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better than I had all night, heading off possible morning chill nicely -- Rose at 9, light breakfast, felt much better and convalescent -- Staid at home all day, & had no chill --

128 -- Cooler Weather -- SF Report -- Wicks -- Wool Prosperity
Austin Dead -- Nev Troops Ordered Mustered Out --
New & Tragic Excitement in France in the Dreyfuss Case

Thursday September 1, 1898

Clear cool and breezy -- like Fall weather -- Kept chills off with medicine -- felt well enough to go down town this PM -- Evening sent letter to SF Daily Report, to send me copy of last Saturday's Report -- inclosed five 2 ct stamps -- also sent letter to New Jersey Wick Co for free sample as advertised in Youth's Companion, of the Marshall Process Wick with booklet -- inclosed 2 ct stamp for reply -- The Reveille says that for the first time in nearly a third of a century not a steam whistle is heard in the town of Austin -- Yesterday Gov Sadler rec'd a telegram from Genl Corbin, at Washington DC ordering the Nevada troops of the war to be mustered out -- It will be done at Carson as soon as the proper officer arrives, and they are paid off, etc -- They have to return all arms, equipments, etc, and pass surgical examination same as when mustered in. This last is in case of future applications for pensions -- with all US troops the same -- Great excitement in France, over sensational developments in the Dreyfuss case -- Genl Henry commits suicide and another general resigns --