Constables of the Borough of Lancaster were not compensated for their services until September 15, 1767, at which time they began to re- ceive an annual salary of three pounds. On June 18th of the following year, the High Constable acquired the additional position of Clerk of Markets. Lancaster's "police

., Manheim. There is an old gas lamp, electrified of course, standing in the churchyard of the First Reformed Church (United Church of Christ) on N. Christian Street, Lancaster city. Uncle James Kautz said, "Each gas lamp had a mantle which had to be replaced when worn. When I first lit lamps for your father

Lancaster's Infamous Counterfeiters By Richard D. Shindle On April 19, 1899, two Lancaster businessmen were taken into custody by United States Secret Service Agents for producing counterfeit revenue stamps. During the approximately 3 years in which the counterfeiters used bogus reve- nue stamps on

Interesting Lancaster Folks, Odd and Otherwise. by Abner McMichael Eyde as told to Miriam Eyde Bixler You know there were some real interesting and then again some mighty odd folks around Lancaster in my day. If I put my mind to it maybe I could recollect a few for you. Let's see. For one there was

train for their wedding trip to Steel- ton. �Early Lancaster County Funeral Customs by Miriam Eyde Bixler In 1683 William Penn reported on Indians in Pennsylvania, "If they die they bury them with their apparrel [sic] be they man or woman and the nearest of kin fling something precious with them as a

passengers bound for Columbia were required to disembark from the Lancaster cars at the eastern approach to the bridge and walk approximately one block distance to board the Colum- bia cars on the western side of the span. 15 On February 6, 1894 the Pennsylvania Traction Company gained legal control of the

been! The story goes that not only did he ob- tain the rank of brigade fifer major but General Lafayette himself presented the soldier with a silver fife in honor of his heroic play- ing. �Thomas Montgomery, in the Lancaster County Historical Socie- ty Journal recounts that in 1825 when Lafayette was

A Lancaster City Boy of the Gay Nineties Part 2* by Abner McMichael Eyde with Miriam Eyde Bixler A boy really worked for his spending money in my day, none of this allowance business. You got a few pennies for Sunday School and church and mostly that was it, unless your older brothers and sisters