Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-12
guIITWBIA NEWS,
The Cattle Disease In UOidmbla Pronounced
by tue State Authorities Not Danger
VI nj fas.

Last week state eterlnary surgeon Ut.
| +. Bridge, of PHILADELPHIA, aud Secretary
of the Pennsylvania Board of Agriculture
| Thomas J. Edge, of Harrisburg, visited
Columbia and Marietta, called thither by
a disease which had broken out among
herds of cattle in these places, aud which
had batllsd the skill Of veterinary surgeons
in this vicinity. Yesterday your CORES,
pondent received from the latter gentleman
his report, which is published in full
The state veterinary surgeon pronouuces
the disease among the Columbia cattle to
be the Texan or splenic fever. This
disease originates among cattle of southern
ATTITUDES and is by no means confined TO
| Texas stock. 1t possesses peculiarities
common to no bovine disease the
southern cattle show no symptoms of IL
themselves but as soou as they get certain
distance north they infect every native
| which crosses their trail or which is placed
| IN the same car in which they have
travelled an infected Texan or Southern
steer drinking at watering trough may
leave the germs of disease which may
| infect q native animal weeks afterward /;
or may accomplish the same result by
eating at the common rack or passing
| over a common. 4 native animal may
be infected by coming in contact
with any Of the excretia of the souther
bullock the dung, urine, saliva and
excretious from the surface of the body,
are all causes or sources of infection. But
here the danger ceases, for one of our
native cattle has no power to infect
others it would seem that the virus of the
disease lost its power after passing
through the system OF one of our natives.
In our latitude it will not spread from one
head Of native stock TO another, aud we
have no fears Of any spread of the disease
at Columbia. Another lot of infected
cattle may be brought there at any time,
for 1t must be apparent to all that a
drover cannot protect himself in any way,
but there will be no spread of the disease
from the infected heard now there.
Other members of the same herd, sold
and taken elsewhere, have shown the in.
fectiop, but they contracted the disease at
the same time as those now in the yard at
Columbia.
The disease at or near Marietta is pro
nounced by the surgeon to be contagious
pleuro pneumonia, aud is Of a far more
| dangerous nature. 1t is contagious every.
where and with all bovine stock an
infected animal may by contact infect
thousand, each of which will have equal
| power to infect all that come in contact
with them. The state law refers only to
contagious pleuro pneumonia, aud in no
way gives power to act with cases of
| Texan fever. The board of agriculture,
under another act, has power to investigate
any disease among live stock, and give
such assistance and advice as may be
| possible under the circumstances, but the
| amount appropriated for this purpose
| (s20O) will not go far when divided among
sSO, 900, 900 worth of live stock in our
state. AS it is, it annually saves many
thousand dollars to the stock owners of
the state, and has by prompt action, pre-
vented the spread of more than one care
of dangerous and contagious disease.
As to the treatment of either Texan
fever or contagious pleuro- pneumonia,
the same will apply to both. We cannot
recommend any satisfactory treatment for
either Of them and all that We can advise
is the use Of tonics, which will assist and
strengthen the animal and thus assist ma
ture to fight and throw off the disease;
any one who can produce successful
cure for either is sure Of fortune. With
contagious pleuro pneumonia imme.
diately separate the infected herd from all
other cattle;every animal which has in any
way come in contact or has crossed the
trail of the infected animals should be re-
garded and treated as infected and care.
fully kept away from all other stock. In
termediate objects, as dog, the men
having care OF the stock, running water,
or in fact any third or moving object may
carry the disease from animal to animal,
aud should be carefully guarded against.
In Chester county lot of six infected
cows from Baltimore market has already
cost the state authorities much trouble
and expense and also a loss of not less
than $40, 900 to the owners of the infected
herds. A single animal infected with
contagious pleuro pneumonia may do an
incalculable amount of harm to others.
but native steer infected with Texas
fever is only dangerous to himself, not to
Others"
social News
The Columbia Ladies Lawn Tennis
association has elected the following
officers:
President.-Mrs. F. A. Bennett.
Treasurer. DR.. w. G. Taylor.
Secretary. Thomas Anna Welsh.
Another lawn tennis club is or will be
organized in this borough.
The fifteenth grand hop Of the Shawnee
fire company, No. 3, will be held in
Heise's woods, on next Saturday.
A basket picnic will be given in Heises |
woods, on Aug Goth, by the Ladies' Home |
Communion Lodge.
The Wrightsville baud escorted nine.
teen members of Putnum Circle, No. 113 |
b. U. Ii. +. of Q. A, to lancaster 70 day |
to attend convention of that order.
Mr.. e. b. Forney has returned to Wash.
ington, ID. o.
Miss Beckie Hagman, of Philadelphia,
is the guest of Miss Lily Wilson.
Mrs. +. Fallant, Of Muskiteen, Iowa.
by her young son, is visiting
her uncle. Mr.. John Bucher.
Miss Maggie Purple leaves for Danyille,
Pa.
Condensed Items.
The funerals Of ii. G. Bachman. a child
Of Mrs. p. A. Kimburg, jr., and a child of
MIR. Jacob Brunner were held YESTERDAY
citizens have died ia three
weeks, all of different ailments-
Fred FURY killed o dog that had bit him
In the right leg.-Market poorly attended
produce abundant.-P. Il. II. pay car due
this sweek.-Columbia band will not ac-
sompany to-morrow's Mt. Gretna excur-
sion "A train jumper and ten year. old
refractory boy, Samuel Brosie, were sent
TO jail this morning Joseph Halter was
bound over by Squire Evans for appear.
anoe at court for keeping q boneyard pui-
sance,-Prof. Eugene Thorpe's solect con.
,ert was given in Armory hall, last even.
ng, to large and delighted audience.
Bridge Specifications Changed.
The county commissioners on Monday
changed the specifications for the buildino