When
Mark Twain visited San Francisco in June 1863, he was hired as the San Francisco
Daily MorningCall's Nevada correspondent. The Call published
several of his letters from Nevada between August and December 1863. When Twain
and his friend Steve Gillis left Virginia City, Nevada and moved to San Francisco
on May 29, 1864, Twain was hired as the newspaper's only full-time reporter
for four and a half months.
The
Call's newspaper office was located 612 Commercial Street. The paper
was published six days a week, Tuesday through Sunday. It
consisted of a single sheet folded in half to create four printed pages 18 1/2"
x 23 1/2." The pages were unnumbered. Price was 12 1/2 cents a week --
a "bit" paper. Circulation was 10,000 daily. Mark Twain was in charge
of covering the police departments, the courts, the city Board of Supervisors,
the Board of Education, theatres, and any local news and rumors he could come
up with to fill the "acreage" of the blank paper each night before
his deadline.
Edgar
M. Branch has studied Mark Twain's contributions to the Call more than
any previous Twain researcher. Branch estimated the Call published approximately
5,400 local news items during Twain's short tenure with the paper. Branch identified
471 articles as Twain's, less than 10% of the total items, and reprinted 206
articles in Clemens of the 'Call'; Mark Twain in San Francisco (University
of California Press, 1969). The book is currently out of print. Although the
news stories were unsigned, the presumption of Twain's authorship is based on
much supporting evidence.
The
following list below includes Branch's identifications as well as others that
I have added and believe are Twain's based on story construction and relationships
to other items on which Twain was reporting. It is safe to speculate that there
are many more articles by Twain that were written for the Call that are
not listed -- articles that are simple and mundane daily news reports -- often
one sentence in length -- that do not have the "snap" that is often
an unmistakeable characteristic of Twain's authorship. That spectacular Twain
"snap" was often an emotional release fired off amidst the drudgery
of a job that Twain himself described as "killingly monotonous and wearisome
. . . fearful drudgery, soulless drudgery, and almost destitute of interest."
(Twain's reminiscences of his work on the Call appear in Mark Twain
in Eruption, p. 254-260.)
This
collection should not be considered comprehensive or infallible. The text of
all articles believed to be Twain's are not currently available, but their titles
are included in the index below. Researchers who have located evidence of Twain's
authorship of additional articles are invited to contact
me.
July
9, 1863 - MARK TWAIN'S LETTER (Home Again; The Henness
Pass; What Our Future Prosperity Depends Upon; The Fourth in Virginia;
Man Shot; The Mines; False Report) July
15, 1863 - MARK TWAIN'S LETTER July
18, 1863 - MARK TWAIN'S LETTER (Ophir Damages; As Good
as Ever; The Mine not Really Injured) July 23, 1863 - MARK TWAIN'S LETTER (Judicial
Broil; Theatricals; General Benevolence; The Caved Mines; About Other
Mines; Immigration; Billiard Match) July
30, 1863 - MARK
TWAIN'S LETTER (The Judicial War Ended; Tribute to California;
Apology for a Letter) August
