Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 1, 1872, Page 1

VOLUME 26. icago Dadl CHICAGO, FRIDA , NOVEMBER 1, 1872. INSURANCE. Insurance Company, HARTFORD, CONN. "The Agency of the ahove old and well-known Company will be reopened on the first day of November next, under thie management of JAVES AYARS, JR., Resident Agent. OFFICE, 187 & 159 LA SALLEST, Room No.3. TO RENT. TO RENT. 55 STATE-ST., Second Floor, with Steam Elevator. 57 STATE-ST., Basement, with or without Steam Power. Apply on the premises. J. W. MIDDLETO!; TO EREINTE. Becond floar of 3% Wabash-av. Apply on the premises [3 CHAGCE & ABELL. BUSINESS CARDS. To Western Live Stock Shipers. JACOR YOUNG, Iate of the firm of Bentley, Young & ©o., Liro Stock Commission Merchants, Union Stock “Yards, respocttully informs his numerous friends that he ‘has withdrawn from said firm, and will hereafter continus ‘business his own t. A tinnance of ggmg:m&uma. Pm“?;lg‘:maflner?;:lgnu?fis of el SR e R rhant L » BOLTS. CONTINENTAL BOLT WORKS, CREGIER, CLARKE & (0, Manufscturersof MACHINE BOLTS, LAG SOREWS, ‘BRIDGE, ROOF, AND CAR BOLTS, TURN BUCK- LES, BOLT ENDS, EIC. Any description of bolt work to order an short notice, Works corner Market and Huronsts. CLARKE, ABBOTT & CO., 50 and 52 East Madison-sts., sole agents HAMS. arcd to suppls the trade with my cclo- .‘;,’I*,L‘:g:é’?: ot Rugar-Cared Lzms and Smoked. Meats, HENRY PHILLIPS, 55 & 57 Fulton-st, DR, H. TOMBOEKEN ‘Begs leave to inform his patrons end friends that he has retarned from Enrope and resume modical practice at &2 Halsted-st., northeast corner of Madison, Koom 25. ©ffico hours from 9to 10a. m_and 2ta3 p. m. CHINA, GLASSWARE, &c. BUYERS Visit yar city will find it to their advantago to exam- s ‘o the stock of SONTAG & STAUDINGER, 640 Wabash-av., 13th-st., IMPORTZRS OF French China, Bohemian Glassware, Tava Ware, Parian Marble, Baskets, China Toys, Dolls. Fancy Goods in Great Variety at Lowest Prices. BRANCH OFFICE, WITH SAMPLES, 338 and 85 Wabashea . FURNITURE. RUDOLPE & THOMALEN 153 WEST WASHINGTON-ST. FINE AND MEDIUM FURNITURE. Small expenses, small profits, low prices. —_— FINANCIAL, WE WANT Tour overdas Claime, Bills, Netes, Accounts, ke, for Zeolles ction in any part of the country. Frazier's Mercantile Collection Agency, 146 EAST MADIS! oans Negotiated Onresl estate, in the city or suburbs, at current rates. G. S. HUBBARD, J; 165 Fast W MISCELLANEOUS. Geo. Foy & Co., WHOLESALE TOBACCONISTS, . REMOVED TO NO. 25 SOUTH WATER-ST. ‘LOST, ct. 30, Collector's Pocketbook, containing notes and 0 e e v 0 WV, Michurtson: A resard ot 10 e pald Tor 1is sottirn o 48 Central Union Block.. No Gaestions. CLOTHING. STATE-ST. FINE OLOTHIER. ‘ONILIOAN ' *V FEW TORK. PIPISBURGE. ROCHESTER. () A. J. NUTTING, CHILD CHILDREN, CHILDREN, CHILDREN, LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF FINE CLOTHING! EVER OFFERED IN THIS MARKET, FOR ALL AGES AND ALL SIZES.. EXTRA LARGE MEN FITTED. A. J. NUTTING, THE ONLY NEW YORK C. 0. D, FINE OLOTHING HOUSE IN TILE WEST. ADDITIONS TO OUR STOCK RECEIVED DAILY FROM OUR- NEW YORK BROADWAY HOUSE. 320 and 322 STATE-ST, BRANCH, 48 WEST MADISON-ST, HATS AND FURS. FURST HAT'SY STRYKER, & (0, The Leading Hatters and Furriers of the West, 231 W. Madison-st., Are showing the Largest and Best assortment of SEAL SACQUES and LADIES’ FINE FURS ever offered in Chicago. Furs manufactured to order. Furs sltered and repaired in the best manner. The Largest Stock of GENTS’, YOUTHS’, and CHILDREN’S Hats in the West. 231 West Madison-st,, 114 South Clark-st. BMUSICAL. SMITE’S AMERICAN OREANS. NEW STYLES, NEW CATALOGUES, REDUCED PRICES. 800 Organs now in storo. ANl ordors from doalers filled atch. Pri fr 1w to S1. 000, “’1’\'1'.‘3,‘; RAND SQUAKE snd UPRIGHT PIANOS for salo or tore: “W. W. KIMBALL, Cor. Wabash-av. and Thirteenth-st. SILVER GOODS. GORHAM STERLING SILVER. ‘We have just opened avery large assortment of the celebrated Gor- ham DMfg. Co.s Sterling Silver G-00ds, in beautiful cases, for Wed- ding and Anniversary Gifts. N, MATSON & (0, 481 TWWabash=23. RANGES. VAN RANGES, For Hotels, Restaurants, and Families. STEAM HEATING APPARATUS, CLOGSTON’S PATE: Estimates mado on application to HERON, SHMITH & MOOERS, 76 West Washington-st. BIRDS' EYES. TO TAXIDERMISTS, For Bale, Wholescle and Retail, ARMTFICIAL BIRDS' RV, FRED,KAENMPFER'S BIRD STORE, NO. 00 SOUTH DESPLAINES-ST. HAVANA LOTTERY. Royal Havana Lottery of Cuba, Drawing takes place every 17 days. Ordersfilled, prizes cashed, and information furnished. Highest rates paid for Spanish bank notes, gold, silver, and Government ‘bonds. We bave no agents in tho United States. TAY-. LOR & CO., Bankers, 16 Wallst., New York- THE HORSE-DISEASE. Progress of the Pesti- lence in This City. Over One Thousand Horses At- tacked Yesterday, The Entire Stock of Several Barns Rendered Un- available. The Influenza Spreading Through Both Public and Private Stables. Its IEffects Felt in the Three Divisions ot the City. Condition of the Sick Steeds in A1l the Stables. Oxen to the Front---The Reserve Molars Likely to Be Called In. Slight Improvement in the Situ- “ ation in New Yorlk City. CHICAGO, THE NOTE OF ALARM WHICH HAS DEEX SOUNDED from the East, and from Canads, and which the deily papors of this city have zealously re-echoed, Tas been quickly followed by the disaster which it foretold. The horse-discase which has cansed 80 complete & stand-still of business in all the large cities of the East, and which was heralded in Chicago by & few isolated cases, has now broken out in every quarter of tho city, and threatens to produce the same tnplessant con- sequences that it has done in other cities. Thers ere upward of seven hundred horses sick, by actual count, and the figure must have reached s thousand yosterdsy. Ex- cept those in the Western avenue barn of the West Division City Railroad Company, the horses have all been taken with the discase since Monday. In no other instance has its ap- pearance been noticed previous to that date. In four days 1,000 horses have been attacked, and there is little doubt that the disease will be gen- eral throughout the city in a few hours from the present writing. 