the Penn- sylvania Senate, first saw the light of �day, and on an adjoining farm Byron Baldwin, Surgeon in the United States Navy, was born. Two hundred and fifty rods westward our fellow citizen, Wm. F. Beyer, .Esq., began his earthly career. The James Martin homestead, which fur- nished two doctors

. Sharp and Mrs. Ferry-Sharp. The eldest, Judge Isaac Sharp, now of Washington, D. C., formerly of Kansas, was twice the Gub- e rn a t or ial candi date of the fo rl o rn hope of the Democratic party of that State' and reduced the Republican ma- jority during one campaign from 40,- 000 to 15,000. As a

as before. Repeated burn- ings seemed to improve the site; per- haps due to the collection of breeze or coal dust, which was utilized for cover- ing the wood when undergoing the pro- cess of carbonization. Inexperienced colliers often, from want of judgment or from inattention, permitted whole pits