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Catarrh passing down Very Hoarse

Friday Oct 1, 1886

Clear & pleasant -- Mining day & busy as usual -- My catarrhal hay fever I have every September is now passing down my throat to my lungs -- eyes and nose almost well -- Had to wear my eye shades, however, in going my rounds to Chollar, Norcross & other mines -- Am very hoarse in fact can hardly speak -- The worst for years -- The spurt of rain & snow yesterday operates rather beneficially not only on me but everybody else in the catarrh line -- Through in office at 2 -- Home at 3 -- Bed at 5 Was notified by Cohen, Sec'y of the Enterprise Publishing Co this PM that there was going to be a "change" -- that I was to be superseded by Newton S [Roundtree?] of Carson as local of the Enterprise, on Monday -- So I am apparently fired out -- The cuff

I superseded as "local" Yerington Cuff fasteners rec'd Catarrh well 37 year

fasteners I sent last for 2 or 3 wks ago arrived today by mail -- Bed 5 --

Saturday Oct 2

Same -- Eyes about well -- Only used eye shade glasses short time in sunshine today & laid them aside for a year -- Wrote letter of 10 pages this PM & sent it by evening train to H M Yerington, expostulation against my discharge -- Bed at 4 -- Been 37 years on Pacific Coast today -- Landed in San Francisco Oct 2, 1849 -- Never was

Speechlessly Hoarse I Evacuate the Enterprise Office