New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-12
EXCITEMENT ABOUT SICK CATTLE.
WHAT CATTLE SHIPPERS SAY.
Tho Roord Of Health Yesterday ordered the

WHAT CATTLE SHIPPERS SAY.
The Board of Health yesterday ordered the
arrest Of Jacob Hecht, Of No. 100 Atorueyst.. and
Abraham stern, OF No 7O7 East Nlnth-st, who are
alleged to have brought diseased cattle into this cts
last Saturday The reports Of the inspectors and
the adavs Of these two presented to the Board
Yesterday give the following facts: Hecht dealer In
mich cows has been In the habit 81 supply ng
the dairy farm Of curtis Judson. OF the Gramcrcy
Park Hotel. situated at WATERFOWL, Conn
Recently Mr. Judson informed HIM that he could not
sell mix on account Of tho presence Of peculiar dis
ease I'm his herd " Introduced by cow he had
bought OF Hecht some time before. IIccht asked TO
buy back the eleven cows and enlisted Stern in the par
chase I'm their affidavit, both men claim that they con
suited the Health authorities OF Connecticut before pur
chasing the cows and told that they were all
right Stern savs Heclt was the who cOnsummatcd
the purchase had the herd shipped paid the freight;
ana that entirely responsible for their introduc-
ton into New York. Iecht the same OF stern.
and the arrest of both has been ordered.
The eleven have been slaughtered and disposed of
Us ofal The arrests will be made and the matter VIII
come before the courts to-day
In regard % the Bssvile diseased cattle, Drs j. b..
White and antad also presented reports TO the Board
yesterday. DR.. Whites report on the stables Of Gaf,
FIeischmaHn & Co., speaks OF them as being IN an
"execable condition. with regard TO sanitary obsery
ances and containing COWS which must yield milk Of
the most dangerous quality" II reported at the
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these stables were about t. bc distributed Long
Island Villages whcrcupon Professor Law photographed
at to Governor Robinson who II Ia eXpectei VIII
| order them to be quarantined at Blissviile
Since Il became known that peuropneumOnia existed
among the COWS kept in stables attached TO Gam Ficsch
man & Co.'S dlsulcry, the Brooklyn authorities have
kept watch to prevent milk from those stables
being brought into the city and alsO 10 that
lie were brought thence into Brooklyn 10 be saugh-
tered On Monday evening Sergeant Rogers OF the San
itary squad discovered that .ghv cattle being
! driven from BIlssve to BROOKLYN lie followed
| them 10 the saughter-houses OF Moses May, v.
| 4 VI May and Nathan Bernstein, Johnson
ave-, not far from NcwtOwn Creek. These men
promised that the animals should not be killed until
The BROOKLYN Health authorities informed. The
sergeant then elcgraphcd the Information To Sanitary
superintendent Raymond, bat upon his return he fOund
that about hair of the cattle had already been slaugh
tered strict watch then kept 10 prevent any Of
the meat hcius taken away during Monday night Yes
tcrday the siaugheThouses visited by Professor
Law, who has been directed by Governor Robinson 10
inquire into the aud extent OF pneumonia
| among cattle, Sanitary Superintendent Raymond
| and several veterinary surgeons. Ia ono OF
| the Observation-Disclosures, where eleven animals had
been killed. the lungs Of only fonr were
| found, Al Moses Mays establishment sixteen cat
lie had been killed and the lungs, on being examined,
showed that the animals suffering from pleurO-
pneumonia an mcipicnt state II not sufficiently
advanced, however, any Of the cases render the
meat unfit for use. The Brooklyn Board OF Health
its next meeting Will discuss the proprey OF establish
ing abattOir, where ali becvcs FOR In the city
! shall be slaughtered.
owing the conflicting reports about the action OF
the prvy Council in England shippers here are much
disturbed. II difficult 10 obtain exact infOrna-
ton the situation in England At the British Con
euito u j. believed that order Of Council has been
made fIrhddug the landing OF cattle from this country
without slaughter quarantine after March g. No oil
information Of this has been received. but the belief
4, based on lrgTiin. that C0sfHe supplement ha.
been issued with 10 that effect. But shippers
and agents Of the steamship lines say that nothing has
! been done yet 70 interfere with the trade, and
! that huthmg VIII De- dono unless more eases
! Cd. disease are discovered. representative OF
! the firm ~ Goldsmith JOney stated yesterday
the Ts diseacd cattle were discovered In England but
tnat II h4d aferwnId been re-c!nded when other ship
! loads were found TO nc healthy.
II An order requiring from This country TO be
slaughtered upon arrival IN England Is made, all ship
10 send beef than cattle AZ this season TIE space
pied shipb0arI Is much less, and not much lee il
needed. In anticipation OF the order revolving the
! rnt arrangements Tor importing INTO I;ueiand, some
shippers bought large herds 10 he landed gland
before FEBRUARY -. TccErans state that the Mercy
Dock HOaru h begun 10 erect llraRe Tor quarmtlniug
cattle al Liverpool Cutlr before being shipped here
are examined by Custom Hons" officer, detailed Tor
the purpose, who gives certificate OF health, which
! j. cOuptcfs signed by the British Consul.
/. {. Eastman. extensive cattle exporter Of this
CIV received dispatch from England YESTERDAY sny-
all cattle shipped from the tuiied States, and
irving ut p0Hs 81 Great Britain alter March >, must be-
slaughtered AZ the port Of drhnrkat!Un He sam that
TINS ORDER would check the expectation OF cattle to
Gret Britain for time, bat that when II was learned
cA't among western cattle, The embargo would bo re-
| moved
Iurcs miI.doacr, were arrested in Brooklyn ycster
day Afternoon for selling ~ III MIX. They their
ana Hddr'--- frlovS: Henry Austin, No l9l
Giocnsli Georec Groc.h.ch No lol Ro~s-st aud u H.
Ms Griffin, no III Gtrthpuint ave. Gror-bcCk stated
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