8o far the disease has shown itself in A MILD FORM. Many of the horses suffering from it are still at work, and might have been seen on the stroets yesterday. The mein portion of those who have been relioved from duty are already recovering, owing to prompt and sagacions treatment. Should this be general, the fear of & total interruption of business need not be en- tertained. The duration of the disease sppears te vary, in proportion to the promptitude with which it is met, and this fact should encourage the owners of horses to be on the alert, and spare no pains to arrest the mal- ady at the outset. NUMELOUS MODES OF TREATMENT have been suggested, any one of which, if promptly administered, is better than the best of them called in & few hours later. Immediate attention is the prime necessity; good ventile- tion, cleanliness, disinfectants, come next, ‘Warmth should be especially sindied. Blanket the horses in all cases, and give them air. This has been generally done, and we believe if it is carried out the run of the malady in Chicago will e briefer than in any other city. THE PRESENT EMERGENCY has shown by how slender a thread our business is upheld. An epidemic among our equine friends results in & complete break- up of our routine ‘business,~—how complete remaings to be seen. It has the effect of furning attention to other means of transit than our faithful friend, the horee, and if it evolves some system of travel loss likely to be interrnpted suddenly, its results will not be so deplorablo after all. The use of dummies on our car-tracks i8 not comsidered practicable, and a modification of mechanical apparatus is necessary. A few months ago Mr. Myers thought that ho had golved the riddle by his PNEUMATIC MOTOE, but whether this is the case remains to be secn. A description of the machine was given some months ago, when the inventor dcmonstrated pretty sntisfactorily that his discovery possessed the germ of success, even though he had not altogother mastered certain mechanical imper- fections. His pneumatic dummy has been grad- ually improved, sfter a variety of cxperimonts, and is now nearly ready for use. It is awaiting & final trial before it can be pronounced upon- He has renewed his air-pump, which now works with two cylinders, In connection with the pumpis s reservoir, capable of holding 2,000 cubic feet of air, into which the air is forced through underground pipes. The reservoir is connected by means of a duct with the barn, where the dummy receives its substitute for fuel and water. i s oxLY omgg.zm o ia the pump, of whose capacil . Myers has doubts, Tix place will shortly bo Alled with another from New York, and then the owner thinks he will havo everything saccomplished. The dummy took & turn on the track yesterday, satisfactorily to tho owner. _Now is Mr. Myers' opportunity. If his invention is meritorious, the present lack of norses will afford him an excellent opportunity to display its merits. Thero will be fower horses sbout the_streets to be terrified, and one great obstaclo will thus be overcome. ' Lot Mr. Myers show up his dummy ab as early a date as ho can, and lot tho publicbo the jury to decide on its excellenco. If itis good they will soon discover it; if not, the soon. er it is known the bettor for Mr. Myors. THE SOUTH SIDE, The great stables of the omnibus company on the corner of Jackson and Franklin streets were visited by & TRIBUNE reporter yesterday morn- ing. Frank Parmeleo himself was in sttend- ance, s is his custom, overy part of the prem- ises, especially in snch a crisis as the present, ‘being under his close and constant supervision. The horses are kept in & lofty basement, lighted and ventilated by noarly full windows on three gides, The company has 150 horses, powerful and carefully selected animals. A proof of their careful keeping is evidenced by the fact that Mr. Parmeles showed the writer yesterday & spsn of white horses that have been sixteen years in omnibus service, and sanother pair of bays that have frequented our hotels and depots for thirteen years. RMr. Parmeloe says that it was only within two or three days past that any tokens of malady wero observed. On Monday, = number of the horses began to cough. On Tuesdsy morning, sixty animals were thus affected, those more seriously attack- ed giving tokens of unessiness, refusing their food, and . drooping. That day was damp and raipy, and the trouble scomoed on tho increase, as it doubtless would havo proved but for the change of weather. Meanwhilo, judicions meas~ ures wero resorted to. Liniment was frecly used on throats, breasts, and sides. Where there was coldness of ears and feet, the treat- ment was more thorough, and the animals worst aflected wore turned loose in box-stalls, with which the stable is provided, and warmth thus secured. The favorable change in the weather helped results, and in the dry, cool weather of yesterdayall tho Lorses were im- Pproving, coughing diminished, and only few now cases. 