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Cold Snap Mrs Hiller dead Hail Fruit all killed Wife coming Mike Farrell here
Wednesday May 13
Cloudy & chilly & blustering, with occasional snowflakes in the air -- As usual -- Through tonight at 1 1/2 -- Bed at 2 -- ground white with snow & a few sprinkles still coming down -- Mike Farrell & wife from Austin on a visit to Gold Hill --
Thursday May 14
The same -- Quite a hail storm about 11 AM -- More during PM -- Got letter from wife -- death notice in it, clipped from SF Chronicle of death of Mrs Hiler, at Butte Montana, May 6 -- aged 67 yrs -- remains brought to Oakland for burial -- I got through at 12:40 tonight -- Bed at 2:40 -- Almost freezing
Friday May 15
The same -- no hail or snow but chilly -- The cold snap of the last 2 or 3 nights has killed all the fruit in this county -- telegram from wife says will come tomorrow - Through tonight at 12 -- Bed 1 --
Wife in Va Shower
Saturday May 16
Cloudy cool and pleasant -- Wife arrived on train at 10 -- Breakfast at [Chammond's?] -- Bought some clothes for our boys -- then she went to Gold Hill -- I walked with her to neat the Imperial works & turned back -- She visited parties in Gold Hill and came up on the evening train -- I met her & she & Mrs Chubbuck et
1885
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Name of Mrs. Hiller spelled as Mrs. Hiler further down the page. Not sure of the correct spelling.
It's Hiller. There are ways to check, such as using the abridged diary (Clark version) that is online, but unfortunately, it down due to technical difficulties at the moment. If you are unsure, use Jaffe's spelling, even if there are two versions and one is surely a typo.
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