The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-16
THE HORSE DISEASE.
Becoming General In the PcnnsyI.
~ vania Coal REGION, u

beeomlng General IN the PcnnSyl
vanta Coal Region.
|. RoTrSvtLLR, Pa, November 15-Thu
hoLse disease 10 becoming general through
out the coal regions. Shipment Of coa
BY canal from SChuylklll has been SuSpen
ded The mules are affected BY thI
disease. II Is feared that several collier
leg will have TO suspend work to morrow
THE pnRAsE AssuNfSo sERIoua PRoroR
VIZ TIuNS II CINCINNATI
CNctSNATr, November 1T-At no
time since The prevalence Of the horse
mRlady has matters seemed 80 serious aS
to day. Tha enid bluSterlng weather has
made the loss VI public conVeyanceS m0rt
trying TO citizens, many OF whom are now
compelled to walk 10 distant hOmes 10
the suburbs and remote parts Of tho city,
The embarraSOments which trade 10 meet.
ing ara however much greater than all
otner9. The almost inability 10 move
enything BY horses 10 producing great
dallnesS In u number Of departments u
trade, rendering prices only nominal
Materials are accumulatIug at the depotS
while consIgnees are able 10 care ior
them only with the greatest difficulty.
a large number Of oxen have been
brought 10 the city within two or threv
Gays, and could be seen to day In ali
parts Of the city, In teams OF two and
Ionr, taking the place Of the horses. Man
power TO wagons Is used more larQ,l "
than ever before, wagons drawn by ioIir
ana SIX men having become common on
all our streets, Dummy engines com
menced running this afternoon on the
Fendlelon street car line, carry log paaseu.
gers from PeDdleton 10 Broadway nnd
Third. Since dark this evening scsrcelv
. aVehicle can be seen upon the streets ii
the city. y"
On account Of the great interruption to
atreet travel, the Great Bethel Fair,
which was 10 open next week, was To-
Gay postponed Tor thIee weekS. Among
the anxious ones concerning The situation
are those In charge Of the TrlenniaI Biz.
list Sunday School Convention, which Il
70 assemble here next week, they being
entirely unable 10 provide vehicles iur
me Blk hundred delegates expected. The
strangers will fud y generous welcome,
out Will have to resort to first principles
In lOcOmOllOD.
FATAL CASES OF RELAPsE At auFPALo
BUFFALO, November Is "A large mum.
Der Of horses which have been worked
too hard since their recovery from the
epidemic. are suffering from relapse, and
numbeTouS deaths from affection OF the
Kidneys and dropsy are reported.
MILWAUKEE, November lG.-The eri
zOoIlc sult prevails in this city with little
or no signs OF abatipg, and reports from
Interior points show It TO be spreading
throughout the State. No Omnibus or
street car lines in this city have as yet re-
sumed business, and It 10 almost itnposi,
Die 10 and teams 10 transfer from the ho-
tels and depots. "A funeral procession
passed through the streets yesterday, the
heaTse drawn BY oxen.
5now iell last evening Rand this morning
LOUISVILLE, November l5.-The horse
disease has stopped nearly all business. A
lew horses or mules are unaffected. Eve.
rything is at q stand sill that requires the
use Of horses or mules, oxen being intro
duced Tor freight transportation through
the city. The owners Of drays, carts, &C !,
ask enormous prices. The citizens are to
organize In all the wards 10 draw engines
to the DIRE ln case OF an alarm to night.
Captain Harris, Superintendent OF the
Louisville Transfer Company, to. night at.
tached employees 10 an omnibus and de
liVered passengers to the depot and train
passengers 10 the hotels. ..