St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-17
DOWNEY IS DISCHARGED.
The Other Victims of the Sixth Ward
Smash-Up Are Conyalescent.
THOUGHT HE WAS POISONED.
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Robert Downey, who was injured in
the recent smash-up on the West side
was discharged from st. Joseph's hos
pital yesterday and taken to the resi-
dence of his brother in West st. Paul.
The Wrights, George and Edward, WHO
were both badly hurt, are doing we'll,
and the physicians hope that the former,
whose left leg narrowly escaped ampp-
tation at the knee, will entirely recover
the use of the injured limb. .,Gs.
A curious illustration of the strange
workings of an imaginative mind, oc-
Cured last evening, the victim being
gentleman we'll known in st. Paul. On
his way home in the evening, he pur-.
chased several fve-grain capsules Of
qulnlne, to be taken as an Offset to the
rigOrS of March weather. Immed lately
after supper he took several grains of
the tonic, and was, or imagined he was,
taken with severe gripping pains. Sud-
denly an idea occurred to him; he was
poisoned. The drug clerk had given
him arsenic or some other dread and
deadly compound by mistake. The
hOrrified partner of his joys and sor-
contents of one of the remaining cap
SuleS that he was mistaken, but to no
purpose. He felt sure he was poisoned,
and would not be convinced that he
was not.
A phys was sent for immediately,
who upon his arrival felt the pulse of
the gaSping and PROSTATE man, shook
his head. and said that some of the symp-
toms corresponded to those of arsen-
ical poisoning. At this the victim went
into paroXysm of fright, in the inter-
walls of which he insisted on having his
children sum moned, that he might bid
them an affectionate farewell. After
examining one of the capsules, the
doctor declared that they contained
nothing more deadly than quinine. The
sick man felt much better, and when
last seen was trying his level best to
square the professional gentleman with
quart of Pommery Sec
Several boys residing on the flats in
West st. Paul have devised means
whereby to while away many a weary
hour. Two of them, named Hart and
Koshmit, are the posseSSors of pair of
game cocks. These birds have during
the winter fought no less than fifty
desperate bottles. one of which occurred
last evening. One of the feathered
appellation John L. Sullivan, the other
being dubbed Tug Wilson. The birds
have been through the motions for the
edification of their owners on so many
occasions that they are now as well able
to get through finish fight without
scratch as their nameSakeS, and the
pitched battles mean no more to them
than good-natured hippodrome. q
A. M. Lawton and wife, who have
been sojourning in California for the
past six weeks, are expected to return,
home next week. -
The streets OF West st. Paul are ina
deplorable condition, especially South
Robert street. which is a veritabfe
slough of despond. 1t has been sdg-'
geSted that some of the idle men now
loafing about the city might be profit
ably employed there. Af
The ground for the foundation of the
new opera house has been broken, and
work on the foundation will be begun
Monday. tiiSr
The members of the West side police
detail are wearing Salvation Army
badges in addition to the regular uni
form. The effect is decidedly pictur-
eSQue.
Lizzie Stein, who broke through the
ice near the Robert street bridge few
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termittent fever in consequence, is on
the road to recovery
The opening of the new Y. NJ. C. A.
quarters in West st. Paul will be cele-
brated by a pyrotechnic display from
the roof of the building. The occasion
will be made gala night by the men,
bers and friends of the organization.
A ball park, to be used as practice
ground by local teams, is to be con-
Structed on the level ground formerly
a portion of the West Side lake.
A number of laborers who left st.
Paul last week for Sioux City, in quest
of work, returned yesterday. They re-
port that Cornyille is we'll enough in its
way. but hardly the place for men who
want work.
Grading and pipe laying has been
commenced on various streets of the
West end. The residents on Winifred
street are now rejoicing that their aspi-
rations for better sewerage may now be
conSummated.
4 meeting of the West side A. o. u.
W. lodge was held last evening in Jor-
dan hall.
Services will be held to-day in all
West side churches as usual.
A lecture will shortly be delivered in
West st. Paul by Rev. A. H. Hill, the
SIliSdSO CN dLSCllSI. 1liC Will
''Mounta ins of Straw"
Several of the fiat boats now moored
below the Robert street bridge will start
down the river as soon as the breakup
occurs:
Concord street will receive the great
est benefit from the freshly inaugurated
building boom on the West side. Plans
are in. preparation for large number
of buildings on that street.
The $4,000 tenement building com
menced on Robie street last fall for G.
B. Lawton has been rapidly pushed
along during the past two weeks. The
building will be complete by May l.
Miss Cora Kelly, of Waterloo. To-, who
has been visiting in West st. Paul, was
thrown from buggy Thursday even
ing and sustained painful, though not
dangerous, injuries. She returned
home last evening in company with her
brother, who arrived here Friday night.
Mrs. w. FL. Parker. of Chicago, who
has been visiting her daughter. Mrs. C.
B. Lawton, during the past week, re-
turnpd homo FRIDAY DiUIt