. New Holland Debating Society By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE "movies" and the radio mark a remarkable forward step in mechanical ingenuity and in furnishing means of entertainment and information; but, like the newspapers, while they serve to entertain for the time be- ing, yet, for the most part

. 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

Kirk- patrick and John F. Steinman were appointed a committee to execute this recommendation. Whether or not the dispensary was established is not known. Lancaster's Contribution to New Castle in the Fire of 1824 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Monday, April 26th, 1824, a fire broke out in New Castle

Wentz, daugh- ter of Catherine Eardan and Thomas Wentz. She was born Decem- ber 19th, 1808, and died July 27th, 1896. If this standard is still in existence, it should have an honored place in Lancaster's new museum when that fire-proof structure is erected. Does anyone know where it now is? RAILROAD

difference to be adjusted respecting the conduct of the surveyor employed by the Holland Land company ; who, it appears, in running the line, has taken in land which was not ceded to the company. They left town early yesterday morning." Red Jacket was one of the most notorious Indian chiefs of the country

Ricketts in 1797 and the arrival of Pepin and Bres- cnard in 1809. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, June 2nd, 1809, contained the following announcement, which, doubtless, was eagerly read by our circus-loving people of that period : HORSEMANSHIP. The managers of the New Circus at Philadelphia