1t seems cortein that about Lialf the company's horses sre in a condition to bo de clared off work, and to remain 8o for the next ten days or more, under the most favorable cir~ cumstances. No fears are entertained as to fatal resnlts, but heayy omnibus work on a sick horse would give quite another showing. The company hes too much care for their valuable animals not to observe the utmost caution, and tho.extension of the disease might cause them and the public much temporary cmbarrassment. They will go on and work heaithy ani- mals only, and if tho number fails it is cortain’ that their luggago wagoms 2f least will be drawn about town by oxen, a con- tingency the Company already contemplate, for theirs is a class of scrvice that cannot be sus- pendod. Meanwhile the great stable is a fuily- equipped horse dispensary. Carbolic acid and chloride of lime are freely used to kill noxious vapors. An abundance of blankets have been secured. The horses have taken to drinking elippery elm like sick children, and if Franlk Parmoles does not get up his pets with grueland toast water it will be because ho does better for them. Horse-owners;will do woll to borrow a lesson from the omnibus stablos as to intelligent humanity in the care of horses. Mr. Parmolea feels cortain that the trial will be only of limited flumbtggn, and he is propared and proparing to meet it. THE CITY RAILEOAD COMPANY. There nre some 1,200 horses used on the South Side streot-railroads. Three hundred of them wore slightly attacked with the distemper, but are now convalescent. Twenty-five others are suffering undor a mild attack, which creates no slarm among the managers. None of those that have been sick, had & relapse. While nose- rious interruption of travel is apprehended, the Company are prepared to substitute dummics for horaoflesh a8 & motive power, provided per- mission toran them is granted by the city au- thorities. Under the prosent ordinance, dummies can be run within the city limits ofter midnight, and in case of necessity it is expected that their temporary use will be allowed during the d‘i’ In anticipation of an emergency requiring their use, men aro now at work putting the dummies in running order. FIELD, LEITER & CO. keep 67 horses. The gentlemanin charge stated that three horses were coughing, and he sup- posed they would all congh before long. The sick ones he described as ““ kind of dumpish.” He had seen hundreds of horses in the same way in damp weather, but he had not scen a man ‘who knew anything about the distempor. There had been nothing done except to keep the barn scrupulously clean, snd sprinkle chloride of 1limo on the floors. ) JOHN V. FARWELL & CO. had sixty horses in good health at 10 o'clock Wednesday night, but yesterday morning five began to cough. ~They Were fiot very bad and wero sont to work. Mr. Philips, the Superin- tendent, thought the weather had much to do with the spread of the complaint, and if a cold rain came on probably all the horses in the city would be laid up. The weather in the East had becn favorable to the disease, whereas our cli- mate being generally gonial at this season of the vear, thera was not as much danger as was antic- ipated. He intended using alcohol and cayenne pep-er for cold extremities, and believed that o mus.ard poultice around the neck would be effi- cacious. He used chloride of lime and carbolic acid a8 disinfectants, and advised keeping the premises clear of ammonia. THE UNITED STATES EXPRESS COMPANY use 75 horses, 25 of which exhibited symptoms on Wednesdsy evening, and two refused to eat. Mr. Enights, the foreman, said that, but for the excitement, he would not have regarded the coughing 55 anything'unnsual at this time of the year. He had frequently noticed the same symp- toms after a change of weather. The patients ‘were not troubled with the dmchfia of matter, and but two were off their foed. Lobelia, sconite, and belladonns were good medicines, and warm bran mashes excellent food. THE A. 3L U, EXPRESS COMPANY have 118 horses in their new stables on Third avenue. One of the attaches said that three or four declined to eat; that thero was coughing, but he never saw a team where there was not coughing at this season; that the work of the Company was not interrntgted. and he did not beliavo that it would be; they were taking every precaution. THR POST OFFICE STABLES. The Government owns 83 horses in Chicago, andit is of the utmost importance that they should keep well to convey the mails to and from the railroads. The interruption of cor~ respondence even for a brief period would bo an inconvonience to overybody. So far the Post Office animals are in first-rate health. The pre- cantion to which this happy condition of affairs isattributed israther funny. Mr. Charles Walsh, superintendent of the stables, an old horseman, Temembered that thirty years ago_when thero was a horse epidemic in New York State, 8 * corner” was gotten up in Billy goats, on ac- count of o popular superstition that the presence of a goat in & stable tEmvem,cfl the approach of disease. Believing that the odor of the goat was really a proventive, he purchased & pair, and tied them up in the barn. Whether there is any virtue in their presence it js difficult to decide, but the fact remains that the horaes are healthy. As confirmatory of the goat tliory, the following is interesting : Professor Hagen, of the Boston Musenm of Com- parntive Zoology, writes as follows : “ Concerning tho alarming horse-disease it will be perhaps of grest in- terest to hear of a remedy discovered by chance while & similar wide-spread epidemic raged in Germany soveral years ago. Attention was then aroused by the fact that certain stables of the army did not sufier at all. After a thorough investigation it was found that in those stables free from sickness thesoldiers kept for their own amusement 3 goat buck. Althongh many ridiculed and disbelieved {n 6uch 3 remody us Praven. tion of the disease, et the exporiment, when tried, proved o effectual that, for instance, at Konigsberg in ussio, an army stable keops permanently a goat ‘buck, and in 1806 they even took them to tho war.” Thers are ten horses owned and nsed by car- riors in the suburba. All of them are in excel- lent hoalth. ‘YOUNG'S OMNIBUS LINE, Mr. Young, proprietor of the well-known Wa- ‘bash avenue omnibus line, has 140 horses in his stables at the foot of Twenty-second