease extends as widely as is now feared.
Eighteen bulocks from Champaign county, ILL.,,
all supposed TO be diseased, we're slaughtered
yesterday, which was as large number as the
company could dispose of in one day, and not
neglect their regular work OF supplying their
customers with the other meat. To-day, fifteen
more will be killed, the remaining eight being
reserved for the health physicians to make
observations and experiments ON. These
eight have been quarantined in two separate
pens since Monday last, When first put In
some of them appeared to be very bad,
but none have yet died. Their symp-
toms are carefully watched and If one of the
animals die the sanitary officers propose to have
the body thoroughly dissected. Some of the
carcasses Of the eighteen diseased cattle killed
yesterday looked extremely bad as they hung
were fiery red, and the fat was Of sckly
yellow color The carcasses were the same all
over, inside and outside. These animals are not
SO thoroughly bled as If they were intended for
therefore partially enhanced.
Several Texan bullocks we're killed in the
afternoon, and their carcasses were found to be
in perfect healthy condition. In fact no traces
of the disease have been found IN the cattle at
all, Notwithstanding they are supposed to COM
municate it to the Northern cattle. The general
belief is, as it has been heretofore in respect to
the Spanish fever, that the home cattle, feeding
upon pastures where the wild Texan cattle
have grazed previously, become inoculated with
the disease in some mysterious way.
At the Bergen Hill yards several car loads
arrived yesterday from Warren county, Indiana.
The train started Monday with sixty five head
on board, and put off twenty-one sick at Camp
vile, in the western part of this State,
Most of these died shortly after. On
reaching the yards, about one mile west
of Bergen, the remainder of the cattle were un-
loaded, and three more being found diseased,
were knocked on the head Immediately. The
others will be quaTantined. AT the slaughter
house in One Hundredth street, over 1000 fine,
healthy cattle from different parts of the West
were sold 10 be butchered. We have been
assured many times that there is no possible
danger of the diseased meat finding its way to
the retailers and thence to our tables. And
even ia that case, the meat is declared by the
physicians not to be dangerous.
In answer TO the despatch sent by the Presi-
dent of the Board of Health to Governor Fen
ton, asking that cattle be officially inspected at
Salamanca, Eimira, Buffalo, and Albany, the
Governor telegraphed as follows:-
II have adopted measures in accordance with
your views"