2, 1863 - DISPATCH: TOM FITCH IN A DUEL - OFFICER INTERPOSES August,
6, 1863 - MARK TWAIN'S LETTER (Fire Matters; Agricultural
Fair; A Duel Ruined; Theatricals; Territorial Politics; Military Arrest;
Washoe Cavalry; Phelan Coming; Steam-Printing in Washoe; Judge Jones Resigned;
Carson Races; Mines, Etc.; Building; Foot Race) August
13, 1863 - MARK TWAIN'S LETTER (The City of Virginia;
More Fire Companies; Visiting Brethren; Carson Races; Theatricals; Legal
Battle; Railroad Meeting; No Democratic Convention; Mining Affairs) August
29, 1863 - DISPATCHES: DISASTROUS FIRE AT VIRGINIA
CITY; VIRGINIA CITY FIRE; FIREMEN'S RIOT; ONE MAN SHOT DEAD; INCENDIARIES
ARRESTED. August 30, 1863 - MARK TWAIN'S LETTER September 3, 1863 - DISPATCH: ELECTION
IN VIRGINIA CITY; SUICIDE OF A PIONEER; JACK MCNABB SHOOTING POLICEMEN;
TALK OF A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE September 3, 1863 - MARK TWAIN'S LETTER (Mass
Meetings; The Fire; Unfortunate Blunder) November 19, 1863 - MARK TWAIN'S
LETTER (Nevada Constitutional Convention; Boundary of the State;
Right of Suffrage; Corporations; Nevada; Officers; Miscellaneous) December 2, 1863 - DISPATCH:
DEATH-ROBBERY CARSON, DEC. 1 December 11, 1863 - DISPATCH: ASSASSINATION
IN CARSON
June 7, 1864
- BURGLAR ARRESTED
June 11, 1864 - ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE MARKS FAMILY HISTORY June 12, 1864 - BEASTS IN THE SEMBLANCE OF
MEN June 15, 1864 - PETTY POLICE COURT TRANSACTIONS June 21, 1864 - SHORT-HAND LAW REPORTER
June 23, 1864 - ANOTHER OF THEM [earthquake] June 25, 1864 - A TRIP TO THE CLIFF HOUSE June 25, 1864 - CHARGE AGAINST A POLICE OFFICER June 28, 1864 - CHARGES AGAINST AN OFFICER June 28, 1864 - MISSIONARIES WANTED FOR SAN
FRANCISCO June 28, 1864 - HACKMEN ARRESTED; FALL
IN FRUIT; ACCESSIONS TO THE RANKS OF THE DASHAWAYS; BOARD OF SUPERVISORS;
SWILL PEDDLERS June 29, 1864 - THE KAHN OF TARTARY
June 29, 1864 - POLICE COURT
June 30, 1864 - MUNICIPAL RECORDS
June 30, 1864 - THE SACRILEGIOUS HACK-DRIVER July 1, 1864 - HOUSE AT LARGE July 1, 1864 - SCHOOLCHILDREN'S REHEARSAL July 1, 1864 - THE OLD THING July 1, 1864 - POLICE COMMISSIONERS July 1, 1864 - MORE STEAMSHIP SUITS BREWING July 2, 1864 - POLICEMAN SUSPENDED; POLICE
COURT; THE SWINDLE CASE; CHANCE FOR THE HOTELS; STOLE A SHIRT July 3, 1864 - THE SECESH HIGHWAYMEN; THE
STEAMER WASHOE; THEATRICAL RECORD - CITY; NABBED; YOUNG THIEVES; THE FOURTH
BEGUN; THOSE THIEVES; POLICE COURT YESTERDAY July 4, 1864 - A SHEEP-STEALER CAUGHT;
TOM THUMB AND HIS BRIDE; AN "ALTAGRAPH" July 4, 1864 - ORIGINAL NOVELETTE July 6, 1864 - FOURTH OF JULY July 6, 1864 - THE RACING STOCK IN THE PROCESSION
July 6, 1864 - BANNER PRESENTATION July 6, 1864 - SHIRT STEALING July 7, 1864 - HOMICIDE-CORONER'S INQUEST July 8, 1864 - SWILL MUSIC July 8, 1864 - ARRESTED FOR BIGAMY July 8, 1864 - THE BIGAMIST July 8, 1864 - INSANE July 8, 1864 - EN ROUTE; THE SHEEP CASE July 9, 1864 - OPIUM SMUGGLERS July 9, 1864 - YOUNG OFFENDER July 9, 1864 - UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT July 9, 1864 - BURGLARY - THE BURGLAR CAUGHT
IN THE ACT July 9, 1864 - POLICE COURT; THE BIGAMIST July 9, 1864 - BREAK IN THE WATER WORKS July 10, 1864 - THE BIGAMIST July 10, 1864 - GREEN-BACK THEFT July 12, 1864 - CHINESE SLAVES July 12, 1864 - THE BIGAMY CASE July 12, 1864 - UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT July 12, 1864 - POLICE COURT TESTIMONY July 12, 1864 - ASTOUNDING CHEEK
