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Fixed and straightened things up, wrote letter to wife, & took it to the Post office, but was too late, as the mail had closed early, owing to it being Sunday -- Was about town awhile -- At just 9:30 PM I started fire in my stove -- It worked 1st rate -- Staid with it all night reading, writing etc -- Wrote letter to L P McCarty, San Francisco,
also 1 to Jons -- Took the McCarty and wife's letter to

JP Jones Train Breaks Down

Mr Holt at 4 - No down train as the up train locomotive, broke an axle about 2 1/2 miles this side of Ledlie -- likely to be no down train for a day or less -- Shall take back the wife & McCarty letter & send them with Jones Letter by next mail -- At dark Brought 18 deg but moderated during night to 23 deg, and thickened weather prevailed till morning -- Bed at 5 -- Wind blustering up from the North & East snowing lightly and threatening big --

J P Jones SD Baker J C Todman Note Bank of Nevada

Monday Dec 8

Clear, principally but cold and threatening -- Snow melted but little -- Mail got through this morning, and left for Battle Mountain again about 10 AM, so my letters went along -- I had detained my letter to Jones, and walked down to Clifton to mail it, but the train had left, so I mailed it this evening - Received letter from S D Baker, Va city, about Centennial, and one from John C Todman of Hawthorne asking me to help him to get Minute Clerk of the Assembly -- Also one from Agency of the Nevada Bank of San Francisco date Virginia Nev, Dec 6, 1884, saying :