have been many gleaners, and some of them men with the true historic instinct, it does not follow that everything of value and worthy of consideration has been put on record. This is especially true when we come to apply this rule to our local history. Three extended histories of Lancaster county have

�CH. GUNZENHAUSE�S • Lancaster Vienna Model Bakery. - - -- ,_ �. - "' - . Plain and Fancy Cakes, Pastry, Etc., Constantly on Hand. p � · • ALL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION. No. 231 We.st -King Street, Lancaster, Pa. • • • TELEPHONE 1623. • • • �L E. J. PHELPS, PUBLISHER

HISTORICAL MEMORANDA, An Act of Vandalism. The following is an excerpt read by S. M. Sener, Esq., from "The Oracle of Dauphin," Harrisburg, Pa., under date of 6th of January, 1820: "The Lancaster Free Press contains an advertisement of the Trustees and Elders of the German Reformed Church in the

INDIAN TRIBES OF LANCASTER COUNTY. The names and the history of the In- dian tribes who have dwelt within the boundaries of Lancaster county during the historic period present a most prolific field for conjecture, doubt and confusion. I have within a week examined many pages of records and the

LANCASTER IN 1760, Judge Samuel W. Pennypacker,of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadel- phia, several days ago sent me the fol- lowing extract which he found in John Galt's "Life and Times of Benjamin West, Esq., President of the Royal Academy, of London," a volume which was published in

MARSHALL'S DIARY IN ITS RELATION TO LANCASTER CITY AND COUNTY. Of the many names associated with the Revolutionary annals of Lancaster county, few deserve to be held in greater respect, or are better entitled to remembrance, than that of Chris- topher Marshall. At the same time I feel I am quite

THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER IN LANCASTER COUNTY. It will be generally conceded, I think, by those who have given the matter any attention or who are acquainted with the facts, that there is no city of equal size in the country more given to newspaper reading than Lancaster. It is to-day sup- porting