July 13, 1864 - BOARD OF EDUCATION
July 13, 1864 - INSANE
July 13, 1864 - ITS OPPONENTS
July 13, 1864 - NEW BOARD ROOMS July 14, 1864 - RUNAWAY July 14, 1864 - CALABOOSE THEATRICALS July 14, 1864 - INSPECTION OF THE FORTIFICATIONS July 14, 1864 - A WIFE-SMASHER IN LIMBO;
NOT INSANE July 15, 1864 - DISPOSED OF July 16, 1864 - A GROSS OUTRAGE July 16, 1864 - MOSES IN IN THE BULRUSHES
AGAIN July 16, 1864 - THE "COMING MAN"
HAS ARRIVED July 16, 1864 - THE CAMANCHE July 16, 1864 - REMARKABLE CLOCK July 17, 1864 - THE COUNTY PRISON July 17, 1864 - INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR
STOCKTON July 17, 1864 - JUVENILE CRIMINALS July 17, 1864 - MORE CIGAR SMOKING; PROGRESS
OF THE CAMANCHE - LIBEL; TOO INFERNALLY ACCOMMODATING July 19, 1864 - ASSAULT July 19, 1864 - REAL DEL MONTE July 19 1864 - CAMANCHE MATTERS; POLICE
COURT; STATE PRISONERS July 20, 1864 - A STAGE ROBBER AMONGST US July 20, 1864 - LUNATIC; THE POETIC RABIES;
POLICE COURT July 21, 1864 - AMAZONIAN PASTIMES July 21, 1864 - ATTEMPTED MAYHEM July 21, 1864 - DETECTIVE ROSE AGAIN July 21, 1864 - THE SHELLS AT FORT POINT;
RUSS HOUSE PRIZE; POLICE APPLICANTS; HIS PRESENT BUSINESS; MORE YOUNG
THIEVES July 22, 1864 - THE BOSS EARTHQUAKE July 22, 1864 - GOOD EFFECTS OF A HIGH TARIFF July 22, 1864 - A SCENE AT THE POLICE COURT
- THE HOSTILITY OF COLOR July 22, 1864 - ROUGH ON KEATING July 22, 1864 - ARREST OF A SECESH BISHOP July 22, 1864 - THE POLICE COURT BESIEGED July 22, 1864 - ASTONISHING FREAK OF NATURE
July 22, 1864 - FIRST REGIMENT ELECTION July 23, 1864 - DEMORALIZING YOUNG GIRLS July 23, 1864 - FALSE PRETENCES July 23, 1864 - RAPE July 23, 1864 - THE NOSE-BITER; OH! THAT
MINE ENEMY WOULD MAKE A SPEECH!
July
23, 1864 - DISCHARGED July 24, 1864 - A MERITED PENALTY July 24, 1864 - STARTLING! THE LATEST
GENERAL ORDER; OBSCENE-PICTURE DEALERS; THE "NINA TILDEN"; POLICE
COURT DOINGS July 26, 1864 - CONCERNING HACKMEN July 26, 1864 - VENDING OBSCENE PICTURES;
LEWD MERCHANDISE; STOLEN PROPERTY; FOR SENTENCE; BAIL FORFEITED; A CONTRABAND
TRANSACTION; FISTIANA July 27, 1864 - BITTEN; FAMILY JAR; BAIL FORFEITED;
REBEL BEFOGGED; POLICE COURT; PUBLIC INDECENCY July 28, 1864 - MUNIFICENT DONATION; SLIDING
SCALE OF ASSAULT AND BATTERY; SINNING IGNORANTLY; MISDEMEANORS; DECLARED
NUISANCE; STOCKS DOWN July 29, 1864 - OBSCENE INFORMATION; ON A
PLEASURE TRIP July 30, 1864 - TROT HER ALONG July 30, 1864 - MRS. O'FARRELL July 30, 1864 - END OF THE RAPE CASE July 30, 1864 - MORE SANITARY MOLASSES July 30, 1864 - AFTER SUNDRIES July 30, 1864 - CAVING IN July 30, 1864 - EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION July 30, 1864 - POLICE COURT July 30, 1864 - THE SINKING SHIP DESERTED July 30, 1864 - WASHOE MINING FESTIVITIES July 31, 1864 - DISGUSTED AND GONE July 31, 1864 - ANOTHER LAZARUS July 31, 1864 - BURGLARY July 31, 1864 - CUSTOM HOUSE RESIGNATIONS July 31, 1864 - THE CAMANCHE July 31, 1864 - DR. BELLOWS SAFE; GO
TO THE SEA-SIDE; COUNTY JAIL ADDITION; ONE DAY FOR REFLECTION; POLICE
COURT August 2, 1864 - SOMBRE FESTIVITIES August 2, 1864 - ENLISTED FOR THE WAR August 2, 1864 - REFUSED GREEN-BACKS August 2, 1864 - RELIEVED; FALL OF A FLAG-STAFF;
