Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-14
H HORSE
Continued Spread of the Disease Through
the Couutry-IIs Ravages in Chicago ana
the West-Appcnrance of the Epidemic In
Eu1luud.

the Country-IIs Ravages in Chicago and
the West-Appcnrance of the Epidemic In
England.
RAvAGEs OF THE DITEMPER IN THE EAST.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-The disease is rapidly
decreasing, and the streets begin to assume
their old appearance. Street-car traffic Is
being resumed. Examination of the bodies
of some of the dead equines has developed
symptoms of pneumonia and typhoid fever:
Baltimore is suffering seriously in conse-
quence of the prevalence of the distemper.
NEW YORK, Nov. A few cars have been
put on the different street lines, and there is
q considerable increase to-day in the num-
Der of horses and vehicles in the streets.
The disease is slowly but surely abating.
NEW York, Nov. 6.-The horse distemper
is rapidly abating, and street traffic is being
resumed. The disease is also rapidly a,ating
at Rochester and other interior points.
Albany and Oswego report no Improvement.
NEW YORK, Nov. THE abatement of the
horse disease continues in this city and vi
cinity. The danger is past, and travel and
business are resuming their normal con-
dition.
BosroN, Nov 4.-No horse cars or other
means of conveyance are being run, and
very few equines are on the street. Yet
there is a marked improvement in the dis
ease, and it is thought to be slowly but sure
ly passing away. Dispatches from Maino
report the disease spreading throughout the
| State. At Springfield, Mass, it is very fatal.
The noted trotting horse, Springfield Boy,
has just died.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, oct. LINE olsease Is
rapidly abating here.
OswRGo, N. Y, Oct. 31.-The epidemic
continues to spread through the surrounding
country. Canal freights to New York and
tidal waters have risen to IL cents a mile,
and are still advancing. The distemper is
becoming general in Northern New York.
Over two-thirds of the canal horses are af-
fected.
PROVIDENCE, R. l., Oct. 31.-The distemper
is growing worse in this city and vicinity.
| All the horses have been Withdrawn from
the street
scHENEcrEDY, N. Y, Oct. 31.-The horse
disease is spreading rapidly here. Over
thirty canal boats arc laid up, and nearly
every boat has lost one or two horses. The
epidemic is spreading through the rural dis
tricts.
Paterson, N. j., Oct. s1.-The horse dis
temper is reaching alarming proportions in
thisc city and vicinity.
PITTSBURGH, Nov. Travel was sus-
pended on the Citizens Passenger railway
this forenoon, on account of the horse dis
ease.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 31.-About 800 horses in
this city are affected. Many horses have
been Withdrawn from the street-csr lines.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1.-The epidemic con-
tinues to spread. The number of sick horses
in the city will number 10000. Nearly all
the street-cars have been Withdrawn. But
few fatal cases have been reported. In Jersey
City business is at a stand-still.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4-The horse cpl
| 00u1lC COhkiAucb " bPIOdu ~ III dldIL h1AR
extent, and every public mode o. conveyance
has been suspended. An unsuccessful at
tempt was made to run steam dummy en-
gines on the street-car lines, but the engines
Jumped the track, and the effort had to be
abandoned.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 6.-The horse plague
prevails here to an alarming extent. It is
of a very fatal type, many deaths having
occurred.
CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-An means of public
conveyance in this city have been wholly
suspended. No street-cars or omnibuses are
running, and very few horses are to be seen
on the streets. A Sabbath like stiffness per-
vades the entire city. Nearly every horse
in Chicago is Affected. The crisis is thought
by some to be past, as there is a marked i'm
provement in the condition Of the animals in
most ofthe large stables. The prevalence of
the plague has seriously embarrassed build
ing operations, contractors being unable to
procure material. Several large mercantile
firms are employing oxen for transporting
their goods to and from the depots, and the
appearance of the bovines on the street
causes quite a sensation. Some of the street.
car lines are running dummy engines.
Every kind of business is seriously inter
rupted, and there is considerable suffering
among the poor, who are unable to procure
their supplies of coal. Chicago, however,
has learned how to take these visitations of
misfortune P~hilosophically, and the people
bear up cheerfully under the sore affection.
CHICAGO, Nov. 6.-The horse plague shows
no sign of abatement. The weather con-
tinues unfavorable for the sick %equines, and
no hopes are entertained of q speedy re-
sumption of work on their part. In three
or four cases., deaths have been reported, but
they have resulted from complications OF
other diseases rather than from epizootic
catarrh simply. The mind of the public
generally has become reconciled to the idea
that the disease, with all its attendant evils.
: will take a week, possibly a fortnight, before
it will have run its course. There Is scarcely
a well horse in the city, and the streets are
as silent as a country village. Several yoke
of oxen have arrived from the rural districts.
and are being usefully employed. But few
deaths have occurred, the disease being of
m aid type than has affected the Esstsrn
field, Rockford, Quincy, Decatur and other
interior cities of Illinois.
CHICAGO, Nov. There is no marked
change in the prevalence OF the horse dis
temper. The general impression is that the
disease is still on the Increase. The number
l of fatal cases thus far has been small. Bust
ness continues to be seriously interrupted.
Several street-car companies are using steam
5 engines to draw their cars. 1t is thought the
disease will have run its course in a few days
more.
CLEVELAND, Nov. S.-The horse distemper
5 continues to spread. The streets are almost
entirely deserted by equines, there being
everything wears a Sabbath-like appearance
The express companies are utilizing oxen
I and clerks to move their freight.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 6.-There is no abatement
e in the horse disease here.
CLEyELAND, Nov. 1.-THE epizootic seems
to have reached its crisis. More cases are
/ reported daily, but horses first taken are
convalescent. A street-car appeared in the
street to-day, the fist in several days. II
was drawn by oxen, gaily decorated with
. flags.
THE PLAGUE TRAVELLING SOUTH.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4-Nearly all the horses
in the city are afflicted, and all the cars and
buses have stopped running. In Baltimore
all means of conveyance have been stopped.
and the disease prevails to an alarming ex-
tent, nearly every horse being affected.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Observation-Disclosures
, tieths of the horses in the city are affected
/ including the Presidents fancy stock. Man
power is being substituted for horse power
in many cases.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 6.-Nearly every horse il
the city is affected with the prevailing cpl.
demic. Not a vehicle is to be seen on the
p street.
NORFOLK, Va, Nov. 6.-The horse disease
has disabled nearly all the laboring horses
5 here, and many in the surrounding country
The street cars have stopped running.
GoLsBeRo, N. c., Nov. 6.-The horse diseast
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