The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-08
SIXTEEN HORSES NOW DEAD.


which broke out In Cooks stables
last Sunday night has spread with
great rapid1ty and It is now thought
that it will be only snort time when
every horse IN the stables will either
die of the disease or die of its effects
From Sunday night until yester-
day noon nine had died, and since that
time they have lost six more, making
Is in all They have besides ten more
sick on their hands The six horses
that died since yesterday noon be-
1onged. one to William Jacoby, a,
butcher; one to F. j Hitchcock. the
butter and egg DEALER one to Piumb
& Winton, and the other three be-
1onged to Mr. Cook ~
F. RI Wilnnot of the Wi1mot &
Hobbs Co., had a horse taken sick
yesterday at the stables and it was
removed to the West End stables
where it died this morning There
were about 40 horses in the stables
when the disease broke out and of
these 26 have either died or are sick :
About IA years ago the disease
h1 oke out among the horses of the
Bridgeport Horse Railroad company
and before it could be suppressed
ca used the death of a number of val
ua BILE animals b F. Lashar who
as Superintendent Of the Horse Rail-
read Co, but who is now Street Com
missioner, and who is well Qualified
said to-day that he could assign no
cause for the outbreak When it first
appeared amcng the railroad horses
1t was just after a sudden change
from warm to very cold weather
MEDICAL TOASTS
The Bridgeport Medical Society held
their annual meeting and banquet at
the Atlantic hotel last evening There
were about 80 present At the bust
ness meeting the following officers
were chosen: President, DR., S M
secretary, DR. Warrinner; treasurer,
Ir- Graves; executive committee, Drs
Topping, Godfrey and Lyons
The menu of the banquet was in
keeping with the reputation of the
hotel Dr. Topping, the retiring pres
dent was POSTMASTER Some OF the
toasts responded to were: THE AL
dermanic Doctor as a Political Fac
tor in the Community, responded to
by Dr. Hoyt; tsThe Scientific Socie-
ty," by DE- Godfrey; 1.-THE Connecti-
cut National Guard" by DR. George
the Eastern Suburb" by Dr. w b
CoggsweIL One of the amusing
things of the evening was the toast
proposed by DR. Ford How Long
Can You Rent a Piano for SIS %
PEOPLE AND THEIR DOINGs.
Charity Corn1n1ssioner McEroy, who
went South for the winter, Is home
again He suffered an. attack of
cholera morbus while there, and upon
recovering came home rather than
risk another attack in his present
state of health
John "A White, contractor at Vince
Ter & Wilson's factory for the last 3S
years, severed his connection with
that company January l, 1896
J. B. Lobden of the firm of Iavelle
* Lobden, painters and decorators,
has decided to go to Cleveland,
where he viii engage in business with
a relative Mr. Lobden IS one of the
best known residentsNof the East End
where he has resided nearly all his
life and it is no fulsome praise to say
the people over there will regret that
he is to leave them
Gen. and Mrs. W. E<Dfsbrow OF this
city were among the guests at the dim
ner given last evening by Col. Adams
of the Old Guards of New York to
General Walker and staff. at the Meth
er1and hotel Gov. Coffin and his
staff were present.