ASSAULT TO KILL; BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - POUND STATISTICS August 3, 1864 - ATTEMPTED SUICIDE August 3, 1864 - A MOVEMENT IN BUCKEYE August 3, 1864 - MORE STAGE ROBBERS AND THEIR
CONFEDERATES CAPTURED August 3, 1864 - DEMOCRATIC MEETING AT HAYES'
PARK August 3, 1864 - RUNAWAY; WISE ORDER;
A BLACK BLACKGUARD PUNISHED; OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE August 4, 1864 - RECOVERED August 4, 1864 - FRUIT SWINDLING August 4, 1864 - OTIUM CUM DIGNITATE August 4, 1864 - A LONG FAST FOR POOR DAME
PARTLET; THE TOURNAMENT; POLICE CALENDAR August 5, 1864 - SOLDIER MURDERED BY A MONOMANIAC August 5, 1864 - ALMOST AN ITEM
August 5, 1864 - FOR GAMBLING
August 5, 1864 - FOR SEAL ROCK AND THE CLIFF HOUSE
August 5, 1864 - GENTLE JULIA, AGAIN
August 5, 1864 - GRIDLEY
August 5, 1864 - MISFORTUNE GOBBLETH THE LOVELY
August 5, 1864 - OBSERVING THE DAY August 5, 1864 - STILL GOING August 6, 1864 - ANOTHER OBSCENE PICTURE KNAVE
CAPTURED August 6, 1864 - THE FITZGERALD INQUEST August 6, 1864 - SAILOR DESERTER; ATTENTION,
HACKMEN; POLICE DRILL; JUDICIAL STRATEGY; ARRESTED FOR THEFT August 7, 1864 - ROW AMONG THE DOCTORS August 7, 1864 - ATTEMPTED SUICIDE August 7, 1864 - SHOP-LIFTING August 7, 1864 - LOST CHILDREN; TO
BE MENDED; THE MAKEE MOLASSES; THE PEOPLE'S EXCURSION; A DEAD DOG CASE;
AFTER THE HACKMEN; FORFEITED BALL; LOCKED UP August 9, 1864 - MYSTERIOUS August 9, 1864 - ASSAULT BY A HOUSE August 9, 1864 - ESCAPED August 9, 1864 - DISTINGUISHED ARRIVALS August 10, 1864 - COLLISION August 10, 1864 - THE MURDERER KENNEDY -
A QUESTION OF JURISDICTION August 10, 1864 - OUR U.S. BRANCH MINT August 10, 1864 - INTELLIGENCE OFFICE ROW August 10, 1864 - IT WAS TRUE; THEY
GOT HER OUT; VERDICT FOR THE MOSES TAYLOR; A NEW STAR; BOY THIEVES; BOARD
OF EDUCATION August 11, 1864 - AN ACCUMULATION OF COPPERHEADS August 11, 1864 - ANOTHER HEATHEN;
ON A RECONNOISSANCE; POLICE JUDGE'S BUDGET; METEORIC; NEW MUSIC; NATIONAL
GUARD; SMALL BUSINESS; YOUNG CELESTIAL DERELICTS; FINED August 12, 1864 - WHAT A SKYROCKET DID August 12, 1864 - SANITARY FUND;
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE; WAR OF THE FRUIT DEALERS; SCHOOL CHILDREN'S REHEARSAL;
HELD TO ANSWER; MORE THIEVING; BOARDING-HOUSE GOSSIP; GROWING; STILL PENDING;
LOVELINESS IN DISTRESS August 13, 1864 - SUNDRIES August 13, 1864 - "WON'T YOU WALK INTO
MY PARLOR" August 13, 1864 - DR. BELLOWS' ADDRESS
LAST EVENING; A DRUNKEN DUODECEMVIRATE; AFTER HER AGAIN; MORE OF THE FINE
ARTS AND POLITE LITERATURE; THE CAMANCHE; "BILLY THE BOATMAN";
FRUITERERS FINED August 14, 1864 - ANOTHER CLOTHING THIEF;
A HOTEL THIEF ARRESTED; THE WASHOE CONVENTION August 16, 1864 - AN ILL-ADVISED PROSECUTION
August 16, 1864 - ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN
August 16, 1864 - THE HOTEL THIEF
August 16, 1864 - LIVELY TIMES AT THE BELLA UNION
August 16, 1864 - MANES OF AN OLD EJECTMENT LAID
August 16, 1864 - RIVAL WATER COMPANIES
August 16, 1864 - A SHARP WOMAN
August 16, 1864 - AN UNPROFITABLE OPERATION August 17, 1864 - SCHOOL DIRECTOR POPE AND
THE CALL August 17, 1864 - AGGRAVATING A PAWNBROKER;
JUDGE SHEPHEARD'S SCHOOL OF DISCIPLINE; CONJUGAL INFELICITY; A PEACE-MAKER;
THE BELLA UNION IMBROGLIO August 18, 1864 - MAN RUN OVER August 18, 1864 - DARING ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE
A PAWNBROKER IN BROAD DAYLIGHT!
