The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-11-15
THE HORSE PLAGUE.

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the west-Appearance Of the Epidemic
In EnGland.
RAvAGEs OF THE DIsrExPER IN TIE EAST,
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Tne disease is rapidly
decreasing, and the streets begin to assume
their old appearance. Street-car trafnc ID
being resumed. Examination OF the Dodies
of some of tho dead equines has deveioPeo
symptoms Of pneumonia and typhoid fever'
Baltimore is suffering seriously IN conso-
auence of the prevalence Of the distemPer.
NEW York, Nov. A few cars have been
put on the different street-car lines, ana
there is a considerable increase in the num-
Der of horses and vehicles in the streets. Inc
disease is slowly but 9 lrely sbating.
New York, Nov. 6.-The horse distemper
| ia rapidly absting, and street attic is being
| resumed. The disease is also rapidly abating
| at Rochester and other interior points. Al
bany and Oswego report no Improvement.
NEW York, Nov. Tho abatement OF the
horse disease continues in this city. ana
| vicinity. The danger is past, and travel and
business are resuming their normal condi-
ton.
Bosros, Nov. THE fatality arising from
| the horse endemic is considerably on the
| increase, deaths averaging from twenty-five
| to thirty daily.
BosroN, Nov. mo horse-cars or ether
means of conveyance are being run, ana
/ very few aquines are on the street. iet
| there is a marked improvement in the dis
ease, and it is thought to be slowly but sure
ly passing away. Dispatches from Maine
report the disease spreading through
out the State. At Springfield, Mass, il 10
very fatal. The noted trotting horse, Spring
field Boy, has Just died.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Oct. 3l.-The disease 10
rapidly abating here.
PHILADELPaIA, Nov. 1.-THE epidemic con-
| tinues to spread. The number Of sick horses
in the city will number 10000. Nearly all
the street cars rave been Withdrawn: But
few fatal cases have been reported. In Jersey
| City business is at a stand-still.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4.-The horse cpl
demic continues to spread to an alarming
extent, and every public mode OF convey.
ance has been suspended. An unsuccessful
attempt was made TO run steam dummy
engines on the street-car lines, but tho en-
| gines jumped the track, and the effort had
TO be abandoned.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1.-THE horse plague
prevails here to an alarming extent. 1t is
of a very fatal type, many deaths having
occurred.
PATERSON, N. j., Oct. 3l.-The horse dis
temper is reaching alarming proportions in
this city and vicinity.
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 7.-Travel was suspend
ed on the Citizens Passenger railway this
forenoon, on account of the horse disease.
IN TIE WEST.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2.-There has been o slight
increase in the number Of cases Of horse dis
ease in this city. They are Of q mild type,
no fatal cases having occurred. There is no
alarm among horse owners, as the impress
| sion is almost universal that the disease will
not q sumo a fatal shape.
CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-The horse epidemic 10
rapidly on the increase here. 1t is estimated
that two thirds of the horses in the city are
| affected, and there is scarcely q stable or
| private barn that has not been invaded by
| Che plague. Much alarm is felt, and the
question is on every ono's lip, What can be
done to check the epidemicI At the various
railroad depots freight is accumulating at an
alarming rate, the expressmen having al
most completely deserted the depots. All
the street-car lines have been Withdrawn,
and but few omnibnses are running. There
is e general depression Of business, and the
work of rebuilding promises TO be seriously
interrupted, if not wholly checked, for .
short time. Tho only encouraging circum-
stance is that the disease hiss not Is yet de-
veioped q fatal form, no fatal cases having
occurred up to to-day.
CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-Ali means Of public
conveyance in this city have been wholly
eCsHCuusus AV " VI u
running, and very few horses are to DO seen
on the streets. Sabbath-like stiffness per-
vades the entire city. Nearly every horse
in Chicago is affected. The crisis is thought
| by some 10 be past, as there is q marked i=:-
provement in the condition of the animals
in rsost of the large stsbi 3. The prevslence
of the plague has seriously embarrassed
building operations, contractors being IN
able 70 procure material. Several large msr.
o..t;io 6rps syo arpplNvinp oYen for tpt ua-
porting their goods 10 and from the depots,
and the appearance of the boviEes on the
street causes quite a sensation. Some Of the
street-lines are running dummy engines.
Every kim Of business is seriously inter
rupted, and there 10 considerable suffering
among the poor, who are unable 10 procure
their supplies of coal. Chicago, however,
has learned how TO take these visitations OF
misfortune p~hilosophically, and the people
bear up cheerfully under the sore affection.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE horse plague shows
DO 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
disease, with all its attendant evils, will take
a week, possibly a fortnight, before it will
have run its course. Therei is scarcely a we'll
horse in the city, and the streets are 10 silent
as a country village. Several yoke OF oxen
have arrived from the rural districts, md
are being usefuliy employed. But few deaths
have occurred, the disease being of q milder
type then has affected the Eastern cities.
Tho disease has appeared in Springfield,
Rockford, Quincy, Decatur and other. interior
cities of Illinois.
CHICAGO, Nov. There is ne marked
change in the prevalence of the horse dis
temper. The general impression is that the
disease is still on the increase. The number
OF fatal caees thus far has been small. Bus.
Less continues to be seriously interrupted.
Several street-car companies are using steam
engines 10 draw their cars. 1t 10 thought the
disease will have run its course in o few days
more.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 3.-Thc horse distemper
continues to spread. The streets are almost
entirely deserted, there being scarcely q we'll
animal in The city, and everything wears q
Sabbath-Iike appearance. The express COM
panies are utilizing oxen and clerks to move
their freight.
CLEVELAND Nov. 6.-There is no abatement
in the horse disease here.
CLEVELAND, Nov. Tho epizootic seems
TO have reached its crisis. More cases are
reported daily, but horses 6rst taken are con-
valescent. A street car appeared in the
street to-day, the first in several days. 1t
was drawn by oxen, gsiiy decorated by fagr.
THE PLAGUE TRAVELLING soura.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-Nineteen- twentietha
of the horses in tho city are affected, includ- |
ing the Presidents fancy stock. Man power
is being substituted for horse power in many
cases.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4-Nearly all the
horses In the city are afflicted, and all the
cars and buses have stopped running. In
Baltimore all means Of conveyance have
been stopped, and the disease prevails to an