indebted to a number of persons and sources for aid in gathering the material for this study. Mr. M. Luther �Heisey and Miss Elizabeth C. Kieffer, of the Lancaster County Historical Society, have been especially helpful, Miss Kieffer secur- ing the interesting facts from the account books and minutes of

absorbed this line of 15.21 miles on April 30, 1915. The Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway, sometimes called the Peach Bottom Railroad, began operating on a regular schedule, in July, 1875. It was the first narrow gauge road in Pennsylvania, and extended from Oxford, in Chester County, through

, John, Thomas and Richard Penn, sons of Wil- liam Penn, conveyed to Jacob and Veronica Funk, 301 ½ acres located in Manheim Township, Lancaster County. June 5, 1735, Jacob Funk conveyed this same property to Jacob Snably. May 5, 1743, Jacob Snably conveyed it to Christian Hershey (wife Catharine) , and

acreage of tobacco by the counties of Pennsylvania were published in the census reports until the Tenth Census, i. e. for the year 1879, only estimates can be given for the acreage prior to this date. It has been estimated that a century ago about thirty or forty acres in Lancaster County were devoted to

paper money, to which the private issues of Lancaster County Scrip were somewhat related. BIT See Fip 'n' Bit. CROWNS French coin in rather common use following the American Revo- lution; were also issued by Germany. DERNIER English coin. Benj. Furley—Penn's land agent in the Province of Pennsylvania

Our City Government By JAMES H. Ross Editor's Note. While occupying the office of mayor, James H. Ross addressed the American Business Club of Lancaster, August 10, 1936, on "Our City Government." Recently the paper was brought to our attention, and the Publication Committee, finding so many

of Miss Montgomery, died on the hill. He was one of the most active of the ironmasters, and was generally esteemed according to Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County as a "genial, kind-hearted, and enterprising gentleman." Abram Musselman's children were all educated in private schools. His