a brief account of the 75th anniversary of one of the world's most decisive battles, the dedication of a cemetery on that field, and reference to the few remaining who participated therein, nor for any information or reference to Lincoln whenever his shadow may have fallen across old Lancaster. The

place. William A. Wallace, of East Earl township, Lancaster county, was born near the Cedar Grove Presbyterian church, and was graduated in 1836 in medicine from Jefferson Medical College. Shortly thereafter he went to Springfield, Illinois, where he soon became a leading physician ; and conducted a

THE ACADIANS IN LANCASTER COUNTY. There is no history in which can be chronologically traced the struggles and changes within that small region known as Acadia, the confines of which were ex- pressly named by Henry IV. of France in his letters patent of November 3, 1603, over the country, territory