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Tuesday March 31
Clear & Pleasant -- PM about town -- Evening Opera House -- Cleveland's Minstrels -- Big House -- Best preformance of the kind I ever saw --
Wednesday April 1, 1891
Clear nice Spring day -- PM about town -- Evening ditto -- Bed 12
Thursday April 2
Same -- As usual -- Bed 12
Friday April 3
Same -- Got my regular shoes on today -- been wearing "arctics," with slippers inside -- Leg pretty lame as yet -- PM & evening about town -- Looked in at ball of Wenonah Council I.O.R.M. at National Guard Hall -- Fine party -- special train from Carson brought about 60 to it -- & went back at 1:30 -- Bed 2 --
Saturday April 4
Cloudy but pleasant -- Campbell of the Enterprise paid me $20 more today, so I squared up my standing in IOOF $3 to April 1 -- paid room rent $8, sent $3 postal order to Wakelee & Co -- $1 PO box -- $1.50 granite iron pot -- etc $2 -- & have $1.50
$20 Enterprise Prize Fight Fizzle More snow Dave Morgan Dead
left -- Evening attended Fell-Wilson prize fight at Opera House -- Big fizzle -- Out at 1 -- Bed 1:30 --
Sunday April 5
Clear and colder -- very blustering, dry & dusty -- About as usual -- Bed at 12 --
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Monday April 6
Same -- PM clouded up, and at dark, heavy snow -- storm set in, about 2 inches falling -- PM about town -- Evening staid at room -- too much chance for slipping -- Visited Dennis, who is unable for duty -- Bed 1 --
Tuesday April 7
About 3 inches of snow covered the ground this morning, but melted off very rapidly -- Some sunshine & light snow squalls during the day and evening -- Was about a little -- Bed 1 -- Freezing hard and snowing lightly -- Dave Morgan of Gold Hill died this morning --
John Mackay & son arrive T Cara $10 more from Campbell Dave Morgan's Funeral Masquerade Ball, big
Wednesday April 8
Variable -- Busy at room most of day -- Evening about town -- Bed 1 --
Thursday April 9
C & P -- Campbell of the Enterprise paid me $10 more this PM -- John W Mackay arrived by noon train from San F & the East -- Had his eldest son along -- Evening I called on Prof Thos Cara, at the International -- He is just recovering from "la grippe" -- Dave Morgan's funeral this PM was attended by 100 miners on foot, and 60 carriages -- came from Gold Hill & buried in the cemetery north of this city --
Friday April 10
Variable -- dusty, blustering and disagreeable -- PM about town -- Evening was up to Opera House awhile, at big masked ball of National Guard -- BIggest I ever saw
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here -- many from Carson, etc -- Bed 1
Joe Josephs I dine at Connerton's Exempt meeting $24 more benefits allowed
Saturday April 11
Same -- Light snow in the air most of day -- Not enough to lay the dust, however, PM & evening about town -- Evening met Joe Josephs, Clerk of Supreme Court up from Carson -- President of the Exempts -- come up to attend regular monthly meeting tomorrow PM -- Was at Enterprise & read proof etc -- Joe & I went to bed at my room at 3 --
Sunday April 12
AM clear & pleasant -- PM cloudy, chilly & blustering -- attended regular monthly meeting of Exempts -- & was allowed 4 weeks more sick benefits -- $24 -- Then I went to John Connerton's by invitation to dinner -- Dr Delavan also there, with Connerton and wife -- Clam chowder, fish balls, oyster stew & custard -- oranges -- etc -- Wrote & sent letter to wife -- Evening at room -- reading etc -- Bed at 1 -- Joe Josephs returned to Carson by evening train --
$24 Exempts "Si Plunkard" Company Stock Boom Con Va $14.50 etc
Monday April 13
Cloudy & cold with light sprinkles of snow during PM -- Got my $24 from Treasurer of the Exempts today, paying #2 for monthly dues, which pays me up to May 1 -- The " Si Plunkard" (JC Lewis) Yankee Comedy Company arrived by noon train -- Their fife band paraded at 3 PM up & down C st -- Very excellent music -- Band rigged up as
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farmers etc -- Hard looking lot -- Evening I attended their show at Opera House -- Big audience & very good performance, of the amusing character -- Bed at 1 --
Tuesday April 14
Variable & cold -- Morning light snowstorms -- About town in the PM -- Bed 11:30 --
Wednesday April 15
Cloudy & cold -- Evening a light rain storm laid the dust a little -- Was about town more or less -- Bed 12 -- Stocks booming Con Va 14 1/2, etc
Snow Stox up WP Bennett
Thursday April 16
Same -- Evening a heavy snowstorm for an hour or so -- not cold -- About 2 inches of snow on ground at 12 when I went to bed -- still snowing, lightly --
Friday April 17
Moderate and stormy -- Several rain and snow squalls during the day -- about 3 inches of snow on the ground this morning, but melted off rapidly -- very muddy -- Stocks still up & likely to go higher -- Bed at 1 --
Saturday April 18
Variable -- Bed at 12 -- Stox a little off today --
Sunday April 19
Same but pleasant -- about as usual -- WP Bennett of Gold Hill got on to me in the PM and piled a big job of cranky writing about a book he is going to print before long -- Evening at room, Bed at 12 --
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Monday April 20
AM clear & pleasant -- PM hazy & cold -- Passed as usual -- Bed 12 -- Was talking hilariously with Dan Davis in the International saloon only about 20 minutes befoe he went up home and died -- showed no sign or inclination of dying -- was smiling and apparently all right -- Mike Conlon was with me and we went to dinner together -- & while eating at the French Rotisserie the news of his death came to us --
Tuesday April 21
Same --
Wednesday April 22
Same -- Nothing new -- Stocks still exciting -- Bed at 12 --
Wednesday April 22
Variable -- Wrote some on Bennetts crank work -- Evening about town -- Bed 1 --
Will Gaige and Harry Summers
Thursday April 23
AM pleasant -- PM fiercely blustering -- all the dust on streets blew away and gravel flew worse than for years -- I about town as usual -- Evening at theater -- "Shenandoah" -- Biggest house for years -- Good play -- Very interesting etc -- Bed at 1 -- Still blustery & threatening storm --
Friday April 14
Clear and blustering -- Bed 1 --
