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1st rate as usual -- Bed 12 --
Sunday June 2
Same -- PM, funeral of Frank Wallace, Grand Secretary I.O.O.F. in this State, who died last Friday of cancerous condition of the stomach and bowels as shown by autopsy -- Old timer here, & old friend of mine -- Band of 15 pieces; Patriarchs Militant 36; Order on foot, 200; carriages 23 -- Finest floral pieces I ever saw, were borne on foot, one a grand bed of flowers representing top of grave 6 ft long -- Many Odd Fellows from Reno, Carson, Dayton & elsewhere -- Evening about town -- Bed 12 -- Tom Alchorn killed at Belcher works today --
Hot Weather -- Interview Jones -- 86 Garden Rose -- Reno -- Jones leaves
Monday June 3
Clear & very warm -- 86 -- At noon I rode to Gold Hill on bus -- got off at Senator Jones' residence -- Had interview with him on something for me -- could get nothing definite -- He goes to San F by tonight's train -- I go to Reno -- Very hot in G.H. rode back in a one horse cart with Con Ahern -- Got a 50 ft string of garden hose at Gillig's for $7.50 and took it with me by 5:20 PM train to Reno -- Found all well -- Evening saw Jones off for SF by 10 o'clock train -- Bed 11 --
Tuesday June 4
Hot 88 -- AM clear -- PM heavy clouds & thunder showers to the east & south within 5 miles of Reno -- Evening clear -- AM put the couplings onto the new hose, wet down
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the yard, trimmed trees etc -- PM down town short time -- Bed 10 --
Thunder Showers -- Planting Seattle Destroyed
Wednesday June 5
AM clear -- 82 -- clouded up toward noon & gave a light shower -- 1 or 2 more in the PM -- Thunder -- cooled down to 76 -- Watered trees & yard -- planted peas, beans, squash, sunflowers, etc -- trimmed trees, etc -- PM down town short time -- evening home -- fiddle & banjo -- Bed 10 --
Thursday June 6
AM clear -- PM cloudy -- Returned to Va by AM train -- PM & evening about town -- Bed 11 --
Friday June 7
Same -- PM a smart shower of rain for about 20 minutes -- About town -- Bed 11 -- Seattle, W.T. burned yesterday PM, totally -- loss over $15,000,000 -- A committee about town today collecting relief for the Johnstown sufferers --
Red Mens' Picnic -- Samuel -- At Reno
Saturday June 8
Clear & pleasant -- 78 -- About town -- Evening at Lodge, as Warden -- Bed 12 --
Sunday June 9
Same -- About room and town -- PM presided at regular monthly meeting of the Exempts -- Grand annual picnic of the Red Men, Improved Order, at Treadway's Park, Carson.
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Big crowd, 7 passenger cars and flats, joined by three more in Gold Hill -- Everybody reported having a splendid time -- Bed 11 --
Monday June 10
Clear & pleasant -- 78 degrees -- AM wrote 4 page letter to Bro Sam and mailed it -- PM about town -- Evening ditto -- Bed 12 --
Tuesday June 11
Clear 90 degrees in Reno -- Missed morning train & got George Mooney to drive me to Carson in buggy -- 2 horses -- caught train & rode on it to Reno -- PM about town with Bernstein -- Evening down town -- Met Bill Gibson et al -- Bed 10 --
Reno $200 note -- 92 degrees -- Sam Jones & Special Car
Wednesday June 12
Same -- 92 degrees in PM Clouded up & cooled off about 4 PM with breeze, but no rain -- Renewed the $200 note at First National Bank for 60 [days] longer, or till August 12th, with Justice W H Young's indorsement -- Was about town -- Sam Jones went up on morning train, with Haggin's private traveling car to take his old mother and members of his family to Santa Monica, Cal -- It was so long and 3 big wheels on each side of the tracks -- 12 in all -- that it spread the truck in rounding a curve just below the Eureka switch -- when the evening local train went up two box cars became derailed at that point in consequence, & it took several hours to clear & repair the track -- The down evening express train had to wait & didn't arrive at Reno till 2 next morning -- Evening down town -- bed 11 --
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Old lady Jones -- Showers Grand Lodges -- Austin folks
Thursday June 13
AM sultry in Reno & Carson -- PM cloudy with 1 or 2 light thunder showers in Va -- Morning heard the express train at 2 o'clock arrive at Reno -- At 7 AM went down to RR station and visited Sam Jones in his car -- Met and conversed with his old mother, 86 yrs old, blind -- Morning express & mail train from California 1 hour late -- left on train for Va at 10 AM -- Arrived at 12:45 PM -- The showers this PM cooled off the atmosphere and laid the dust, & about 5:30 the Uniform Rank K & P of Reno paraded streets -- About 40 of them -- escorting the Grand Lodge, now in session at Pythian Hall -- Masonic Grand Lodge been in session here the last day or two -- Met C W Hinchcliffe -- Thos Price, Abe Hoffman from Austin & others from
K of P Ball -- Sun Halo John B (Noe) very sick
elsewhere in this State last day or 2 in Reno & here attending Grand Lodges -- Evening about town -- Grand Ball of K of P at Piper's Opera House -- Didn't attend -- Bed at 11 --
Friday June 14
Hazy but very pleasant -- Morning train to Carson -- About town, State House etc -- Some on evening train -- Evening called on Johnny Noe my old photo operator friend -- near the RR depot on E st, bet Union & Taylor -- Very sick with apparently consumption or something like it -- Don't think can live much longer -- Mother attending
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him -- Bed at 11 -- cloudy -- A very beautiful halo or solar rainbow around the sun this PM -- Very observable & many (gazers) at it --
Gold Hill hair cut -- 85 degrees "Drummer Boy of Shiloh"
Saturday June 15
Same -- PM rode to Gold Hill on 'bus -- called on Mrs James Driscoll, at her father's residence, near the Belcher mine, relative to getting insurance on her husband's life, to the extent of $3000 or $5000 -- Walked part way back -- Overtaken by Judge Hall in 1 horse buggy -- Rode to Va with him -- Evening at Mt Davidson Lodge as Warden -- Afterward about town -- Bed 12 --
Sunday June 16
Clear pleasant -- About 85 degrees -- Was about town most of day -- Bed 11 -- Got hair cut today --
Monday June 17
Clear & pleasant -- 85 -- About town -- Evening attended show of the "Drummer Boy of Shiloh" at Opera House -- Mr A R Carrington -- sciopticon show and wearisome lecture about the battle of Shiloh -- Did some wonderful drumming -- 1/2 a house -- Bed 12 --
Sore toe -- Mint Director's Report Daggett leaves -- Reno -- Hot
Tuesday June 18
Same -- About town as usual -- Big toe of left foot very sore from ingrowing nail --
