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Monday July 4

Clear & very hot -- 96 deg in Reno -- Rose at 6 -- Left on 7:40 excursion train for Reno -- round trip $1.50 -- Arrived at 10:30 -- Had four coaches crowded from G H & Va -- Picked up passengers all along the route & took on 2 coaches & 2 excursion flats at Carson, all densely crowded -- Big crowd -- At Reno went directly home -- Found

At the Reno 4th Celebration
Hot Weather

all well -- We attended the parade -- Balloon & all other propositions -- Home on the train at 6 PM -- Arrived at 9:30 -- Wrote up a column account of the Reno celebration for Enterprise, also couple of other items, read proof etc -- Bed at 3:30 -- It was a very hot day in Reno & I did sweat terribly -- 96° in the shade & some said 100 -- Over ten degrees hotter than we have it in Va -- We consider 86° mightly hot here -- About 4:30 PM gathering clouds in the south & west sent a warning gale, stirring horrible clouds of dust down the streets -- A few light thunder showers followed

Excursionists

On the way home those to go on the two flats behind having crowded into the 6 coaches out of the rain all the standing room was occupied -- Charley Legate & I got big 2 ft stacks of fuel from the tender ahead of us and sat them up end wise & used them for seats -- A family got off at Franktown & we dodged into their seats too quick -- Kept them all the rest of the way home -- The crowd that got off at Carson eased the accomodations very materially --