August 18, 1864 - DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY
August 18, 1864 - FIRE AT HAYES' VALLEY
August 18, 1864 - INSOLENT HACKMEN
August 18, 1864 - LAUNCH OF THE NEW STOCKTON STEAMER
August 18, 1864 - THE SOAP FACTORY NUISANCE
August 18, 1864 - WASHOE CONGRESSIONAL GOSSIP August 19, 1864 - THE NEW CHINESE TEMPLE August 19, 1864 - WHAT GOES WITH THE MONEY? August 19, 1864 - THE WOUNDED BOY August 20, 1864 - MARY KANE August 20, 1864 - MORE ABUSE OF SAILORS August 20, 1864 - WHO LOST THEM?; THE
SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED; A REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOT; SUIT AGAINST A MINING
SUPERINTENDENT August 21, 1864 - THE CHINESE TEMPLE August 21, 1864 - IT IS THE DANIEL WEBSTER August 21, 1864 - ARMS TAKEN IN CHARGE
BY THE AUTHORITIES; FALSE RUMOR; STILL IMPROVING August 23, 1864 - NO EARTHQUAKE August 23, 1864 - RAIN August 23, 1864 - THE NEW CHINESE TEMPLE August 23, 1864 - INEXPLICABLE NEWS FROM
SAN JOSE August 23, 1864 - CAMANCHE ITEMS - SANITARY
CONTRIBUTIONS August 23, 1864 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS;
SENTENCED YESTERDAY August 24, 1864 - SUPERNATURAL IMPUDENCE August 24, 1864 - A DARK TRANSACTION August 24, 1864 - INGRATITUDE August 24, 1864 - POLICE CONTRIBUTIONS
August 24, 1864 - POLICE RECORD
August 24, 1864 - BIRNEY AND BUNSBY August 25, 1864 - THE THEATRES, ETC. August 25, 1864 - THE LADIES' FAIR August 25, 1864 - WAR OF THE RACES; HENRY
MEYER; JUDGEMENTS AGAINST THE "SIR GEORGE GREY" August 26, 1864 - A "CONFEDERACY"
CAGED August 26, 1864 - GOOD FROM LOUDERBACK August 26, 1864 - MECHANICS' FAIR; WHO KILLED
HIM? August 27, 1864 - HOW TO CURE HIM OF IT August 27, 1864 - THE FAIR August 27, 1864 - ARREST OF ANOTHER OF THE
ROBBING GANG August 27, 1864 - MORE HAWAIIAN DONATIONS;
WHO LOST EVANGELINE?; THE FORLORN HOPE August 28, 1864 - THE FAIR; DETERMINED ON
SUICIDE; THE RED, BLACK AND BLUE; A CHICKEN CASE; DON'T BURY YOUR MONEY
IN OYSTER CANS August 30, 1864 - ENTHUSIASTIC HARD-MONEY
DEMONSTRATION August 30, 1864 - CHINESE RAILROAD OBSTRUCTION August 30, 1864 - POLICE CALENDAR; FOUND
AGAIN; DISMISSED; FINED; BOARD OF SUPERVISORS August 31, 1864 - "SHINER NO. 1" August 31, 1864 - MAYHEM August 31, 1864 - STRONG AS SAMPSON AND MEEK
AS MOSES August 31, 1864 - GOOD AND BAD LUCK;
THE PUEBLO CASE; SLANDER; HENRY MEYER; CHINA AT THE FAIR September 1, 1864 - THE COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL
BESIEGED September 1, 1864 - RINCON SCHOOL MILITIA September 1, 1864 - FINE PICTURE OF REV.
