Stevens, who represented Lancaster county in the congress of the United States from 1849 to 1853, and from 1859 to the date of his death in 1868, would in itself be an interesting study; likewise the conference with John W. Forney, born in Lancaster, newspaper editor, leader in Penn- sylvania Democratic

of their losses. "Resolved, That to this end we invoke the united and hearty cooperation of those in the different towns and townships of Lancaster county, who are blessed in their basket and their store, not knowing in what hour a similar catastrophe may befall them, appealing to the public