Dr. Clark- son Freeman in 1824. It was opened as a tavern by Archibald D. Warren as the "Lancaster City" or "Lancaster County Hotel," succeeded by Leonard Eich- holtz, Jr., Joseph Hubley and his widow, Rosina Hubley. Dr. Freeman was quite fond of the drama, and had his house so arranged that he could

. County Commissioners, Christian Hershey, Joseph Paxson and John Lan- dis advertised for proposals for building a bridge across the Conestoga at Mr. Abraham Peters' mill. It was to be two hundred and fifty feet in length between the abutments, to consist of two spans with a pier in the center. �Hugh Long

must have suggested a menagerie or aviary. In addition to these, there were taverns which were known by the no less romantic names of inanimate objects, as "Conestoga Wagon," "Cross Keys," "Fountain Inn," "Grape," "Green Tree," "Hat," "Hickory Tree," "Pennsylvania Arms," "Plow," "Rainbow," "Rising Sun

, "Maud S.," 2.08%, "Nancy Hanks," 2.04, "Lou Dillon," 1.58% and "Peter Manning," 1.56% (1922). The much honored gelding, "Peter Manning," the fastest trotter the world ever knew, is now in a stable within the original boundaries of Lancaster county, at Hanover, Pa. What a curious coincidence in the

. Mitchell Palmer, arrived in Lancaster at 2:25 P. M., July 4th, and remained in the old Pennsylvania railroad station at North Queen and Chestnut streets, about five minutes. Few knew of his coming. He came out upon the platform of his car, and a small number of people who happened to be in the vicinity of