contained herein, "On motion,the Electors proceeded to vote by ballot, for a person to take charge of and to deiiver to the Presi- dent of the Senate at the seat of gov- ernment, before the first Wednesday in January next, one of the certificates and other enclosures, directed to the said President (Francis

histor- ical importance, it is, nevertheless, in- teresting, for various reasons. First, because it was written 108 years ago by a man who at that time and for more than a quarter of a century be- fore was one of the best-known citi- zens of this city; because of its bear- ing on the building of the best

allowed to go to bed, where he remained all day and night. When about to set out on the following morning an express rider rode up, who told the guard hav- ing Connolly in charge that a rescuing party was awaiting them. After some conversation with the officer in charge he was released and returned home

Sutcliff, who practiced medicine at Sheffield, England, until his death, about the year 1800. Robert was born at Shef- field, and was educated in the reli- gious Society of Friends. He became a merchant and had many American connections, on account of which he made two voyages to America. The second voyage

of civilize. tion in pursuit of this desirable trade. For a time the Indians themselves carried their peltries to Philadelphia, but after a while, not willing to await their arrival there, men in the fur trade began to take out licenses to pursue the business in the interior, and soon the frontier

discover, but as Lancaster, from as early a period as soon after the Revo- lutionary War, was accounted the largest inland town in the United States, and held that record until into the nineteenth century, it is only rea- sonable to suppose that strolling play- ers found their way to this ancient borough

not pay the bond he had given sor the purchase money, and Franklin in 1754 put one William Dunlap in charge. He rented the establishment to the latter from February, 1754, to April, 1757, at the rate of £20 per annum, then ceased. Those were the days os small things in the newspaper world, as well as

near the site of old Fort Du- quesne. In its general appearance it may be described as an old-time "bull's eye," of the most pronounced type. It is two inches in diameter and one and a-quarter inches thick. The case is of silver, but the outer shell is not detachable from the works, to which it is

after annually paid. When the Council of Zion Lutheran Church some twelve years ago resolved to revive the ancient custom of rose payments, which for more than a century and a quarter had fallen into disuse, the event received wide notice and well-deserved credit, and praise was awarded to the man whose