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GLANDERS IN ILLINOIS. 
son went quietly away, and, after an hour’s absence, brought the 
horse panting and sweating as after a hurried run. 
Five good, true and disinterested farmers and tax-payers, had 
been selected in the morning. They were now sworn in by the 
justice of the peace, and proceeded to put a valuation on the fol¬ 
lowing property, which I had advised to be destroyed, viz: 
Two horses and three mares, (one of these in foal;) the stable 
containing the horses ; about eight hundred feet of fencing, railing, 
boards and pickets, being about four hundred feet along each side 
of the road, and also the fencing around the barn-yard ; besides all 
the loose boards and planks lying around within forty feet of the 
barn. Also, a watering-trough, the halters, all the harness, and 
bridles, curry-combs, pitchforks and shovels; besides the frame 
work of a hay-wagon. Also (in the dwelling-house), two feather 
beds and pillows, together with the bedstead. 
After being valued, the five horses were led away and shot, 
and the stable, together with the fencing, and all of the above 
mentioned things, upon which a valuation was put, will be burned 
as soon as the wind moderates. 
I also advised that all the hitching-posts and railings in the 
streets, and the same adjacent to the churches, and at the black¬ 
smith shops in the village of Coleta, be removed forthwith and de¬ 
stroyed. On the evening of the 14th of April there was, conse¬ 
quently, great scarcity of places where to hitch a horse. 
Horses examined in the vicinity of Coleta , /ll., April 13 th 
and \-Ath) 1883. 
Ho. 1.—Black horse, owned by Martin Overholzer; manifest¬ 
ed a slight injection of the nasal mucous membrane. History:— 
Had been driven to, and tied to the fence in front of, the Cona¬ 
way house several times during the past two months. Was or¬ 
dered to be kept under surveillance during sixty days: allowed to 
work on the farm, but not to be exposed in public places, nor to be 
sold or otherwise disposed of until further notice. 
Ho. 2.—Black horse, owned by the Rev. Mr. Bales, of Coleta; 
manifested a slight gluey discharge from the right nostril and a 
trifling enlargement of the submaxiliary lymphatics. Was ordered 
