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

EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, STRASBURG, PA. In September, 1798. the Her. John Plitt. of Chambersburg, was called to the pastorate of the New Holland Chun_ and during the latter part of 1803, he added Strasburg to his charge. His pastorate in the latter congregation terminated in March, 1812, being the longest

the weather permitted, "to perform some of his best Italian tunes in the steeple of the [Trinity] Lutheran church." It is to be regretted that no subsequent reference to this concert, if it was held, appears in the local press of that period. "If the weather permitted" this concert to be given, it

morning of Sunday, March 19th, �1843. The loss was a total one, there being no insurance on the building. The Examiner & Herald of Wednesday, March 29th, 1843, in referring to the destruction of the building, states: "The congregation of Saint James's church, and especially the ladies, to whom the

ERRORS CORRECTED LETTER OF WILLIAM F. WORNER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE LANCASTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Lancaster, Pa., August 5th, 1927. Mr. Adolf C. Darmstaetter, President, Chamber of Commerce, Lancaster, Pa. My Dear Mr. Darmstaetter: I have read, with much interest, the pamphlet issued by the

Clark by deed dated: "March tenth one thousand seven Hundred fourtey and Eight-Nine." The deed was recorded December 23, 1749. 4 Beam's Sketch of Dr. Smith's Academy. 5 Ellis and Evans, p. 1041. Alexander's History of Pequea Church, p. 8. 7 Book A, page 5. 8 �William Clark was, in all probability, the

"Pepper come rent" originated during the Middle Ages. Webster defines it as follows : "A rent consisting in supplying a certain amount, usually a pound, of black pepper cornes, at stated intervals ;" also "a nominal rent in kind operating to keep alive the paramount or dominant title to a property

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

proving his property may have his horse. Rev. John Woodhull was pastor of the Presbyterian Congregation at Leacock and also pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Lancaster. He was also Chaplain of the 5th Battalion (Colonel Crawford's) of the Revolu- tionary War. Earl Town, December 2, 1777 December 31