Hiram E. Leonard Diary, July 8 - 14, 1874

“8th Wednesday  A find hod day  I did my choars was round all day closed up at 8 and went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick with a cold & the rheumatism the thurmometer stood at about 100, & over all the week up to now  F Wellman came back.

“9th Thursday  rather a fine hot day  I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 and went to bed at 9 nearly sick with the rheumatism  Watson & Barrus stacked some of my hay drew 4 loads down here Caroline & Emma washed today.

“10th Friday  A fine warme day  I did my choars was around the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick with the rheumatism  Emma Barrus went to D. C. Browns to work today  Watson finished stacking my hay.

“11th Saturday  A fine & rather cool day  I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick with a cold & the rheumatism  A fine cool damp  Emma Barrus came back tonight & stayed over night.

“12th Sunday  rather a fine cool dry day except in the middle it was hot  I did my choars was round home the most of the day & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick & a cold & rheumatism.

“13th Monday  fine hot dry weather  I did my choars was round home all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 ½ tiard & sick with rheumatism.

“14th Tuesday  A fine pleasant hot day windy day & everything verry dry  I did my choars choared round home all day closed up at 8 and went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick with rheumatism __________ second large fire in Chicago this afternoon & tonight commenced at 4 or 5 oclock & the wind blew so that they could not stop it commenced on Clark & 12th Street and burned North East to Michigan Avenue and Harrison or Van Buren Streets & consumed five or six million worth of property  Frank Wellman left here this morning for Chicago and was at the fire.”