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Show illy V. U. Tolenrarh. the iioasE J I SF. ASK, Philadelphia, 2 Nearly all the horses in the city are more or less uf-feclcd uf-feclcd by tbe prevailing distemper. A 1 largo proportion of the street oars are 1 withdrawn. Probably all will stop tomorrow to-morrow to give the horses rest. New York, 2. The horse epidemic is rapidly abating. The Btroeta show a more cheerful aspect The dear, bracing weather will doubtless prevent a return of the danger. Chicago, 2. The horse disease appears ap-pears to havo culminated and if all the J horses in the city are not affected. nearly all arc taking rest. Very few can be seen on the streets this morning. morn-ing. Those ncqcrally attached to the delivery wagons of retail grooers, market mar-ket men, etc , move at a funeral pace and are covered with blankets. All the linca oi' street ears and stages in the city are stopped. The hack Ftands wnre deserted before midnight last night, and at that hour not a horse could be Been in any direction. A oold rain ttet in last night and continued until late this morning. It ia still oold, damp and foggy, rosembling tho 1 weather which afflicted eastern cities during the worst stages of the epidemic. epide-mic. The probabilities are that the cilv will go afoot for several days. New York, 2, The horse epidemio in Jersey City is rapidly abating. The street!, especially in the vicinity of tbe steamship docks, present a busy scene this morning. Chicago, 2., p.m. The horses on the streets this morning havo nearly all disappeared, and they are bcooming to be regarded as a curiosity. The absence ab-sence of teams for t he transfer of goods has already greatly interfered with bu?iDess. Express and railroad companies com-panies are delivering do goods. Tbe our trade is stagnant on account of the impossibility of delivering. A large number of wholesale bouses and several transferrers have telegraphed to tbe country for oxen to supply the places of the eick horiiiS. Boston, 2. There is a marked improvement im-provement in the horse disease under the influence of the clear, mild weather. The streets are beginning to assume something like their business appearance. Washington, 2. The horye dieae prevails throughout Washington, al- ithoueh in the majority of caes in a very mild form. No deaths yet. |