, 1872-11-01

to do their rarting. A number Of yokes. hare
already been obtained. Mayor Eastman il re-
c5iYing kilograms hourly, and has his hands full
OF business in the matter. r. Hillyer Sons,
druggists, at No. IS Cedar street, have secured
Park road. Monroe, Chamberlain & Co., Of No.
Yoke, aS and stsss' boy to % driSe them,
AIr. Burhans on the Hyde Park road. p.
R. Macy i Co., of William street, have tele-
graphed for six yoke, and have probably got
them by this time. Lang & Robinson, OF NO.
Front street. have man here in search OF oxen.
D. K. Ducker T. Co, Of No. 42 Fulton street, tel
egraph as follows: ''We want oxen by the week;
supply us by to-nights boat.
j. Monroe Taylor, chemical works, telegraphs:
"We want ten yoke OF oxen for four weeks II
our horses recover, our freight cannot oe denV-
cred under four weeks"
S. D. Palmer d Co., liquor importers, tele-
graph: s'We want ten yoke of oxen imnae-
diate1y; send them on right OFF,"
Mr. John Roosevelt will send his oxen to New
York by boat tonight.
County, yesterday, and are being followed up by
energetic New Workers. They say they will have
them at almost any price. MAJOR Eastman sent
q man into the country yesterday, and he re-
turned last night. He reports that he secured
twenty-three yoke, and some Of them have al.
ready arrived. More are expected to-day, and all
will be forwarded by propellers John L. Has
broucls and Daniel S. Miller. Oxen are also be-
ing shipped for New York at other points on the
Hudson. The demand for them is g. feverish
one and as yet it is impossible to supply it. In
q day or two, however, the way the news is now
travelling, oxen will come pouring in from all
quarters. and the price per day for them may deg
cline. At present the price ranges from 50 to
512 per day for q yoke with driver accompanying.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31-Evening.--There is q
general improvement to-day among the horses
affected by the prevailing epidemic, but business
and travel are still seriously inferfered with BY
1r1,+ Eyo1 he n Tnf3u
we're reported this morning in this city, and rs
in Brooklyn. The Board OF Health have in
strncted Dr. Jones, the City Sanitary Inspector,
to make thorough investigation Of the nature
Of the disorder.
In the ire department all the horses are sick
to-day. The sen-propellng eng inc which Was
expected to arrive to-day will not reach here till
tomorrow.
SYRACUSE, n. r.
SYRACUSE, N. T., Oct. 31.-Tho horse-disease
is abating here, the favorable weather having
good effect.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. 31.-The prevalent
| horse-dsease has made it's appearance in this
city. Nearly fifty well-de7eloped cnses are re-
! ported. Fifteen horses in the stables OF More
| land g. Mitchell have been stricken down with
the disease. Its appearance has causod consid-
| erable excitement.
| OswEao, n. 7, Oct. 91.-No improvement is
| visible in the horse epidemic. Another tug hns
been chartered to tow boats on the canal
making three in all.
Bos1oS, Oct. 31.-4he fatality arising from the
| horse epidemic is considerably on the increase,
the deaths averaging from twenty-five to thirty
| daily. Very few new cases are reported, and
| many among the earliest attacked appear to be
recovering, but the scarcity Of horscs fit for
| work continues greatly to incommode business
and travel, with small hopes Of improvement for
some time to come.
| CINCINNATI, Oct. 31.-Reports Of the appear-
| auce Of the horse plague in this city have been
circulated within tie last day two, but careful
investigation have proved these reports utterly
| groundless-
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-Two morning papers
report that forty or fifty horses have symptoms
of the equine epidemic. Another morning pa
per says that tho veterinary surgeons are not
attending any horses. They did not believe
there was a case in the city.
| ALBANY. n. =.
ALBANY, N. T., Oct 31.--The horse disease
still prevails here, and oxen and laborin men
are brought into uEe in drawing wagons.
| PHILADELPHIA.
| PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 31.-The cases OF horse
| disease, number 600 in this city and 150 in Cam
den. No deaths are reported. large number
of horses in private stables are Affected
| CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND, O., Oct, 9l.-The horae-diseaae
! continues to spread rapidly. AL OF the street
car lines, with one exception, suspended the
running of cars this evening. That one will
probably do so tomorrow. About half OF the
Express Company's horses are unfit for use;
also many of the fire department horses. It is
estimated that there ara nearly 600 cases now in
the city.
NEW ENGLAND.
NEW YonK, Oct. 31.-The horse-disease is re-
ported more fatal throughout the New England
States.
TROY, n. 7.
Troy, N. T., Oct 31.-The horse disease pre-,
vailed here for several days. Two hundred and
twenty horses of the Troy 4 Lanslngburg Rail
road are sick, and their cars are hauled OF.
More than half the horses in the city are affect
ed.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND, Me-, Oct. 31.-The horBe-disease
is becoming fatal in this city.