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play next in Sac -- Mrs Cassie Clark Ward, a member of the troupe -- I sat in same seat with her most of way to Reno -- She was almost born on the Comstock -- Is sister to the wife of Phillips the Railroad agent in Reno & will stop with them tonight -- Found folks all right -- Arrived Reno at 11:30 -- half hour ahead of time -- Found the morning up train the regular express -- at the depot, as the train from Cal was delayed from snowslides, caves etc -- PM rested till after dinner -- Then took walk with wife & our 4 children over across the bridge & up the south side of the river -- Bed at 9 --

Ore Train Smashed up Lew Stevenson
AZ Willard

Monday May 24

Clear & pleasant -- Warm -- Rose at 6 -- breakfast -- Train for California sharp on time for 1st time since cut rates started in -- Left for Va on time -- Detained at Mound House about an hour by a wrecked ore train just below Silver City switch -- Happened about 5 oclock PM yesterday -- Broken axle, nobody hurt -- 13 dumps badly mashed, We arrived at Va 11:30 -- Work as usual -- Bed 3 --

Tuesday May 25

Same -- Bought the chemicals for a proposed dose of ["Rx Magaus"?] -- Evening work as usual -- Bed at 3 -- tired -- Got letter from Lew Stevenson -- Also from ZA Willard, Murphy's, Calaveras -- He was Lizzie's friend when she was on the Pacific Coast --

Senator Fair (Statistician) Henry Welsh