Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-10-28
EVENING STAR.
THE HORSE "INFLUENZA.'
Its Widespread RavagesLlts Embar.
RAISING Results.

II any one had predicted in New York CITY
last Monday that, before the week should be
over, the ordinary every day traffic upon the
streets by wheeled vehicles would be seriously
interrupted, and in some instances totally SION
ped, by widespread, almost universal, dis
ease among the horses, he would have been
regarded ~ but little short of insane Yet be-
fore the week WAS over all this had come TO
pass, and great deal more. Almost all the
horses IN The city are said to be suffering in
greater or less degree from symptoms of the
disease. The latest dispatches say that il is not
abatlng, and the street railroad lines have com
paratlVelN rev cars running. In Brooklyn the
mslady prevails extensively. The city railway
companies hauled of nearly all their cars Sun
day Tor the purpose of giving needed rest to their
well horses. on some Of the lines no cars were
Iun, on others At long intervals. In Boston and
vicinity Sunday all horse railroad travel was
owners Of animals unattached kept them shell
tered for safety, and a horse was a rare sight on
the streets Many of those first attacked are
said 10 he conyalescing-
The disease has appeared In Poughkeepsie
and l. Spreading in syracuse, where nearly
every horse l. sick and many have died. Oxen
haul goods through the streets, and two lines of
street car have STOPPED. In Portland, Maine,
nine ttntl- OF the horses are affected, and the
Car lines suspended Saturday.
TIE pI-zAs MUST RUN ITS COURSE.
The Toronto Globe says that the horse disease,
which has been 80 widely spread in that district,
showed considerable abatement, but was ex-
tending eastward. But few of the cases proved
fatal, and those from lack of ordinary care, or a
resort 10 quaCk nOstrums or practices. The
disease, u Is added, must run its course, and
only needs attention and simple treatment
during the continuance of the fever.
STRANGE MIDNIGHT SCENES IN NEW YORK.
The New York Commercial of Friday evening
says" ne city was strangely quiet last nj ght;
there seemed TO be q something wanting. New
York was sepulChral, and simply because the
horse-hfe OF the city has been found to be an
integral part of the city's existence Many OF
the Omni buses had been withdrawn from their
rOutes-the sd street line entirely. The street
CARS were being run rregulsrly and In decreased
numbers, and the tired horses tugged at their
traces with an evident suspicion as to the result
of their lsbOrs. There were not more than q
three in front Of the hotel-and the crowds of
people from the theaters looked beseechingly at
the car drivers and conductors saw the crowded
state OF the platforms, and started to walk
home. New York seemed shut mp within DOORS
and stilled as If by some special police order
and the value Of horse flesh, to say nothing OF
felt"
THE EMBARRASSMENT TO BUSINESS
of all kinds, says the New York correspondent
OF the Philadelphia Ledger, resulting from this
unfortunate condition of things, can easily be
imagined. Vessels at the wharf can neither
load nor unload with customary celebrity; the
merchants find IL no easy matter to procure
transportation for their goods from place 70
place; the express men are obliged to refuse
orders, while the bakers, milkmen, ice dealers,
newspaper distributors and, in fact, all other
business enlisting horse power, are in a similar
predicameHt- A change of weather, Ii Is hoped
Will bring with II mitigation OF the disease.
HARVEST FOR THE EASD-CARTs.
The New York Post says: 1.-The owners of
horses are afraid to allow their animals TO leave
their stab es, whether they have been affected
~ the dlstemIer or not, and the consequence is
that the owners of haLd-cart are reaping a
golden harvest. In ore case that has come TO
our notice, man owning two hand-carts has
received orders that keep himself and his son
employed NJ light and day, and he will probably
earn more in a week during the prevalence of
THIS disorder than he able to earn in two
Denths before the outbreak of the disorder We
yesterday announced the fact that more than
hfty per cent. OF the fire department. horses were
injected With the malay. The disease being
epidemic. i likely to inCapacitate the whole
force fTOm duty, and, if this should happen the
results would probably be most disastrous"