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Cooler Abe Hoffman M J Farrell

Friday Aug* 4

Cloudy and cooler -- as usual -- Bed at 3 --

Saturday Aug* 5

The same -- About 75 -- Felt some like fall -- At noon met Abe Hoffman of Hoffman Bros, Austin -- Took him around showed him the theatre etc & took him to my room short time -- Met Mike Farrell, (MJ) on street -- Abe came yesterday morning, and will leave for Bodie tomorrow morning -- Mike & wife & Jennie Peterson, her sister

Big Miners Union Picnic I there

came up from Carson this morning & are stopping at International -- They have been over at McKinney's on the Lake for last 4 or 5 wks -- Will go back to Austin shortly -- Through in office at 1 1/2 -- Bed at 3 -- 62 in my room --

Sunday Aug* 6

Morning cloudy & cool, with a light shower at 4:30 -- I rose at little before 6 -- fixed up & went down to depot -- Big Miners Union Picnic excursion to Treadway's Park, Carson -- left at 7:45 AM -- 6 flats & 4 couches -- I rode in local passenger coach, on my pass, as I had given Jim Townsend my complimentary ticket -- At Gold 2 more flats & a coach joined us, making 13 passenger cars, & having 4 freight

Miners Picnic I in Reno

cars on also, made a train of 17 cars in all -- 2 hours to Carson stopping all along to take on more passengers -- Crowds also came in carriages -- Weather cleared