Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-17
DISEASE In THE AIR.
Carcasses of Poisoned Dogs Make Hill
Street People Sick.
MANY BODIES ON THE STREETS.
The Canine Mortality Continues, but Not
as Large as Tuesday.
YESTERDAYS INCIDENTAL BIRKs

The slaughter Of the innocenss, or the an
nihllation Of dogs, has now become serl-
Gus question from sanitary point Of view.
Unless the City Fallmaster gets "move
on" to-day, number OF cases Of sickness
will be reported to the Health Bureau, as o
direct result Of the dogs lying on the streets
In weather like that o! yesterday, II does
not take many hours for the carcasses 10
putrify, and when this highly interesting
period OF progression Is In state OF progress,
IL does not take brass. band and flaming
yellow posters TO get up an indignation
meeting against II.
A case was reported at the Central station
last evening that requires the immediate st-
tention Of the sanitary authorities. A boy
named Mahoney reported to the Sergeant
there were three dead dogs living on Hill
street, near Fourth avenue. One Of them,
he said, was In front OF his residence since
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, and the stencil
from the apimal had sIckened his mother
to such an extent that the woman had to
take to her bed.
ANOTHER WOMAN SICK.
A few doors above the Mahoney residence
lives Mrs. Paddon, who is suffering from an
attack OF cholera-morbus. In front OF Mrs.
Paddon's house is dead carcass, and the
unpleasant odor arising from the body had
a bad effect on the recovery of the lady. In
addition to these two carcasses, another one
is lying on Hill street, only few doors be-
low Mrs. Paddon's. The three dead animals
WILL It is said. breed disease and possibly death
unless removed instantly.
Another bad case is In Shores alley In the
Seventh ward. A big dog gave up the ghost
there on Tuesday aight, and his spirit and body
are still lowering around the place where he
gave his last bark. There Is another body in
the rear of No. 80 Wylie avenue, and
the people are anxlously awaiting visit
from the fallmaster, On Gist street, between
Fifth avenue and Forbes, is a dog that Is very
dead. and from the odor surrounding him
there is no doubt about whether he VIII be
used in the sweet by and by in glue pot, or
not. In front of Patrol station No. l last
night was the resting place of another de-
ceased canine, and the patrol force was think
ing of moving down TO the wharf. Three dogs
of different SIZE, breeds and colors also lald
down in Diamond alley below the Central sta
ton, and that vicinity did not smell of new
moWn hay last night. A similar case was at
the corner of Liberty street and Cherry alley.
A JOKE ON AN OFFICER.
The police officers of the Eleventh ward,
played joke on one of their number, Tuesday
night. Officer Bagley, colored patrolman,
was given seven buttons" Instead of being
dosed with strychnine, they were filed with
ordinary fine table salt The officer con. .cie n
tiously gave the "buttops" to seven different
dogs, and yesterday morning turned In report
of seven dogs killed. He went so far as to
give the other officers description of the
animals which were very big and savage. At
of ha a in
size until they got to be about as big as young
horses.
Inspector McAleese, with his assistants, made
265 buttons" yesterday morning and dis
tributed them so rapidly that when the night
force went on duty there were not enough to go
around. The same number Of buttons were dis
tributed on Tuesday.
A dog incident that attracted large crowd
of people occurred yesterday evening in Carey
alley, near South Twenty-seventh street. A
little girl who lives In the Twenty,seysnth ward
lacerated by a large dog. The child's father
attempted TO shoot the animal, but only sue
ceeded in wounding it; 1t ran shrieking into
the alley, where Officer Frank Risch put an end
to its life with bullet
ACTIVITY ON THE HILL.
The mortality yesterday was not nearly as
large as the day before. Between 10 and 100
were killed altogether. The Hill district
seemed to be the seat of war last night. and the
purpS WeTe DcluR Well uOoou bho OAAOeio Al
that neighborhood. In tho lower part of the
city there was a noticeable scarcity of live dogs
Yesterday, those seen being either muzZled or
carried III the arms OF afectionate owners.
ing In the dog killing line, the
supply of doctored meat having been ex-
hausted after the hill and downtown district
officers had been supplied. In the Second and
Third police districts nothing has been done as
yet nor will there be for two or three days. the
reason given being that the fallmaster could
not begin to remove the carcasses rapidly
enough. 1t was stated last night thar the
Bureau of Health had ordered the fallmaster
to employ sufficient help 10 enable him to clear
all the streets in the First district before
o'clock this evening.
Jennie Sinson, child living on Hoeveler
street, East End, was bitten by pet dog yes
terday. The wound is not serious, but the dog
was shot.