THE FEMALE SUNDAY-SCHOOL SOCIETY OF SAINT JAMES'S CHURCH, LANCASTER William Frederic Worner Mr. William A. B. Halbach, a member of one of Lancaster's oldest fami- lies, has kindly presented to the Lancaster County Historical Society a pam- phlet, 4 by 5 inches in size, that contains much of local

. German American newspapers--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1925 Description: 30-35 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 2 Notes: From newspaper entitled "Neue Unpartheyische Lancaster Zeitung und

The Saint Patrick Benevolent Society of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N Thursday evening, August 22nd, 1816, a number of Irish- men, and descendants of Irishmen, met at the tavern of Arch- ibald McLenegan on East King street, in the borough of Lan- caster, and formed an association

Signor Carusi and his three sons, an enchanting little band, halted before the door and swelled the glowing breeze with the sweetest notes of Italian composition. Such superior music was, indeed, a novelty in Lancaster, and its dulcet reverberations de- lighted the ears of the wondering populace. For

Wagon Loads of Gold in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE late William Uhler Hensel, a former vice-president of our Lancaster County Historical Society, and widely known as a leader of the Lan- caster bar, would, when in a reminiscent mood, often sigh for "the days of yore, when taverns were

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

Lightning Strikes Spire of Trinity Lutheran Church By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER 0 N Tuesday, May 13th, 1823, between one and two o'clock in the afternoon, the beautiful spire of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, pride of Lancaster, and an ancient land-mark, was struck by lightning

The Lancaster Reading Room By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER Among the rare books in the valuable library of the Hon. Charles I. Landis, presiding judge of the Second Judicial District, Lancaster county, Pa., is a pamphlet entitled : "Articles of ASSOCIATION OF THE LANCASTER READING ROOM, to which are

dollars reward. Jacob Awl of Paxton Township, Lancaster County offered twenty dollars reward for the return of his negro man named Joe and the black mare he took with him. Wednesday, December 17, 1777 and also volume 11 Colonial Records page 369 BY THE SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE COMMON- WEALTH OF

GEORGE WASHINGTON IN LANCASTER. By William Frederic Worner. In the "Proceedings" of the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. XXVI, No. 10, for December, 1922, is a description of George Washington's visit to Lancaster borough in 1791, at which time he witnessed the celebra- tion of the