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Show t- Vf. U. Telegraph. TUE IIORSE 1 New York, 31. Tho cool bracing ! weather of the last two days had a good effect upon tho sick hors The ' malady seems slightly abated. More horses are on the street to daj aid many of the car and stage stables re port improvement in their srock. The facilities for travel are somewhat increased. in-creased. The weather to-day is cloudy with tho appearance of rain which is not encouraging. If the weather should become tine it is hoped there will be a ropid improvement in the 'J"" epj. demic. At all events the dl8eaBO u -reached its crisis, i.10 a&th8 were rr"v-t-1 est era ay. rio change for ttie better is reported amon the Brooklyn horses. Heavy mortality is reported thero. Bergh intends to Btop tho BleeoWer street stages to-day. He regards as preposterous the suits against him. Other lines say they would prefer to have Bergh stop them ' as they are running merely to accomodate accomo-date tbo public The stagnation in business remains about the same. A female doctor reports that sho is treating treat-ing lour ladies suffering from the horse diseaso. Mr. Bonner thinks the distemper dis-temper will soon pass by. The European Euro-pean steamships yesterday were on timo, their cargoes being furnished with lighters. The disease is on the decline in New Jersey. Chicago, 31. There is no lonjrer a 1 doubt that the prevailing hor.-e disoase , has reached this city and vicinity, and is spreading rapidly. It is stated on i good authority that there wero last '. night thrco hundred horses afiected in the city, and forty in tho pmall suburbs sub-urbs of the oity. Kvery precaution is1 being taken aaint hs spread. The sinitary superintendent has ordered that all stables iu the ui'y bo at once , disinfected. Many lines of eastern railroads refuse to receive horses for shipment bore and extra care is beiDg taken by hor.c owners of the oity. The uc of hrrcs affected will bo proventcd if possible. Oswego, N. Y., 31. No improve-m"nt improve-m"nt in the horo epideniio. Another tus was chartered to tow a boat in the canal, ujukmK three in all. Wasbiog'co, D. C, 31. Two morning papers report forty or fifty hon-cfl showing symptoms of tho eiiiiuc I'pidcujtu Another paper says that veterinary surgeons are not attending at-tending any bor&cs. and it docs not believe be-lieve thero is a case in the city. |