The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-11-15
THE HORSE PLAGUE.
Continued spread Of the Disease Through
the Counrry-Its Ravages in Chicago and
the West-APpearRnce of the Epidemic
IN Euglnnd.

RAvAGEs OF THE DIsTEMPER IN THE EAST.
NEW YORK. Oct 31.-The condition Of the
horses in the city stable is reported a little
| better, but there IL nothing TO indicate a
speedy abatement OF the epidemic The prog
| ress OF the disease in the fire department is
| alarming. Ont of l44 horses, only two are
| well. A large steam engine, with solf-pro-
polling attachments, has been ordered. II can
| be run at the rate OF mile in three minutes,
| and will be kept near the fire headquarters.
| Hundreds of longshoremen are suffering for
| the necessaries or life, in consequence OF the
epidemic. These laborers work by the hour,
| and many have not obtained three hours work
| in week. Immense piles of goods are scat
| tered along the wharyes on West and South
| streets, in some cases reaching to the height
of ten or fifteen feet, completely hiding the
river from view.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-The disease seems TO
| be diminishing, the number of deaths be-
ing smaller than yesterday. More omnibuses
| and drays are out, but the street-car service
| remains about the same. In Brooklyn there
| is no improvement, and heavy mortality is
reported there. The stagnation in business
remains about the same. Mr.. Bonner thinks
| the distemper will soon pass away. female
| doctor reports that she IL treating four ladies
| who are suffering from the disease. AT SYRIA
| cuse the disease Is abatlng. At Oswego there
Is no improvement. At Troy it prevails to an
alarming extent. Albany reports no abate-
ment. The disease is spreading through New
Jersey. few slight cases are reported in
Washington City Portland, Maine reports
the epidemic unusually fatal there and that
II continues TO spread.
NEW YORK, Nov 1.-The disease is rapidly
decreasing, and the streets begin to assume
their old appearance. Street-car traffic is be-
ing resumed. Examination of the bodies of
some OF the dead equines has developed
symptoms OF pneumonia and typhoid fever.
Baltimore il suffering seriously in consequence
of the prevalence of the distemper.
NEW YORK. Nov. A few cars haze been
put on the different street lines, and there is
a considerable increase TO-DAY in the number
OF horses and vehicles in the streets. The
disease is slowly but surely abating
New YORK, Nov. 6.-The horse distemper il
rapidly abating, and street traffic il beng re-
sumed. The disease is also rapidly abating at
Rochester ard other interior points. Albany
and Oswego report no Improvement.
BosToN Oct. 31.-The horse distemper has
taken favorable turn, and an improvement
Is reported in nearly all the cases under
treatment few street cars continue to rum
BosToN, Nov. 1.-The fatality arising from
the horse epidemic is considerably on the IN
crease deaths averaging from twenty-five TO
thirty daily.
BosToN, Nov NO horse-cars or other
means OF conveyance are being run, and very
few equines are on the street. Yet there is a
marked Improvement in the disease, and it is
thought to be slowly but surely passing away
Dispatches from Maine report the disease
spreading throughout the State. At Spring
field, Mass, it is very fatal. The noted trot-
ing horse, Springfield Boy, has Just died.
OswEGo, n. y, Oct 31.-The epidemic con-
tinues to spread through the surrounding
country. Canal freights to New York and
tidal waters have risen to II cents mile, and
are still advancing The distemper is becom-
ing general in Northern New York. Over two
thirds OF the canal horses are affected.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2.-The epidemic con-
tinues to spread. The number OF sick horses
in the city will reach 10000. Nearly all the
street-cars have been withdrawn. But few
City business IL at a stand-stil.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4.-The horse epidemic
continues to spread to an alarming extent, and
every public mode of conveyance has been
suspended. An unsuccessful attempt was
made to run steam dummy engines on tho
street-car lines, but the engines jumped the
track, and the effort had to be abandoned.
PHILADELPHIA Nov. G.-The horse plague
prevails here to an alarming extent 1t IL
of very fatal type, many deaths having oc-
Cured.
PROVIDENCE, II. l., Oct 31.-The distemper
Is growing worse in this city and vicinity. All
the horses have been withdrawn from the
street railways.
SCHENECTADY, n. Y, Oct 31.-The horse dis
ease is spreading rapidly here. Over thiity
canal boats are laid up, and nearly every
boat has lost one or two horses. The
epidemic is spreading through the rural dis
tricts.
PATERSON, n. j., Oct. 81 The horse dis
temper is reaching alarming proportions in
this city and vicinity.
N TIE WEST
CHICAGO, Nov. 2.-There has been slight
increase i'm the number Of cases of horse dis
ease in this city. They are of mild type, no
fatal cases having occurred. There is no
alarm among horse owners, as the impression
Is almost universal that the distemper will
not assume a fatal shspe.
CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-The horse epidemic is
rapidly on the increase here. 1t il estimated
that two-thrds Of the horses in the city are
affected and there is scarcely stable or pri-
vate barn that has not been invaded by the
plague. Much alarm is felt, and the question
IL on every ones lip, What can be done 10
check the epidemic! At the various railroad
depOts freight Is accumulatiug Mt an alarming
rate, the eXpressmen having almost complete
ly deserted the depots. All the street-cars
have been withdrawn, and but few om-
nlbuses are running. There is general de-
preston of business, and the work OF rebuild
ing promises TO be seriously interrupted if
not wholly checked, for a short time. The
only encouraging circumstance is that the dis
ease has not as yet developed fatal form,
no fatal cases having occurred up to to-day
CHICAGO, Nov 5.-All means of public con-
veyance in this city have been wholly sus-
pended. No street-cars or omnibuses are
running. and very few horses are TO be seen
on the streets. 4 Sabbath-like Stiffness per-
vades the entire city. Nearly every horse in
Chicago is affected. The crisis is thought by
some to be past, and there is a marked i'm
provement in the condition of the animals in
most of the large stables. The prevalence of
the plague has seriously embarrassed building
operations, contractors being unable to pro-
cure material. Several large mercantile firms
are employing oxen for transporting their
goods to and from the depots, and the appear
ance of the bovncs on the street causes quite
a sensation. Some of the street-car lines
are running dummy engines. Every kind of
business is seriously interrupted, and there is
considerable suffering among the poor, who
are unable to procure their supplies OF coal.
Chicago, however, has learned how to
TO take these visitatons of misfortune philo-
sophically, and the people bear up cheerfully
under the sore affection.
CHICAGO, Nov. 6.-The horse plague shows
no signs of abatement. The weather con-
tinues unfavorable for the sick equines, and
no hopes are entertained of speedy resump-
ton OF work on their part. In three or four
cases, deaths have been reported, but they
have resulted from complications of other
diseases rather than from epizootic catarrh
simply The mind OF the public generally has
become reconciled to the idea that the dis