April 18, 1873 "Two or three days of warm sunshine will cause the prairie to bloom like a field of roses. "Buffalo have made their appearance in considerable numbers in different parts of the county. "Bryant & Weeks have arrived with their stock of drugs, and will open up in a few days. "A little old hat, supposed to belong to Wisner, has been seen blowing around the prairie. It got away from him during the lat high wind. "The board of commissioners is to meet Saturday, the 19th. "Mart. Hendrickson and Owen Petty have gone on the plains to frighten the buffaloes. "Dock. Gilpin has had his studio totally demolished by wind. ... "On Sunday last five wagon-loads of immigrants stopped in town, on their way to new homes in the western part of this countyr. They numbered twenty-five souls, we understand." Would you like more "old news" from Lincoln County? Wilda