it for the summer on June 18. In that year the annual "Battalion Day" for that district was held at Wabank. It is said to have been a great and glorious occasion. Patriotism and firewater were on tap in about equal quantities, and the sup- ply of both was virtually inex- haustible. General Daniel

The Early Settlement and Population of Lancaster County and City. It is to be regretted that our fathers and grandfathers were so indifferent to the important events of their time, to the many stirring scenes and occur- rences of that early period, as not to have put them on record for the in

population and business of the place increased this drawback was more and more felt, and the result was that on February 5, 1771, the County Commissioners and assessors directed that a bridge should be built over the stream running across West King street, in the neighborhood of Water street. This action was

1752. It was almost phe- nomenal. To the 126 names on my list �in 1896 I have been able to add forty more, bringing the total number to about 166. But, while the county capital was, of course, for many years far ahead of the country in the number of its news- papers, as the people began to found towns

." Authority was also given to increase the capital stock, if found necessary. As the road proved to be a more costly affair than it was thought it would be, new stock was subsequently issued. How much, or how often, I do not know, but a final issue of 100 shares was made on February 5, 1796. The seven named