The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-25
TrfE HORSE EpuDEnye.
TIE DISEASE. STILL SPREaDfyG-yAyy
HURSESBTISG-H Ht3i.t6iSs fEpbRTEDS SUB-
JEt7f TO INFECTION.

New YORK, October 24.-It Ia rt,mored
that Bonnef's PocahcEtas has the t1alady.
One hundred and fifty street-cars and fifty
stages have been taken OF. Blood letting
and drenching have proved to be failures,
and many horses have died from the trcat.
ment. Among the various remedies used
IRE u solution of tar. belIadoBsia, and acoiite,
given homeopatbial!y, and Taylor's COM
pound food, a product Of the Manhattan
Feed-Mill Company. The fast-mentioned Il
the only remedy which has marked sue.
cess as a preventive and cure.
. 1t is estimated that thirty-tive per cent, Of
the horses have the malady inFarious stages.
There are from 5000 to 10000 sick. Alarm.s
ing stories are atloat that humans are subject
to infection. but SO far they are not authenti.
Gated.
a Brooklyn gentleman has sent q con,nu-
nic;ltion to the agent Of the Associated Press
stating that subcutaneous injection Of
picnic acid is n rapid cure for the dis
ease. The quantity to be administered is
| small.
NEwBrRGH, n. T., October 24.-The horse
disease has appeared here, and three deaths
have already occurred.
RArAGEs ~ ROCHESTER.
RocHrsTER, n. T., October 23.-The horse
di>taSe continues its ravages, and there il not
Il Scrle Of horses in the city and neighbor-
hood unaffected, although very few fatal
cases have been reported. Rain began fall
ing yesterday afternoon, and continued up
| 10 O'Clock this morning, aud during oil that
| time horse in the streets was a r7irc sight.
| II is believed that the weather aggrayates tue
disease. All branches of business arc more
10 lff., hx-f hy,t.I
| The merchants are put to great expense In
| hiring mcu and boys to transport goods.
| The strcctcarS are not running, livery sta
| hrs are closed, aud il lonks like Sunday in
| The streets. People from tn" country reach
| the city hy steam, aud trade is lively. The
dics>c prevails in The surrounding country
| aI extensively ~ IN the city. u, i, stated that
only in eases i'll which bleeding has been re-.
| sorted 10 have the horses died.
THE DISEASE IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, October 24.-The horse malady
has appeared in this city. There are fifty
cases in tie Southsile Railway Comany's
stables.
EXCITEMENT IN PHILADELPHIA.
| rnIrADErrHl,, October IL There il much
excitement here among horse owners rc.
ealrn@ the maady, but ~ yet not II ainSle
case has appeared.
| HuEGEE% AID JERSEY CITY.
New YORK, October 3t.-There are many
cases ri the horse urilady in iirbuhen, jersey
City, AMI vicinity.
LATER FROM NEW YORK.
New loEH. October 2l.--iario.is reports
OF the horse disease arr received to this after
noon. but il is generally conceded that 10
mortality yet accompanies it. The papers
discuss various modes Of treatment, some
i@iu% successful with Iobc!il, others with tar,
aud cue person gives testimony OF the French
Treatment hy lhrnic acid iul2ctious into the
veins. \ great number %! horses continue TO
hC afflicted. aud nearly every second horse
>crn IN il!C street SLOW, signs Of being under
the Influence ui iiic disease.
Business generally Is p1rtiilly paraly2ctl
in th! city and BrVok yu in consequence of
the sudden dcpriyal OF the Use Of large
number Of horse. In Brooklyn, it is said,
the hOlst-I;trS viii stop running tomorrow.
The damp wratier OF last night and to-day
has undoubtedly aggravated the epidemic,
and tiircc-loIrthS Of tie horses in this city
are affected. The disease llas made the
most alarming progress among the railroad,
>Iag". and !iycry-,talic liorScs, and while
tli,r are suffering >; tIir rate Oi seventy per
cent. private c"ach ana truck horses, which
are better cared for aHd not 50 hard worked,
suffer at the rate o! r;y-sc per cent. The
Broadway and Twenty-Ihrd.Street Stage
Company suspended trips to-day over one
half its route, 10 horses Icing sick.
Dispatches from Boston report the disease
spreading over New England. Thousands
OF horses are airI, in that city and neghbor-
hood. One line ol omnibll5seS has stopped
running.
| TUE DISEASE IN RHODE ISLAND.
PRcvipEScE. K. l.. October 2t.-Thc horse
muiadv has appeared here.