Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-10-26
HE HORSE DISEASE.
Progress of the Fpides ic-.ss Errct.
ON Business Remedies Suggested.

The progress Of the dstemper among tie
horses which has 50 suddenly parslvSed the
business interests OF many cities and towns in
the north and the Canadian provinces is ana
bated, and seems TO be extending its RANGE
rapidly over New England and in some parts OF
the West. SO far the disease has not reached
Philadelphia, Baltimore, OF Washington, bat
precautions are taken IN each city nv wav OF
PREPARATION against II. The Union Line Rail
way company OF Philsde phis have had a
veterinary surgeon in New York investigating
the SYMPTOMS and treatment OF the disease.
BUSINESS INTERRVPrHD IS Nav YORK AxD
DEoOKLYS.
ne elhdemic continues its rsvages through
out New York city, aud few stables can he
found in which the disease has not mall IT,
appearance. The rainy weather il generally
regarded as uniavorsble 10 the animals affected.
Three lines OF cars, 10 wit, the Broa lwlv,
BrCome-street, and Seventh avenue were com
PEELED to withdraw fifty-siN cars YESTERDAY.
other lines are Withdrawing teams snd trying 10
obtain dummy engines 70 replace them. Inward
OF 900, altogether, have been Withdrawn from
The different lines. The horses connected with
great M any private establishments in the CITY
are lald up: Among others are those OF Arnold.
Constable & Co., A. L. Stewart s. Co, n r.
Claim y Co., and Several express companies
OF the three hundred horses used on the North
river by steyedores, two hundred and eighty
have got The disease. Very few horses in Brook
lyn escape the contsgion. Grocers, bakers,
butchers, mtkmen, &c, are unable to supply
their customers. In the dcpots OF the Erie,
motifs and Essex, and Pennsylvania railroads.
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ton, ano the wharves OF the large steamship
lines are crowded with bales aud boxes, which
cannot be moved.
RAvAoRs OF THE DISEASE ELSEWHERE.
HE disease has also made its appearance in
Clayerach, Waltham, and Hiilsdsle, ". V, and
Portsmouth, n. II. IL 10 still raging at New
maven, Conn.,, and shows no sign OF Abatement
In Buffalo. In Boston tie disease has Increased
and yesterday the business street,, except for
the crowd OF pedestrians, wore Sabbath-dav
appe aTance. In many instances oxen are sab
horses haa frat
The large express companies continue TO DO the
necessary business, but many smaller ones are
compelled TO suspend. A total suspension OF
street railway travel il threatened.
A recapitulation of the number of horses en-
ployed and the number affected by the disease
in New Ork and other cities 80 far a. eStim ated
ny to Thursday night, shows that OF ASK
horses employed, q ,jsi were sick
AN OLD CAVALRY oFFICERs REMEDY.
Gen. Ii. ). Roberts, an Old cavalry officer,
writes TO Robert Bonner, of the Ledger TO say
that disease which he thinks identical with
the epZcotic influenza broke out among his
horses in New Mexico in ls5s. he ordered an
horses on The first appearance OF the disease to
be thoroughly rubbed between the lower avs
and along the larynN down the neck with Spir-
lts OF turpenune, causing severe eXterna. ir-
rltatlon and blister. lie saved every horse thus
treated, and in a very few DAYS entirely broke
the dIstemper and checked the epidemic. Spir-
IT'S OF turpentne is always at hand, and can be
more readily applied than any other counter
iTritant. IL should be thoroughly rubbed in
through the hair TO the skin, for a distance OF
some twelve or fifteen inches, under the jaws
and down the neck OF the horse, Immediately
over the larynX. The remedy is severe, aud
makes the skin sore Tor several weeks aud for
an hour causes great suffering to the horse. But
IL acts promptly and effectively. A correspOnd-
ent OF the New York Herald recommends pure
peppermint Oil, applied freely in bathing the
throat, head or other parts affected. Instant
relief VIII result, without the possibility OF any
injury to the animal.
BKKF CATTLE NOT AFFpcrEp.
Inc New York Times denies that the cattle