himself with the Inquirer Printing and Publishing Company, of Lan- caster. The third local amateur paper was established in Lancaster, in October, 1877, and called The Monthly Budget, in the interest of the Boys' High School. H. M. D. Erisman and H. D. Gast were the editors and publishers. They also

THE AMERICAN RIFLE. Upon various occasions in the pro- ceedings of the Lancaster County His- torical Society, attention has been called to the importance of the rifle in the early history of the country, and to the fact that the city of Lan- caster, and its suburban water powers, furnished a centre

of the Rev. Colin McFarquhar,pastor os DonegalChurch, joined Captain Reitzel's Company, of Lancaster, and marched to Western Pennsylvania to help quell the whisky insurrection; moved to Maytown and kept the Brick Tavern in the square. From thence he moved to Columbia and kept tavern on Second street

office, Lancaster then being the capital of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ellicott removed to this place, which was only a borough at that time. His place of residence was the house situated on the south- east corner of North Prince and Marion streets. The small store house to the south of his dwelling was used by

belonging to a Fuller, by "WILLIAM CHAMBERS. "Lancaster Township, "9th Day of 10 Month. 1789." It was on the south bank of the Conestoga, between Reigart's and Graesf's landings. Slavery, Jewelry and Storms. On December 9th, 1789, I find a long address to the public by the Pennsylvania Society for the Aboli

, 1730, a petition was presented by "the magis- trates, grand jury and other inhabit- ants of Lancaster county,setting forth that not having the conveniences of any navigable water for bringing the produce of their labors to Philadel- phia, they were obliged, at a great ex- pense, to transport them by