Frank H. Dyer resigns as receiver under accusations of malfeasance of Church property and is replaced by Henry W. Lawrence.
9 I arose better this morning. This was the day of the
great celebration of the pioneers of Sanfrancisco
and the admission of Calafornia. There was a great
procession of 6 miles in length & was 3 Hours in passing
any given Point some 20000 Men in the procession
mostly in Military costume Hundreds of carriges &
waggons filled with Indians sage Brush & [codee]
representing Calafornia as they found it & other waggons
loaded with grain & fruits to show Calafornia as it
is it was a great Day. At the close of the procession some
10000 people gathered in the Street North of the
palace Hotel to see two men & a Lady step out
of the 7 story windor & let themselves down to
the ground on a small fire Escape rope the Lady
stoped on my window sill in the 3rd story I
offerd her a place in the room but she went to
the ground in safety. The following Day A man tryd
to go Down on the opposite building of 10 stories He tried
to cary a Boy with [him] they Both fell at the last 20 feet Hurt the man
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