Diary 59 - 8: October, 1885 - preliminary transcript

amount to a little over $100- Bed at 2:30 Tuesday Oct. 13 Same- wrote letter to A L Bancroft & Co. & sent it off by evening mail- Work as usual- Bed at 3Wednesday Oct. 14 Same- Work as usual- Bed at 4- Through in office at 1:30- was down town awhile at International saloon- Long chat with Col M N (Stone) on political affairs- John Mackay passed Reno this evening at 8 oclock on regular train- bound for San F.- Morris (Aveplich) of the Hale & Norcross went down with buggy to bring him up, but he went throughA L Bancroft & Co. Wife Catarrh well Thursday Oct. 15 Same- Bed 3Friday Oct. 16 Same- warmer- Got letter from Bancroft & Co.- very peacable & quiet in tone- tells me I can get my wife's missent letter from Judge (Witaker), etc.- Mining day- busy as usual- Got letter from wife, enclosing a Reno ( Fair) correspondence for the paper- couldn't use it- all so I run in a part of it under head of "Reno Notes"- Bed at 3:30 Saturday Oct. 17 Same- Bed 3-

Sunday Oct. 18 Same- Took 5:25 train for Reno- Found all right there- Bed 10- My eyes are now well from Catarrh- Nose very little plugged yetNotes to Bancroft & Co. 20 to Wife Monday Oct. 19 Clear & very pleasant- Took morning train & was at Va at 10 AM- Went to Judge J W (Whitaker's) office- signed 4 notes to A L Bancroft & Co., each dated Oct. 19, 1885, for $41.92 each, payable respectively in 6, 9, 12, and 15 months, with interest at 10 cents per annum- aggregating $167.68- Took up my old notes, four of them, aggregating $101.70- The cents additional to them is the interest on them- Then I got $20 greenback and mailed it to my wife- PM a meeting of the Nevada Silver Association, at Pipers Opera House, and in evening Hon. Wm M Stewart, formerly US Senator from this State made an address at the same place on the Wm M Stewart in Va Kinkead Wife's letter returned from Bancroft Silver question- good house- Col Shaw reported- 1 worked in office- Through at 2- Bed 3- On train coming up this morning, was Ex Gov. Ainkead of Nevada and Alaska, I being old chum of his, chatted with him most of way up from Carson where he got aboard- He has not been on Comstock before for nearly 2 yrs- Will go home tonight for Carson- In settling up with (Whiteker) atty for Bancroft & Co., he retunred to me the letter which was to my wife, & was missent that time to B& Co. by mistake-

Tuesday Oct 20

Same -- as usual -- Bed 3 --

Wednesday Oct 21

Same -- Bed 3 --

Catarrh Well Haverly Troupe

Thursday Oct 22

Cloudy & cooler -- Evening it cleared off fine again -- As usual -- Bed 3:30 -- My catarrh is well now entirely, and passes off without the usual go down through the lungs, cough, etc -- Have had it lighter than ever -- attribute it to the use of castor oil in the nostrils --

Friday Oct 23

Clear & pleasant -- Mining day -- Lively work -- Evening the great Haverly Minstrel combination at Opera House -- crowded full -- $750 house -- I couldn't go -- 40 of them -- 35 in parade -- Through the streets about 1 PM 16 pieces of music -- all hands wore play hats -- Staid in office till nearly 3 -- Home -- Bed at 4 --

Same -- got telegram from wife that she & Sammy coming up [sevening] -- PM, crowded matinee at Opera House -- Haverly Minstrels -- I saw a little of it -- Worked at office awhile -- got lots of copy ahead so I could go to theatre [sevening] -- Secured pass and 3 seats -- Wife & Sammy came up on train -- took

them to room -- then to theatre -- Best performance of kind I ever saw -- The Cragg family with them, wonderful acrobats -- Office till 1:30 -- Home -- Bed 2

Sunday Oct 25

Same -- Rose at 10:30 -- Breakfast at Chanmond's -- took a walk out as far as 4th ward schoolhouse -- Home -- Dined at Grand Central -- At 5:35 PM left on cars for Reno -- Found everybody all right at home -- Bed at 10 --

I in Reno & back I trustee of Centennial S Crescengo

Monday Oct 26

Clear warm & pleasant -- Rose at 6 -- breakfast -- Took train for Va -- Arrived on time -- Work as usual -- Bed at 4

Tuesday Oct 27

Same -- Sent letter with pass, to wife -- Bed 2 --

Wednesday Oct 28

Cloudy -- Bed 2:30

Thursday Oct 29

Cloudy & blustering from SW -- Bed 3 -- I elected a Trustee of Centennial at meeting this PM

Friday Oct 30

Clear & pleasant -- Got letter from Sam Crescengo Austin, about stocks, one from Wells Drury, Carson about a lecture by A C Dane at Carson, enclosing comps -- and

W Drury A Richardson Wife at Va John Mackay arrives

one from A Richardson, Agt Cal Ass'd Press San Francisco dispensing with my services as agent here -- John Mackay arrived from SF today for a brief visit -- I met & shook hands with him at Con Va office -- Mining day -- Busy as usual -- Home at 3 -- wrote long letter to A Richardson to mail tomorrow -- Bed at 6 --

Saturday Oct 31

Same -- Wife came up on morning train -- left on evening train -- Were at my room most of day -- Evening as usual -- Bed 3:30 -- Mdame Janauschek & dramatic co at Opera House 3d night tonight -- Thursday evening she played "My Life," on

Janauschek at Va Crescengo

Friday night -- "Mary Stuart" matinee this Pm "Countess of Mansfield" (I took wife there & left her after the 1st act) and this evening "Macbeth" -- I saw the 4th and 5th acts -- This ends the Janauschek engagement -- Wrote & sent letter to Sam Crescengo, Austin today --

Mackay leaves 1885

Sunday November 1, 1885

Clear, cool and blustering -- Rose at noon -- PM about town -- Evening at room -- reading etc -- Bed at 12 -- clear, but very fierce blustering wind

Monday Nov 2

Cold -- AM clear -- PM cloudy -- blustering day -- As usual -- J W Mackay left on evening train for San Francisco -- Bed at 3 --