Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-02
LOCAL NEWS.

REPORTS FRos rHE LAkGE srARAKs
TIE new hone disease has found ifs va,
into our city. as heretofore statrh IN TaS
STAN, and a great many horses are Affected
~ ~. At the Washington and GeOrgetown
fsi road stables, near tie Baltimore and
Sllo railroad, large proportion OF the
| horses have been coughing for a week or
more, while only two or three have had run
mug a. TIE nose. The disease has not pre-
vented their working or eating
| AZ me sth-stfeet stables about one hall
nave been sick since Tuesday with exactly
e ne sane ~ mptons' and with no serious
en1cts- Tue P-street stables OF the Metro
! poltan railroad contain $50 horses ant
about one-th 81 these have been afscted.
| Ihe symptoms OF the disease aprearpt there
last Sunday. TIE cough made ~ .,,.ssr.
sLce nrst, followed by running al the NOSE
-FOUR days ago IL prevented six horses mon,
again this morning. All are tnnnoy1
Ing, and no serious results are fsarNi
Az the Columbia railroad stables about half
OF The horses have been troubled wirh oDueh-
| ing, and only few with running st the nrss
Neariy al OF The nne-department horses have
peen ahecied. but none seriously. At
hngpely BoWenls livery stable AL are
.oushlhg, bus only two running At the nose
~ one CT these ran away yesterday thew
cont think The disease AZ al serto;,s n
"a ~ . sou report their horses as having
LHu the COUSIN since Sunday. but no Other
trouble. Al OlcOitS stables thirty horses
nave oeen sick since Sunday. and only two
unnt Tor work. Williams Hotel stables ha ve
had Their Whole stock slightly sick Cor the
pat ten days. Reyes a co = horses All have
ire cough, and only one running at the nose
-, AIllSon Nai'ors stables ninety have been
aHected Tor week, bat have nearly recov-
cred. only one hsd running at the nose
The nrSt symptoms here were first a dry
cnNsh; followed by sore throat. which pre-
Eeuted their eating, and, when drinking the
water would run nom their noStrIls. Wash
Naltor h"tlceu the nrst symptoms among his
noI>es tont two weeks ago. They have hal
cough. with slight sore throat but no rnn-
nlhg AZ Tie nose. and none have been unfit
Tor work. II. Cruit host one horse the Other
nlsnt' ont probably the epiEoot was not the
On the whole, we can congratulate our-
selves Ola having escaped with such "A slight
STACK OF this disease among our horses
only eight In all have been unit for WORK
The dry cough being almost solely tue diffi
Guilty. I1e sudden change OF the wea Their mas
Denented nearly all. but should we have
ram within few days the results might be
very serious. In all probability the disease
VIII disappear in few days.
HASTINGS REVIVAL SERVICES. HI
Hastings delivered another dne sermon IaSf
night, at the Foundry NJ. r. Church, on ths
subject OF Christian Unity" DR. III. Pera-
beau imprOvised some beautiful music on
The organ for half An hour before the sermon
MI. Hastings will preach At Lincoln Hall
Bible a Lying Humbug?'" Previous 10 this
service OF song Will be held. cornuencing
AZ 5 y. M, under the direction Of G. Rurlew
WHO VIII sing one or two solos. The music
Mil De accompanied on the piano by Prof
blschon, the blind orgauist, (who arrived
mere from the West morning } aud M the ar
rahsemenls can be perfected i'm tImel by a
performer on the cornet a piston, a. Al Mr.
Ialmadge's Tabernacle in BROOKLYN This
latter feature, which Is getting 20 be ouIfe
common at the North and West and which
auos very much % the effect OF congre-
gatlonal singing i'm large assemblies is o1ite
anoVelty here and will doub tleSs prove An
attraction 20 many. Mr. Hastings will
preach 10 morrow; also, at the Foundry M
r. church at y D. m.
The COMING Boar RACE-P 0toB,aes ~
dndtoadlls.-The boating committees. com
prlslng MesSrs. Jones, McBlair and Dodge
OF The Potomscs, and Messrs. Roach Dyer
ana Corson, OF the Analostans, held a meet
ing last evening, and all the brelimiuaries of
me proposed race were arranged, except the
gay. Some day next week will be ii xed
upon. The course Will be from a line one
hundred yards above Table Rock, three miles
down the river, as far as Easby's wharf
just below the new Analostan GOAT house.
Equal DIVISION, No. 3, :. OF T., have
elected The following officers for the ensuing
term: w. p. q. =. Allen; W. A. = 4 Bea.h:
s, III. A y Islfeldt; r. s. VIM II Young:
Treas, Oscar Alexander. Chap, Joseph ID,
harris Con A. IL PettibOne; A. c. NJ C.
Mitchell; j. =, Benz. A. Swami; q. -, VIM.
IA. Norton