, 1872-10-28
THE HORSE DISEASE,
NEW YORK.

Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune
New YoRK, Oct. 26.-Thirty Thousand horses
are reported sick here to-day, but no deaths from
the horse plague are authenticated. The pas
eenger lines continued to accommodate the public
pretty well, but freight interests are at partial
deadlock. Nearly all kinds of business are Heri-
ously blockaded, and the aggregate loss from
suspension is estimated at several millions per
day. Fifty per cent OF the horses in the fire
department are suffering from O. mild form Of
the epidemic. The weather has slightly im-
proved, and horses that have been carefully
treated and rested are generally improving rap
idly.
Mr. Henry Bergh publishes card relating to
the horse disease, in which he says: 1.-THE ter
rible epidemic at this time prevailing among
horses here and elsewhere, and which threatens
to paralyze trade and locornotion, if not ar
rested, has caused the undersigned to institute
inquiries az to the most etficaciouB means Of
treating afflicted animals, and the following ad
vice and suggestions are recommended, being
geons attached to the Anti-Crue1ty Society,
along with others equally skillfnl. That
the disease is influenza in aggraya-
ted form seems to be self-evident, and
the remedies usually employed in the treatment
OF the human patient are found to be most SER
viceablo in cases Of the horse Coraplete rest,
warm blankets, non-exposure to draft OF air,
disinfectants, and total absence Of bleeding and
| prostratng cathartic as rule should be obsery-
| ed Twenty or thirty drops Of tincture of iron
| in q gill Of Jamaica rum, diluted with water
| and given every four hours in order to preserve
| the strength Of the horse, or the tincture Of
arnica will produce relief: 4 plaster bound
around the throat composed OF one portion OF
cayenne pepper and two of fa1-seed, mixed With
| vinegar, is excellent. Frequently remove the
| fetid discharge from the nostrils, always using
| warm water
| "Another: Perfect rest clean stable, tempting
throat.
t 'Another remedy is rest, comfortable bedding,
| bandaging the extremitieg. fumigations Of boil
| ing water to assist the discharge at the nose,
with cough mixture Of iquorice root and mo-
]asses. Administer tonics and Btimulants if the
appetite fails and weakness ensues.
1.-THE question again presents itself which
has been SO often urged before, May not dummy
engines take the place or supplement the SER
vice of horses? Two or three inventions, COM
bining all the requirements Of safety in speed
and absence OF noise, and make, have been sub
mitted to this society, and there exists little
but prejudice to oppose their adoption. The
fear Of alarming horses is about the only objec-
ton, but with infinite more cause animals along
Greenwich street have become familiar With
| even that crashing noise OF railroad over their
heads. By substituting these nolseless engines,
which can be arrested in half the time Of horse
]
transported from one end Of this island to the
other in about one-third time.''
| ITO the Associated P7css.]
| NEW YORK.
New YORK, Oct. 2G.-The horse malsdy has
| now Bpread to such al extent that almost al the
horses in the city are said to be suffering in one
form or another from symptoms of the epidemic
| There are thousands Of horses with hare not
yet been put upon the list, but observation
shows that many Of these hare the germs Of the
| 5iaor7oT in t}1nr RVpfarn 6iga49a has Tina
far been rather slow in it's Development and it
| is not known yet whether all it's stages
have been eeen. It is estimated that in
the city and immediate vicinity there
| suffering from wol1-deyeloped symptoms. The
| disease has begun to exhibit new and alarm
| ing phases which are looked on as highly dan
| gerous. Tho inflammation Of the throat extends
and the coughing is fearfully convulsive. TIE
| animal pants for breath and becomes quite cold
at the e1tremitics. This seems to be the warn
| ing Of fatal ending Of the mnlady, and il it
few days longer there can bo little doubt that
hundreds of horses affected will die. The street.
car companies, some Of the livery stable propri-
etors, and many Of tho downtown merchants are
still working their d1seasod horses, and In all
! these cases signs Of fatality are becoming more
| alarming. In the stables where all business is
| suspended until the disease is mastered, very
| favorable reports are made. In some instances
the convalescence Of horses is very rapid.
! The trotters and racers stabbed il the city
seem to have nearly escaped the disease. Amers-
can Girl is already almost recovered from her
slight attack.
It least GOO cars have been withdrawn from
the city railroad lines, In this branch alone the
disease throws thousands Of men out Of
work. The hackmen have almost tripled
fares ios afnso n utter o o
those those v who ~ refuse s to pay an illegal
rate. The managers OF the raifroad companies
| believe thata the present rate their stock can
not hold out longer than Sunday night. No
stable reports, as yet, that any horses have
| Apprehensions exist that several ocean steam
ships will have to postpone sailing, owing to the
| impossihlity Of getting freight on board.
| The ravages Of the horse disease continue I'M
abated, but up to this afternoon, no fatal cases
NEW YonK, Oct 2s-Evening- horse dis
| ease tonight is reported to be unabated. In
fact, the dietemper is said to be spreading. The
| feelings of alarm are increasing, and owners OF
horses in the stables, giving them every care
The number Of cars running decreased very con-
siderab1y to-day, although it is not quite 80
much owing to the disease as to the great in
rain. The Ninth Avenue Railroad stopped its
cars, as did also the Fifth Avenue
sags Company In s%o Of the
the Third avenue, it became severor. The ex-
press companies report a severity in some cases.
It is stated that the United States Express
Company has forty carloads OF freight in Jer-
sey City in consequence OF the scarcity Of teams.
The European steamers were not delayed to-day;
although they have been lnconyenienced some
what by the stoppage Of the cart-drivers. Some
OF the lines receive cargo on barges. Along the
docks and Pisfs it looks Ike Sunday The same
pots A novel sight WIS furnished this afternoon