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1894 -- New Year -- Big Snowstorming Sleighing -- Turkey -- Old Joe Douglass' Big Tumble The Midwinter Fair
Monday, January 1, 1894
Snowstorm set in about daylight and continued at intervals most of the day. About 6 inches accumulated. Good sleighing, and many parties out enjoying it. New Years Day. Observed after the usual style, calls, and general good cheer, all wishing the New Year would be more happy and prosperous than the last. Egg-nog and turkey at most of saloons -- Old Joe Douglass, who fell 20 feet yesterday morning, from the second to the first floor of his own house, was able to hobble about his room, etc for a few minutes this noon -- Wonderful escape -- No bones broken -- Lit on his feet and broke through the floor. The Midwinter Fair commenced today at San Francisco -- Bed at 1, clear & cold.
1894 -- William Miller -- Joe Marshall Dead!
Tuesday Jan 2
Occasional snowstorms improved the sleighing somewhat -- Evening wrote 9 letters, to William Miller, Butte City, (Bozeman) and Helena, Montana, and the postmasters of Butte and (Bozeman), also to (Candelaris) Hawthorne and Bodie. Also one to Oscar T Shuck, 509 Kearny st San F, all of them about the aforesaid William Miller, son of Lawrence Miller who was a watchmaker in Gold, several years ago -- in the 70's -- had a brother Charles,
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mother known as Frederika or Christine Miller. Mother dead leaving some thousands of dollars to William. Oscar T Shuck is attorney in the matter and his writing to me about it, put me at work on the proposition to find him. Bed 1 -- clear & very cold. My Va Chronicle of this evening gives this on death of J B Marshall -- goodbye Joe.
6 pound overcoat -- 1894 -- Comstock Payroll Snow -- Stocks -- Comstock Working Force -- Cold Snap
Wednesday Jan 3
Clear & pleasant -- Fine sleighing etc -- Got off my Miller letters, etc -- Bed 12 -- My big old double blanket overcoat weighs just 6 pounds -- Had it for last 20 years -- Good thing to have -- The Comstock pay-roll for last month (December) amounted to $60,844,25.
Thursday Jan 4
Storming & cold -- Several light snowstorms improved the sleighing -- Bed 12 -- Stocks pretty good -- Con Va $4 -- According to the Enterprise of this morning -- the entire working force in the mines of the Comstock, including miners, carmen, engineers, foremen and shift bosses sums up to 259. This does not include the army of Supts, Secretaries, clerks & others on the payrolls. Bed 12 -- 18 degrees above z --
1894 -- Joe Douglass -- Cold Snap -- Below Zero
Friday Jan 5
Clear and cold -- Very cold day in shade and freezing hard -- Thermometer
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at 6 AM stood at 12 degrees above z -- Old Joe Douglass is getting along 1st rate -- about his room and hallway but not quite able to get down stairs -- Dr Collins says he has one of the short ribs broken on the right side. Joe sent for me this evening and at his request I put a short item in the Enterprise, making the first newspaper notice of his accident & condition -- Bed at 12 -- 14 degrees above zero. At the Corporation House above B st, Chief (Pennison) tells me the thermometer was 4 degrees below zero at 6 this morning -- Big difference naturally between thermometers on C st in body & warmth of the city than these on the cold outside --
Fine sleighing -- Palpitation -- 1894 Charles Miller letters -- Comparative cold weather
Saturday Jan 6
Clear, pleasant and warmer -- Sleighing 1st class -- Bed 12 --
Sunday Jan 7
Same -- got a letter from Oscar T Shuck telling me he had got the wrong Miller. It is Charles, not William Miller. So this evening I wrote letters to Shuck, the Bulletin, Hawthorne and to Charles Miller and the Postmaster at Bozeman and Butte City Montana, respectively -- 6 letters in all, and all on the Miller subject -- Bed at 1 -- Have been troubled with fluttering palpitation of the heart last two nights and think shall be again tonight -- but I wasn't --
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Monday Jan 7*
Clear and pleasant -- Slight shock of earthquake felt about 8 PM about town -- Bed 12 -- Cold, sharp night -- Sleighing fine -- slippery -1894 -- Major Pauline Cushman
Tuesday Jan 9
Same -- Bed 12 -- The sketch about Major Pauline Cushman which I sent to the SF Examiner Dec 21 & which was returned declined, I put in Enterprise this evening -- read proof & it will appear tomorrow morning --
Wednesday Jan 10
Variable -- thawy -- pleasant day -- Sent 4 page letter to wife -- Major appeared in Enterprise -- Bed 12 --
Thursday Jan 11
Clear, pleasant & thawy -- Sleighing about played out -- Letters from Bessie, Kinzle and Shuck -- Bed 12 --
Friday Jan 12
Same -- Wrote letter to L Miller, Anaconda, Montana -- Bed 12 --
Judge W H Virden -- Big Storm -- 1894
Saturday Jan 13
Same -- Sleighing played way out -- Wrote three good items which will be in Enterprise tomorrow morning -- Bed 1 --
Sunday Jan 14
Stormy -- Cloudy -- about noon wind breezed up fearfully from SW -- Blew
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worse than for years about 2 PM. Brick chimneys & stovepipes went overboard and several windows were blow in. On the train arriving at noon came W H Virden now Superior Judge of Mono County Cal who used to be businessman for me on the Gold Hill News. Left here 15 yrs ago & not been back till now. Came in from Bridgeport, his home, with his wife -- left her at Carson while he took a day or two visit to the Comstock -- Looks very well & [portly] -- left eye badly impared* by a chip flying up while chopping or splitting
Exempts Installation & Banquet -- 1894 Big Storm -- W H Virden
some wood two or three years ago, and he is on way to San F for further treatment, as it is still troubles him considerably -- Wears large double green glasses so I did not readily recognize him, except by his voice. PM I attended the regular monthly meeting of the Exempts -- Installation of officers elect for ensuing year -- Finance Committee appointed -- Alf Doten, Bart Burke and Chas Ziegler -- Committee to Revise Constitution & By Laws -- Doten Plunkett & Guggenheim -- After business through with & adjourned we had a nice collation in honor of the occasion -- beans, boiled him etc, beer, invited guests etc -- good time -- Evening about town -- weather fierce -- but moderated toward midnight -- snow squalls during the PM & evening -- Bed 12 -- snowing quite steadily --
Big Storm of the Season -- Splendid sleighing 1894 -- Virden leaves -- Snow 2 ft deep
