, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, October 5, 1899. Peace to the Brave! They do not need our praising, For in all hearts is treasured every name; Yet for the future we to-day are raising A tablet to their fame. And while the trees put on their fading splendors And trail their banners like to knights of old

to have enjoyed the confi- dence of the community in an unusual degree, being in official life as often and perhaps as long as any of his local contemporaries. He was of Ger- man descent, having come to the bor- ough of Lancaster with his father, Jacob Slough, in 1747. He was born in 1733 or 1734

to frugality and industry." In accordance with this recommendation, the King dis- approved of the proposed law, and theatrical representations have pre- vailed in Pennsylvania ever since. When theatrical performances, or what purported to be such,were first �given in Lancaster I have not been able to

Pennsylvania," the "Daily Record of the Tenth Session of the State Leg- islature," and the annual almanac and newspaper. The issues of 1800 were the "Record of the Legislature," the almanac and the newspaper, which dropped the name of "German Porcupine" for that of "The American Staatsbothe and Official

. LANCASTER,June 5, 1787. TO THE GERM AN PUBLIC. FRIENDS AND COUNTRYMEN. A German newspaper, the third to be published in Pennsylvania, would seem to �be somewhat superfluous, and the pub- lishers of the two others might complain especially, and not without reason, be- cause of the trifling price, as thereby

, Caernar- von, Salisbury, Colerain and Martic, had none. In 1817 there were, besides the above-mentioned, five carding mills, two in Strasburg township and three in Elizabeth. �The Last One. I return now to the only remaining fulling mill in operation in Lancaster county. It is located on the Cocalico

THE NEWSPAPERS OF LAN- CASTER COUNTY. In 1896 1 was induced to attempt the compilation of a bibliography of the newspapers, magazines and other pe- riodical issues of the press in the city of Lancaster from 1752 down to that time. Two or three previous attempts, and very successful ones, too, had

--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Debt--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1901-1902 Description: [3]-7 p. ; 23 cm. Series

THE WABANK HOUSE. Lancaster city enjoys almost un- equalled advantages of location in many respects. She sits on an ele- vated limestone ridge, which secures her the advantage of excellent health and satisfactory drainage. Along her eastern and southern borders winds one of the most beautiful