as it touched Lancaster County. The area at that time was served with four local dailies and it may be of interest to look at the political complexions of these newssheets. The oldest was the Intelligencer which had its beginning in 1799. During the years that James Buchanan was aspiring to the

extended sketch os Donegal township and its early settlers, who took the text-oath besore James Bayly, which is on record in the Recorder's office. Rev. Colin McFarquhar's name is not among them. -------------------------- ALEXANDER LOWREY. BY MRS. SAMUEL EVANS. In Donegal, in Erin's Isle Stern Scotia's

archives and property from Corydon, the then capital, to Indianapolis, and lived in Indianapolis until his death, about 1855. Aster leaving the office os treas- urer he helped to organize the State Bank os Indiana, and was its presi- dent sor many years, and during the later years os his connection with

, 1739, recorded April 21, 1765, conveys to his son, Matthew, this property, subject to a mortgage to the Trustees os the General Loan Office, sor £1,737, dated March 8, 1737. The witnesses are Samuel Reed, Thomas Thornbrugh and Thomas Cookson. Around him were the "lands os Jacob Lundis (Landis

AN OLD TILE AND ITS OWNER. The old-fashioned, baked, clay-tile, which I take pleasure in presenting to our Society, was taken from an old bake house in Heidelberg township, Lebanon county, several weeks ago, on property once owned by Leonard Holstoner. The house to which it was attached is a very

officers, the appointment of committees to pre- sent addresses and a series of resolutions, some of which criticized Masonry while others called for unity, and the establishment of committees of cor- respondence.24 In October 1828, "the party put forth a candidate for Con- gress, William Hiester of