A Bad Stink

Great excitement existed in the First, Second and Third wards of the city for some days past, in consequence of the existence of a nuisance on a steamer at the foot of Biddle street, which is used as a rendering establishment for dead and diseased animals. All kinds of people of those wards have held several indignation meetings, and have appealed to Mayor Brown and the board of health for redress, and have even threatened to burn the steamer or set her adrift unless the nuisance is speedily abated.

The excitement has run so high that the chief of police was obliged to station a special force to guard the steamer. Interviews have been had with the mayor and board of health, and to-day it was decided to move the steamer to some locality where it will not be a nuisance. Two or three city aldermen are at the head of the movement, and the indignation of the people directly interested is such that there is little doubt but that unless the nuisance is quickly removed the property will be destroyed.

The rendering establishment belongs to John Busby, one of the judges of the county court, who has a contract with the city for the removal of dead animals.