Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-30
foods K0tt1ng on the WharYes.
Arrests for Working Sick Horses.
Physicians Fear Humanity May be
Attacked.


| numerous fatal cases yesterday, the dis
ease was thought by many experienced
horsemen to be on the decline. To-day is
cool and pleasant, and hundreds of par
tally affected horses viii be used in conSe-
| quence. The number Of dead horses was
reported yesterday very large, reaching prob
ably over two hundred and fifty. Intelli-
| gence of more are hourly coming Ia,
Several of the leading physicians of the
Board Of Health say the disease will prota-
bly, soon attack man. A few men in Brook
lyn who have worked about sick horses are
said to have the malady. There is strong
| public feeling against the continuous work
ing OF sick horses by many railroads. Moth
| ing however has been done to prevent this
inhumanity, but arrests are made of petty
carmen, and yesterday Philozooist Bergh
had poor man consigned to the Tombs
for using his animal. Two incidents &C.
CURED yesterday Of horses falling dead in
harness on the street railroads from over
work.
The carrying trade continues 10 suffer,
and along the docks piles of freight car
goes still remain unTemoyed. Some branch
es OF business are at a stand still. ,Mer-
chants who are under contract to ship flour
and other articles found they had to pay
enormous prices for carriage. Broadway is
thoroughly packed with pedestrians through
out the day. Some of the railroad lines
were compelled to stop tc-dsy. Others
continue to reduce the number of their
trips. Large dealers are announcing their
inability to deliver articles at the houses of
purchasers. The ferries are missing their
usual receipts from vehicles and many of
the principal marts of trade have a gloomy
appearance. TIE streets present specta-
Gle of wretched looking, tottering horses
dragging terribly overladen cars and vehi-
cles.
Night Report.
The horse distemper continues. The
number of fatal cases has increased. The
deaths were, Saturday 80, Sunday 81, Mon
| day 90. The Third and Fourth Avenue
cars were stopped to-day by President
Bergh, Of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals. Few or no cars were
run on East Broadway. Avenues A, B, G,
and ID, Seventh and Ninth Avenues, or the
Belt lines, and Six and Eighth Avenue lines
stop trips at Canal street. There is 10
probability OF the use of dummy engines,
winch can hardly be procured before the
horses recover. The stages are beginning
to run more frequently, and horses are i'm
proving. Hundreds of customhouse trucks
and other vehicles yet remain in use in
the streets, out many teams laid up last
week are making their appearance, and
| huge breaches are already being made in
the bresstWork of cotton bales lining the
piers along the west and south streets,
A large number OF South American DO
MES arrived yesterday in perfect health
and half of them this morning exhibited
symptoms of the disorder. Horses owned
by the express companies are still affected,
but the majority are at work. Reports
from private stables are more cheerful, and
horses up town are beginning to relish food
and are looking much better. A greater
number OF cabs made their appearance in
the neighborhood Of the Stock Exchange
to-day. The agents at the different piers
say
Goods are ROtting,
and before there can be any possibility Of
their removal will be useless. At the Bos-
ton and Worcester line piers a few horses
are at work, all in diseased state, and the
pier is almost impossible, as well as
at the Boston and Fall River dock.
No freight will be taken until things
improve. The Old Dominion and Califor-
MIA S. s. line piers are blocked with yes
sells heavily laden. Business is suspended
at the National line pier, while the City of
Washington Of the Inman line is slowly
discharging on lighters. 1t is believed the
Guion steamer Idaho will be detained many
days, as only 500 out of 3, 450 bales of cot
ton engaged for her are yet aboard.
The disease still seriously interferes with
business in Brooklyn, but slight improve
ment is generally reported among the
horses affected. The car lines are running
irregularly and haul off early in the even
ing. A few teams were working to-day at
the wharves, and the ice companies are
using their horses. The livery stables re-
port large number of deaths, but the sick
horses are now improving.
Nova Scotia Attacked.
HALIFAX, Oct. 29-The horse disease
has reached here. Owners are taking every
precaution against it.
Boston Passes the Crisis.
BOSTON, Oct. 29.-The horse disease has
evidently taken a more favorable turn,
Marked improvement is reported in nearly
all the cases under treatment. Days must
however elapse before recovery. A few
street cars continue to run. There is
small increase of express and job wagons.
At Other Points.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 29.-The horse dis
ease has fully developed itself in this city.
Fifty cases were reported to-day by one
veterinary surgeon.
PORT JARVIS, N. Y, Oct. 29.-The
horse disease has made its appearance in
this vicinity. The boat horses EMPLOYED
OH the Delaware and Hudson canal are the
principal sufferers.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 29.-About fifty
horses are reported sick in various stables.
About half Of these are in the stables of the
passenger car lines. There are 100 sick
horses in Camden.
COLUMBUS, o., Oct. 29.-The horse cpl
demic has reached this city. Two horses
belonging to brewer were attacked yester
day, and another horse to-day.
T. CLEVELAND, o., Oct. 29.-One live.
stable reports twenty-five new cases of
horse disease to-day.
OswEGO, Oct. 29.-Many horses in the
surrounding country are attacked while a
great depression exists among forwarders
aud shippers. Canal freights to New York
and tide water have risen to II cents a
mile and are still advancing. The distem-
per is becoming general in the northern
part of the State. The disease is still on
the increase at Albany.
OswEGo, n. Y, Oct. 2S.-Over two
thirds of the canal horses are affected.
Two tugs were sent out yesterday to pull
up tow boats in the canal. Weather cold.
ELMIRA, Oct. 29.-The horse disease
has rapidly increased here the past two or
three days. Nearly one hundred horses
are now suffering, but with proper care
most of them will recover. Nearly all be-
longing to the street railroad company are
unfit for use.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Oct. 29.-The
horse disease is now at Its height, In
fourteen stables 500 horses ont of $50 are
sick. A horse valued at $500 died. The
horse cars have stopped, and business is in
terupted. Holyoke, Westfeld, Palmer and
other towns are afflicted.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 29.-The horse
disease appears here in a very mild form.
The cases reported yesterday are improv-
ing.
Boston, Oct. 29.-Reports from the
East show the horse disease to be generally
prevalent, but in comparatively mild
form.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 29,-This evening