near the site of old Fort Du- quesne. In its general appearance it may be described as an old-time "bull's eye," of the most pronounced type. It is two inches in diameter and one and a-quarter inches thick. The case is of silver, but the outer shell is not detachable from the works, to which it is

Zeitung," the "New Un- partizan Lancaster Newspaper." It was published in this borough in 1787, and a volume of it is here for inspec- tion by the members of our Society. It was secured some time ago by Mr. A. K. Hostetter, whose property it is. A few more particulars relative to its To show the crudeness

AN OLD DIARY (INTRODUCTORY.) The brief paper which is to follow this introduction consists of a series of extracts selected from a diary kept by Matthias Zahm, beginning in 1835, and ending in 1849. Although Mr. Zahm died thirty-two years ago, there are, no doubt, a number of persons present who

), and he lest two children, Jane and Samuel. After the death of Stephen, the mill property and dam, according to a deed, a copy of which is in New York, but of which I can find no �record here, was sold by the execu- tors, Thomas Halliday and Christian Hare, at public auction, and was bought by the

AN OLD NEWSPAPER Recently there came into my hands a file of The Hive,a weekly newspaper published in this city more than one hundred years ago. It consists of two volumes, the initial number being of the date of June 22 , 1803, and the last number of June 12, 1805. I sup- pose few of our citizens

paper and printing one thousand administration (& Execu- tor's) advertisements. "JESSE KENDALL." "Received April 20th, 1815, of Wil- liam Bausman, the sum of Five dollars and a quarter being for printing quires of Administration Bonds "JESSE KENDALL." "Received September 11th, 1815, of William Bausman