by M. Luther Heisey, were read by J. Paul Kochel, secretary of the New Hol- land Lions Club. Rev. Frank Ulrich, of Trinity Lutheran Church, being on vacation, the invocation was pronounced by the vice-president of the vestry, William M. Mearig, and the benediction was given by Rev. J. Allan Ranck

Stiegel, was dedicated in the graveyard of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran church, Manheim, Pennsylvania, the erection of which attracted an unusual amount of interest, due, no doubt, to the traditions and sentiinents which have gathered about the name of "Baron" Stiegel. It is highly fitting that The

pp. 335-51, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society. 1 Lancaster Journal, Friday, January 16th, 1829. 2 In a letter, dated Lancaster, Pa., January 14th, 1829, and addressed to John Reynolds, editor of the Lancaster Journal, Major John Getz stated that he was present at the

articles, in the Reformed Church Messenger, on the "Early History of the Reformed Church in the Conestoga Val- ley." Later, I spoke at several anniversaries in this charge. For that reason, I gladly accepted the invitation of your pas- tor, the Rev. Dr. Schweitzer, to deliver the anniversary address on

. Lancaster's Contribution to New York in the Fire of 1835 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE Lancaster Union of Tuesday, December 22nd, 1835, con- tained a statement that New York city had been visited by a disastrous fire, and that the oldest and most wealthy part of the town was in ruins. The fire started in

Herrnhut in 1732, and planted religious colonies over Europe. In 1734 he was or- dained a minister of the Lutheran Church. He was banished from Saxony in 1736, and then began to travel over the world. He gained the favor of Frederick William I, of Prussia, who caused him to be consecrated, by his own