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town awhile - Home - wrote awhile, & read, & bed at 11
Shower Frank Bell State Prison Warden Bill for George M Stewart 4th salary -
Monday Feb 2
Clear & very pleasant - A fine shower or so, early this morning laid the dust very effectually & cleared atmosphere spendidly - Had no more bills to engross today - attended session - PM joint session of both houses in Assembly chamer - chose Frank Bell State Prison Warden (re-elected) by unanimous Republican majority, the 14 Democratic votes being given complimentary, to O K Stampley - PM I wrote a bill for George M Stewart entitled "An Act for the better protection of Merchants, wholesale dealers and business men generally" - To be introduced ito the Legislature shortly - Evening about town - Met Stewart & gave him the Bill - Bed at 12 - Drew my 4th salary $42 today -
Reported for Enterprise Piano Recital
Tuesday Feb 3
The same - a little cloudy - I reported the Legislature for the Enterprise today in place of Shaw, editor of the Enterprise who has been doing it - Got my report in full, off by the 5:15 PM train for Virginia - Got longest bill yet, this PM, to engross - Senator (Pete Markus) bill relative to reclamation of arable lands in this State - Evening attended first annual Piano Recital given by Philip Krall & his pupils at the Armory Hall, just north of the depot - Densely crowded - Had special invite but couldnt get in - staid on outside in armory adjoining where I
heard most of it - Very good - Was about town some - Bed at 1 -
17 bills
Wednesday Feb 4
The same - Attended session - got 2 more bills to engross - Evening I engrossed them - Took 5 hours good work - One bill was Senate Bill No 59 "An Act Providing for the adoption of children" and the other Senate Bill No 57 - "An act to amend an Act entitled "An act to amend an Act entitled An Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors and Protection of creditors" - This makes 17 bills engrossed by me - Shaw was on duty again today Bed at 2 -
Thursday Feb 5
Clear, warm, and the finest Spring day I have seen for years - Everybody enjoyed it - I worked hard most of the day at engrossing - Had one long one, Senate Bill No 21, "An Act to Reclaim the Arable Desert Lands, and Develop the Agri -
Big Engrossing job
cultural Resources of the State of Nevada." Senator Markus Bill - Made 12 pages - 5 pages is the longest I have had before - Also engrossed Senate Bill No 55, An Act to Provide for the payment of clerical hire in the State Library during the years 1883-4 - (Laughton's bill) Worked all evening and till 3 o'clock in morning and got both bills engrossed all right - Bed at 4 -
Friday Feb 6
Cloudy with heavy SW winds - Shower early this morning kept down the dust -
attended session Met Mike Farrell -- Just in from Austin to attend meeting of the
Mike Farrell Glove fight Enterprise 79
Silver Society tomorrow -- PM legislature adjourned over till Monday -- Evening attended a glove (sluggory) match at Opera House -- between Elliot and Edwards -- a white man and a colored man -- crowded house -- Had good place on stage, behind the wings -- comp ticket -- 24 ft ring -- ropes -- 5 rounds -- darkey got whipped -- 20 minutes -- Home at 12 1/2 -- slept on bed in clothes till 4 -- rose & wrote 79 for Enterprise --
Saturday Feb 7
Clear & pleasant -- Got my letter off on morning train for Va at 8:35 -- took it to depot -- put it in mail car -- PM I attended meeting of the Sivler Society, in Senate chamber -- CC Stevenson, President, presided -- adopted by-laws, etc and got
Silver Society The Comstock revisited Exempts
Society fully organized -- changed name from Nevada Production and Reduction Association to Nevada Silver Society -- Ferrell & others made speeches -- Adjourned till next September -- (First Monday in Sep) -- Evening about town -- Home at 11 -- slept 3 hours in chair -- wrote -- Bed at 3 --
Sunday Feb 8
Cloudy -- took morning passenger train, at 8:35 for VA -- Joe Harlow, State Printer was with me -- Took breakfast at Tom Heffron's on C st, Va -- Met lots of old friends and acquaintances -- Attended regular meeting o the Exempt Firemen Associa-
tion of which I am a member -- good attendance -- Jo Harlow was installef as 1st
At Reno
Vice Prest, & I acted as installing officer by request -- Meeting lasted about 2 hours -- Then we were at Spiro's and other places a while -- Visited the Sheriffs office and also Piper's new Opera house which is now building & is over half done -- Took eveningtrain at 5:30 PM for Carson -- $1.50 for the round trip -- At Carson I got ticket & went on to Reno -- arrived at usual time -- Stevenson and old Pratt on train -- S bound for Los Angeles -- I found my folks all right & not expecting me-- Bed at 11 --
Reno Another house New Underclothes
Monday Feb. 9
Clear & pleasant -- Wife at school -- AM took Sam, Alf, & Goddie down town -- & we all had our hair trimmed except Goodie-- Was about shopping, more or less -- also took walk up the river with the children -- Evening went with wife & took a look at a house belonging to Hoffman of the brewery -- Liked it and engaged it -- Bed at 11 -- Mother fixed me up full suit of new underclothes today & I wore them --
Tuesday Feb 10
Cloudy -- Left for Carson at 7:10 AM -- arrived at 8:30 -- Found 2 bills on my desk to engross -- One Senate Bill No 60 relative to Notaries Public commissions refunding and the other a re-engrossment of Senate Bill No 55, An Act to provide for the payment of clerical Hirein the State Library during 1883-4 -- (Laughton's
bill) PM I also engrossed a short bill I forget what it was about -- which makes 21
Dined wth Morrison 21 bills
bills in all I have engrossed so far -- Am up with my work, & my bills are all in hands of Committee -- Evening about town awhile -- Home -- read --Bed at 1 --
Wednesday Feb 11
Clear & very pleasant -- Slept till 9 -- attended session -- No engrossing to do this day -- Dined at George A. Morrison's, Hon JA Strok assemblyman from Nye County also there -- Morrison & wife & 3 children -- Nice dinner -- spent evening there talking over old times, etc. -- Home at 11 --Bed at 1 -- This PM I engrossed a letter for Hon John Smyth, of the Senate, to Hon Jas G Fair U S Senator, Washington D.C.
Letter to Fair for Smyth 22 bills
in which he applied for Daggett's position as Minister to Hawaii, in case of Daggetts removal by the Incoming Democratic administration -- Took me about 2 hours --
Thursday Feb 12
The same -- AM attended session -- PM got 22nd bill to engross -- and engrossed it, Senate Bill 44 -- "An Act to regulate, the charges of carrying or transporting passengers by Inter-State railroads and prescribing penalties for the violation of its provisions." Delivered it to Engrossing Committee, and made preparations to go to Reno tonight -- Left on train at five minutes of seven oclock -- found every-
At Reno Moving China New Year Eunice Gibson
body all right at home -- Bed at 10 -- Got letter from Eunice -- also one from
