The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-10-25

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in the hospital here Is that while some horses. sick
suffered far less than did those obliged TO work
while laboring from the disease In It's ncipient
state.
Two cars were taken on this road YESTERDAY
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| and only three cases being serious. Mustard 10
here applied to the throats Of all the sick animals,
ana beadonna administered internally, with
| mixture OF powder and moiasses.
goURTEENrH STREET AND BROADWAY STAGES
On this line things are much In the same way az
was reported yesterday. Six trips, instead OF
eight, were made yesterday, and viii be made to-
About one hundred horses are coughing, and
twelve others are evidently diseased in the lungs
Twenty-one out OF 20 horses are considered UNIT
| The same treatment 10 continued here rs was
stated yesterday mixture o. tar alcohol and and
throat and lungs. TWO more stages were
h IN the
single sound one; Relief 10 given to animals com
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MADISON AVENUE STAGES
There are now seventeen stages on this line.
standing idle. The medicine given 10
belladonna simply, with strong liniment
| suffering more or less but all were eating better
yesterday than they had been since Monday. The
enOrts to keep the stages on the route.
The Express Companies.
The disease continues to spread among the
horses or the various express and transportation
companies, Notwithstanding that In all the ut
most care has been given them and the best
known disnfectants employed Some of the COM
panies have placed nearly all their animals in hos
pital and employ trucks to carry their business.
THE ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY.
This company reports the increase OF the disease.
While all their horses were more or less affcted
on Wednesday some, 1t was expected, would not be
compelled TO go into "horse quarantine" The
The disease on Wednesday ana yesterday morning
had assumed more developed type, and every
animal is more less afflicted. Those under MI.
Marsh's treatment he reports, are improving
slowly. He Distcrs their throats with strong
Spanish ny in a liquid FORM and leeds them on salt
and tart apples, fol- which they manifest decided
preference. The acidity OF the latter to have
very beneficial effect upon the poor dumb brutes.
About threef0urths OF them have the disease in
malignant form, and the others have the first
symptoms Out OF the ninety teams employed
usually the company have run but forty wagons.
While the reporter was at the stable General Jesus
del Sol, Of the Cuban army, applied for q contract
to cure the inmates OF the stable He reports that
the disease y quite common in Cuba during the
guarantees to cure the most aggravated case in
twenty-fOur hours.
THE NATIONAL EXPRESS COMPANY.
This company have about fifty horses, all OF which
are sick. Some few are passing through the first
stages OF the disorder and are kept at work. They
PEELED TO haul on all but three. No fatal cases have
occurred, and as great care is given them no
WELLS, FARGO co.'s ExrREss.
This company employ but two horses in money
delivery; but they are in hospital and they employ
THE EUROPEAN EXPRESS COMPANY.
The only horse owned by this company has been
forced TO succumb to the disease.
THE AAERICAN-EuROPEAN EXPRESS COMPANY
Five horses for light wagons and eight for heavy
disorder and has been laid up TO rest under
medical treatment and the work let out.
THE UNITED STATES EXPRESS COMPANY.
This company usually runs forty double and twenty
single teams. The disease continues To spread:
but while probably eighty are more or less affected
i nalr OF them; They are giving them all the rest
carry on their business. They appre6end no
no interruption to business In consequence OF the
many OF the horses in their Jersey City stables
that were taken sick on Monday were yesterday
signs OF early convalesence They expect to have a
number, discharged from hospital today. Mustard
policies on the throat and aconte internally is the
treatment given them.
AMERICAN MERCHANTS UNION EXPRESS COMPANY.
Mr. Clark, OF this company reports gratifying re-
suits from the treatment given their horses by the
superintendent, Mr.. Hewitt, who is strong be-
lever in homeopathy. He has followed that treat
ment throughout with one single exception, and
the result is that while all the attacked
by the disorder, yesterday only six were very ILL.,
The others who were taken on Monday and Tues
day are so far convalescent that had yesterday
been a fine day twothirds OF them would have
been returned to harness: Yesterday only about
ten per cent were retained in hospital The only
fatal case was that OF q $1,000 horse first taken
An allopathic veterinary surgeon was called, and
fifteen minutes after he had administered the allo-
pathic dose the animal became paralyzed and had
10 be killed 10 put him out OF pain. Sufice 1t to
say, Superintendent Hewitt made no more allo-
pathic experiments and hopes to save. every
animal The company have $50 horses all OF whom
have had the disease in some form.
Livery and Sale Stables.
At the Manhattan stables, &c. IS and 90 East
Broadway, there are fifty-seven horses. The case
OF one only is serious, though three have persist
emily refused to eat. The others show no signs OF
disease. Several horse owners at the stables re-
ported horses well on the day previous, but unfit
for use yesterday. One stableman remarked that
the disease was likely to spread to the cows and
through the infection in their milk to spread among
human beings. +. II. Heard veterinary surgeon
late in the employ Of the Hartford Live Stock In
surance Company, was found at this stable. He
ported forty-six horses his list Tor the day and
twenty-four for the day previous. He thought none
OF these cases would prove fatal
stable with twenty horses in Roosevelt street
had not well horse in the stalls
Collins stable, No. ~ Hamilton street contains
sixty horses, thirty OF them infected with the
tagi0n.
The old Aston Stable in Park street, has about
thirty horses all on the sick hist.
The East Broadway Stable tWhitebread's) has
fifty horses. All Of them sick as to be unfit
for use. The first symptoms OF the disease were
observed on Tuesday evening, and the contagion
rapidly spread among them No cases
pected to prove fatal in this stable
At the stable lbs Norfolk street there forty
horses. The disease first appeared in this stable
Wednesday morning and in twenty-four hours half