The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-18
THE PASSING THRoSG.

sTAo mosssess country I hxve sea IN fne
West 10 down in Oregon" said Jay Conssoex .
tie occadenia, last night 81 have ocen spead-
Ing SIX veets down there. srd feel ~ !. ! nad
been in Mexico. / Uncovered rai.foed Gown
there which verify believe hsd oeed iost ~
extends from Coos bay sixteen miles over 70
Coauiiie river. II starts IN the coan-
try, runs through tie country ana ends
in the country. In other words there isn't
. town on the line. In order 70 get On the cars
a. the tidewater terminus you have to sass the
boat for four miles up from MaHhheld. ard
white the iioe IL graded'ail the way to Fsirview.
. couple of miles on the further side OF the Co
guile river. the line stops at the riyec. The
service on the line 10 unique: there are tw
trains Q week. and each train is composed
Of an accommodation car and IA OBJ
servation car The accommodation car 10
m ordinary box car with door in
one end and benches around the walls fos the
passengers The freight and baggage is piled
up in the center. The Gay / rode over the line
there was miscellaneous collection OF prod
uce, provisions and odds and ends which %
filed up the central spacs that in ortef to
stretch nay legs had recourse 10 the observa-
tior car. This is . common nat csr. where .
person can stand up aud get an Inoossrucied
view. While the appointments are not sunpsu-
Gus, found tho trainmen very accommodating.
After stopping along the way 10 wood up and
when tee train was about TO start up.
my attention was attracted BY something
q little distance away from tie track, and
went of to examine It Tho consicerate train
mon held tho train for some time. until my
curiosity was relieved. After leaving the train
We hired Q conveyance to take us ths rest OF the
journey, and we took along some grub When
il came lunch time We found that We had no
salt tor our egg& Seeing house ~ some dis
lance, / said: Boys, I'm going to sec il
can't beg some sait' So went over to the
house and preferred my request. which was
very kindly aud graciously granted. The lady
brought me the salt wrapped up In piece OF
paper, and a. l put the package in my pocket
abe remarked: We are all out Of fine salt. AID
the best l can do Is rather coarse Without
looking at 1t said had no doubt but that il
would do all right. and thanked her for her
kindness When got back to camp and opened
the package. you can imagine my disgust hen
found that II contained oaiy Jumps OF rock salt
Is large as mszbes.''
George Raoer. the 3u:gc Of the bench show. IL
stopping at the Northern. He il perhaps the
best posted man in the world on dogs Of all
classes. He does nothing else but travel from
one bench show 20 another and pass upon the
respective points OF animals q. these exhibition.
In this manner he travels nj. over the more civ
illzed countries in the world, and IL 10 said
that he judges over 1900 dogs In yee:. A
man can learn more from him about dogs in q
nye-n,inute chat than he could from book in
an hour. One OF his sayings IS that dog takes
60 per cent OF it points from its mother.
". G. Johnson, OF Nottingham, England, reg
istered yesterday at the Rainier. He leaves this
morning for the mining regions in the Kootenay
country, particularly the Toad mountain and
SLOGAN districts. lie is a mining expert, and il
Is thought that one OF the purposes of his visit
10 to inspect the great Silver King mine, in the
Sntn TT.
last winter. has been bonded TO English CAPT.
taiisss for 81 ,s00. 0o0
Mira Bailey Gatzsrt returned yesterday from
san Francisco. whithe she went with the re-
mains OF her late husband . few weeks age.
Her brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Abram Schwsbacher. accompany her. and they
are stopping at the Northern.
Edward lie May. a London hop factor. took
lunch ct the Northern yesterday and went up to
Slaughter In the afternoon.
X. Valentine, assistant cashier OF the City Ma
tional bank OF Mason City. Ia. Is guest OF the
Northern.