The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-10-24
NEW YORK.
The Horse Disease in New York.
Large Numbers of Animals Affected

Large Numbers of Animals Affected.
New YORK, OcT. 23-The horse disease
which is prevailing in the different cities out
side of New York and which had caused great
excitement among stable keepers and car COM
panies, has made its appearance in this city
city, and is causing the greatest panic The
disease seems to have appeared first in this
city in magnitude Monday Afternoon, although
there were some few cases of an earlier date
The contagious qualities of the disease very
violent and within twenty-four hours after the
first symptoms were noticed, in one large stable
one thousand horses under the same roof were
similarly afflicted. A reporter, who visited a
number of stables states that no less than
seventy thousand horses in all were affected up
to yesterday evening. The horses on the stage
and street car lines are all more or less affected
On the 9th Avenue line two hundred horses
were stricken down in four hours. Over two
thousand horses on the Sd avenue line are suf-
fering In the stables of the 23d St. stage line
fac hundred horses are laid up. Up to mid
night lasl night no deaths occurred except in
the 9th avenue stables, In Brooklyn the dis
ease is reported in the city railroad stables. 1t
is gravely apprehended that the disease will
spread and materially interrupt the means of
traffic throughout the city. There are some H.
600 car and stage horses in New York, and il
equine travel becomes stopped this season the
losses to business will be very heavy. The dis
ease is denominated a catarrhal fever 1t COM
mences with a cough, and in about thirty-six
hours running from the eyes ahd nose is devel-
oped, and the horse becomes weak, the affec-
ton being thought similar to the Canadian cpl
demic.
Eft Cetera.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-There is no apparent
| improvement in Mrs. Greeley's health
Havemeyer has accepted the Republican
nomination for Mayor. In his letter to Thos.
Murphy, Mr. Havemeyer congratulates the
people on the Republicans laying aside party
characteristics in the interest of reform. Have
meyer has also written letter to Peter Cooper
! accepting the nomination from the United Re
| form organization
Governor Hoffman has named Jno a. Brady
as one of the associate judges of the general
term of this department., in place of Judge
| Barnard
The Nathan Murderer.
| An anonymous burglar offers to come to
New York city, produce the murderer of Ma
than, the banker, and prove said murderer s
| guilt provided he is given immunity from req
| usitions from other States and is paid $4,000
| after the conviction of the murderer.
POLITICAL,
Thos j. Dreamer was last night nominated
for Congress in the 18th District, and Charles B.
Shaw in the Sth District by the Tammany
Hall Convention. Adolph G. Lang was nomi-
| mated for Congress in the 9th District by the
Grant Republicans.
The Bar Association last night passed a res
olution that the denomination of Judge Bed
ford for City Judge should be publicly disproved
and that it will be opposed by the Bar Assoc
citation.
| Gen. Slocum will accept the Democratic AS
sembly nomination rendered to him in Kings
county.
The Committee of Seventy last night discuss
ed the proposition to urge A r. Lawrence tt
withdraw from his Democratic candidature fol
mayoralty ane accept the nomination of City
Judge
Alonzo B. Cornell has resigned the SURVEYOR
ship of the port of New York. which he hat
held for three years and half, to accept
nomination to the Assembly. 3.