The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-26
THE HORSE MALADI.
PROGRESS or THE DISEASE IL *Gw roEy.

PROGRESS OF TIE DISEASE - EEN ithA.
NEw York, October 2j.-'IIe weather this
morning was very damp ANA iua.@r. The
| horse disease l!Is now spread 10 every stable
! in this city. Symptoms oi tie coi'ta@toh AZ"
| visible OF alu!u>l every h0rSr in the streets.
| The stage and ~tryot-car lines az" continuing
| 10 lessen their trips. At about O'Clock l;'St
"vcnng there was not Il DroatWa! stage be-
| tween the Battery and The City Hall. ihis
morning thpt tioroIi-,ai@trc ~cclI@ to- eaiMo>l
without rchri"> .iiip",tEc: il i c;tl"uiticd
that about 1890 horses arc HpW 1Itccfe1.
The aa;:ua- attacked the day iG.ore tt."
tcTClay exhibit the WorS" features. ana II
,ccnS evident that. dating The ca'c> from
Monday or Sunday, tho cii>!" can Yet harG'E
he said TO i!ayc arrived. The continued
working of affected horses i beginning 10
tell in the rapid increase oi tsle dangerous
cases. Not many deaths have been reported
as vct. but il j. known that dca;!i> are oc-
curing.
Ii i the opinion of veterinary Surgeons
that tic d>tcmlcr may not Prove fatal, bu'
that the horses will suffer tor some time from
weakness. The Sanitary Committee reported
f., the Board OF Health yesterday that the
disease, though general, i 10; tl!ai or cpn-
ta"lu,,s. The course Of the disease >";ir's 10
Dt, S!N iItktN lilt dliiIiIebI II ''''
tur,iay. worse: Sunday. The lnall,y has dt-
;ainod its climax; Monday, til" horse i'm
proTcs: TUESDAY. he is almost Ill lOr work.
The elect OIL business, it IS noticed, has
been ycry severely felt, alrti il a> already
caused dl;lya.c and ctri.t-c III some In@lauc"s
~ rise 10 Tar plic">.
Latest FROM >Lw IOEh.
Nlw YoRK. October 2j.--Tlr weather ltaN
been rainy aIl day and uniTora lr I" u
lctng animals. Thousands ct people "cic
lc-,tly compelled 10 resort to pedcStlitiIS'i'
Il The ui>tclnpcr conlIiIu"s unahaicd IL l.
probable the demands OF business Will re-
rI,irr The running Of dummy cusinca ~ lhc
streets. and The repeal oi the Ia" TcNl"r'iGS
r;tiia-c OF sidewalks. The number OF street.
cars withdrawn aggregate @"H. IT, HE'la"S
i mlkin- rapid Strld'>. itr Misunderstanding
and express. cu'npiI'ir'> &ic iHr -i'At'>i SUI,
i,r,r-. The railroad depot, ana ,i'".ii>nIi''
wl.ar;r> are crowded with if"i.'i,, 'Achii!@
tEr means at transportation hy .!"i''>.
tue DISEASE Is otHLr rLA,t>.
~r. lmIs, 0,tohcr 2J.--fIoY>c doctors an
uutillrc III" appearance ot the horse hl'ladl
here.
LEwrsrowx, Me-, October 37.-Se'craI
hundred horses are sick here. bttt lew
death. are reported.
AUGUSTA, ME. October 2j.-Th"re are
number of cases of horse disease here. ontE
one has proved fatal A. yet. >.
ROCHESTER, October 2j.-Ihe horse dts
case shows no abatement. The weather Is
rainy and damp, and reports from various
stables are that the horses arc much worse
than they were yesterday.
HuDsos, \. l., October 23,-Ihe morse
endemic has made its appearance III TINS
county. Yesterday number OF horses were
token sick in Cnyerark, Chatham. Hills0aie,
and adjacent towns. 49,
COMFY, Pa, October 25.~-lhe horse !nal-
adv Il here. The Express Company's horses
are laid Up. ..,,
pHlLAozLgH1A, October 25.--Inyestigations