street. He stated that many of his stock had been troubled with o cough for the last four or five dsys. One had & running at the nose, and none fed as well as usual. He coneidered absolute rest essential to a cure, and if the complaint made its_sppear- ance in an sggravated form, he would keep his horses in the_stalls until oy recovered. | Ho had no _apprehensions of fatal results, and be- lieved that with fine weather and proper treat- ment tho disease would disappear. The stages were running a8 usual. THE PEOPLES OMNIBUS LINE employ 830 horaes, and no indication of the mal- ady has sppeared among them, though the Su- perintendent 5aid they were looking for it, snd using every preesution. Ninety horses reside at TITE GARDEN CITY STADLE, on Sixteonth street. Seven were coughing, and five Tunning ab the nose. The conghing, liko Iaughing, recmed to be contageons, accor to the proprietor, Mr, Morris, who said that when ono began, the others followed anit. One ani- mal bad syollen glands, and hiad spells of cough- ing; snother coughed violently, and discharged matter from the nose and eyes. The eycs looked weak, the head hung spiritless and heavy, and tho entire system scemed prostrated. Dr. J. A. Booth, who had beon sent fo Dotroib by the A. M. TU. Express Compony to investigate the disease, told Dr. Morris that the regular distemper was in Chica- go, but, 50 far, in 3 mild form ; that no stablo 1n the city was freo from it, and that much de- pended on the weather. The first symptom was obgerved in Morris’ stable yesterday. ~Carbolic acid was being used as o diginfectant, . RUSSELL'S STADLE, No. 46 Harrison street, is where the horses used by the street cleaners are kept. There are fifty- two of them, all showing symptoms. These are afflicted with a discharge from the nose, and & few otliers were swelling up and conghing hard- ly. The owners did not intond scnding the oanera out Jast night, 88 the horses wers woe £it to work. Liniment Tas applicd fo the throat, to ease the irritation of the glands, chloride of lime was zgread 2l over, and hops burned, to fumigato the barn. Asafotids was put in 21l the troughs. The discase, which was noticed at 12 o’clock Wednesday night, spread rapidly. MISCELLANEOUS. Patricl’s stable, 762 and 764 Michigan avenue, has one in hospitel and pinety-nine not. The sick enimal shivered, was & bnmped up,” snd hed cold legs. Carbolic acid had been freely applied all over the stable. Lioot & Van Nortwick, on Fourteenth street, have fifty horses, of which one is under the care of the physician. The complaint has_gone no farther than & cough. Carbolic acid snd bromo_chloralum were called in to disinfect, and brimatone was burned to fumigate. At No. 456 State strect, there were 32 horses enjoying their nsual vigor aud appetites. The animals were dosed moderately with spirits of nitro and sulphur as & precautionary meagure, and carbolic acid wasgenerously sprinkled over the premises, The proprietor had faith in a good sweat. Tield’s stuble, on Oscar street, is the home of G0 animals, four of which wero coughinfi. o medicine had been used, the proprietor believing thero was nothing the matter except an ordinary cold incident to the season. Up to date, tho stables at the Stock Yards have | escaped contagion, The valuable suimals in that neighborhood are well taken careof, and it wonld not be wonderful if they escaped without any at~ tack of the disease. Jones' stable had eloven animals all more or less under the weether. Some ponies were as badly affected as the horses. MMules are also liablo to be attacked, so there isno advantage in being & mule or & pony. The Omaha stable had a sick list of six out of fifty. Thoy wore degcribed as having a running at the nose, acting dumpisl, with an_ inclination tolie down, They were getting hay tea and othor medicines. Stone & Williame® on State, near Twenty-fifth street, had 95 animals all coughing, snd three of them running at_the node. Condition pow- ders were being applied internally. At No. 81 Twelfth street there were 87 horses untouched by the disense. They said they were *iwaiting for it,” and, in the meantime, were put~ ting asafcetida on the bits. 'he Tremont Livery Stable had three out of forty on the sick list. They commenced cough~ ing on Wednesdsy night, and grew worse up'to yesterday afterncon. There was no discharge. ‘Akhurat & Daft, cornerof State and Twenty- fifth streets, havo six sick ont of sixty. Thoy coughod, were cold, dull, and dampish. Bradley’s barn, on Harmon Co shelters fifty-two animals, which were reported ‘‘all se~ Tene,” without even the beginning of & congh. Alderman Dixon's stock of fourteen was re duced by indisposition on the part of thrce showing premonitory symptoms. g Wrenn's_stables, on Sixteonth streot, gives lodging to forty animals, all in the full enjoy- ment of their faculties. Mr. Warren's stables, on Fifth avenue had & few sick out of twenty-five. P. O'Neill's stock was all right up to yesterday afternoon. THE NUMBER OF HORSES in_the stables visited yesterdsy on the Somth Side was 2,966, of which 821 were suffering from the disease, This estimate does not include private stables. There was a general expecta- tion among stablemen that a large number would bo attacked bofore night. VETERINARY SURGEONS, like other doctors, differ, and there seems to be 10 uniformity in their method of treatment. The list of remedies used at difforent places is enough to appal any horse. It is as follows: Aconite, eaycone pepper, slcohol, chlorido of lime, mustard, carbolic acid, lobelis, belladonna, spirits of nitsd, sulpbur, liniment, ‘burnt hops, bumt brimstone, bromo-chloralum, condition powders, and hay-tea, 2 THE STREETS ON THE SOUTH SIDE did not indicate tho presence of the disease, and thero was apparently no diminution of the hum- ‘ber of horses at work. Those that were at work