Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A NUMBER of citizens of Lancaster met at the house of Wil- liam Cooper on Wednesday evening, February 6th, 1822. Dr. Samuel Fahnestock was appointed chairman, and Nathaniel Lightner secretary. The

who may happen to be in town and are friendly to domestic manufactures, are invited to a meeting at Col. Slough's tavern this evening at half past 6 o'clock. "The exertions that are making by our trans-Atlantic brethren to suppress the manufacturing of every thing from a hob nail up- wards in this

MASSACRE OF THE CONESTOGA INDIANS BY THE PAXTANG BOYS-A POEM By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XVIII, pp. 169-185, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster 1 County Historical Society, appeared an article entitled, "Mas- sacre of the Conestoga Indians, 1763: Incidents and Details." In this paper the

Carpenter, Esquires, were appointed a general committee to re- ceive the money collected and distribute it in proportion to the respective losses. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, August 22nd, 1823, informed the public that the following sums had been collected : North-east Ward $285.28 North-west

nation;" and "exhorting" Congress to prepare for war. The effect of this information upon public opinion was instantaneous and far-reaching. Marshall's disclosures in the dispatches "produced such a shock upon the Republican mind as had not been seen since our independence." Public meetings were held

1841. The year following, the receipts amounted to $136.27 ; the expenditures, to $148.79. 11 Appended to the report for the year 1842 was the following : "We cannot but think, that were the object of this society, and the plan of its operation, more generally known, it would receive a more hearty

, Henry Keffer, Henry Brenner, Joseph B. Myres, Thomas Logan, Emanuel Schaeffer and William Frick.5 In this paper the reader will observe that no attempt has been made to write a history of the Mechanics' Society (an organization which is still in existence and which contributes books to the A. Herr Smith

contribution to local history, if we could ascertain the hostelry or home in which he and his family were entertained. The Examiner & Herald, of Thursday, March 26, 1835, in describing the stay of Daniel Webster in Lancaster, states that "The unusual mildness and beauty of the weather on Saturday [March 21

84. WISE, ANDREW LANCASTER EXAMINER AND HERALD, Wednesday, March 29th, 1848. "Died, in West Earl township, on the 16th instant, Andrew Wise, a sol- dier of the Revolution, aged 88 years, 4 months and 8 days." 85. WISLAR, MICHAEL LANCASTER JOURNAL, Friday, October 15th, 1824. "Died, on the 15th