The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-11
THE PASSING THRONG.

william Glynn returned yesterday from two
weeks trip to the SLOGAN country, whore he II
interested in some valuable mining properties
There IL eight feet of snow In places up there
yet, and travellers still have hard time Of It /
went in by Boomers Ferry and found that route
all right came out BY way OF Nelson and the
Spokane Northern road and We had an adven.
turous trip shortly after leaving Nelson we
ran into Q landslide, and the train had 70 back
up to Nelson again. The conductor, however.
said that hand car was going over the slide
and on through TO the end of the line, aud that
II any of the passengers wanted to 60
through on It he would wire ahead
at Robinson. Six Of US volunteered to 60 on the
hand Car. and after We had gone . few miles b.
yond the slide we ran into another even worse.
Well, we had . sweet time getting that hand car
through the mud and brush on to the track be-
you'd the slide. But after working away for an
hour or 30 with the mud almost up to our
waists We got through. After We got to going
again We surprised Q couple Of deer upon the
track. and - the mountain was very
steep on both sides Of the track, on one
side going up and the other going down.
we had beautiful race with the neet-footsd
animals for . long distance. will say. how.
ever, that 1t was not altogether . fair race, BE-
cause we made % much noise shouting that the
poor animals were nearly paralyssd with fear.
W. WIZ kOAJ8 OoWu kEouOy ooO We SSOA Subuo
about pumping that hand car until the wheels
only struck the high places In the
track. seeming to leap forward like the
deer who were setting the pace. We
gained on the deer very fast, and
If the race had kept up much longer We could
have knocked their brains out with . club
while flying through the air. Just - We were
track and the deer quickly left the track. after
having made tho hardest run in their lives.
Then again after We got into the valley OF the
Colvile, on tho Spokane 4 Northern, We had
another experience Tho whole valley 10
flooded far and wide, the water standing q
couple of feet ever the railway track
for over thirty miles. As We plowed
. vast lake. The water came up to the second
step of the coaches, and two or three times
when the fire In tho engine was drowned out
1t seemed a. il We should have to camp in the
middle of the lake. There was one woman on
the train, and che tainted away q couple Of
times from sheer fright 1t did look dreadful,
and II the water had been three inches higher
the frebox OF the engine would have been In
water all the time"
Mrs. Josephine Wilbur. who has been on Q
visit to her brother, Mr.. Clay Clement, the pop
ular leading man of COrdray's. departed for
Portland this morning, where she will remain
for q few days. Mrs. Wilbur will then visit
friends in San Francisco. after which she will
return home by the Southern Pacific. Mr..
Clement will fill q seasons engagement at Cor
dray's, Portland. and will then, after q short
vacation. go on the road with his own company.
He will revisit Seattle during his starring tour,
and may expect q cordial welcome. both from
those who admire him professionally and from
the numerous friends whom ne has made In the
city.
Mr. and Mrs Amory A. Lawrence. OF Boston;
o. II. Shepard, of Albany. n. Y, and E. J.
Hearn and N. c. Hinstraw, OF Montreal, are
tourists stopping at the Rainier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowe aud Mr.. and Mrs. Cary, OF
Manchester, England, are tourists stopping 1t
Ia