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NEWS AND SUNDRIES. 
NEWS AND SUNDRIES, 
Glanders in Illinois. —From Tuscola it is reported that 
glanders has broken out, that the State Veterinarian killed several 
diseased animals, and that a man named T. Butler, having inoc¬ 
ulated himself in taking care of them, has contracted the disease. 
There is considerable alarm in the neighborhood of 
Decatur, on account of the prevalence of glanders. Quite a 
number of horses have been killed and others quarantined. In 
Dalton City the authorities have ordered that all the hitching 
posts be taken up and burned. 
A Six-legged Colt. —We have received the following from 
Findlay, Ohio. A strange freak of nature in the shape of a six¬ 
legged colt is the property of Martin Ensling, of Fortage town¬ 
ship, this county. The animal was foaled Monday night, and 
bids fair to become a dime-museum attraction. The hind legs 
of the animal are natural in form and size. The right fore leg is 
double from the knee down, having two perfect hoofs. On the 
left side twe legs start out from the shoulder. They are perfect 
in shape, but are only about half as long as the other limbs. As 
the colt is otherwise sound, and can walk all right, there appears 
no reason why it should not live.” 
The Loco Weed in Arizona. —The following is taken from 
an Arizona paper: (< Loco weed is reported to be playing havoc 
with horses in several sections of northern Arizona at present, and 
many of the oldest stockmen unite in saying that it is unusually 
thick. Losses of horses are reported by many, and the scientific 
experts of the Agricultural Department at Washington, who have 
reported that the weed in itself does not contain any element in¬ 
jurious to live stock, can obtain ocular proof that it does by paying 
us a visit. Any series of experiments—no matter how expensive 
—that will disclose the true nature of the loco weed and provide 
some remedy for its ravages, will be more than repaid during the 
first year by the saving resulting from a knowledge of what will 
effect a cure once that an animal has eaten the weed.” 
