South and West, the apprentices of the celebrated old rifle smiths, their period of service ended, drifted away from the Pennsylvania settlements and stablished their own shops nearer to the Frontiers, where the demand for rifles still persisted. The Carolinas, Virginia, the Ohio river country, Kentucky

discovered that the mineral rights were owned by the Octorara Water Company, a su diary of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and further learned that the c pany did not know that it owned them. In consideration for the service in recovering these properties for the Octorara Water Company I was promised the

the United States. It is now conducted by William H. Hager and his two sons, William H. Hager, Jr., and Edward T. Hager. Walter C. Hager, who was a former member of the ,company, has recently retired as such, and at present is devoting much of his time to the preparation of the new home of the

last century was owned by one of his ancestors, and known as the Glatz Ferry. A copy of the Pennsylvania Chronicle and the York Weekly Advertiser, published December 19, 1787, two , years before Washington was chosen Presi- dent, gives an account of the controversy between the two ferries mentioned