moved more slowly than usual, drivers were ‘more, merciful, the whip was applied with less force and frequency, and the sudden-affection be- tween master and Lorse gave joy to the Humane Bociety. One result of the alarm is the increase of hack rates, the public-spirited body of men who drive those vehicles being determined to make all the money they can before their Lorses are taken sick, if that should unfortunately bappen. THE WEST DIVISION. At the Weatern avenue barn the disease has been 1n progress for" the past year and more, strange to say, and the efforts of tho veterinary surgeons who have attempted to prevent its spreading to other horses than those originally attacked have been atterly fruitless. Slow and sore has been iis course, and, as before mentioned in Tus TRIn- TNE, over fifty horses have been attacked. That it should have been confined for so long & period of time to the one barn is the most astonishing thing sbout the whole matter. Hed it ap- peared and eproad, it would not bave been g0 mnoticeable; but that. for one year the dieesso should be confined within the walls of that ill-ventilated inssitution should suggest to the Bupcrintendent of the Company that the disease ought to be attributable to cer- tain local conditions. At present there are only twenty horses at this barn who are suffering from the disease. been made at this barn for any scvere outbreal and consequent crippling of the usefulness of the company’s teams, beyond the diginfection of tho premises with chloride of lime and carbolic acid. This is to be deplored. There are in this stable, which furnishes the stock for the two ‘most important branches of the road, Randolph and Madison streets, the arteries of West Side traffic, 320 horses. Thers are I8 “limit” cars running from State street to Western avenue, taking eight horses cach in the course of the day, which makes 144 ; 23 cars taking six horses o day, making 138 horses, or a total of 283, ad leaving only 88 of the whole number. Of these, at least a dozen are chron- ically incapacitated, and the balance down with the disease, None are provided for from the country, and as the disense spreads, as it surely will, and probably has by this time, the number of cars running will be reduced on theso two important thoroughfares. ~ With a stormy season setting in, West Siders are promised & delightfol = experience for the next two or threo weeks. Yesterdsy morn- ing one horse was brought in from the road, suf- fering from the disease, the yollow mucus ran- ning in unpleasant quantities from the nose. The prostration does not appear to have followed immediately upon the first symptoms, as several horees are still working who have no farther in- dications of tho disease abont them than the cough. No special provision is here made for sick horses. breathe the same tainted at- mosphere, and the poor beasts have aless chance of escape on account of the lack of proper ven- tilation. Altogether the outlook is gloomy for all parties living west Gf Halsted stroet, and gloomier as one travels toward the setting sun. AT THE VAN BUREN STREEY BARN there aro altogether 74 horscs, including the snimsls used In wagons snd carrisges in_the service of the company. Of these 74 only eight or nine aro now suffering, or were as late as last evening, but how far the disease has progressed during the night we cannot tell. The animals invalided are not serionsly sick. As soon as theiuvincefl aymaptoma they were taken from work and put under warm blankets. Five cars run upon this line, requiring 60 horses a day. Thus the withdrawal of a dozen will seriously affect travel on this lino. Either the disease will necessitate extra labor on the part of the unimpaired stock, o the cars will b withdrawn. The ~foroman of the bam_ is not g0 defiant of disease a8 he was, bat he still labors to admit wholesome air and keep his stalls clean. The nccessity for & ventilating shaft in the roof is more plainly apparent than ever. AT THE BLUE ISLAND AVENUE BARN there are stabled 74 horses, of which eight or nine only are laid up. These have only pre- monitory symptoms, but all have been taken sick wi twenty-four hours, and twenty-four ‘more may find every horse in tho stable suffering acately. - The worst case is that of o mare, who exhibits little trace of thodiscase. On Tueedny night her breathing was irregular and manifest- ed lung affection, but yesterdsy, after treat- ment, she was much better, and ate freely. Tho treatment Was simple: warm moshes, oats, tepid wafer, and warm blankets had assisted materielly in checking the sym) toms. The mucous discharge had decreased, and the summary doctoring had proven very efficacious, The foreman deserves credit for having taken warning by the published sug- gestious from different persons. ~If every horse- man will follow his example, the threatencd dis- tuibanca of trade may be mitigated consider- ably. 2 JEFFERSON STREET THE BARN ‘hes also boea carefully looked after. Some of No especial provision has- r Mg the horses are coughing, but bey'omfl disease has not appeared. Thero is no prostra- tion apparent, and ass rule the animals feed pretty readily. The foroman thinks that careful treatment will check the progress of the diaease among individuals, but dare not hope any-horse will escape infection. AT HOWES' LIVERY STABLE, Nos. 715 and 717 West Lake street, there are 42 horses. There are only three among these that had exhibited symptoms of the disorder, and these wore only conghing. The disense firat made its appearance here yesterday morning, and prompt measures were taken to arreat if. ‘TLis stable had not been disinfected. AT BRADY'S STABLE, No. 602 West Lake street, there are 27 stock horses and 26 boarders. Mr. Brady claimed ex- emption from the disease yesterday, but in such amunner as to signify that he would not for tho