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Monday July 11

Clear & cooler -- 65[degrees] -- Passed about as usual -- Bed at 1

Tuesday July 12

Same -- Letter from wife with one from Eunice proposing to have Bessie come over and live with her & go to Normal School, San Jose. I replied at once with letter of approval -- Bed at 12 -- 60[degrees]

Wednesday July 13

Same -- Bessie's 18th birthday -- About town as usual -- Sent a letter to wife -- Evening sensation was a one-legged strolling gymnast or acrobat performing on C st, front of post office -- horizontal bar, etc -- Very good -- free show -- passed the hat -- Bed at 12 -- Dick Hicks one of the old time young Comstock printers arrived from Reno & elsewhere today -- He use to be one of the Gold Hill News compositors, under my jurisdiction and I havent seen him since I was in SF last -- About 50 yrs old -- noted as one of the fastest & best compositors on the Pacific Coast. He looks seedy & wants a job. He will probably go to work on the Va

Dick Hicks -- Wife -- Nicholls

Evening Chronicle tomorrow or next day, so he tells me. His real name is Oliver Henry Hicks -- subbing for Steve Gillis for a couple of days -- born near Nashville, Tennessee, Dec 22, 1843, raised in Quincy, Illinois & came to Pacific coast at early date --

Thursday July 14

Same -- About town -- Bed at 1 -- cold