MR. KING September 1, 1864 - THE THEATRES, ETC. September 1, 1864 - STRATEGY, MY BOY September 1, 1864 - A DOUBTFUL CASE;
MECHANIC'S FAIR; POLICE SUBJECTS; KANE PRESENTATION; CANNIBALISTIC September 2, 1864 - THE MECHANICS' FAIR September 2, 1864 - LOST CHILD September 2, 1864 - THE ART GALLERY; THE
CAMANCHE; THE REWARDS OF MERIT; THE ROLL OF FAME September 3, 1864 - SUICIDE OUT OF PRINCIPLE September 3, 1864 - LABYRINTH GARDEN September 3, 1864 - THE LOST CHILD RECLAIMED September 3, 1864 - CALIFORNIA BRANCH
OF THE U. S. SANITARY COMMISSION; AFLOAT AGAIN; A WRECKING PARTY IN LUCK;
MARINE NONDESCRIPT; CONTEMPT OF COURT; ANOTHER PAWNBROKER IN TROUBLE September 4, 1864 - THE CALIFORNIAN September 4, 1864 - THE HURDLE-RACE YESTERDAY September 4, 1864 - DOMESTIC SILKS September 4, 1864 - LOOKS LIKE SHARP PRACTICE September 4, 1864 - A TERRIBLE MONSTER CAGED September 4, 1864 - OPENING OF THE FAIR;
CRIMINAL CALENDAR; AN OLD PACIFIC STREET GAME; BRUTAL September 6, 1864 - A PROMISING ARTIST September 6, 1864 - PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY September 6, 1864 - TURNED OUT OF OFFICE September 6, 1864 - A SMALL PIECE OF SPITE September 6, 1864 - POUND-KEEPER BEHEADED;
A LONG FAST; CONJUGAL INFELICITY; SET FOR WEDNESDAY
September 6, 1864 - MECHANICS' FAIR September 7, 1864 - CHRISTIAN FAIR September 7, 1864 - TERRIBLE CALAMITY [Explosion
of Steamer Washoe] September 7, 1864 - AMENDE HONORABLE;
IN BAD COMPANY; POLICE COURT SENTENCES; COME TO GRIEF September 8, 1864 - EARTHQUAKE September 8, 1864 - BEAUTIFUL WORK September 8, 1864 - CAPTAIN KIDD'S STATEMENT
[Explosion of Steamer Washoe] September 8, 1864 - DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION September 8, 1864 - THE LADIES' FAIR; MARK
MAYER AHEAD ON THE HOME STRETCH September 9, 1864 - MRS. HALL'S SMELTING FURNACE September 9, 1864 - CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS September 9, 1864 - CROSS SWEARING September 9, 1864 - DEMOCRATIC RATIFICATION
MEETING September 10, 1864 - RACE FOR THE OCCIDENTAL
HOTEL PREMIUM September 10, 1864 - CURIOSITIES September 10, 1864 - A PHILANTHROPIC NATION September 10, 1864 - DISCHARGED; DOING A
GENERAL BUSINESS September 11, 1864 - ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION
OF A DETECTIVE OFFICER September 11, 1864 - THE BATTERED CHINAMAN
CASE; LARGE September 13, 1864 - SAD ACCIDENT - DEATH
OF JEROME RICE September 13, 1864 - THE CAMANCHE September 13, 1864 - AN ABOLITION OUTRAGE;
LOST CHILDREN; POLICE TARGET EXCURSION; SENT UP; PLETHORIC September 14, 1864 - TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
REWARD; BOARD OF EDUCATION September 15, 1864 - AN INGENIOUS CONTRIVANCE September 15, 1864 - COUNTY HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENTS September 15, 1864 - INTERESTING LITIGATION September 15, 1864 - MINING MACHINERY;
A SPECIMEN CASE; STRANGE COINCIDENCE September 16, 1864 - EXTRAORDINARY ENTERPRISE September 16, 1864 - MORE DONATIONS September 16, 1864 - SUICIDE OF DR. RAYMOND September 16, 1864 - THE ALLEGED SWINDLING September 16, 1864 - OFFICER ROSE RECOVERING September 16, 1864 - VEGETABLE BOUQUETS;
NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS; FOR THE EAST September 17, 1864 - DR. RAYMOND NOT REMOVED September 17, 1864 - THE LATE SUICIDE - CORONER'S
INQUEST
September 17, 1864 - BLUNDER CORRECTED September 18, 1864 - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS September 18, 1864 - THEATRICAL RECORD September 18, 1864 - DUE WARNING September 18, 1864 - THE ELECTION OF
CORONER; "TAKE ONE!"; SUFFERING FOR OPINION'S SAKE; DIDN'T CONVICT
HIM; POLICE COURT; CHINESE BANQUET; THREE CHARGES; STOLE A PUMP September 20, 1864 - THE BOARD AND THE
RINCON SCHOOL; MAYHEM; CAMANCHE MATTERS; THE CHINESE BANQUET September 20, 1864 - THE THEATRES, ETC.
