Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-04-01
Nason valley Items.
BY Our Special Correspondents.

| A great deal OF WOW IL ool'Ie
shipped from Wabuska this week.
Mr.. NGnne's little son. who has
oeen dangerously i'll from a relapse
Of bilious fever, is slowly recovering.
Walker river is rising rapidly and
Steve Hilburn's ranch, near the up
per bridge, is under water.
One Of Charles Snyder's horses
died between Wadsworth and Og
den, on his way to Kansas City.
Pursel and Hilligus went to Vir-
ginia City, last Monday, with six
teen horses, to haul out house they
bought in that deserted camp.
! Mitchell and Latipie are shearing
their sheep at Joe Brisson's, where
they have been feeding them all
Winter. :.
&c. Gallagher had 10000 pounds
of hardware and farming imple-
ments shipped to Mason Valley this
week, from San Francisco.
Star gazers and moon light stroll
lers, are enjoying the present lovely
weather, after enduring the most
Indictment Winter known for years.
Inc desert, or last codi~e, CIV
at The poar ing hoases ~ tn Swift
consists Of cnpstnuts, cDntribut
by the boarders.
The road between the Switch and
Wabuska is linei Vita i-atm>, "a :
ing wool for shipment to San Fra :
cisco.
Jim Smart is catching some fine
fish in his slough, consisting of bull
heads, carp and white fish. He has
a helper to bait his hook, and pack
the fish home.
J.E. Hart, of Esmeralda county,
will bring his family to Wabuska,
where he will superintend the Love
! 10Y ranches, with J. l.. no,o.,7 as
assistant.
w. n. Metscher, our ex-butcher
is preparing to make visit to his
old home in Germany, and intends
to take in the Worlds Fair on his
way back.
A four-horse team, belonging to
Barney Reymers, ran through town
on Wednesday, but were caught by
a vaquerro on horseback before any
damage was done.
Mrs. Smith writes from San Fran
cisco, that Dr. Lane is waiting for
her little girl to regain her stre"gtt
before he operates upon her leg, she
is gaining rapidly.
Prof. Harris is driving very fine
d, two-year-old colt, which has speedy
ancestors. He already travels as
fast as one wishes to ride on the
average Mason Valley roads. 49,
r The sheep men are the most pros
porous men in the Valley. The
three whiskey trusts come next, and
; would probably be first on the list
of prosperity, if they would trust
less.
5 There will be but very little graf
s of any kind sown in the valley this
/ Spring on account of the gopher
v pest. The gophers are more numer-
GUS now, than at any time last
season.
J, A very malignant type of dis
: temper is raging among the colts
and horses OF the Nail"y, and ).
! many cases it proves fatal. The
l legs of some of them swell until
1.-THE skin cracks open.
}, C. F. Fox has his wind mill com
a pleted. Attached to it is tank
e which contains $4,000 gallons o
Z water, which will be used in case Of
|, fire. 1t is over 20 feet high and cal
be seen at distance of five miles
J. S. Craig is giving his store, ho-
e tel and harness snop, coat OF pan
i and it adds greatly to the appea
. ance of the north end of the town
Tom Barton is also busy with pain
and brush, identifying his residence
Several of Mason Valleys most
prominent gentlemen, together with
their families, will attend the
Worlds FAR. They intend arriv
ing there by the LIST of May, so as
to be able to hear the opening ad-
| dresses.
Ranchers are making war upon
the gophers in earnest DR. Leayitt
is selling large quantities of stryeh-
=. nina for their determination The
t Squaws catch them for a dollar a
, hundred, and have big eat on their
days catch, at night.
The goat riders of Pizen Switch
. speak we'll of the treatment they
t received at the hands of Daytonites
Chas. Fox evidently got ratified, as
4, he took the wrong train, and when
4 Inst heard from was at the What
Cheer, in San Francisco.
Fac aOrse smppers were heard
rom when they reached Ogden