life of him admit it even were every Liorse await- ing interment. AT DULEELY'S LIVERY STAELE there are 16 horses, none of which are suifering, sccording to the proprietor. It seems that Mr. Brady's reluctance to admit the presence of dis- easo1s as infectious as the disorder, and has communicated_itself to Mr. ely. The former contends that some of those in the lat- ter's stable are sicl, and vice versa. There is nothing like competition to extract truth,—only qualitative trath, however. AT BARKER & BRENNICK'S LIVERY STABLE there are 80 horses, none of which are ailing yet. Thersare no symptoms, even, of disease Tere, according to the proprietor, but some of them bave colds. This accounts for Mr. Bar- ker's belief that the disease proper is ot in the city. He may have been converted by ocular arguments by this time. AT DWIGHT'S STABLE, Nos. 145 snnd 147 Sonth Sangamon street, thera are 60 horses, all of which have 88 yet ercaped contagion. This stable is nicely ventilated, and ‘beautify clean. The proprietor has thor- oughly disinfected with chloride of lime and carbolic acid. ALl his horses are being put through a conrse of injections info the nostrils, with a solution of carbolic acid as a preventive. The barn is a model of cleanliness and good ventilation. i ‘There are 30 horses at the livery-stable of NEUGAS & OPPENDORF, No. 10 Morgan street, none of which had been attacked yesterday. No precautions have been taken here in the way of disinfecting. The pro- iotor don't believe in the fatality of the igease anyway, and thinks that, with proper treatment, thersis nodanger to be apprehended. BOBERTS DROTHERS. The livery stable in which the disease has shown the greatest activity and infectiousness is that of Messrs. Roberts & Bro., on Madison street, near Centre avenue, known as the Centre Avenuse Livery Stables. Here are 175 horses, of which nearly 100 are unfit for work. The pro- prietors eaw 2t once that nothing but prompt action wonld avail, and, a8 the disease appeared first on Monday, thy closed their stables, sud concentrated their energies on doctoring thesick Liorses. It spread among the poor beasts like ‘wildfire, and now the atables resemble a hospital full of Jung-diseased patients. Thers i8 8 per- petual coughing and sneezing going on among the poor creatures, but they do not appear to have lost flesh. Theyare eituated under ground, ~which is a disadvantage, but are getting bravely over their troubles. -The proprietors secured the services of an English veterinarian, Dr. James Whittle by name, who has met with sin- successes in his treatment. He gives the orses warm mashes, and boiled oats, and & compound about which he displsys much cau- tion and an undue development of the secretive clement. When asked by two reporters the in- gredients of his compound he favored them with the illusive information that a dark, resinons Tiquid which he poured down the throats of re- Iuctant horses was warm water. When called upon to enunciate his sovereign remedy for the public good, he smiled sardonically, and said that if the reporters would be kind emnough to take the disease he would doss them liberally. Further than this, however, he would not _sey. The horses donot appear to be very sick. Indeed, to an unpracticed eye, there is nothing to be observed. One or two only are suffering from the mucous discharge, but the remainder are doing finely. *‘At the moment we found them_coughing,” said Mr. Roberts, “twe re- Tioved them from work, and pat them into hospi- tal. Wedon't expect sny of them will esczpo the disease, but they will get over it in & very short time.” - It is prob: that Mr, Roberts’ ‘prediction will be verified, and that his_prompt ‘measures will be productive of good. His ex- ample should encourage others to immediate action. ‘At the livery stable of DMESSRS. CROSS®AX & CO., No. 418 West Randolph street, there are 125 horses, not one of which has a8 yet shown any signs of having contracted the disorder. The ‘barn is freely disinfected with chloride of lime and carbolic acid, and the proprietors think that, with moderate worl and healthy feeding, their horses escape the general infection, or, at any rate, be in good condition to combat it. They are all warmly blanketed and carefally worke: THE ASHLAND AVENUE STABLES, Nos. 609 and 611 West Madison street, A. Tuell & Son proprietors are proportionally the heaviest sufferers at present. OQut of 22 horses 18 are incapacitated. The disease has attacked them with unusual violence, and the owners are doing no business at all. The horses Wera improving s!.ighug yesterday, and the prospect was more favorable than it has been. The horses were sick for some days, and most of them are get- Liz;ugavcx' it. Dr. Bartlett is attending upon them. 7. GROSSMAN'S STABLE, No. 627 West Madison_street, but s few doors est, of the above, contains 50 horees, of which only 7 are suffering, and these only with the premonitory symptoms,—coughing and a dis- tasto for their food. They are probably worse off to-day, with half their stock Jaid up. G. EATON'S LIVERY STABLE, No. 57 Halsted atreet, is but xlightig inffected. Of 70 horses, 3 aro lightly attacked with cough- ing. These were taken with the discase on Trosdny, and_almost simultaneously. None of the others had appeared to be sick. ~ Every pro- caution has been used here, and, as the stables are recenly built and well looked after, and for the past ten days the utmost vigilance has been used. e sick animals have been homeopathically treated, bui whether they took kindly to little pills or smiled 18 they swallowed them, our reporter did not in- quire.” -Besides homeopathy, Mr. Eaton has been careful to usc loride of lime for disin- fecting, and taken carg that his animals are not overworked or exposed to cold, His motto has ‘been to take caro of the animals at homo, and as far as his boarders are concerned, to let their owners be responsible for them outside. Noth- ing better could be wished for in the way of ventilation or cleanliness in the stable, or in the caroful treatment the horses have hero met with. < 7. 