Diary 77-12: December, 1901 - preliminary transcript

Swelling nearly all disappeared -- Very sore over & about the tooth yet -- But great improvement -- My good old friend and Pioneer Gotth Haist of Virginia, died there at 7:30 last evening, after a long illness -- Nearly 80 yrs old -- Bed 10:30 -- Fearful ferry accident in SF Bay yesterday evening -- Ferry boats Sancelito and San Rafael collided in thick fog -- 400 passengers -- some lost --

The Wedekind Case -- Billy Crandall -- 1901 Funeral Gotth Haist -- Jim Orndorff -Hon George E Roberts -- Chris Batterman $10,000

Tuesday Dec 3

Stormy -- PM strong showers -- blustering from the SW -- The Wedekind Case came to submission on points and arguments to the Judge who will hold it under consideration for a while -- Bed 11 -- Storming furiously -- Would have attended the funeral of Gotth Haist -- today, but simply couldn't -- Bed 11 -- For full particulars about Billy Crandall see last page of this book.

Wednesday Dec 4

Clear & pleasant -- Old Jim Orndorff, a Comstock old timer, and Latterly of San Francisco saloon business, etc, came on morning train & will go on to Tonopah tomorrow -- Had not met him for about 15 or 20 years -- Bed 10 -- Recd letter from Geo E Roberts in response to mine of Nov 25th --

168) Andy Roberts Daughters -- Wife $5 -James Heney Released -- Jones Case Appealed to Storey Co Tonopah Bonanza -- James A Yerington Returns --

Thursday Dec 5

Stormy -- Rainy -- Colder -- Bed 11 --

Friday Dec 6

Stormy -- AM light snowstorms -- Big ones in the mountains all day -- PM I went with Andy Roberts on a visit to his family up stairs over his saloon, with Cyrille Ourlette -- His daughters sang and played for us very finely -- Recd letter from wife with $5 -- Bed 10:50 --

Saturday Dec 7

Clear & cold -- but pleasant -- Heaviest frost this morning -- coldest day and night -- Bed 10 -- James Heney took the pauper's oath today and was released from State Prison after being in there six years for robbing the US Mint, Carson City --

Sunday Dec 8

Same -- PM wrote letter to send to the Tonopah Bonanza -- 2 pages -- Bed 11

Gardnerville Record -- Wife -- 1901 Eugene Howell Secy of State Marries -SL Tribune 4 pages -- "Hunting for Hawkins" --

Monday Dec 9

Stormy in the mountains all day, with a few sprinkles in Carson -- Heavy blustering SW winds -- Rose early, at 6, & wrote about a column letter to the Gardnerville Record -- mailed it by morning stage, also mailed my letter to the Tonopah Bonanza on morning train -- PM, visited Prof Ring at

his office -- Evening as usual -- Bed at 10 -- Also sent a one page letter to wife this evening --

Tuesday Dec 10

Clear & cold -- I began a letter to the Tribune -- Bed at 11 --

Wednesday Dec 11

Stormy in the mountains, and a little snow about town -- Very cold & disagreeable -- Completed and sent 4 page letter to SL Tribune -- also private letter 1 page to Nelson, Managing Editor, asking why and wherefore my last letter was not published -- of the 28th. Evening at Opera House play of "Hunting for Hawkins" by a travelling troupe -- Slim house -- I wasn't there -- but those that were said it was a very good performance -- Bed 12 --

170) Jim Heney -- Cold Snap -- 8 Degrees above Zero My Desk -- George E Roberts -- Will W Booth Big Cold Snap in Middle West -- Wife -- Will Booth -Judge Webster Dead --

Thursday Dec 12

Clear & cold -- About town -- Met James Heney recently from State Prison at train this morning, bound for Virginia -- Shook hands with him, etc -- Bed 10:30 -- 14º above

Friday Dec 13

Same -- Morning thermometer Govt, stood 9º above zero -- Friend's stood at 8º -- PM I was busy awhile moving my desk, etc, at Harry Days house, by

reason of a leak in the roof -- Wrote page letter & sent it to Geo E Roberts on Heney's release -- Evening about town -- Bed 10:30 -- Got letter from Will W Booth, Tonopah, about mining Patent advertising --

Saturday Dec 14

Same -- warmer -- PM at Harry Days House going through my effects -- Bed at 10 --

Sunday Dec 15

Same -- Very pleasant -- Telegraph says fearful cold in Middle West -- 25º below in Minnesota at St Paul, etc -- PM wrote page letter & sent it to wife -- also page letter to send to Will W Booth, Tonopah tomorrow morning -- Bed 10:30 -- Judge Wm Webster of Reno died in San Francisco yesterday PM -- Born in Scotland March 1832 --

Mexican Pearl Scarf Pin -- I in SL Tribune -- 1901 New Years wrote up for SL Tribune -- Judge Webster Funeral I in Tonopah Bonanza -- Mrs J P Jones Sick

Monday Dec 16

Clear & very pleasant -- Fixed up neckties and wore my Mexican Pearl scarf pin -- Bed 10

Tuesday Dec 17

Same -- letter from wife -- Commenced writing up State of Nevada for the Salt Lake Tribune New Years edition -- Bed 10:30 --

Wednesday Dec 18

Same -- Busy on my write up of Nevada -- Bed 11 -- The SL Tribune got my

letter in Mondays issue in great shape -- Also a column in the Tonopah Bonanza -- Funeral of Judge Webster in Reno today -- Buried by the Masons -- Many Masons Knights Templar etc attended from the Comstock and Carson --

Thurday Dec 19

Same -- worked on my Nevada write up -- Bed 11 --

172) SL Tribune New Years write Up Sent I visit Andy Robert's Family -- Forefathers Day Wife with $15 -- Will W Booth -- J J Valentine Dead Ida Robert Married -- Street Sprinkling

Friday Dec 20

Same -- worked extra hard today and completed my write up of Nevada for the SL Tribune and sent it off by evening mail -- 10 pages -- will make about 2 1/2 columns -- or 3 -- Evening I was up stairs in Andy Robert's family and the girls sang and played me much fine music -- and I sang them "Shoo-la-gra" and "Little Boy Blue," and played some on the mouth organ -- Had real nice time -- Miss Ida Robert gets married to Prof Allan Leavitt on Sunday next -- Bed 11 --

Saturday Dec 21

Same -- Bed 10 --

Sunday Dec 22

Same -- Forefathers Day -- Recd letter from wife with $15 -- Also one from Will W Booth -- John J Valentine my old Wells Fargo friend at Virginia in the olden time died at Oakland yesterday morning -- aged 61 -- heart disease --