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California bought it for nearly $250,000 -- Made 1st payment Sat evening -- C D Lane here attending to the matter -- He is 1/3 owner in the famous Utica mine, Calaveras Co Cal --

Thunder Showers -- Sam Jones -- 1895
The Buckeye and Pinenut Mining Sales
The Durrant Murder Case Postponed -- Buckeye Mines
Fake Fight Item in News -- "Jane" and "The Lost Sheep"

Tuesday Oct 15

AM cloudy but pleasant -- about noon high winds set in from all points of the compass, and PM light and heavy thunder showers -- wet down the country good -- Evening, cleared off -- At down train met Sam Jones on his way to S.F. -- More mining sales at Buckeye and Pinenut being consumated -- The Durrant murder case in San F. was postponed till next Monday on account of the sickness or disability of Dempsey, the leading Counsel for the defence --

Wednesday Oct 16

Same -- PM plenty of big clouds thunder & lightning but not a drop of rain -- PM I wrote out a nice item for the Carson Morning News, about a fake footrace and prize fight on the last day of the races of the Ormsby Dist Fair here in Carson -- Will make a column -- Handed it in to the editor, Miss Annie Martin -- 2 wagons with 14 men and supplies left here this morning for Buckeye and the new work under the administration -- Evening at Opera House -- Very good comedy Co in "Jane" and "The Lost Sheep" -- Very good & Highly amusing -- 1/2 a house -- Bed 12:30 --