occurred in Zion German Lutheran church this city, the cause of which, as we look back through the mists of nearly a century, seems childish and unwarranted. The Examiner and Herald of Thursday, January 29th, 1835, contained the following account of the event, which occurred on Saturday evening, January

of so much public utility and private advantage. "The society, acting as it will do, in cooperation with similar associa- tions throughout the union, offers a flattering and sure prospect for the accom- plishment of the purposes for which it is intended . . . It is desirable that every information

to complete the steeple. Shortly after, the con- gregation entered into another lottery for securing $2,135.00 for erecting a new school house for the High Dutch Reformed congre- gation at Lancaster; and $565.00 to enable the wardens and vestry to complete the work of St. James's church, begun by

ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE DETECTION OF HORSE THIEVES By WILLIAM FREDERIC WARNER A MEETING of inhabitants of Strasburg, Leacock and Lam- peter townships was held on Saturday, November 9th, 1811, at the house of David Witmer, for the purpose of taking into con- sideration the wisdom of forming an

records of the "Female Sunday-School Society of St. James's Church." The book contains the constitution and minutes of the first parochial Sunday school in Lancaster, and is in the writing of the secretary, Miss Letitia Montgomery. Each time she referred to the name of the church, she wrote it, "St

principles command us to manifest benevolence towards everybody. We profess ourselves to be friends of peace; and hope not to be backward in our duties as citizens of a free state. "Trusting in your justice, wisdom and experience, we will, with all our hearts and abilities, support your administration

, September 27th, 1816. The advertisement was as follows : "E. W. Jenkins (clerk of the English Presbyterian church) and James Snodgrass, respectfully inform their friends and the public that they will open a singing school at the house of Mr. Stacy Swem, in North Queen street, on Sunday evening next, where

it consumed nearly all the property of Mr. Russell, viz.: two carpenters' shops, with all their contents, consisting of a great variety of very valuable tools, still house, stills, and stilling apparatus, horse-stables, several cow-stables, the covering of a very extensive ice-house and a great

Judge W. W. Appel and T. Roberts Appel, Esq. The tablet reads : HENRY E. MUHLENBERG 1753 - - - 1815 A leader among the pioneer botanists of America lived here during his last 35 years when the stone building was the parsonage of Trinity Lutheran Church marked by the Lancaster County Historical Society