3.BROWN has two stables, one on Madison street near Union, and one on the same thoroughfare near Elizabeth. At the former there are 50 horses, 7 of them sick, and some of them at work. They are not incapacitated, but, o they have had no rest, will probably be laid up to-day. At the stable near Elizaboth street there are sixi horses, twalve of which are sick. Disinfectants are being freely used—and so are some of the sick horses. ‘The latter are doing well enough, however. AT TAAS’ & POWELL'S STABLE, on West Madison street, near Canal, there are eighty horses, none severely attacked with the disease, but seven of them slightly infected. They cough a little, but feed with energy. THE NORTHWESTERN LIGHTNING ROD COMPANY'S STADLES, on Hastinga strect, contain nine horses, eight of them suffering from the disorder. This has compelled the Company to stop_thelr business ; but a8 the animals are only slightly suffering, and promise fo_recover speedily, their resump- tion at e exrly day msy bo confidently ex- pected. THE ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY own twenty-horses, which are stabled on the corner of “West Tnilor and Halsted streets. None of them have shown symptoms of the dis- ease, but arrangements have been madein the country to supply their places 2s soonas anyare attacked. Thus their business will not be in- terrupted to so complete an_extent as was at first feared. There is mo knowing. however, how soon every horse may be prostated. SCARCELY A PRIVATE STADLE on the West Side has been exempted. Abrens & Bebrens, the wood and coal dealers on West Madison street, have all their horses sick. At Small's stables there aro several ; W. B. Stan- nad's horse was in o bad way, bub is recoverlng; Mr. Morphet's _ stable on Wabash savenue is more s hospital than anything else. Skinner & Locke, No. 823 West Madison, have two sick horses; and the list NUMBER 74. " ;nded to embrace nearly every pri- A " 1'the West Division. “-YTHE C., B. & Q. STABLES. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy stables are victimized. Their horses went out yesterday morning, quite healthy, and roturned atnoon quite unfit for work. Instead of going about their daily avocations, and picking up fresh air and renewed vigor, they amused themselves by catching epizootic catarrh, and will pay the pen- alty of their rashness by confinement and uu- ‘pleasant medicines. MISCELLANEOUS. The Union Line Omnibus Comtgnny's stables contain forty horses, sorme of them suffering severely. All the omnibuses were withdrawn yesterday afternoon. i The Canal street omnibus stables are also in- fected. There are 175 horses stabled here alto- gether. The Lumberman’s line has cscaped, 3 yet, ‘but to-day will bring them what it is useless to hope will not come. ohnson's livery stable is invalided. A score of horses are suffering from tho disease. CONDITION OF FTRE DEPARTMENT HORSES. Captain Ben. Bullwinkle, of the Fire Insur- ance Patrol, reports that the three horees used Dby his company are suffering from the disease- and are uniit for active service. They were att tacked with 1t verysuddanly at alate hour las, evening, but received promptmedical attendanco. and, it is belioved, will recover. The Patrol Cumrnni‘is obliged to attend fires on foot. . Chief Fire Marshal Williams siates that ths horses belonging to the Fire Department are en- tirely free from disease so far. THE NORTH SIDE. The North Side was not troubled by the dis- ease until yesterday morning. It first broke out at Doty's livery and sale stables, on Lincoin avenne. There are thirty horsos in theso stables, all of which have the disease. Those horses are very valuable, none of them being worth less than §300. Nickerson's Distiller emplogs thirty horses, and every one of them is suffering more or less from the diseasa. The horses at Healey's livery sta- ble, No. 262 North Clark street, were attackes geaée:aay evening, all of them coughing very adly, and refusing to eat, but s&howing as yet no ofher symptoms. The’ horses at ths Norti Division Railway stables nre 88 yet in good health, and show no symptoms of the discase. Thers are very few horses in this city that are treated with s0 much care as these, and Lopes are entertained that they may escape the mala- dy. The Company, however, are preparing for n{e worst, and will put the two dummies left un- harmed by the fire, on North Clark street, should Hhioy ba sl to obisin the pemmission of the dity authorities, as soon as their horses show any symptoms of the disease, as they mean to with- drow every horse that is_not entirely well. The disease on the North Side is as yet of a very mild form, but the owners are, mevertheless, greatly alarmed. . REMEDIES. A reporter of Tee TemoNe called on R.J. Withers, Veterinary Surgeon of the South Side Railway Company, yesterday, for the purpose of learning his views in rogard to the disease. The interview is subjoined. ‘Reporter—Are there many horses in the railway come pany’s stables afflicted with'the diseaso? Dr. Withers—We Lave about twenty-five; we watch them very closely. Some of the horees have a cougk, ‘but have 1o other promonitory symptom than that— the first symptom 18 a dry cough—a great noise in tha trachia. B.—What remedics have you for the diseaso? Dr, W.—We apply » mild connter-rritant, stimulats the throat, and give » mild fibrifoge, We avoid &l thartice~—doing all we can to relieve the irritation of the throat. Veritrum veileeases the irritation asquick ssanything, We blanket well, and where the Limbs ura cold, rub and bandage themn ; we give hay tea, wi't meal andl elippery clm in it ; during convalescence wa ‘administer diffusible stimuiants. e do not expect to Iose a horse, B.