jail, for the time being, all vagrants and disorderly and suspicious persons found in the streets at an unusual hour, who cannot give a satis- factory account of themselves. "Published" by order of the corporation and consent of the citizens. "Adam Reigart, Jr. "John Bausman, "Burgesses." 1 Printed in

was made from a species of grass never before used for that purpose. Soon women, and a great number of children at the public school in the city, mastered the art of plaiting the straw. The grass from which the hat was made grew abundantly, at that time, in Lancaster county. Joel Lightner, Jr., was

executors, in trust, for them to give the same to such poor persons as they may think proper, or the value thereof, or any part thereof. "I likewise give and bequeath to my said executors, in trust, five hundred dollars, to mitigate the sufferings of poor people in the city of Lancaster, of good moral

constitution: "Article 1. This association shall be called 'The Lancaster County So- ciety for the Encouragement of American Manufactures'; and shall consist of such persons residing therein as shall subscribe to these articles, and pay to the treasurer the sum of fifty cents. "Article 2. The officers of the

authorized to call on citizens for the pur- pose of receiving contributions, and all monies collected were to be deposited in the Farmers Bank. and transmitted by the mayor or cashier to the persons authorized to receive contributions for the benefit of the sufferers. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, July

in the borough and county of Lancaster, in order to encourage industry, frugality and American manufactures, formed an association known as "The Lancaster County Society for Pro- moting Agriculture, Manufactures and the Useful Arts." Mr. F. A. Muhlenberg was chosen president. �The objects of the

church building, but in this Miss Ayres was mistaken, for he was still in deacon's orders when the ceremony of consecration was performed. On December 2nd, 1820, the Rev. Mr. Muhlenberg, then in his twenty- fourth year, entered upon the cure of Saint James's, Lancaster. On Christmas Day, following, there

husband of Mrs. Moore had been postmaster at this place [Lancaster] for a considerable time before his death ; but during the latter years of his life, being unable to attend to business, it of course devolved upon her. Mrs. Moore's management of the office gave such general satisfaction, as well to the

controlled, the tavern and the dwellings of John Gonter, Jr. and Mr. Briggs, were destroyed. A committee was appointed in Lancaster to receive donations for the unfortunate individuals whose property was thus destroyed. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, November 22nd, 1822, stated that a total of $400.75 had

letter is indecipherable. It might be taken for an M or an A. In Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County, p. 373, it is stated that Michael Hubley served as Assistant Burgess of Lancaster Borough in 1765. �