. Jeremiah Mosher, in the 50th year of his age." 7 "Old Lancaster: Tales and Traditions," pp. 172-3. Lancaster's Contribution to Ireland in the Famine of 1847 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER EARLY in February, 1847, the "Hibernia" steamship brought news of the terrible ravages of famine in Ireland. The Eng- lish

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

grand tour of Pennsylvania and New York, the city and county of Lancaster, Pa., were honored by a visit from him. He left Washington, D. C., on Thursday, August 9th, 1849, and arrived in York, Pa., at one o'clock on the afternoon of the following day. He was met at the boundary line between Maryland and

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON IN LANCASTER: OBSERVANCE OF HIS DEATH By William Frederic Worner The county and city of Lancaster, Pa., were honored by a visit from General William Henry Harrison, the hero of Tippecanoe, on Friday, October 7, 1836. He was a candidate, for the first time for thc Presidency

he procured a hack, returned through the precincts of Baltimore, and pursued his journey to this place [Lancaster, Pa.] The horses were very indifferent, and he had a tedious journey. The cause of his return from Ellicott's Mills is not known. Perhaps he was not certain before his arrival there that

for the Presidency of the United States, and received the electoral vote of that state in 1836. He had a strong body of friends in Pennsylvania who desired him to come among them immediately after the adjournment of Congress. He was in Harrisburg, Pa., on the 19th of March, where the Legislature was

in executing the will of those who had contributed generously to alleviate the distress of the poor and sick of the community. The Committee on a Dispensary recommended that one be established. The Rev. William Augustus Muhlenberg, Rev. Wil- liam Ashmead, Rev. Dr. Christian L. F. Endress, William

his admirable "History of the People of the United States," Vol. 3, p. 240, states: "Hardly was the Constitution a year old when England began the prac- tice of dragging American citizens from the decks of American ships, and during sixteen years had carried it on in every portion of the civilized

"Therefore, Resolved, By the citizens of Lancaster in Select and Common Councils assembled, That it be and is hereby recom- mended to illuminate on the evening of the day on which Andrew Jackson may arrive, as a testimonial of the high respect and deep sense which is entertained for the