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exhibition tonight at Opera House -- Good house -- Bed 12 -- Lavigne whipped Walcott in 12 rounds at SF tonight -- Henry George died in New York this morning --
Old Brault Dead -- Stewart goes to Carson -- Veriscope Uncle Tom's Cabin -- Hon J P Jones -- East State Elections Hallow E'en -- Hay Fever Past -- Comstock Payroll -- New Kitchen
Saturday Oct 30
Same -- Odd jobs -- Mr Brault my landlord of the French Hotel, near the Opera House, Carson died there yesterday morning & was buried today -- Senator Stewart went to Carson on morning train -- speaks there tonight -- 2nd & last show of the Veriscope here this evening -- Bed 12 -- Hallow E'en --
Sunday Oct 31
Same -- Bed 11 --
Monday November 1, 1897
Clear & pleasant -- A dramatic Co from California, playing Uncle Tom's Cabin, played it at the Opera House tonight -- Piper management -- 18 of them -- Have a good band -- 10 pieces paraded streets in uniform at noon -- Had a fair house in evening-- Bed 12 --
Tuesday Nov 2
Variable -- wrote 5 page letter to Hon J P Jones, Washington D.C. & mailed on eastbound train at 8:30 -- Bed 11 -- cloudy, blustering & cooler --
Wednesday Nov 3
Same -- only excitement is of the several State elections in the East
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yesterday -- bed 11 -- My annual hay fever left me with the last part of October -- Had it lighter than usual -- Bed 11 -- Comstock payrolls for October $57,75.16 -- 7,000 less than Sept --
Thursday Nov 4
Same -- snowing in mountains -- Mr Paine building new kitchen and woodshed -- Bed 11 --
Newlands Arrives -- Stewart at Va -- Snow -- 1897 Abbie V Davis -- Durrant Must Hang US Dist Atty Charley Jones Shot and Killed in Carson
Friday Nov 5
Cloudy & cooler -- Busy at odd jobs at home -- Hon Frank G Newlands arrived here from the East Wednesday morning -- last, and left Wednesday night for San F -- I didn't meet him at all -- Bed 11 -- clear and sharp cold -- Hon W M Stewart speaks at Va City this evening --
Saturday Nov 6
AM cloudy & blustering -- PM lively snow storm by spells -- laid the dust -- Bed 11 -- clear & freezing hard -- 000 --
Sunday Nov 7
Clear, cold & pleasant -- PM & evening I wrote 3 page letter to my niece Mrs Abbie V Davis, Hyannis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts -- mail it tomorrow morning -- A railroad will be completed this coming week into Jamestown, Co, Cal where I first mined in 1849 -- from Stockton -- About 70 miles -- Bed 1 --
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Monday Nov 8
Cloudy & cold -- Telegraph says US Supreme Court decided today against Durrant, sustaining decision of California Courts -- Stewart did not speak at Va Sat evening as intended -- bad weather -- Back to Carson yesterday -- Bed 11 -- cloudy moderate --
Tuesday Nov 9
Cloudy, moderate -- US Dist Attorney Jones shot & killed in Carson at 4 PM, by Julian Guinan, 16 yrs old son of Dr J Guinan -- shot in front of the Guinan residence, all on account of the boy's sister Jessie, a fly young miss -- shot with a rifle, from an upper window -- Much excitement
"A Peculiarly Eventful Night" -- Durrant Hangs Friday Summerfield Appointed US Attorney Durrant Reprieved -- Jones Funeral -- Newlands in Reno
both there and here where Jones resided with his wife & little son -- Today by request I wrote "A Peculiarly Eventful Night," sketch for the Student Record, a nice little semi monthly magazine published by the students of the State University -- My Sam is associate editor -- Instructive and amusing article -- Took me 4 hours to copy it off fair for the printers -- Bed at 4 -- A colony of Polish Jews arrived yesterday morning -- here from California to settle near Wellington a few miles south of Carson -- they took the train for Carson -- plenty of children --
Wednesday Nov 10
Clear & pleasant -- Charley Jones body brought to Reno on AM local train --
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Order of court in SF at 11 AM that Durrant be hanged next Friday -- Bed 11:30 --
Thursday Nov 11
Variable -- Sardis Summerfield recd appointment by telegraph today from Washington of his appointment as US Attorney in place of Charley Jones -- Bed 11 -- Order rec'd this evening from US Supreme Court this evening to stay execution of Durrant tomorrow --
Friday Nov 12
Same -- Charley Jones' funeral this PM, here well attended -- Under charge of K of P, Was a member -- State officers et al from Carson -- Hon Frank Newlands arrived from SF this morning -- Bed 11 --
Sam's Exploration -- Jas McGowan's big Ice House 1897 -- Julian Guinan acquittal
Saturday Nov 13
Variable -- PM blustering & colder -- Bed 11 --
Sunday Nov 14
Same -- Sam went out on a geological exploring trip afoot, with Jason Libby, one of his student mates, in mountains back of Huffaker's -- hard trip -- went about 30 miles he said -- got home way after dark -- Bed 11 -- Senator Stewart passed through from Carson to San Francisco last night -- Met Jas McGowan old Comstock acquaintance yesterday, down from Boca, 26 miles above here, where he has just completed big ice house for Sierra
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Lakes Ice Co -- He went to Va -- Made item of it, took it to Journal and it appeared this morning's paper --
Monday Nov 15
Clear cool & pleasant -- coldest morning of season -- PM busy reglazing a front upstairs window -- 6 lights, 10 x 16 -- mean, hard job -- read proof of my Student Record article this morning -- Bed 11 -- freezing hard --
Tuesday Nov 16
Same -- warmer -- The Julian Guinan examination on charge of murder was before Justice Stone yesterday and today -- Grand Jury also in session -- Was held to appear before it and the G J ignored the charge, and young Guinan was set free -- popular approval -- I busy at odd jobs about home -- Bed 11 --
Stewart and Newlands -- Sharkey whips Goddard Durrant's case -- Rain -- Stormy -- My Record Story
Wednesday Nov 17
Same -- Bed 11 --
Thursday Nov 18
Same -- Senator Stewart arrived from SF this morning, visited University, reviewed the cadets, made speech to the Students etc and left for Washington tonight -- Newlands went to SF again last night -- Movement being made by Durrant's attorney to have him tried for the murder of Minni Williams, in
