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Show PINKEYE. Pinkeye continues to spread, but there do not seem to be so many fatal results. The disease has been in the territory for some time, but was unknown. Bingham has suffered with it, and in Ogden quite a number of horses were lost from the evil. Malloy & Paul now have thirty six horses sick with the disease, some just attacked, some in the most severe stage and some on the road to recovery. It's not looked upon as necessarily fatal, and Dr. Nunn says he can cure it if called in at an early hour, but after three or four days have passed without proper treatment, the chances are all against recovery. We have before stated that the symptoms manifest themselves in a loss of appetite-this, perhaps, first-in the pink color and dull expression of the eye, in the swelling of the legs, which extend to most unusual proportions, and in the general air of lassitude. Mr. Malloy states that he has noticed that it frequently show itself after a horse has been driven pretty hard, and when [unreadable] |