145 years ago

april 23, 1880

The youngest inhabitant will scarcely live long enough to forget the wind that visited this section early Sunday morning and remained all day long — a constant tempest from sunrise till sunset.

The beating winds drove powdered dust through every crevice until one could write his name upon the furniture in most of the house. It was a storm simply indescribable.

There was one good thing about Sunday. People who wouldn’t go to church couldn’t go a-fishing.

At a great Grant meeting in Chicago last week, a son of Abraham Lincoln presided, and a son of Stephen A. Douglas made a speech.

Work is progressing rapidly on the M&M extension west of McPherson. It is expected that cars will reach McPherson by the middle of May. Toot, toot, main line!

Born to the wife of Jacob Keller of Catlin township April 18th, a son. Here’s our hand, Jacob, in congratulation. May your son live to lighten your labors in old age.