The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-14
THE PASSING THROss.

Is Is NOT often thAs man eet1 ID ana
. warm expression OF gratitude from the
victim for knocking . man down and
nearly killing him. yet that vas The god
forsane yesterday Of Gsipman James Hou-
Than. Of Front street cshls err No. !. Nor
10 IL often that . man Who hiss gotten the
worst Of IN encounter With . railway cor
rorasion has the manliness 70 aekn0wfedgs
that the damages he sustained we're the
result Of his own fault A couple 81 weeks
ago Col. T. r. Edsen. while trying TO
catch an electric ear as the corner Of Third
and Pike streets. uas knocked down and
narrowly escaped bsing killed BY cable car
No. 7, which turns mp the hill at that
point Mr.. Edssn Vas not paying any
attention 70 the cable car, and In fact
when he had gotten % the tracks
he turned mis- head 70 speak 70
some friends following him. But
although going around . curve very
swiftly and almost upon Mr.. Edsen. Grip
man Houiihan saw his peril and quickly
throwing Oh the clutch and putting on the
brake he managed to greatly slscken the
car 20 tnat when Il struck the colonel hs
turned somerssult away from the track.
After Mr.. Edsen got over his bruises he
pany and told the o6aesrs that tie grip
dent Was oil his own fault, and. in fact.
that Il was only the watehfulness. eli.
possession and psomptnsss Of the grip
man which saved his life. He learned
that Mr.. Honiihan bad been . hixhly-ss-
tssmsd employs Of the company for over
two years and vas man q family and be
resolved to show his esteem In some sub
stantial manner. So yesterday he called
Mr.. Houlihan 70 his ones and in . feeling
speech expressive Of his gratitude and apr
probation Of the gripmsn's watchfuiness
and promptness he presented him purss
Of $50. Mr.. Houlihan WAS overcome With
surprise and could only briefly speak his
thanks
James A. Lacy. Of the Parke 4 Lacy
Machinery Company of Portland. II .
guest Of the Northern, having come TO
the Sound on bus,nssa The sawmill
machinery business 10 dull. bat Ne are
selling good deal Of mining machinery"
said he 10 PosrlsrELIIeEscER reporter.
I'VE have sold . fair amount Of coal min
ing machinery in Washington, and are
also selling some placer mining machinery
In Southern Oregon in the new district
which IL bsing opened around Ashland.
Some very rich finds Of quarts gold have
lately been made In the Baxter City
district, and they are bsing developed.
san three pieces Of rock from the Baislsy
claim no larger than sheet of note paps1
containing $500 worth Of gold. A wondsr-
ful strike has also besn made IN the vir.
tue mime as Baker City. Business In Port
land - still quiet. but 10 beginning 70
recover. because the crops Are coming In.
A great deal Of irrigation work 10 being
done in the belt Of country stretching
from Pasco - far east - Pocatello-in
fact, there are about dozen enterprises
which will spend from $1,000 900 to a..
100000 Two or three Of these arc In the
neighborhood OF Nspa. Idaho. One com.
psay has secured 600. 90 acres Of land on
the Snake and John Day rivers, and pro.
poses to pump water by means of water
wheels up to reservoirs and then distrib.
ute Il through bitches.
Edwin Louderback and family are 1t
Ocean Grove. N. j., where they will re-
main until September Is. They ere en-
joying surf-bathing. which they find
delightful, and the cool ocean breexes,
which are in pleasant contrast to the
torrid hest Of Eastern cities. After leav.
ing Ocean Grove, Mr.. Loudsshack will
take his family to Philadelphia for few
days, going thence 20 Chicago for three
weeks at the fair and returning 70 Seattle
during November.