The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-31
THE HORSEDISEAsE.
Latest Aspects In New York City.-
The Crisis PaSseds.SertouS Inter-
TuptiOn to Business.

Tuption to BuSineSs.A
NEw YoRK, October 3O.-The weathe.
to-day Is cool and pleasant, and very IA
vorable to the prevailing epidemic, which
Is now thought TO have reached It's crisis.
The manifestations Of the results OF the
disease, however, remain about the same
Deaths are constantly occurring, about
one hundred being reported yesterday 10
this city and Brooklyn. Many stage
lines have increased their number oi
trips, but the horses seen In the streets,
not only Of tho car lines but to private We:
hiCles, show bad symptoms Of disorder.
Several firms will resume the use Of oxen
to-day for the conveyance OF merchandise
from POughkeepsie. The horses OF the
regular army In this vicinity are almost
all afflicted, and Quartermaster General
lngolls has issued an order as 10 the dis.
ease and Its remedy.
Humanitarian Bergh announces his
purpose to continue in the preventing Of
working afflicted animals. Three or tour
Broadway Stage Companies have each
sued Bergh's society for interference with
their business: each claims $25, 900 dam
ages and asking an injunction against
Bergh and his men.
At meeting of the Sanitary Commit
tee Of the Board Of Health yesterday 1t
is understood that q thorough examina.
ton ofall stables was ordered. The work.
ing OF diseased horses without some
covering was thought surely fatal. The
grain and fruit trade continues to suffer
heavily. The Ocean steamships to. day
will not carry more than one.t6ird their
usual amount OF freight. The India did
not discharge her freight on arrival yes
terday; today an attempt will be made
by the lighters. Many OF the sugar re-.
fneries are reported 10 have suspended
business. 1t is the opinion Of several
business men that the Washington Mar
ket, near VeseY street, Is. losing nearly
tiny. thousand dollars day. The stable
superintendent thinks that the working ol
diseased horses will run the distemper
into the glanders and the result will be
fatak :
THE DIsTEMPER SPREADING AT scuENEc.
TADY AND PATTERSON.
SCHENECTADY, October 30.-The horse
disease is spreading rapidly here. Twenty
or thirty canal boats are laid up and near
ly every boat has lost one or two horses.
Several hundred horses in the city are
affected and 1t is thought that iu day or
two nearly all will be sick. 1t is spread
ing In the country also.'
PATTERSON, N. j., October 30.-The
horse disease is reaching alarming pro-
portions in this city and vicinity.
CoNcoRD, N. L., October 30-The
horse disease has appeared, but only in 3
mild form.
OswEoo, N. z, October 8O-There is
no improvement In the horse epidemic
Two thirds OF the canal horses are sflict
ed, and considerable difficulty Is ex.
perienced IN moving boats.
BOsToN, October S0-More horses ap-
peared on the streets today than for sew.
eral days past, but far from enough to
meet the demands. The disease is evil
IDENTIFY subsiding.
PHILADELPHIA, October 30.-Several
more Cases OF horse disease were reported
this morning in the Market street railway
stables.
PROVIDENCE, R. l., October SO.-All OF
tho horses were Withdrawn this noon
from the street railways, nearly all Of
them becoming weak and spiritless. some
stables report their horses improving.
ROCHESTER,, October 30.-The horse
disease Is rapidly abltlng here.
NEW York, October 30.-The condi-
tion Of the horses to-day in tho city sta
bles Is reported little better, but there
is nothing to indicate speedy abatement
Of the disease. The progress of the dis
case in the Fire Department Is most
alarming. Out Of IA horses only two
are well, and thirty.fOur are wholly unfit
Tor use. Rest is considered the great
requisite for their cure, and this It is al
most impossible to give them. Even u
the disease was stopped at once, two
months, It Is thought, would be required
10 get them into their former condition.
Chief Engineer Perley has ordered a
1rst.class steam fire engine, with sell.pro.
pelling attachment. This can be run, il
is said, at the rate Of mile In three min.
utes, while its speed can be easily reguls.
ted. It will be kept near the FIRE head.
quarters, and when the occurrence OF a
serious fire in any part Of the city Is re-
ported 1t will be dispatched at once TO the
spot. The Chief Engineer to-day issued
an order suspending for the present all
leaves of absence, except in special cases
Of sickness or death. Six companies have
been organized as hand companies, with
their ranksStlled by details from the 9th.
ers. All OF the old two wheel horse car.
riages which could be found have been
pressed into service, and will be attached
TO the engines Some Of the tenders will
be run by hand.
Hundreds Of lOngshoremen are CON-
planning that the epidemic among horses
has rendered them penniless. Most of
these laborers work by the hour, and
some have not obtained over three hours
work in q week.
Goods Of all descriptions are piled pro.
miscuously along the whafVes on West
and South streets, In some cases reach
ing 10 the heigth OF ten or fifteen feet,
completely hiding the river from view;
and the small number oil trucks employed
would not be able to remove this enor.
nous accumulation Of freight In less than
six months. |tlTg
Eighty.seyen horses died in this city
yesterday. Increased facilities are need.
ed TO remove carcasSes from the streets
and stables. Two persons arc reported
sick today with the horse disease.
SPREAD OF THE DISEASE AT CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND, October eO.-The horse
disease spread rapidly to-day. Several ol
the livery stables are closed, many OF the
Express Companies horses are untit for
service, and the disease has appeared
among the Fire Departments horses,
One Of the street car railroads ran cars
once an hour this afternoon; anoth !
took of all their cars at 8 o'clock 10, night,
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