The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-11-18

TIE EpaIPALaIA.-The horses which
were taken sick with the horse disease,
10 the early part Of last week, are sick
still, and many are being sdded to
the number daily. Although little
Oh apge has been observed among those
which we're first stricken, there is not
much for the better. 1t has become q
generally received opinion that the
wisest thing under the circumstances is
to wait patiently for the natural turn Of
things, and make the best shift possible
until the sick animals are in a condi-
ton to hold their own again. 1t is but
a matter OF time, and OF very short time,
when there will not be horse on our
streets, and it behooves business men to
prepare a substitute for torses, that
trade may not come to an entire stand
still, as was the case in Pittsburgh. The
disease has already interferred with
business very materially. and it has
but lust commenced here. How will it
be with US at the end Of the week, if
nothing be done to meet he emergency 7
Oxen must be procured, and after it
man mower must be made available,
and each business house should have
hand. cart ready to move light packa-
ges.
The horses 10 the street car stables
are in about the same condition as on
Saturday, and there is no telling when
the cars will be running.
Yesterday morning it was found
necessary to withdraw the cars from the
Bridgeport line. This will be the cause
of considerable inconvenience to passen"
gers to and from the city by the Cleve-
land and Pittsburgh road, but the cpl.
zooty is no respecter of persons. 1t
serves all alike in producing discom-
forts.
All the horses belonging to the Ad-
ans Express Company are SICK and
Mr.. Merriman, the agent, is worried az
to bow to carry on his business. Get
up an cypress team, Merri," that's all
there is Tor it.
All the horses in Chrisman 4 Debold s
stable were taken sick yesterday.
DR.. A. P. Hancher, at the Fair
Ground stables, is in the same boat with
the rest, his horses being attacked yes
terday.
The Crescent mills horses and mules
have the disease. We heard yesterday
that suspension Of work for want OF
teams was probable.
The chances that the horses will soon
recover are very slight. They are all
coughing, and although the discharges
from the nose are not Of great volume,
they are constant. There is running
string Of sticky matter leaking from
the nostrils OF horses in most stables,
and 80 long as this and the cough con-
tjnue, the chances of recovery are not
encouraging. Different modes OF treat
ment are being followed in different
stables. There are as many courses OF
medicine as there are owners, but all
methods have this advantage, that none
OF them include anything particularly
radical
The engine horses are still free from
the disease, and Chief Wiuder is doing
all in bis power to keep them 30. How
long they will be exempt remains to be
seen. Arrangements for getting the
engines out promptly in case OF a fire
have been made, 30 that, in case the
horses in the department shall take the
disease, the citizens can again bend
their energies and backs to the old'time
drag.r
As we have said above, the disease is
beginning to tell on business OF all kinds
Among those upon whom the effects
fall most heavily are the medical men
Of this city, who are compelled to make
their rounds on foot Few OF their
horses have escaped the disease, and
the inconvenience to doctor and patient
alike is very great, and in many cases
attended with real danger. 1t lie an i'm.
possibility for physicians with a large
and widely distributed practice to pay
visits to their various patients, and
what is worse, there is no remedy to
this evil. A it stands, several pbysi-
clans have settled on the plan to devote
their attention to the most pressing
cases, and trust to the speedy resump-
ton OF travel to take care OF the others.