Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-01-04
FROM SWEETWATER.
" BillyFarrell" Sends Us a Budget
of Gossip.

has uidNu W Il ClOSe, WlJu lUS wars
and rumors of wars, with its various
changes and viclssitudes, which are
the natural result of occurrences and
incidents which take place from time
to time, it is meet and proper that
the outside world should know that
there is such'a place as Sweetwater,
in the county of Esmeralda, State Of
Nevada, and that there are good and
true men aud women dwelling in its
domain.
The election is now over, and we
can congratulate those who were for
tunate enough to be- elected, and to
| those who were cleft we extend
our sympathy, and remind them that
they will have a chance to fight it
over again next time.
As for the holidays, we passed
them as pleasantly as the circum-
stances would permit. We had nc
Egreat demonstrations, but we all did
the best we could to make them
pleasant for each other. Many of our
residents went away to spend Xmas
with their relatives and friends, that
they might exchange seasonable
greetings, count noses, compare
notes and tell their reverses and sue
cesses for the year 1898.
Among the absent ones are Miss
Grace Anterior, our worthy and
esteemed school teacher, who is
spending the9holidays with her rela-
tions in Carson.
Mrs. VIM Roach went to Bodie to
enjoy few days with her father and
friends in that place. William, her
husband, a good man and true, will
be glad when she returns, as he told
me he didn't go cent on batch
ing on the waters sweet"
Our esteemed friend and fellow
citizen q. B. Ravaneile, mail con-
tractor (who delivers to us four times
a week good and bad news and many
other kindnesses) and his good wife
are spending the holidays in Carson.
Doc. Laughlin has charge of the
line in his absence, and is giving
general satisfaction. I think he is a
good driver, for he brought me let
ter from home. = go
Juan Bidart aud family have de-
parted for time. His family will
remain in Carson for the Winter,
while he will go to California, and
we expect him back in the beginning
of next Summer with many thous
and head of the woody tribe. He is
good neighbor, and helps to make
the world move.
Miss Nellie Curry, who has for
many months presided over the cult
nary department of the Sweetwater
Hotel, has gone from our gaze, but
we hope to note her return again in
the near future. She will sojourn for
time with her relatives, who reside
on the rocky shores of Mono lake.
Col. James Gray, who runs the
wagon repairing and blacksmith shop
of the Sweetwater ranch, has been
celebrating the holidays in a manner
becoming a gentleman, but labors
under the hallucination that he is
Bill Nye's ghost. However, he's a
good man and first-class mechanic,
but he can't run duck ranch like
your correspondent.
Captain Lee Wheeler, manager OF
the haybaling department of the
Sweetwater ranch, is up early and
late attending to business, but he
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dies and respectful to the men who
may chance to meander along.
Dutch Andy met with an accident
while unloading freight from wagon
at Bridgeport recently While lift
ing a heavy box from the wagon his
foot slipped, aud he fell, with the
box on top of him, causing several
bruises and,cuts on his head aud face
and nearly dislocatipg his shoulder
but he's all right again,
p. ]. Conway is always busy, Tic
has just laid in two wagon-loads Of
of apples from Dan Simpson or
chard. .
James Acheson is another busy
man. He has lately erected black
smith shop on his ranch, and vii