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Worse than a Gold Hill dog fight for attraction -- Wife & I went, too, & both saw Patti, and after train left, everybody dispersed like going home from circus --

Monday March 30

The same -- After breakfast took morning train, at 7:10 -- Wife went with me to depot -- Va at 10 -- About town picking up items -- Worked very hard tonight -- Bed at 2:30 --

Wednesday* March 31

Cloudy -- AM, 1 or 2 light drizzles of rain -- Evening foggy -- morning, freight train brought my desk & trunk -- got them taken to my room and I fixed desk in running order before noon -- Work as usual -- Bed at 1:30 --

April Fool Day -- Fire
Senator J P Jones arrives on the Comstock and leaves,

Wednesday April 1 1885

Cloudy -- April Fool Day -- Very little observed about town -- Fire early this morning on the Divide, back of the Ashland House, Burned two unoccupied wooden buildings -- Work as usual -- Bed at 3 --

Thursday April 2

The same -- About noon 2 or 3 light showers laid dust -- Senator J P Jones came in on special train from Reno, direct from Washington, last evening, arriving about 11 o'clock He was around among the mines some, today, at 5:25 he left on train for San F. -- Told me he was going for his wife, & would bring her