, however, returning them to Virginia, where they arrived just as another English party was about starting up to their assistance. In 1640 another English party made ²Jenkin's History of Pennsylvanta; vol, I, p, 72. Pennsylvania, Colonial and Federal; vol, I. �its appearance on the river, This time they

Donegal in the Revolution Patriotism and Piety, A notable historic event in the his- tory of Lancaster county, binding the present to the past by an enduring chain of events, was the unveiling of a monument in Old Donegal church- yard, on Thursday, October 4th, 1899. This interesting memorial shaft

painter West. His son, John Joseph Henry, as a youth of seventeen years, accompanied Arnold's expedition to Canada, and wrote an excellent history of that ill-fated cam- paign. Later, on the death of Judge Atlee, he became Judge of the Second Judicial District of Pennsylvania, which he held from 1793

village of New Holland, Lancaster county, offering a reward of $100 for the discovery and conviction of the person or persons concerned in entering the church about the 15th or 16th of December, 1819, and destroying the new organ of the church, by re- moving and despoiling the pipes thereof, and taking

Marshall has made one of the most valuable contributions to our local history that we possess. For many years he kept a diary, a "Remembrancer," as he was pleased to call it, which, I believe I risk little in saying, is the fullest, most trust- worthy and readable of all the similar productions of that

no more inter- esting chapter in our local history than that which shall fully go into the details of the newspaper history of Lancaster county. There cannot be a more fruitful or interesting field. Has any one here any idea of the number of newspapers and other publications that have been born in

DATE STONES. As a rule, the early German settlers in Pennsylvania were not much given to self-laudation or praise- They were too busy in cutting down the forests, tearing out the stumps and carting off the stones that often covered their lands to give much attention to less material things

and John Schafner, of Philadelphia. These men incorporated themselves under the laws of the State and pro- cured a seal. Prior to this they had cast about them for a suitable name. To make the matter more interesting and to advertise their scheme more fully, a prize of $25 was offered to the person