The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-02
A MYsTERlOUs lIALADY.

which has Given Belmont County Horse
men . SeaFe-Ihe Disease Reaches
wheeling, bat h Promptly EFAdIeaIed
-SOmsIhiHg Of It's Nature and BeFiOHs
Effects.
Several times recently the INTRLLlaRS'
CIR has contained in its telegraphic and
correspondence columns mention Of 3 dis
ease which has been killing of the horses
in the southern section Of Belmont
county. 1t is vadously described as a
phase OF the spizootic and new malAdy,
the nature and treatment OF which is not
understood. Meeting gentleman from
the section Of county from, which the re-
ports come, a reporter yesterday interro'
gated him as to the truth OF the accounts
sent to papers in various par1 OF the
country. He was informed that while
the accounts printed in different papers
have been exaggeratsdland sensational in
the extreme, yet there was foundation in
TACT for the stories, and this, too, OF 30
serious q nature that great uneasiness pre-
walls all over the section Of country
affected.
Inc disease was first discovered in Q
mare belonging to Mr.. Jackson Dreamer
a Well.to.do farmer residing near Key
postoftiCe. Shortly other horses OF bis
were affected, and the disease seemed 90
grave that Mr.. Dreamer sent to this city
and got DIR, Simons, q veterinary surgeon
10 examine the animals. This gentleman
pronounced the disease acute CHAMBERS,
and refused to tfest them, both because
the disease Is absolutely inCurable and be-
cause OF the danger OF incubation with
the dread mAlady, which the Doctor yes
Iterday told an INTRLLIGRNcRR man be
feared as much as he does small pox. The
ailment affects the lungs, throat and nos
trils, and is virulently contagious, though
not epizootic,
The disease, which is so horrible that II
is almost impossible TO describe It, has
been reported by some OF the citizens oil
the county to Governor Foster. Those oil
the people there who have horses that are
not afflicted think they ought to be pro-
teCted; hence the complaint TO Governor
Foster, who Is asked TO interfere by or.
dering to be killed all horses sick OF the
dread disease. They not only want the
hores killed, but they want the carcasses
burned. The Governors reply to the
communication on the subject referred the
writer thereof TO section No. 1856, Revised
Statutes, which hears upon such cases as
the one under consideration, The Gov.
ernor also advised that the matter be put
In the hands OF the Prosecuting Attorney
OF Belmont county, which has been done.
What action will be taken by this off
nla1 ,,,n nnut1 mi leaHH, hIf Nhn 0an la
with whom we talked yesterday said CON
siderable uneasiness prevails over the
river from the TACT that one Of the horses
affected, instead oil being shot and Gre
mated, was turned loose upon the public
highwsy. All authorities agree that the
only safety rom incubation Is the de,
struCtion OF the corpse Of the animal, and
the thorough dlsiniection Of the stall Of
other enclosure occupied by him.
Several cases Of the disease are said Ia
have existed at Bellaire some time ago
Just prior to the sickness OF Mr.. Kreamer'G
first horse, and as he is q frequent visitor
there, II seems a fair presumption that the
contagion there encountered was the orr
gin OF the trouble. SO far ss we have
heard, the number OF deaths will not ex'
coed q score, the lofs falling upon some
three or four farmers In the same neigh
borhood and o BellRire liveryman.
What makes the disease OF peculiar In
terest to Wheeling horsemen is the au'
thentiC report that Il has made its way "a
this city. Some days ago DR.. Simons was
called to treat horse belonging 10 Mayor
Egerter, and discovered that 1t was In an
advanced stage Of CHAMBERS. He advised
the immediate slaughter OF the horse and
the dlsiniection OF the stable, and these
steps were taken to prevent the spread Of
the Contaglon. Inquiry yesterday dsvel.
oped the TACT that the horse was one OBJ
tanned by the Mayor by trade with O
Belmont county man, and the presump.
ton Ia that the animal was from the affect.
ed neighborhood, This case is believed to
have been 80 promptly treated as to pre-.
vent any danger OF further spread, but
the fact OF its existence should put horse
owners on their guard.
The disease, 1t Ia said, may originate
from the dampneHs or poor ventilation os
stables, as well as from Contaglon, 1t II
sometimes chronic, but generally acute,
and mules suffer worse than horses. The
danger Of infection to human beings Ia
lust the same 90 TO horses, and the disease
ln man just as certain 10 result fatally.
Speaking Of the plague, q correspondent Of
a Cincinnati paper says: "That It abounds
to q serious extent there Is no doubt, and
II Is equally certain that II is spreading.
Its extension across the borders Of Bel.
mont county Is only Q question oil time,
unless It be eradiCated Immediately. The
importance Of the subject cannot be over.
estimated, on accounted the malignity and
fatality OF the disease An epidemic Of cpl.
zooty would be mere bsgatele In com.
parison to an epidemic Of disease such
as has been raging for some time past in
Belmont county, because eplEooty is not
necessarily fatal, while the other Is sure
death to man and beast. The Prosecuting
Attorney OF this county will be urged to
take such steps as may be necessary for
the protection Of what sound horses are
left hereabouts." .
The fact that only the prompt action OF
Mayor Egerter removed the danger Of the
spread OF the Contagion in Wheeling is
conceded. The constant intercommnni.
cation between the section where the die.
evse originated and this city, coupled with
the alarming character OF the disease,
should serve to make horsemen here abun.
dainty cautious.