Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-11-19
THE EPIzooFY.
Three Hundred Horses are Atsaeked
The Plague Reaches the Country, and
Spreading Over Middle Tennessee.
Chattanooga, Chrfstiana, Columbia
Gall8ttn and MurfreesbOrO Wis.,
tied, and Horses Become Sick.
Oxen, Wheelbarr0ws and Human
Bipeds Take the Place Of the
Sick Horse.

of the country towns as it did In Nashville,
indicating that the disease, being truly an
epizootic in its nature, is not local, as all
sensible persons must admit, but has wide
and fearful sweep over the land.
Many yet hug the Elusive belief
that the epizooty has not reached
here but only bad cold prevails among the
horses. They have, however, been made
to admit that the majority OF horse owners
in this city slightly differ with them, fact
shown early yesterday morning, and sab
sequently continued, since
NO STREET CARS
have been running during the entire day.
Many little school girl had her cheeks
roseated by the biting wind, which rudely
Haunted in her face as onward she wendell
her way to the school room, having waited,
but in vain, for the street cars with their
tinkling, merry bells and comfortable seats.
The South Nashville street railway have
not well horse in their stable, forty being
now sick. The twenty horses Of the South
Spruce street railway are all sick, too, which
were worked after attacked, being now
very unwell. The same thing prevails
among the horses of the North Nashville
street railway, and yesterday not 'keer"
was to be seen, except those running from
Edgefield to the city. The number of
horses now attacked with this disease is esti-
mated quite largely, and we do not hesitate
to say that there are now
300 HORSES AND MULES SICK.
While mules have enjoyed comparative
immunity in the Northern cities, in Nash
vile and the surrounding country they
have succumbed as readily almost as the
horse. We candidly believe there is much
unnecessary alarm among the people of the
country where the disease has appeared, in
some instances sooner than in the city.
Persons living in the country will find that
the epizooty is as likely to prevail there,
and that their horses and mules will be as
safe in the city as if they were kept at
home. The history of this disease illus
trates the statement and they ed 10 lon
ger remain at home hes t4ting 10 come to
the city through fear OF the epzooty.
AT GALLATLN
the disease appeared Friday, the same day
it did here, when all the livery stable horses
in that town were attacked, though many
stables here are as yet altogether free from
it. Since then the plague has spread
IN SOhNhh SOONAAg
and most of the horses, as we are inform
ed by a reliable gentleman from that sec
ton, have been seized. Fifty or sixty
horses and mules belonging to Captain John
Walton, two miles from Gallatin, have been
attacked and one horse in the town has
died of the effects. The disease appear ed
IN MURFREEsBoRO
last Wednesday, since when it has been
travelling extensively. Every horse, forty
or CITY in number in the livery stable Of
Barclay g. Todd is sick, and those in the
other stables suffer likewise.
CHRIsTIANA
has the disease and in fact we hear of its
reaching long distance, but its origin is
not attributed to the circus, which may or
may not have proven an adjunct in circula-
ting the plague. 1t is reported that
THE HORSES AT CHATTANOOGA
had been seized, but as nothing reliable has
been heard from that source the report can
not be relied on. 1t prevails largely at
Lynchburg, Virginia, where four-ftths OF
the horses are sick, but has scarcely reach
ed Chattanooga, although the disease is at
mospheric, and no pace, whether in coun-
try or city, offers immunity from its raw
ages.
AT PULASKI
many animals are sick, and the eplzooty
commenced there as soon as it did here.
The same may be said of the plague
AT COLUMBIA
where many of the horses are undergoing
its MYSTERIOUS visitation with that speeches.
patience and dumb heroism everywhere
observed in the sufferings OF the equine
family. Our citizens are not alarmed at It's
prevalence in 80 far as it may affect the
horses, fearing only an unnecessary
PANIC AMONG THE COUNTRY PEOPLE,
and an interruption of business through
the loss of locomotive pc Yer. In this con-
nection we would state that too many wish
to take advantage of the people and ask
FABULOUS PRICES FOR FUEL.
Yesterday the ruling price, that is the
amount asked by Spectators, for WOOD
ranged from So to SO per cord, nearly
double the sum it usually sells at.
Owing to the spread of the disease and
cold weather the agencies here have been
UNABLE TO DELIVER COAL
to the places where ordered. Their con-
tracts with factories and large consumers
render such incumbent and while there IS
necessarily much inconvenience and some
grumbliDg all must remember that the
companies have endeayored to do their best.
AS TO the
WATER WORKS SUPPLY.
We are informed by McIver 81 Co. that
enough has been landed there to run twenty
DAYS or more, so that we need not enter
tain the doleful
FEARS OF A WATER FAMINE,
I'D; Of
of life might be highly proper under exist
ing circumstances, which, like tight boots,
are exceedingly unpleasant. Several large
dray companies are now feeling the disease.
Yesterday McIver 81 Co. withdrew
eight of their drays because oil
THE MULES BEING ATTACKED.
Madison Stratton, of the st. Bernard
Company, also has his teams afflicted, and
one of the horses yesterday shuffied off this
NOR al coil. In consequence Of the insbil-
ity of the agencies to ell coal orders every
kind of vehicle was brought into requisition,
even
wHEELBARRows BEING USED
for this purpose. The various coal yards
presented lively appearance, and at some
not few darkies, with huge baskets, were
gathering the black diamonds which, though
not SO brilliant as the jewels that were
| Corneia's pride, were much priced
and welcomed by every family, whether in
the home of wealth, where gorgeous splen-
dor sparkles cheerfully, or in the rude and
scanty furnished howell of the poor, where
the rude winds Of winter howl so mOanfully
among the shivering wretches sQuatted by
the Ill warmed hearthstone.
THE MERCHANTS
are not put out and many to day will prob
ably use wheelbarTows TO send out their
sold parcels to customers, who is not over
" displeased because the purchases can not
be delivered.
THE LADIES,
| in the absence Of street cars, do not ven
ture far from home; and while dimes and
dollars too are plentiful with some, you
! know as the leaves OF Yailambrosa, we
are inclined to believe
SHOPPING AT A DISCOUNT.
| However when 'new dress" or some
other article of Indispensable ut ility OF
adornment must be had, the timid creatures
venture fearleSsly out, and as good luck or
the admiring eye Of some peripatetic male
friend will have it, they are sure to meet a
polite gentleman who offers to take her
bundles. Good looking young men and
respectable old ones are now i'll demand
This may have salutary effect upon
STREET CORNER LoAFING,
| 40 thair idle eIeoance Young ladies' can nov