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Evening about town -- Bed at 1 --
Tuesday April 2
Same -- About town, odd jobs etc -- Bed 12 --
Wednesday April 3
Same -- Returned Sammy's banjo head to Kohler & Chase, music dealers, etc, 137-139 Post St, San F, to have the head put in right, it being too small as sent by them to us at Reno a week or so ago -- Also wrote them a strong letter relative thereto -- Received package from Lyon & Healy, State & Monro sts, Chicago, enclosing 11
Steel banjo strings rec'd catheters Telegraph to J P Jones
spools & 3 separate* strings for banjo -- steel wire -- PM about town -- Evening at room darning stockings principally -- Bed at 1 --
Thursday Apr 4
Cloudy & blustering -- one or two light showers of rain & hail -- not enough to lay the dust -- Bed 12 --
Friday April 5
Same -- lively shower about noon, laid dust finely -- Odd jobs -- Rec'd 1 doz No 4 catheters through Perkins the druggist -- $3.50 -- good -- Evening mostly at room -- Bed 1 -- The other Carson Mint officers being nominated I telegraphed Jones today: "Melter and Refiner, Alfred Doten" --
Saturday April 6
Variable -- PM, Visited Jack Long, Lower Gold Hill -- Has inflammatory rheumatism in
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feet & legs -- Evening Lodge -- Acted as Warden -- Bed 12
At Reno House Hunting Banjo head New Minstrel troupe
Sunday April 7
Clear & pleasant -- AM train to Reno -- found Alfie much better and able to be about, and out of doors -- Evening I killed & dressed a young pullet for him, sent by a friend -- Bed 9
Monday Apr 8
Cloudy -- 1 or 2 showers laid the dust -- About town most of the day, house hunting, as our landlord wants his house -- PM Bessie, Sam & I went to Opera House -- [McNish, Ranza & Arno's Minstrels?] just arrived by evening train from the East -- good house -- good show -- Through at 1/4 to 11 -- 10:45 -- Bed 11:30 -- cloudy --
Tuesday April 9
C & P -- left on the morning train, late, at 8:45 AM for Va -- arrived 11:30 -- PM odd jobs about room -- Sammy's banjo head arrived all right by express a day a day or 2 ago -- prepaid -- Evening about town -- Bed 12 --
Banjo French Polish Banjo McHardy Ranza & Arno's Minstrel Co Rain
Wednesday April 10
Cloudy -- PM strong thunder -- 6 PM a few showers laid dust -- PM took my two banjo necks -- Sammy's & mine -- up to Jose Salinas, bet B & A sts, on Taylor & staid with him & saw him French polish the finger boards of each -- Evening at Opera House
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["McNish, Fanza & Arno's Refined Minstrels"?] -- Good house --and a might good variety performance -- Bed 12
Thursday April 11
Cloudy but pleasant -- PM fixed up my small banjo -- new steel strings etc -- Sent letter to McHardy, Austin, about that $5 he owes me -- Evening at Degree Lodge -- Big crowd -- over 200 -- Wroe it up for the Enterprise -- Bed 2 --
Sammy's Banjo & Bob Evans Lodge Winter Morrissey-Sullivan Glove Contest
Friday April 12
Cloudy, cool, blustering, dusty and disagreeable -- tried hard to rain but only few constipated sprinkles -- Odd jobs -- Bed 12 --
Saturday April 13
Same -- PM and evening snow and hail squalls laid the dust -- PM Bob Evans was with me at room, and we strung up Sammy's banjo and had some practice music together -- Evening at Lodge and I did up the Warden business all right -- Afterward was at Opera House awhile & saw greater part & windup of big glove contest to a finish between Jack Sullivan of Sacrament and James Morrissey of San F -- Good house -- Fought 3 1/4 hours, closing at 1:15 -- Sullivan gave it up -- Purse $250 -- Bed 1:40 -- Cold, freezing & blustering --
J P Jones Stewart Bartine Maggie Moore
Sunday April 14
Variabe -- Wrote & sent letter to J P Jones Washington D.C. about public building
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appointment -- also letter to wife -- Regular monthly meeting of Exempts at 2 PM -- I attended & presided as usual -- About town as usual in evening -- Bed at 12 --
Monday April 15
Variable, cloudy, cold, dusty, windy very disagreeable day -- Wrote leetters to Steward, Jones, and Bartine, relative to Govt building, Carson, Superintendency --in mail tomorrow -- Bed 1 --
Tuesday April 16
Same -- About town -- Mailed letters to Jones, Steward, Bartine and Wells Drury, (San F) Evening at room --Bed 1 -- Wrote a letter from Sam [Pedge?] (her bro-in-law) to Mrs J C Williamson formerly Maggie Moore [blank/erased?] Made item for tomorrow's Enterprise regarding it --
McHardy with $2 Warden staff Reno Frost Trees in Blossom Sammy's Banjo Old Fiddle
Wednesday April 17
Variable -- letter from McHardy with Silver note for $2 & a promise of $3 more on 5th of next month -- Got a round pine curtain roller 5 ft long by 1 1/4 diameter at Frederick's for my walking staff as the Old Warden -- Took PM train at 2:30 for Reno -- Found Alfie & the rest all right -- getting ready to move -- Evening at home -- Wife up at Opera House rehearsing scholars for a school benefit theatrical performance -- Bed 11 -- cold night --
Thursday April 18
Clear & pleasant -- AM at home -- PM down town -- interviewed Hoffman, the owner of
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our house & others -- evening at home -- got out my old fiddle & had some of it -- Brought Sammy's banjo to him yesterday, so we had music together -- Wife ut rehearsing -- Bed 10:30 -- Strong frost last night -- Fruit trees all in bloom --
I 1st time as Old Warden Chosen Friends Re-union
Friday April 19
Same but very dusty -- Morning train to Va on time -- Odd jobs -- Letter to McHardy, acknowledging receipt of the $2 -- Evening at initiation of 3 new members to Nevada Lodge -- Bed 1 --
Saturday April 20
Same -- dusty -- Evening, Lodge -- Charley C Bowman and _______ Cameron initiated -- I did the Old Warden, for 1st time, and pretty successfully -- Afterward went up to Opera House -- Grand Reunion of Order of Chosen Friends -- Supreme Councillor HH Morse of N York & C M Arnold, Gran Councillor of California present -- Speaking and literary exercises, & dance wind up till 12 -- Bed 2 --
Friday April 21
Same -- but very dusty -- As usual -- About town -- Evening was up to see Jose Salinas -- another Spaniard there -- we plated flute & violin together -- Bed at 12 --
1st street sprinkling At Reno My old trunk for Bessie "Moving on"
Monday April 22
Clear & Pleasant -- but rather dusty -- Bed 12 --
