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is muddy in a few spots, but mostly dry and dusty -- Stocks down -- Con Va is to $2.20 today -- Bed 12 --

Thursday March 29

Cloudy, cooler and fiercely blustering. Fearful clouds of dust -- Cleveland vetoed the Bland silver soinage or seignorage bill today -- His veto message occupied 2 1/2 columns in the Va Evening Chronicle -- It also had the following items: ((clipping here)) Evening at Opera House -- Freeman's Funmakers in "A Railroad Ticket" -- About a dozen male and female variety actors -- General melange of funny acts, scenes & incidents with comic singing and funny, (loud), and shapely dancing, etc -- Good house -- Bed at 12 -- Weather cloudy but moderated -- Con Va and Ophir each touched 2.15

1894 Stox down -- Con Va lower than Ophir
Prof Thos Cara Leaves the Comstock
Effie Ellsler in "Doris" -- Clothes Wash

today -- Con Va has gone a little below Ophir two or three times in last few days -- first time in many months -- Pro Thomas Cara left Va for Grass Valley Cal this evening to reside hereafter -- He has been chief musician, band master, organist at St Paul's Episcopal church and music teacher for last 25 yrs or more -- I and others were at depot to see him off --

Friday March 30

Cloudy & variable -- Bed at 1 -- Evening at theater -- Effie Ellsler, C W Couldock and good dramatic company in "Doris," a very interesting, well-