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

not pay the bond he had given sor the purchase money, and Franklin in 1754 put one William Dunlap in charge. He rented the establishment to the latter from February, 1754, to April, 1757, at the rate of £20 per annum, then ceased. Those were the days os small things in the newspaper world, as well as

allowed to go to bed, where he remained all day and night. When about to set out on the following morning an express rider rode up, who told the guard hav- ing Connolly in charge that a rescuing party was awaiting them. After some conversation with the officer in charge he was released and returned home

discover, but as Lancaster, from as early a period as soon after the Revo- lutionary War, was accounted the largest inland town in the United States, and held that record until into the nineteenth century, it is only rea- sonable to suppose that strolling play- ers found their way to this ancient borough

contained herein, "On motion,the Electors proceeded to vote by ballot, for a person to take charge of and to deiiver to the Presi- dent of the Senate at the seat of gov- ernment, before the first Wednesday in January next, one of the certificates and other enclosures, directed to the said President (Francis

England, and prompt- ly sent a fleet against the Dutch pos- sessions in America—an expedition the latter were unable to resist, Or. the 20th of August, 1664, the flag of New Amsterdam was lowered, The hostile ships soon appeared there- after in the Delaware, and, after some show of resistance on the part

of civilize. tion in pursuit of this desirable trade. For a time the Indians themselves carried their peltries to Philadelphia, but after a while, not willing to await their arrival there, men in the fur trade began to take out licenses to pursue the business in the interior, and soon the frontier

Acres and allowance Granted to Michael Witman by a Proprietary Patent as by the said Patent record- ed in the Office at Philada. One other tract of Land Containing 99 1-3 Acres and Allowance part of two adjacent tracts granted to a certain Michael Andreas late de- ceased by Patent, and granted by the