145 years ago

jan. 17, 1878

There were 65,346 acres of ground under cultivation in Marion County last year. That’s about 10% of the whole number of acres in the county.

Butcher Schmidt has his ice house ready, but if the winter passes without furnishing him ice to fill it, won’t he whisper though?

Saturday morning, it commenced raining and rained until noon, then turned to snowing, and it came down lively. By 6 p.m., it was blowing a gale, and the snow came in blustering drifts. Sabbath morning, the snow was 10 inches deep on a level, I should judge; the roads are impassable in many places.

Accounts of lamp explosions are becoming alarmingly numerous in our exchanges. Vast amounts of defective lamps are manufactured these days, or else the coal oil is criminally impure.

Married: At the residence of the bride’s parents, near Marion Centre, Kansas, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 1878, Mr. L.F. Keller to Miss Mary L. Dickerson, both of Marion Centre, the Rev. John Harris officiating. The bridegroom is a prominent lawyer and excellent gentleman, and we are determined to say that Mollie is one of the best girls in the world (if she is our sister-in-law.) Though Mr. Keller has been a very successful attorney, he has never won a better suit than this case. May time deal gently with this couple.