. Rogers, and David A. Wiley of the State of Maryland. The said Railway Company was duly authorized and empowered to have and exercise all the powers then granted under the laws of Pennsylvania to construct and operate a railroad from any point on the Northern Central railroad, (York county) between the

The Columbia Race Riots By William Frederic Worner Homer, 3OOO years ago, said : " Most sons are inferior to their fathers, a few are equal, and fewer still are superior to them." The history of Columbia occupies a unique place in the annals of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. From an early period

, millerite at the Gap mine, and brucite at the Wood mine, dis- covered and operated at these points. Prof. Herbert H. Beck, in his Minerals of Lancaster County, states that these minerals have done more to bring into academic circles of the world the name of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, than any other

M. Bausman, has noted the liberal contributions of money, clothing and provisions made by the inhabitants of the borough and county of Lancaster in response to the urgent appeal for assistance. In the summer of 1797, yellow fever again ravaged Philadelphia. The disease made its appearance on the

belonging to the Watt & Shand store and it was here that the newly invented auger was manufactured during the following six years. Mr. Henry was President of the Court of Common Pleas, Treasurer of the County of Lancaster, a member of Continental Congress and was other- wise prominent in public affairs. It

THE WALLACE FAMILY AND THE WALLACE STORE OF EAST EARL By Hon. A. G. Seyfert Midway between Blue Ball and East Earl station, on the Lancaster and Downingtown branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, on what was formerly known as the Downingtown pike, now one of the State's best highways, is the old