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Thursday Nov 6

The same -- Slept till 5 -- had to bounce out, owing to looseness of bowels -- Bed at 6 & slept till nearly 9 -- About town most of day -- Eastern & western dispatches coming in lively, & those from East very contradictory -- Lots of money up about town, argued result & on New York -- Screws too close for comfort in New York -- Home at 9 -- sat down & went to writing letter to Enterprise No 69 -- Took me usual time -- No sleep -- Bed at 5, after mailing it -- writing up this journal, etc -- I paid my taxes today, for the first time in some years -- It was for the

Paid my taxes $2.66 -- Hon JP Jones -- Bad cold

year 1884, on the following described real estate and property: Real estate $40, improvements $25-$65 -- at [$3.90???] per $100, $2.53 with school tax 20 per ct -- 13 cts; total $2.66 -- Lots 1, 8, 9, 10 Block 16, Austin North $40 -- Improvements, cabin stockade, $25 --

Friday Nov 7

The same -- Slept till 9 AM from 5 -- About town more or less -- Have a bad cold & feel bad -- Have worked too hard lately -- with too little rest or sleep -- AM was at cabin & cooked (boiled) a lot of eggs, & ate my breakfast there -- Election returns very conflicting and unsatisfactory -- Bed at 10 -- feeling miserable -- Rose at 2 & wrote letter to J P Jones, Gold Hill, & sent it off at 4 --

S D Baker

Saturday Nov 8

The same -- Rose at 9 -- PM I was about town some -- Evening wrote & mailed letter to