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cattle remained for several days, and one until the 6th of 
October. 
The field belonging to Mr. Echtinach traversed by the cat¬ 
tle of Martin and Gleason’s was partly planted with corn and 
part sowed in oats. Mr. Eehtinach’s cattle did not come into 
contact with Martin & Gleason’s cattle after the 2d day of July, 
neither did Martin & Gleason’s cattle penetrate Mr. Eehtinach’s 
regular pasture-field, which adjoins the corn-field on the west. 
The Elkhorn creek runs through all these fields enumerated, its 
course being from east to west. 
October 8th.—Mr. Thares Landis, living two miles north of 
Sterling, informed me that he lost a steer on the night previous. 
I proceeded to his place, accompanied by Messrs. D. N. 
Foster and Henry Bressler, the latter gentleman informing me 
that he, also, lost a fat steer this morning. 
History given by Mr. Landis: Removed from David Wolf’s 
pasture-field twelve head of cattle on the 5th, where they had 
been since the 1st of May; on the 6th, one of the animals 
brought home was noticed to be ailing, and on the morning of 
the 8th was found dead. 
Post-mortem appearance, No. 3. Aged 30 months; fat and 
in excellent condition; lying on his left side outstretched; drops 
of blood standing all over the body. Turned him over on the 
right side; removed the left shoulder and ribs; found very 
slight congestion of posterior lobe of left lung, and some inter¬ 
lobular emphysema; pericardial fluid bloody colored; external 
appearance of heart ecchymosed; internal appearance, heavily 
congested, almost a black color, small blood clots in both ven¬ 
tricles ; weight of heart, four pounds. Spleen, weight, four and 
seven-eights pounds, presenting an engorged and disintegrated 
glandular structure. Liver, weight, nineteen and seven-eighths 
pounds, very dark colored; blood vessels filled with blood; evi¬ 
dence of a fatty degeneration left upon the knife-blade after 
making a number of incisions into the structure of the liver. 
Fourth stomach, internal surface congested and studded over 
with a number of small circumscribed abrasions, dark colored in 
centre, and deep ; discoloration found throughout the length of 
