Metzgar, dated March 31, 1845, and of record at Lancaster in Deed Book X.,Vol. 7,at page 494).These and a few others to-day (1901) are the beneficiaries of the ground rents of the Hamilton estate. The present trustee for collection of rents and sale of lots is Henry Lively. In early times the payment of

his remains before they were taken to Harrisburg. The old building that stood where the swimming pool of the Y. M. C. A. building is was a theatre in 1840, and in it was played on one occasion "The Burning of Moscow." One person connected with the early theatres of Lancaster must not be for- gotten

the Swat- ara there. The commissioners for the construc- tion of the bridge were Abram Bailey, Moses Marshall, John G. Parke, Jonas Preston, Isaac Darlington and Jesse John. These gentlemen issued and signed shares of stock of which the following is a copy: "This is to certify that—having sub- scribed

very nearly the whole popula- tion os Donegal township. He fre- quently rode to Philadelphia to plead the cause of his people. Finally, the disputes were settled to the entire satissaction of all parties. Then Mr. �Anderson, in his own behalf, or that of his oldest son, Tames, took out a patent for a

re- ceipts of a nature personal to Mr. Hub- ley, but among them are many which are of historical interest. They are the receipts of various hotel keepers and private individuals for entertain- ment of soldiers in Lancaster, and the general form of the receipt was as fol- lows: "Received of John

1818 he was appointed one of the aldermen of the city of Lancaster, and in the same year was also appoint- ed the first Mayor of that city, a posi- tion to which he was twice re-elected, discharging the duties of the office for three years. He was, in some respects, an eccen- tric man. It is related

is haunted. For nearly a score of years an old log house, situated along the Manheim and Lancaster pike, near Mechanics- ville, had the reputation of being haunted by spirits. Tradition states that the last tenants of the house were disturbed by strange noises, accom panted by the peculiar habit to