authoress, Miss Lottie M. Bausman, described how ten Conestoga Indians,—the last collective body of the original inhabitants of Lancaster county when it was a wilderness—were murdered, by the "Paxtang Boys" on Tuesday, December 27th, 1763, in the work-house, which stood at the corner of West King and North

LANCASTER COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY By William Frederic Worner. In 1727 or 28, when Benjamin Franklin was about twenty-two years of age, he influenced a number of well-informed men in Philadelphia to unite with with him in forming a club to be named the "Junto." He states

termination. The time draws near when a shipment will be made of whatever shall have been collected ; and there are many hun- dreds of the inhabitants of the city and county of Lancaster, who though not personally called on, would gladly make donations, if persons not far distant were appointed to

of Distillers By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A MEETING of distillers of Lancaster county was held at John Whiteside's tavern, in the borough of Lancaster, on Saturday, November 11th, 1815. Jacob Miller was appointed chairman, and John Rohrer secretary.' The distillers met for the purpose of preparing a

in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Maine, Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, Georgia and Pennsylvania, yet to no place did they come in such large numbers, nor become such an influential factor in molding civilization and determining state policies, as in Pennsylvania. By the middle of the

COUNTY TEMPERANCE SOCIETY By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A MEETING of citizens was held in Saint John's chapel, Lan- caster, on Friday evening, November 30th, 1832. George Bryan was called to the chair, and George H. Bomberger was appointed secretary. The following preamble and articles were read, discussed

higher plane. The racing ground, the Hamilton course, was located immediately west of the city, on the present site of Franklin and Marshall College. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, September 25th, 1829, contains the following: "The match race between 'John Stanley' and 'Hickory,' for one thousand

SITE OF NANTICOKE INDIAN VILLAGE MARKED. By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER On Sunday afternoon, October 16th, 1932, more than four hundred mem- bers and friends of The Lancaster County Historical Society braved the rain to attend the exercises incident to the unveiling of a handsome bronze tablet marking

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