Council, praying that proper persons might be appointed to view and lay out a road for the public Service, from the Town of Lancaster, till it should fall in with the high road leading to the Ferry of Schuylkill, at High street, and that a Review might be had of the said Public Road in the County of

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

History of the District Court of the City and County of Lancaster, A history of the establishment and abolition of the District Court of the City and County of Lancaster may not be important to the present genera- tion, and it is easily ascertained by any one who is willing to make diligent search

MADAME MARY FERREE AND THE HUGUENOTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY As we gaze over the beautiful landscape which surrounds this spot, memory unconsciously turns back to a far-off time, when a handful of French emigrants took up their abode upon it. To this land they came to better their condition and in

A Sidelight of the War of the Revolution.' (By HONi C. I. LANDIS) "With singular regret and concern we are compelled to address you. The good order of the Borough and the very being of its government must de- pend on the wise and prudent deliberations of the Congress upon an in- cident of the most

talent, and (here and there) by some acknowledged genius, such as Burns; a few communica- tions to the editors, and notices of marriages and deaths. Occasionally only a news item. We find that, "on the 7th inst. (of September, 1804), as Mr. James Coch- ran of this county was driving his team (the

on what terms or upon what condition the public buildings at the seat of Government are held by the Legislature and the several offices attached to the Government. Therefore "Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to make inquiry of the Com- missioners of the County of Lancaster for the purpose of

Street Railway Company. The earliest move to secure a bridge at this point proved ineffective, as ap- pears by the following minutes of the County Commissioners: "1753—August 9.—The Commission- ers and Assessors met according to adjournment and settled the accounts of the county with Peter Worral

years old, he came to America, with his father, John Michael Mffenderffer, from the Palatinate. The father set- tled near New Holland, this county, and he was, so far as is known, the first settler at that place. On June 19, 1760, Michael Diffenderffer took up a patent for 268 acres of land, a part of