Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-12-12

nounced among hnrsemen and others,
the approaching of an epidemic among
horses, and which he had been success
fully treating in other places, &c. Last
Tuesday week, sure enough, the disease,
as described by tins arrant quack, was
developed here, and some ten or Twelve
horses in all, were stricken down. At
this opportune moment, the following no.
tice found place in the columns of the
village paper:
LUNG DIsEAsE.-This disease which starts
with a swelling in the side, and which has been
quite prevalent in Ashtabula. is making its ap-
re2rance in this vicinity. S. J.. Smiths valuable
nag has II, and number of others. DIR. G. Brown
has fitted up place for the treatment of this
disease, where horse owners can have their
horses treated. His motto is no cure, no pay"
This Lung disease" confounGrd every
one but the doctor, and led to investiga-
ton. With one or two exceptions, the
horses suffering were driven to town a
day or two priorto the development of
the malady by their owners-farmers,
and, on those iuclement days of last week,
hitched under the public sheds and upon
close examination, the seat Of the dis
ease" was found, and that it was poison,
introduced into the side of the horse ty
means of a syringe, used by one familiar
to the medical fraternity-an instrument
procured for this fellow by one of our
druggists short time ago. The point
chosen was just back of the shoulder
blade, unless the horse was part of
double team-.hen the opposite shoulder
was selected. None other but this Dr.
Brown had ever heard or seen anything
of its like; and upon the streets, in sa-
looms, about the lIveries and elsewhere.
he had been minutely describing it, and
on Monday sufficient evidence was elicit
ed to warrant his arrest as the guilty par
ty. On being arrested, he waived the or
dinary examination, and giving $500
bonds 10 appear at county court, was
released from custody. Almost every
hour new testimony was ELECTED from
farmers coming in from the country hav
ing ailing horses. and it was concluded
to arrest him again, on new and similar
charges; but when The papers were put
into the hands of the officer an hour after
his discharge, the bird had flown. Off
GERS were put upon his track, however,
and he was Overhauled at Erie, and an
examination will come off tomorrow.
The horses are in terrible condition,
their bodies much swollen, and some of
them will die, or, at least, be rendered
unfit for use. for long lime, entailing
serious loss upon good many farmers
in the vicinity. There is no longer the
least doubt OF the means used, nor Of the
scoundreI who has thus destroyed so ma
ny valuable animals, in foolish attem
to build up reputation rs horse farri-
eri =
While this horse "disease" was arrest
ing the attention. OF so many, the an
nOuncement of the robbery and firing of
Potter's store, at West Sringfield, Pa,
some few milcs east OF Cunneaut, on Sat
urdaY night last, kindled anew the excite |
ment in the community. There is now
reason for believing that tho guilty par
ties will soon be brought to justice About |
four o'clock Sunday morning, Mr.. Pot |
ter's store was discovered in flames, and |
the fire had got under such headway that |
no efforts could save any of the stock of
goods, upon which there was an insur-
surance OF some $4,000. The building
was owned by Messrs. Thomas, of that
place, who had several thousand dollars |
in bonds and bank funds In Potter's safe. |
An inspection of the building while burn
ing made i: at once apparent that the fire
was the weFk ofincendIaries, and that the
safe had been burglarized. The suspected
parties are couple of young men, who
were in the store the day previous, one of
whom has been in the employ of farmer
in the neighborhoOd during the past sea-
son. Tracing them this way, a pocket
book containing money and papers be-
longing to Mr.. Potter, was picked up on
the roadside. where the burglars had
dropped it in their ffight. They were
next heard of in the vicinity of Geneva,
where intelligence of the robbery had
preceded them, and in an attempt TO ar
rest them the officer was harshly handled,
and the burglars got away. In the scuf1e
the burglars dropped more of their booty
"a large bond, identified by the Messrs.
Thomas, being picked up. The fugitives
separated there, and one of them was
oYerhaaled in Trumbull Co., on Monday,
and safely lodged in jtil at Warren. His
confederate and principal in the robbery,
is yet at large, but il Is supposed officers
are in hot pursuit The total loss by the
fire and ourg AIRY is some eight or ten
thousand dollars, and to Mr.. Potter the
loss will be pretty serious, he losing all
his books and accounts accumulated du-
ring his many years of merchandising.
COnnraut, Dec. 4, 1874. H.