The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-05
THE HORSE PLAGUE.
APPEARANCES AND SPREAD OF TEfE
DISEASE In TzgE CITY.
RAILWAY, LIVERY, EXPRESS, AND
PRIVATE STABLES ATTACKED.
a Dispatch, =, Reporter Visits the Sick.

| X 'sttutIii. NniCil nus iitNahCu te SuSii ai'
| alarming extent among the horses in the
| northern and western cities aS we'll as in
| Baltimore, Petersburg, and Norfolk, had
| made It's appearance in Richmond, was sutti-
cicnt to create Il panic among horsenien In
| This vicinity.
In all quarters OF the city, from an early
| hour yesterday, the excitement was appa-
| rent, and the question on every lip
about the stables was, "Haye You heard
| that the horse plague Is in Richmond z"
4 Dispatch reporter made Il tour Of the
| city yesterday, and found the disease In q
MILD type prevailing In many stables. Along
| the streets could bo seen carriage, cart, wag-
on, and other horses showing plainly that
| they had contracted this rapidly spreading
| sickness.
WILT IT l..
EpiZooty (or the horse diSease) is a gene
| ric name for those diseases v. animals which
| manifest common cl&!.ciGr and prevail at
| the same time over considerable tract OF
| country. Like epdt aA.cS, tacy appear TO de-
| pend upon some peC;:i!u and not Wcll-ascer-
| taincd atmospheric causes. Where the cases
are neglected or oyrrcroWdCd they also fres
qucntly become contagious. They are apt
| to take on low type Ct icTCG, and are better
| treated 10y supporting t.:..A lyy reducing RENE
dies. Influenza in liu.Ses alI p!euro-pneu.
| mona and resicular vI-2uut.c II cattle are
examples.
Irs FlXST APPEARING. ~ Richmond.
4. the hack.stand on Franklin near the
! corner OF Fourteenth stree, il was first no
tircd, though whose horse il the city was
first taken with the malaay las not yet been
positively ascertalncd. Here the ominous
cough, the running at the eyes and nose, and
the trembling limbs, aS though the horses
had heavy chill assured the knowing spec.
tatar at ii glance thai the dumb animals were
ai1g with tie plague. Our reporter visited
nearly every one oi the livery stables, as well
as those of the hotels and some private sta.
hics. and found in al,aost every instance that
they had been visited by cpizooty. At
TUE EXCHANGE HOTEL STABLES
there were four cases Of the disease, though
but Gna horse n fine. large sorrcD seemed Ia
hn badly affected and suffering great deal.
The cough and difficult breathing made il
almost pii!iful 10 look upon this case. Rene
dies had been applied here, aud the animals
Ices were carefully wrapped i'll red flannel
from the knees down, the body well hlan.
kcsed, and the stall sprinkiei with lime and
other ,iisintcctauts. Tie singular motion nl
the head, and the tendency OF the horse TO
lly il down or rest it in some way. as man
would In case Of Il severe headache, was
especially noticed and commented upon.
/ THE LIVERY srAEL:s.
At the livery stables kept BY \. II. Brooks
and II. W. Watkins, higher up tine street
there were several Cases. blL all i'll mitU
form. Here. too. remedies were being ap
piled.
| Further down the street, n, j. d. Carkc'S
! stables. on the south side OF Franklin, there
were four cases Of the epidemic. One of the
horses was taken at the Fair on Thursday
Here the disease is atatirg. as Mr.. Clarke
has not hired ont his horses since its dlscov
cry, and has been careful In his treatment
HIS stock will probably he well in n few
days.
On Eighteenth street between franklin
and Grace. n the Stables Of Mr.. j. +. Burcll,
there are TWO horses affected slightly, while
inst above him, ii Lockland's. there Is but
one diseased. At Christian Burgcn'S sta
ilt, on Eleventh between Broad and Mar
shall streets, his whole stock, consisting OF
nine head, are laid up, aud every horse has
the ca,alrh aud cough. The disease here Is
perhaps worse than anywhere else in the
city. While our reporter was at this stable
veterinary surgeon was engaged in doctor
mo the horses, and the sight they
presented with their legs handaged with
red flannel rom the knees down was
am;ising indeed, though the poor creatures
were s;lfcriag Intensely, especially in their
lr+athinE Sir. Buygcn stated that his first
horse was taken sick on Thursday morning,
but was recovering. IIe was engaged
, in cleansing tie stalls and using dis
infectants freely. Indeed, every stable
; keeper was precautions. The stalls and
lrougEs were being cleansed, carbonate OF
lime sprinkled everywhere, and every step
taken to prevent the maady from spreading
; The next stables visited were those al
Ford's Hotel, where there was only one
horse really sick, but symptoms OF the dis
ease were manifest in two others. Suth.
crland's stables, on Franklin between Eighth
and Ninth and on Eighth between Main AND
Franklin, have also been visited hy the ca
tarrh, but here, as at other places, the dis
eosc i, very mild. John Lees two horses,
Tenth between Broad and Marshall, are also
sick. but they, too, were taken in hand at
once, and it is probable that they will he
able to go to work in few days. In the
same alley Mr.. A. \. Stokes has two horses
aiing: and one j: reported sick at the stables
of the City Water Works [; hut the horses ct
the enoine-houso on Broad street NWasning'
ton HalD. as well rs the other horses of the
Fire Department, Were as hearty as BUCKS.
Many cases Of the disease are reported in
PRIVATE STABLES.
l.. Wagner, druggist, corner Broad and
Sixth streets, has two horses laid up; while
the horses Of one or two of the physicians
are stalled and being doctored. Mr.. Laube
corner of First and Broad streets, has three
slightly affected. CARRIER & Co. have three
cases In their stables. TIE Southern Express
Company has one.
President Crcnshaw, hearing through the
!. Dispotch of the rapid spread Of the disease
elsewhere, commenced week ago to pre-
rarc for its advent in this city and the sta
blps of the City Railway Company present
remarkably clean appearance. The disease
has developed itself in only oneof the com
uany's horses, but there are symptoms
tboileh slight, with others. The Preslden,
has found 1t eNpedient to use sulphate OF
iron I'm the water which the railway horses
drink and this and other remedies nave
proved beneficial.
It Is probable that there were about eighty
or hundred horses affected in the city yes
,ardsy. and no doubt the disease Will become
very general to-day, though, II the proper
nreca,lionS and remedies are USED, IL may
not prove very serious, and In EIGHT OF tet
DAYS most Of the horses now sick Will pe on
the streets pgain. Some Of the horses pe,
longing to the ice-dea!ers were also reported
sick last night, and two ut the stable OF
Charles Lee, on Fourteenth near hoSs Stfee'
MODE OF TREATMENT.
| patar;,,arv sl,rreon of Montreal, DR.