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78° Clear S.W
JULY SUNDAY 17^th 1887.

Extremely hot day. After
noon about 4-30 we had a
severe thunder storm accompanied
& preceeded by a violent
wind storm: it came from the
N.W + N- the barn & wagon shed
of Mr: Covington Zepp were struck
by lightning & burned. It rained
very hard In the evening
"Nelly" & Miss Cooney came &
spent an hour. Willie escorting
them home about 10 p.m
I mailed a letter to F Tyson
Thermometer stood at 97°
on our front porch for hours
and was 91° in the hall in the dark
and 90° in our room
up stairs. It has certainly been
the hottest day we have had
for years past.

80° Clear SW
JULY, MONDAY 18th 1887.

Extremely hot the
"hottest" morning this summer
80° at 5.o'clk a.m. and
continued hot until after
noon. I drove down to
W^m S Bond's & H Owen's
early in the morning calling
at Ashton on way home.
Willie with me. Afternoon
towards evening a thunder
gust passed very close to
us one soon after dinner
going south and later &
the last one North of us
which may give us some
yet.

78 Clear SW
JULY SUNDAY 17th 1887.
Extremely hot day. After
noon about 4-30 we had a
severe thunder storm accom-
painied + preceeded by a violent
wind storm: it came from the
N.W + N- the barn + wagon shed
of Mr: Covington Zepp were struck
by lightning + burned. It rained
very hard In the evening
"Nelly" + [Mr?] Cooney came +
spent an hour Willie escort-
ing them home about 10 p.m
I mailed a letter to F Tyson
Thermometer stood at [100?]
on our front porch for hours
and was 91 in the hall in the dark
and 90 in our room
up stairs. It has certainly been
the hottest day we have had
for years past.

80 Clear SW
JULY, MONDAY 18th 1887.
Extremely hot the
"hottest" morning this sum-
mer 80 at 5 o clk a.m. and
continued hot until after
noon. I drove down to
Wm S Bond's + H [Owen's?]
early in the morning call-
ing at Ashton on way home.
Willie with me. Afternoon
towards evening a thunder
gust passed very close to us one soon after dinner
going south and later +
the last one North of us
which may give us some
yet.