The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-12-17
Pieuro- p neumonia in Texas.

Dallas, texas. De-. ia cfE.uht nl
excitement has gnsailed among The
Dallas cattlemen for the past few days
Every body was talking p%lsufo-nueu-
monia. q~uara.ine and imported JeT-
seys. The cause - the alarm was the
breaking cut VI the dread disease
Among the Jerseys recently imported
10 Dallas and sold ~ MessFs. Curry a
Huston. Il Connersyille, Ind Mr. "
J. Bsttefiun az the salye invested in
six Of the pet mixers Yesterday two
of them died. frothing at Tue mouth
aud giving other pronounced evidence
OF pleuTo-pu-umOnia. To-day another
Was IN such a deuiorabie condition
thai Il became necessary Ca XIII H. A
commission consisting of Dr. ~ouleT.
formerly Il British government insprc
tor ana veterinary surgeon Ia scotland,
G.. &. slaughter aud James Arbuckle.
experienced cattle TaiseIs-the last
named a breeders of Jersels--made
Investigation. and all were convinced
that the disease Is pleuro-penumonia
Dr Souter being decidedly and unalter-
ably pronounced In his Judgment as
sorting a p%ositiveness founded on long
years Of practice and observation with
the disease. One Of Mr.. +. Powell's
animals, purchased from Curry 4 Hus-
{ at the same sale at which Better
Tons purchases were made, also died
and It's demise was also attributed TO
pleuro.pneumonIa. Many others are
sick and more deaths will occur IN
fact the cattlemen anticipate that the
whole bunch of Jerseys sold in Dallas
will die, and that other herds will be
afflicted. II Is feared that the infec.
tion may spread and cause enormous
loss.
G. G. Slaughter, in conversation said:
Fl consider the situation extremely
serious and critical. Vigorous meas
ures should be at once adopted. Think
Dallas county should be quarantined
from allowing cattle to 60 outside her
boundaries, aud the state should be
guaranteed and cattle prevented from
going into other states until the dis
ease Is known to have been thoroughly
stamped out. The state has no cattle
quarantine law. so s.. 7. Cunninham,
state agent of the national bureau OF
animal industry. has been telegraphed
at Fort Worth to cOme to Dallas at
once and take whatever action he may
deem necessary under the United
States statute covering pleuro-pneou:
mOnia and other infectious diseases
and the quarantining of live stock"
These Jerseys are the herd about
which a report was current Just pre-
vious TO their arrival in Texas Of the
existence of pleuro-pneuomnia among
them. but Curry q Houston who came
personally to Dallas with them, man
aged to make them appear healthy and
nnd ready sale. The press CORES
pondents interviwed them at the time
on the subject. and they were positive
In their assertion that the cattle We're
perfectly healthy and had not been ex-
posed to pleurO-pneumonla. They also
claimed TO have clear bills of health
for the animals from a government in
spector IN Indiana. The alarm caused
by the breaking out of the disease Is
spreading and stockmen are anxiousiy
awaiting the result, wondering If in
addition to the misfortunes of the gen.
sral depression in the cattle business
during the past season the horrors of
pleuro- pneumonia are to cap the eli.
max Of their troublesIn TeXas-Santa
Fe New Mexican.