September 20, 1864 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS September 21, 1864 - STABBED September 21, 1864 - A TERRIBLE WEAPON September 21, 1864 - OUT OF JAIL
September 21, 1864 - BOARD OF EDUCATION
September 21, 1864 - EARTHQUAKE
September 21, 1864 - JUDGMENTS AGAINST A STEAMSHIP COMPANY
September 21, 1864 - STREET OBSTRUCTIONS September 21, 1864 - THE NEW POUNDKEEPER September 22, 1864 - QUEER FISH September 22, 1864 - STRIKE OF STEAMER EMPLOYES September 22, 1864 - VERY FOOLISH POLICY;
WELLER'S BUST; THE CONSEQUENCES OF INDEFINITENESS; TRIAL OF A HACKMAN;
FEMALE ASSAULT
September 22, 1864 - STABBING CASE September 23, 1864 - DEDICATION OF BUSH STREET
SCHOOL September 23, 1864 - FAREWELL ADDRESS OF
DR. BELLOWS September 23, 1864 - ARRESTED FOR RIOT September 24, 1864 - AH SOW DISCHARGED September 24, 1864 - CHILDREN AT THE FAIR
September 24, 1864 - ELLEN FRENCH FINED September 25, 1864 - THE FAIR AT THE FAIR September 25, 1864 - MORTIMER AGAIN September 25, 1864 - ACCOMMODATING WITNESS September 25, 1864 - THE MINT TROUBLES September 25, 1864 - A PROFESSIONAL
GARROTER NABBED; TRUE INJUN; THE MONITOR'S PROGRESS; GILBERT'S MUSEUM;
THE RIOTERS; AFRICAN TROUBLES; ACCOMMODATING WITNESS September 27, 1864 - BOAT SALVAGE September 27, 1864 - NUISANCE September 27, 1864 - A SECOND SOBER THOUGHT;
A WHALE BEACHED; NARROW ESCAPE
September 28, 1864 - ANSWER TO A MINING COMPANY'S SUIT September 29, 1864 - DEAF MUTES AT THE FAIR September 29, 1864 - AFTER MORTIMER September 29, 1864 - ADVICE TO WITNESSES September 29, 1864 - DEMONSTRATIVE ANATOMY September 30, 1864 - MORE CHILDREN September 30, 1864 - ROBBERY September 30, 1864 - FOR THE SANTA
BARBARA SUFFERERS; THE JEWISH NEW YEAR; REFINEMENT OF CRUELTY; HUMAN GREATNESS
AND THE FINE ARTS; DAY OF ATONEMENT; DOG THEFT October 1, 1864 - DAMAGES AWARDED October 1, 1864 - GREAT EXCITEMENT October 2, 1864 - EVERYBODY WANTS TO HELP October 2, 1864 - THE LAST HITCH AT THE MINT October 2, 1864 - BENEFIT FOR THE SANTA
BARBARA SUFFERERS; IMPORTANT ARREST; LAST NIGHT AT THE FAIR October 6, 1864 - AN INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE October 6, 1864 - BURGLARY - TWO MEN SHOT;
GREAT SEAL OF NEVADA; TRIAL OF THE FOLSOM STREET WHARF RIOTERS October 8, 1864 - A ROUGH CUSTOMER October 8, 1864 - JUDICIAL CHANGE; POLICE
COURT; CONVICTED October 9, 1864 - THE RODERICK CASE October 9, 1964 - MISCEGENATION October 9, 1864 - THE CAMANCHE October 9, 1864 - HITTELL'S DIGEST;
A NUISANCE; DISPOSED OF; BOUND OVER TO KEEP THE PEACE; LANIGAN SENTENCED;
SERVED HIM RIGHT October 11, 1864 - HAD A FIT December 9, 1866 - 'MARK TWAIN' ON THE DOG
QUESTION