St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-29
SAINT PAUL.
SCARED BY A MAO CAT.
A Feline Suffering From Rabies or
Poison Causes Panic.
CROWDS RIDE IN STREETCARS
Prospect Of a Building Boom on the
4 West Side---Sixth Ward
Scraps.

A cat which has been kept for some
months by the family of Peter Effien, a
family on the flats, developed symptoms
OF rabies on Saturday afternoon, and
being chased by the children with the
object of getting it out of the house.
became violently mad and raced around
with distended eyes and frothing
mouth, dashing against everything that
came in its way. The animal was dis
patched with an iron poker, luckily be-
fore it had bitten any one. 1t is be-
lieved that the animal was poisoned.
The street cars on the West side lines
were we'll filed yesterday, the number
of people carried being fully equal TO
the average carried on Sundays. The
buses which are being run in COMPETE
ton with the cars were also well patron
lied. The resolution passed by the
council that the tracks of the West End
lines be torn up within ten days is void,
from the fact that the allotted time has
elapsed, Mayor Smith refusing to attach
his signature to the resolution.
Prospects are bright for boom in
building circles, there being an active
demand for residence property on the
hill and in other localities. West side
architects have all they can do in the
way of preparing plans for proposed
structures, and the West st. Paul of the
fall of 1889 will be vast improvement
on the West st. Paul of this spring.
The commencement of active work on
the new opera house to be erected by
Paul Martin, which has hung fire
through unavoidable difficulties. will
take place Immediately. Mr. Martin is
in the East arranging for the fittings
and decoration of the new building.
The Salvation army enthuSed to the
full extent of the law last evening, and
succeeded in drawing a large crowd.
which watched the evoluti0nS with great
interest. The efforts of the West side
detail of the red ribbon brigade to in
duce people to attend their meetings in
the hail on Congress street appear so
far to have been fruitless. though the
tambOurines and other paraphernalia
the soldiers carry with them are instru-
mental in drawing a crowd on the
street corners. The consensus of opin-
ion appears to be that the captain IN
charge of the detachment has mistaken
his vocation. and could have made a
fortune as contortionisr.
Albert Duuer, who was hurt last week
by falling from a bicycle, on the West
side, is still confined to his bed. The
injuries he sustained were much more
serious than at first supposed, including
a diSlocated shoulder and a fractured
rib. The injured lad is progressing
favOrably, and will be about again in a
few weeks.
The Brooklyn Gun club held its weekly
shoot Saturday afternoon at the club
grounds. The best score was made by
GenO Guion, being IS out of possible
so, at clay pigeons, thirty yards rise.
The North Star Chautauqua circle will
hold its usual session in Greek at DR..
Hawkins Office this evening.
The League of the Cross held highly
successful rally in the school house hall
last evening.
Saturday night passed without even
the advent of the usual drunk at the
Ducas Street station.
The Ladies' Auxiliary OF the Y. M.
G. A. will hold its usual meeting Tues
day afternoon.
Lieut.. Rouleau, who has been very i'll
for the past few days with sciatic
rheumatism, is recovering rapidly, and
will resume his duties this week.
u A grand musical anu literary enter
tainment will be given in st. MlchaelS
school hall on Friday evening under the
auspices of st. Michaefs Literary and
Dramatic club. The stage fittings and
scenery recently acquired by the club
are of the most elaborate character, and
the work done by the amateurs has i'm
proved wonderfully during the past few
months. On this occasion two farce
comedies will be presented, the per-
Torrance to be interSperSed with songs
and character sketches. Music will be
furnished by O'NeiEs orchestra.
no y, rto ioI n,+a +os
ment to be given in the West Side opera
house tomorrow evening promises to
prove one of the most unique and inter-
eSting entertainments ever given by the
ladies of this church. The entertain
ment prepared includes several entirely
new features devised by the young
folks who have control of the affair.
An amusing and entertaining farce is
also promised, in addition to which
there will be songs and instrumental
selections by local celebrities.
The West Side Lodge, A. o. U. W.,
will hold meeting Wednesday evening
in the hall over the Thompson block.
Base ball was the game in West st.
Paul yesterday. Wherever there was
an open space there was scratch game
being played by the enthusiastic youths
of the neighborhOOd.
Excavations commence to-day for the
four-story brick block to be erected on
South Robert street by Henry Peters.
Aid. Melady's change of residence
does not appear to have had the effect
predicted by residents of the hill re-
garding the illumination of the stairway
on Dakota avenue. Those who find it
necessary to ascend or descend the steps
after nightfall are still compelled to
make the trip in the dark.
SELF MURDER is EPIDEMIC.