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1880 Thomas Heraty's Diary
| Date | Day | Entry |
| Jan. 4 | Sun | Mary Anastasia was baptized. Edward and Honora Connell sponsors. Father Maher said mass today and preached. |
| Jan. 13 | Tue | Mike Bannon was buried. Died of drunkenness. |
| Jan. 18 | Sun | Michael Byrnes of Russell died. |
| Jan. 20 | Tue | Michael Byrnes of Russell buried. |
| Jan. 25 | Sun | Miles Gallagher Jr. baptized today. Mike Mullens and his sister sponsors. A party at their house in the p.m. (Born January 1st at 4 or 5 � a.m. - F.S.) |
| Feb. 3 | Tue | A daughter born to the John Mugan estate at Reddingtons. |
| Feb. 7 | Sat | Received first copy of the Sun for 1880 |
| Feb. 15 | Sun | Father Maher said his last mass at Mitchell today. Attended. Dined at Lindsays. Went South to New Prospect after Sawyer. Came to Dundee. Got new pair of boots from Flynn. Left dog at Butler's. Got home at 9 a.m. |
| Feb. 22 | Sun | Late mass at Mitchell. Attended with Mona and team. Pete Murphy's girl baby baptized. |
| Feb. 24 | Tue | Mike Hanahan died at 6 o'clock p.m. |
| Feb. 25 | Wed | Larry Cosgrove died at 8 o'clock a.m. |
| Feb. 26 | Thur | Old Mike Hanahan was buried. Attended funeral on horseback. After dinner went with Mona to Larry Cosgrove's wake and stayed till 11 p.m. |
| Feb. 27 | Fri | Larry Cosgrove was buried. Attended funeral. |
| March 2 | Tue | Bill Herbert's child died. |
| March 3 | Wed | William Herbert's child buried. Attended funeral on horseback. |
| March 7 | Sun | John Moran's baby died. Mass at Mitchell by the Monk. |
| March 13 | Sat | James Lavelle died at 10:40 p.m. |
| March 15 | Mon | Jim Lavelle buried. Attended funeral. |
| March 22 | Mon | Old Mrs. Glass was buried. |
| April 4 | Sun | Heard of Rose Ann Lynch's death this a.m. |
| April 5 | Mon | Mrs. Bill Manley was buried in Mitchell. (Rose Ann Lynch - F.S.) |
| April 6 | Tue | Snowed a terrible storm in the p.m. |
| April 11 | Sun | Hired young Jim Gibbons to work for 6 months at $18.00 a month. |
| April 15 | Thur | Jim Gibbons left by French leave this morning. |
| April 17 | Sat | Snow 8 inches deep on the ground this morning and good sledding till about 10 a.m. and logs coming in fast. |
| April 19 | Mon | Went down to mill in the morning. Mel broke ball. I went to Reilley's to get it fixed. Got back at 2 � p.m. Cost 10 cents. Sowed till dark. Cut 600 feet. |
| April 22 | Thur | Old Mrs. Twohig was buried. |
| April 25 | Sun | Heard of Miss Murray the school "marm" being buried today. Mass at Mitchell by Capuchin. |
| April 29 | Thur | Cousin John Heraty died at 9:45 o'clock p.m. Memoranda: April 29, 1880 John Heraty quite sick. Had the priest this p.m. He said he was going to die. Didn't go to see him today. He died at 9:45 p.m. Mike Cosgrove called at 11 � p.m. and told us about Johns death. The Connells and I went down there and stayed there till morning. |
| April 30 | Fri | Went to Plymouth today with team and wagon after funeral fixtures with Uncle Jim. Stayed till 6 p.m. Went to wake till 3 a.m. Old Paddy Quinn died at 10 p.m. |
| May 1 | Sat | Mass at 10 o'clock at Osceola. |
| May 2 | Sun | Old Paddy Quinn buried. Attended funeral. Dined at Lindsay's. |
| May 10 | Mon | Mrs. Hughes boy, John, was buried. Attended funeral with team and Mona. Had team shod at Riley's. 5 shoes, paid 75 cents. |
| May 23 | Sun | Jim Daley was buried. Paid 50 cents going after priest. |
| June 8 | Tue | Charles Daley and family came to Eden on their way to Mitchell. |
| June 9 | Wed | Went to New Cassel on the way to Milwaukee. Paid Nell $5.00. |
| June 10 | Thur | At Milwaukee all day. Stopped at Riley's all night. Dined at Magg's. |
| June 11 | Fri | Terrible roaster. Hot enough to cook things. At Milwaukee all day. Called on insurance co., Davis and Co., and at Father Danohn ? and another press printing office. Left at 6:45 p.m. Also camp grounds and water works. |