—Have any Tecovered entirely under this treate ment? Dr. W.—Yes; many bave recovered, and are now working—horsesthat were sick ten days ago. R. Do now cases oceur every dsy 7 Dr., W; Yes, R. What do you do when you discover the symptoms of the discase? Dr. W.—Wo separate the afliicted horses from the others, and put them in the hospital at once, Somo were taken yesterday with a cough, and a slight ruc. ning ot the nose ; they wouldn’t eat anything ; there ‘Weze o new cases to-day. R.—How many cases have you had in the Company’s stables thus far 7 z Dr. W,~Between three 2nd four hundred since last Japuary. R.—Tho discase, then, is not an nnususl one 2 Dr. W.—No, it i3 not. It isa disease that is liabla to oceur as 5 sporetic at any time, but more particu- Iarly 28 an enzooticduring the spring and fall. B.—What produces it ? Dr. W.—In the spring time horses shed their coate— nature supplies them with a new coat; the natrition Tequired to sustain and supply the coat increases toe capilliary circulation; and 2 sudden change of wecther ‘perverts the nutritive process, and causes capilliary congestion and a general mucus fever. B.—Is that the Dame of the diseaso? Dr. W—I call it that, but others designate it inufl- enza, and it {5 generally known o that. ~Great energy i8 required to supply the horeo’s winter ccat, and i horse gets weak, ondis debilitated from it, and Te- uires great cars and more nourishment or accont of e drain on the vital forces. B.—Do you think the disease will spread throaghost the entire city ? ) Dr. W.—1I do not, unless we haverain-storms. Thers must be s predisposing causoin tho atmosphere b~ fore it occurs more generally than it has herctofore. Incaseof an exciting cause, suchss I have named, e are aa lisble to have it s bad as in the East, Dur- ing my visit East tolearn the canseand pathology of the disease, I found that, in every instance, an out- break was precoded by severs cold rain-storme. ZLastyear we had it here, and Dr. Tuttle, a very emi- nent surgeon, pronounced it the inflnenza, Thé char- acteristics of the diseaso now prevailing do mot diffcr a particle from the disease last year. —Our_ foreman detected the disease from what he Lad scen of it twelve months ago. ) R.—Is it not o fact that, within & weak or two, it ‘has spread very rapidly ? Dr. W.—It i8 guore general than it has been for some time, i B.—Do the veterinary surgeons consider themselves competent to arrest its progress? A Dr. W.—Yes. There are a number of quacks in this iy, butif competent surgeons are emplosed thers ‘will beno difficulty, R.—Isit s fatal disease? : Dr. W.—Not necessarily, If it assumes the malig- nant or typhoid £ype, it is, I have several malignant cases under my charge now. I have found one pecu- Yiar eristic, and that s, that the liver becomes involved very readily, and also the bowels, These ‘cases are dangeroua and difficult of treatment. ; R.—How many cases have you now 2 Dr. W.—] have several hers in this barn [Twenticth and State streets], and about fifty in private stables. All aro mild cases, Some I had a Week 3go, 5Te ROW convalescing. R.—Do you allow infected horses to do work 7 Dr. W.—Not if we notice it ; the men ar posted, and drders Lave been iasued not o allow sick horsa to worl THE HOMGZOPATHIC TREATMENT. ‘We are indebted to Holsey Brothers, of the Chicago Homeeopathic Pharmacy, for the follow- ing homeopathic remedy for this disease, by James Moore, M. R. C. V. 8., London: The patient ehould be placed on 3 clean, airy, well- ventilated, loose box, be suficiently clad, and fed on catmeal and linseed gruels, and bran mashes, The ‘most useful medicines are tho following : Aconite is eeldom Tequired at tho onset except in those eomparatively rare instances of the disesse when the attendant fever is of 5_decidely inflammatory charscter. It may, however, bo called for during ths ‘progress of the disease when local congestions and in- Hammations arise. Belladonna is indicated by swollen, closed eyes; flow of tears; gore throat ; pain and difiicalty in Ewallow- ing; tenderness and swelling of the glands about tha neck and jaw ; irritating cough ; indication of head ache or of dellrinm. Ammopium Causticum is a valusble remedy for the complication of congested lungs, which may be known by hurried, labored breathing, dilated nostrils, cold ekin, etc, Mercurius is indicated by similar catarrhal symptoms as those which demand Belladonna, and in some instances these two medicines may be nsed in turn with great benefit. Mercurius is likewise valuabla for foul tongue s disc] ellowness of the eyes, mouth, and skinj bilious evacuations, Nuz Vomica is peculiarly called for when the bowels are constipated, or relaxcd at one time and confined at another; the evacuations hard, lumpy, and covered with mueus ; tendency to drowainess and apparent aralysis of fhe hind legs. P Phoephorus is required when infammation of lung is ot hand or present, which may be known by the symptons detailed in this chapter on that Qs ease, Bryonia_must be given when any rheumatic or pleusitic. slement exisis—short, grunting breathing ; pain.to the touch in tho intercostal spaces ; friction Sounds hesrd on applsing the ear to the affectéd side, O aenicum 15 Tequired for great prostration of and spirits ; feeblo pulse ; and in_ short for e A e Syiapluins Whith chumelerize. tus, Sworst variety of this disease—that in which tho power ot lifo are profoundly and rapidly depressed. Dosz.—Ten drops of auy of the above medicines ; repeat each doge every ane, two, three, or four houre, according to the mecessities of each case, and tho re: sulting improvement, HOW TO WATER HORSES. 4 The following important advice concerning [Continued on the Eighth Page.] ~ of saliva ; offensive breath; slimy,