Brief Outline on the Care o the Poor, the Sick, and insane 0/ Lancaster County, /0a. BY HENRY A. SHOWALTER For more than fifty years after the erection of Lancaster County the poor were supported by the several townships. Two Overseers of the Poor were elected in each township. The constables and

of the earliest in Lancaster County, opened its doors on March 1, 1865. This was the present Man- heim National Bank, which then paid four per cent interest on deposits for six months to twelve months, and five per cent on those over twelve months." The Arndt home was located on North Prussian Street

Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. Part II—The Gas Industry in Lancaster County The first gas company to successfully operate in Lancaster County was The Lancaster Gas Company chartered April 7, 1849. A gas plant was built on land purchased in the southwestern part of the city of Lancaster near Hoffman's