Daily Republican., 1882-12-19
FIFTH EDITH
TWO HORSES DIE STn1
Ehe sHddon Dea,6 or r.
bIe Livery HOrsa. "O

hHn VI Two :
DIe Livery Horses Ls'' ~
n Two S. valuable horses, beIonai' ~
h,os i, stroud, proprietor Of fTtIb'o1giDs the ti
oles, No. 1O9 and 1l8 ,West " s%S ~. LlveI
very suddenly last niub ~ : stree|
ness OF about 10 hours, In "t,ef tS
wnen the horses we're beina tag sas NJ
SYMPTOMS of their sickness : 100, I
en.n efen, by refusing to eat. 'I ~ was 4
veIerinary surgeon was $50 Sll
summoned and at once ammed
doctor them and by noon tho rsoOeet
ot,ght slgns of improvement
afternoon they appeared t. Hnt.
ter visiting them about siT TU'Esr vel
physician left them, COG
A close watch was kant ,,
mails during the eventr , upon
tendants az the stable snd Ug
o clock one Of the horses a~, "lu
getting worse aud the attaIpeas pp9Srs
owner WI was called to the a,t0n faHt n
rev minutes thereafter, hota, h,, aT
slctan could be summoDSJ Sd'Ote g
0reathed his last. Wbsn W th
arrived the other horse W.. ,ne
worse and notwithstanjiUSs' S' ,Ea ioang
o,a,. me surgeon he also dIssd 'Ts 6o,
The horses we're v.iuaJ a,
oeinR two of the tiuest llys,r" "pe
the city. I5 was supnossdS ho
mad been seized with p.eurs Doa'! Sua
or a similar disease, aIthongPp put ~
not 10 definitely deterniHaaa IL
was of such Short 'G 4,
"A postmortem examinatton ~
made to- day to ascertain Sn 'Sn
ture OF the disease. Three ,up DS Ok y
we're in attendance. pu!
Two or three other horses 1t ~
stable were afflicted in A simi,. NJ VI
fatal. uo' con e
Upon making inquiries tbio -,
u was learned that a vsIUabIa bn, ~
longing To Will am HammsI Nv Nv
was stricken with tb
1lsease yesterday, but in amid
And was driven OUT this mornbu
10 tell on the street and is AZ pra3
A critical condition Tho i W. pio
Ied at $3.50. "'''o
Other stables report their bo,I
oarently all right but from -"
n the Philadelphia Record vss., %
t is thought that the disease IL i"
EoiZoo:y which assunes a an
orm than that of previous ye,r.
ermed "Dry Epizjoty." IN
ng OF the disease the R,,ofd
The Camden Transfer Connany
obliged TO stop running soma q
on Saturday, owing I, i
es beng afflicted with The pn
seven others became sick the M
md it is thought the entir, n
yill get it. DR.. W. B. L. Miller
eterlnAry Surgeon pronOupc5d
pizOoty" and stated that tbe
vas very Infectious a I'D likely 20
ma further that it would not st
Iir If it proved epidemic. It
eady broken out in several vl
Jew Jersey and Pennsylvania
he reports describe the same
Oms.
SYMPTOMS OF TIE UIsEAsi
The horses refused to eat a. Ar
hen they rapidly became sol
titf. There is no discharge at I'd
& was the case during the ep
which occurred nine years ago.
"The present atlliction is what
be termed dry cpl
which is far worse than If The pol
tuff were discharged through d
rils. The great trouble with the
sr company's horses is that thu
being surcharged with the
Thich can only be driven out by
al doses OF medicine.
The horses throats soon get I'd
ore that they cannot swallOI
ledioiDe must he forced down
)r IL oaunot be administered By
ermic injections, as the weak
he animals will not permit re
} such a method
All the muscles Of the spine
ifeoted, and the general Condi
le animal is painful to bshOld,
II his disease spreads, as Be
i'll, it will be far more tatal
feCts than the pink-eye, | thid
le atmosphere is charged vii
erms of epizooty, and ii the own
Orses, and the superintendentS
.rGe car stables are not paFtld
Ireful of their stock it is Ilkely
Iey will be occaSl0ned mueh
'fore many days"
As this fatal and dread disSas
10 air, there Is no other alter
ian to tAks good care Of the hOr
atch him az you would q child
king the matter 10 hand upd
rst appearance,
The result OF the Post'mOrtem
Lticn Of Mr.. StrOud's horse
, made known as soon ASH !!
etsd.
Tho above description rs siml
q disease which ha, just been
in our city, aud owners Of
ould use every precantion
on as they see the slight indlcs
,knecs medical aid should at o
ninstared.