| June 13 | Sun | Attended two funerals today. Old Mrs. Quinn ? and Brown's child, who died from scalding. Went with Mona in the evening to see Mr. and Mrs. Daley. |
| June 17 | Thur | Connell had two bees - stone and log. Helped all day. |
| June 20 | Sun | Clear and burning hot all day. 94 degrees. |
| July 2 | Fri | New Cassel priest collecting for Dundee church. Paid $2.00 |
| July 12 | Mon | The hottest day so far. 98 degrees a.m. |
| July 22 | Thur | Old Flynn of Greenbush was buried. |
| Aug. 1 | Sun | Mass, the first by Father Casey, at Mitchell. Attended with Ma and the boys. Home in the p.m. |
| Aug. 2 | Mon | Went to see McNair in the evening about Myers place. He offered $600.00 for the west 40. |
| Aug. 14 | Sat | Henry Skelton and wife came over to see us in the evening. |
| Aug. 15 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Attended with Ma, the boys and Skelton's. Went to see Twohig house in the p.m. and Skelton's went home in the evening. |
| Aug. 30 | Mon | Attended school meeting in the evening. Was elected clerk for 3 years. |
| Sept. 5 | Sun | Mass and picnic at Dundee. |
| Sept. 9 | Thur | White frost this morning. Helped Slattery thresh, then Gahagan's in the p.m. and helped till night. |
| Oct. 3 | Sun | Paid priest $3.00 on salary for 1880. |
| Oct. 16 | Sat | Storm: tempest wind from S.W. Worst ever seen in Wisconsin. |
| Oct. 17 | Sun | Another blizzard. Thick and cloudy all day. Snowing. Wind cold and cutting from S.W. A near miserable day at home, all day reading. |
| Oct. 19 | Tue | Attended speech at Town House - Birney at Town House. |
| Oct. 26 | Tue | Helped Johnny Bowen till 10 a.m. Went to Riley's to shoe team in the p.m. Paid in full to date $1.90. Mike Mugan and Miss Henry were married. |
| Oct. 31 | Sun | Clear and gray, cool. At home all day reading and making out cheese checks for patrons. Received $10.00 from J. Reddington on saw bill. |
| Nov. 1 | Mon | Holy Day. Late mass at Mitchell. |
| Nov. 2 | Tue | Election Day. |
| Nov. 8 | Mon | Jas. Conrad left for California at noon today from Eden. |
| Nov. 9 | Tue | Pat Carlin and Marg Mulkearns married. |
| Nov. 13 | Sat | Johnny Reiley of Mitchell was buried. Attended funeral with team alone at Cascade. Dined at Skelton's, having left there at dark. Home at 8 p.m. |
| Nov. 14 | Sun | A daughter born to the George Lindsay estate. |
| Nov. 18 | Thur | Terrible weather for November. Everything frozen. |
| Nov. 20 | Sat | Oh Lord! What an old blizzard. 0 degrees. Gales and very cold. Worst day I ever saw. |
| Nov. 21 | Sun | O Lord! O Lord! The worst yet. Coldest November. 10 degrees below. Miss Murray baptized today. |
| Dec. 2 | Thur | Old Granny Moran was buried. Mona attended funeral. Old Mrs. Moran was not buried today for need of a coffin. |
| Dec. 3 | Fri | Old Granny Moran was buried at dark today. |
| Dec. 5 | Sun | Oh Heaven! What a morning. Blowing a cyclone and colder all day. At home all day reading and not able to do anything with a lame side. |
| Dec. 6 | Mon | A perfect hellion of a day. Blowing a gale from N.W. Dreadfully cold, 2 degrees all day. Cold as blazes. |
| Dec. 9 | Thur | After doing chores this morning, I started out in search of a man to work, via Rodden's. Dined at Mike Murray's, then to Phalen's. Hired Michael McDonnell for 2 months at $8.00 per month. The Hanrahan girl's of Scott were buried at Oshkosh. |
| Dec. 25 | Sat | Christmas Day. Mass at Mitchell. Attended with Mona, Ellen, Johnny. Paid priest 50 cents. |
| Dec. 26 | Sun | Weather like last ten days. Started for St. Patrick's to see folks at 10 � a.m. Got there at 3 p.m. via Cascade. Stayed thee overnight. Snowed some in the night. and turned terrible cold. |
| Dec. 27 | Mon | Left St. Patrick's this morning at 11 a.m. Dined at Henry's. Got home before dark. |
| Dec. 29 | Wed | Callaghan called this evening in relation to the expelling of Jim Reddington. |
| Dec. 30 | Thur | Went to schoolhouse in the a.m. to settle the Reddington rebellion. He gave ample apology and was reinstated. |
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