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the fixens -- Mighty good dinner -- Evening down town short time -- Met Billy Henry and took him home -- Home myself at 7 -- Bed 8:30 -- clear cold day --
Friday, Nov 30
Same -- Rose at 9 -- AM about home -- PM down town on life insurance -- Evening, wife, Bessie and I visited Ed and Millie at their rooms, across the street, at (Pyne's) -- Bed 10 --
1888 At Reno Showery Lost Cane
Saturday, December 1, 1888
Cloudy and variable with a few light showers -- AM I boxed up the water pipe in the cellar, against possible heavy frost this Winter -- PM down town -- At 5 PM took dinner at Ed and Millie's -- Chrissie Andrews and Schuyler Coates there, also wife and Bessie -- 7 in all -- Evening down town -- Bed 10 -- clear -- This PM got shaved at Morris' barber shop -- Old Jim (Killeen), whom I followed in the chair walked off with my cane -- I took his, and after dinner at Millie's took it back to barber shop and lift it -- mine not returned, so I walked home without any -- It is the cane Gallup of Gold Hill gave me when I broke left knee cap several years ago -- Have another at home to use --
Sunday, Dec 2
Clear and pleasant -- AM at home patching up attic windows, etc -- PM and evening down town -- Bed 9 --
Hallen and Hart troupe Back to Virginia Evening Report suspends Chollar Mill run by Electricity
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Monday Dec 3 Clear & fine -- Took morning train at 7:35 for Va -- Hallen & Hart troupe on board, & an extra lot of passengers made cars pretty full -- Through ontime, arriving 10:20 -- About town -- Evening at theater -- Hallen & Hart's Musical, farce, comedy Co in "Later On" -- queer, variety no plot thing Very amusing -- good house [ next few lines erased] Mrs. Martha Porteous formerly of this city leading lady in troupe -- 6 other ladies -- The Virginia Evening Report suspended publication this eve indefintitely -- Published by D L Brown last 2 or 3 yrs, daily -- During the past week, dynamo electric energy has been applied to running the New Nevada mill at the Chollar -- partial success so far 6 dynamos at Sutro Tunnel level --
Matt & Sinnott -- & Dan Fraser -- Waters Policy -Exempt Firemens Election --
Tuesday Dec. 4 Same -- About town -- Bed 1 --
Wednesday Dec 5 Cloudy -- as usual -- Bed 1 --
Thursday Dec 6 Same
Friday Dec 7 Same
Saturday Dec 8
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Same -- Rec'd letter from headquarters accepting application of John Waters -- Evening was up to see Matt Sinnott, up in northern end of the city -- Bed at 1 -- Also, wrote this evening application of Daniel Hugh Fraser for $2000 more -- has $2000 -- in this Co already --
Sunday Dec 9
Cloudy -- Rec'd policy for John Waters -- $2,000 -- PM regular meeting Exempts -- annal election of officers -- I elected President, A E Potter 1st Vice President, Joe Josephs 2nd Vice, Treasurer L Guggenheim, Trustees J A Long, James Jewell, Wm Pennison, C M Brown, Jacob Young -- Ran with the boys awhile -- Dined with P P M Kelly --
I chief of all the old Stiffs Sol Moore's application & policies
at French Rotisserie -- Bed at 1 -- I am now President of the Society of Pacific Coast Pioneers and also of the Exempt Firemens Association -- Chief of all the old stiffs --
Monday Dec 10
Cloudy & cold -- Sent below Sol Moore's application for $5,000 -- Evening about town -- Bed 1 --
Tuesday Dec 11
Clear & cool -- Evening out on the Divide skirmishing on insurance -- Bed 2 --
Wednesday Dec 12
Same -- Rec'd & delivered Sol Moore's 2 policies for $3,000 and $2,000 -- $5,000 in all --
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Con Sullivan Application -- Snow Odd Fellow's New Work & Paraphenalia
Thursday Dec 13
Cloudy -- PM & evening light snow squalls -- Wrote application of Cornelius Sullivan, Policeman, for $2,000, & sent it to Dr Zangerle for examination -- Evening attended Degree Lodge -- Biggest crowd yet -- Work in 1st Degree -- and election of officers -- 1st of new paraphernalia, costumes etc under the new work -- Very grand & sublime -- Wrote it up in small item Enterprise -- Bed at 2 -- Clear & cold --
Friday Dec 14
Cloudy cold & blustering -- PM & evening light snow squalls -- at home most of day, writing, etc -- Bed 2 -- 2 inches of snow & lightly falling --
Saturday Dec 15
Cloudy & cold with light snow squalls -- About an inch on ground this morning -- Bed at 1 -- clear --
30 letters -- Big street flood -- Dr. Kirby's Funeral
Sunday Dec 16
Clear & cold -- Bed 1 --
Monday Dec 17
Same -- Sent 30 letters through the Post office -- 20 to all the members of the State Senate & 10 to the Storey County members of the Assembly -- on my candidacy for the Engrossing clerkship of the Senate -- Evening about town -- About 12 the big 8 inch
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fire Dept main on B st just above the Water Co's office busted, and flooded Tayler st & side issues for about an hour till officially shut off -- Bed 2 -- Clear & cold
Tuesday Dec 18
Clear & pleasant -- As usual -- 3 PM -- Dr. Kirby's funeral -- About 300, Societys etc on foot, 33 carriages, etc -- Dan De Quille, William Wright & myself joined the procession, behind the Odd Fellows, & ahead of the Chosen Friends & walked from Taylor
The Days in "Vacation" and "Upside Down" -- Deacon Parkinson 67 years old -- Centennial
st to Mill st & dropped out -- Evening at Opera House -- The Dalys in "Vacation" or Harvard vs Yale -- Very amusing -- 1/2 house -- Bed 2 --
Wednesday Dec 19
Same -- Evening at theater -- The Dalys in "Upside Down" -- The funniest thing of all -- moderate house -- Bed 2 -- The Dalys troupe left for Reno after the show -- R R Parkinson of the Carson Tribune was with me at the theater last evening & went home today -- He was 67 years old yesterday --
Thursday Dec 20
Cloudy -- PM at Gold Hill -- Postponed sale of Centennial a month -- Walked up Bed at 2 --
Hon J P Jones -- Fine Initiation I.O.O.F. -- Charley Legate Dead -- snow -- Charley Rawson
Friday Dec 21
Cloudy & cold -- PM & evening, a few little spits of snow & laid dust a little --
