committee and very few persons had seen any of them. The tumult after a time subsided somewhat, and the com- panies proceeded to their exercises, though they mustered but thinly. Some other violence happened on their return after being dismissed by their officers, but these things we hope to be spared the

yrs. old, who had fallen into a cask of water. Wm. Henry's son, passing at the time, observed something moving in the water and curious to see what it was rescued the child just in time. 1774 April 8 Two important arrivals in town; one was Gov. Rebstock from Santa Cruz and the other a Captain, on

also members of the Lancaster County liar, the former being admitted in 1848 and the latter in 1859. Mr. Stevens died at Washington on August 11, 1868, and he was buried in Shreiner's Cemetery, in Lancaster, on August 15, 1868. He gave no directions in his will as to his place of burial, but it is said

. Attached, how- ever, is a foot-note, which has value as history, for it was written at a time when the facts stated concerning the Lancaster County and Borough of that day must have been known to him who wrote it. I therefore, quote it at length : �"This County is very extensive; and in Point of Opulence

, bears date March 30, 1775, and is recorded in Record Book Q, p. 247. The property was described as all those following four lots �or pieces of ground, situated, lying and being in the Town of Manheim, in the County of Lancaster, aforesaid. The first of said lots was marked on the general plan of the

1832 at Gettysburg, under the auspices of the General Synod of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Stevens was, as I have said, at that time practicing law in Adams county, and he resided there. In 1834 he was elected a trustee of this institution, and he continued to hold that position during the rest of his

. Attached, how- ever, is a foot-note, which has value as history, for it was written at a time when the facts stated concerning the Lancaster County and Borough of that day must have been known to him who wrote it. I therefore, quote it at length : �"This County is very extensive; and in Point of Opulence

A PICTURE OF WASHINGTON BY A LANCASTER ARTIST Some months ago, in a discussion concerning certain oil paintings of Washington, Mr. Stans V. Henkels, of Philadelphia, who for a long time has been one of the leading book auctioneers in this country and also an expert on that subject, mentioned a