, 1872-11-18
of the Rev. DR.. Brinton Smith, Of poisoning hira
to death, has been dismissed by Judge Watts.
there not being the slightest evidence agalns'


9 uoH Ato The Chicago Tribune.
NEW Yon5, Nov. 17.-The deterioration Of
blood in the cases Of horse dropsy now prevail
ing is instanced by the fact that where 1eeche;
are applied they soon drop of dead Ons
theory Of the dropsy is, that it is caused BY tco
much aconite, but it is admitted by the best Ill
formed persons that it results from prema.,:r,.
return to work. The valuable trotting hc;,o;
s'Lottery," which died of dropsy, yesterday, !a>t
been sick With the epizootie for two weeks, as-I
Was very carefully uursed. On Thurzday mo-n-
ing, however, dropsy appeared, terminating 1..~
tally in forty-eight hours. "Lottery" belongsl
to Samuel Truesdell, WAS 9 years old, a:L
had a record Of 227. He WAS valued at SIS, ,0CD.'
Commodore Yanderbilts ssMountain Boy
diad Of epizootic lung fever, no dropsica1 symT-
toms appearing IN his case.
The Japanese Consul here has engaged seve.~-
al veterinary surgeons to write treatise on tEo'
CAUSE and cure Of the horse disease, which WILL
be- Forwarded to Japan to be used, il the epizo-~
tic breaks out in that country.
In the car stables in New York, the horses GER
orally are improving: They are kept on so:5
diet, such as chopped hay given in q ma si.-
with some prepared compound food OF u
vegetable nature, mixed in to act rs
tonic. The Third Avenue stables hare beea
the greatest sufferers. They have lost owe,
thirty horses the Second Avenue have escapc5
with very few Losses, and the Fourth AVenuo
have lost seven horses. The Sixth Avenue ino
have lost twenty-one horses, three with t:.o
dropsy. The Superintendent says he has cured
some Of the worst cases Of dropsy. The loss.:s
Of the other car lines have been less severe. Tho
stage lines have lost from six to fifteen horses
each. August Belmont's horses at Babylon,
Long Island, have thus far escaped. though
some Of the yearlings are coughing Near Pas-'
erson, N. J., where ". e. Banfo:d's atabla
is located, almost all the horses hare been s!ck,
Greatness" having had the worst attack Of the
lot, but at last accounts all we're doing we'll
The same may be said Of the Mcdaniel stable
now in winter quarters at Princeton, n. j., and
at Saratoga, N. 7.
The steam dummy innovation is wide1y'
favored in New York. The few trial trips b.
the Remington steam dummy On tho Bleecker,
Bergh is q strong advocate Of 3 permanent
change from the horse cars to steam cars,.
and is now backed up by 9 largo
majority Of citizens. The car facilities
sufficient for several years, and teas Of thou
sands are now compelled to walk daily. The:
discomforts of the coming winter in Nav York
and Brooklyn will probably compel the introduc-
ton Of steam dummies, though none have been
ordered so far Of the manufacturers, on account
their heavy cost, and the limited term for whiclr
their use was authorized by the Aldermen.
Their complete practical SUCCESS is not quas-
toned, and it is believed they must soon te
adopted in all large cities
trotters who died of the horse disease are
Western New York, G. L. Fa1s, sontag, Lottery,
Voorhees,, and AbdaNah. No noted running
lr horses haze died; Many have been astacksd'
Troy, N T., Nov. 17.-The dropsy has attack
ed the sick horses here, and the disease il
worse.
COLUMBUS O., Nov. 17.--Tbe epizootic has at7
last made it's appearance in two livery stables
here. About fifty horses are now affected.