. Mr Steiner died on April 18 1788, aster which time the paper was published by the remaining partners, Albrecht and Lahn, until 1790, when the firm changed to Albrecht and Co., who continued the paper under its original name until 1798, when it was changed to the more sormidable one of "Der Deutche

building in this county, and the country et large. A New Highway Called For. The foregoing brief account of the early road making has been prepared as introductory to an attempt made by the people of this city and county in 1770 to have a new King's highway built between Lancaster and Philadel- phia, by a

was projected by Witness Tree Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution, in honor of the patriots of Donegal and the adjacent townships who gave their services, and many of them their lives, to the cause of inde- pendence. The memorial shaft is fifteen feet high, and the names on it are

steady suc- cession of both German and English newspapers ever since, until the total number started in Lancaster borough and city up to the present time has been about 175. That, mind you, takes no account of those published in Lan- caster county, outside the city limits, which number 100 or more

Early Lancaster Playbills and Playhouses. Public shows and amusements are probably nearly as old as the human race itself. We know they have exist- ed among all civilized nations from their earliest history. In Greece, where they reached their highest early development, they were in existence five

scenery, was considered to be an imposing af- fair." Mr. sanderson stated that one of the scenes which impressed him most was a representation of North Queen street from the Franklin House to the old Court House, in the square. He had seen James E. Murdoch and Miss Riddle perform there in "Romeo and

rest occur times without number, his has not occurred a single time. To show how prominent these signers were in their day and generation, I have prepared brief sketches of each. With the exception of Edward Ship- p e n , t h e y h a v e b e e n g l e a n e d f r o m many sources. Doubtless there are

interest to us now, but which must ever remain un- revealed, that I sometimes feel that I cannot forgive those old-time worthies for their indifference to the needs ahd wants of their posterity. It is very true that much has come down to us, but indirectly and unintentiohally. They led busy lives, each one

who is clearly the choice of the largest number of voters may be defeated by one who has fewer. Few questions came up before the Consti- tutional Convention, which met in 1787 and framed that splendid piece of po litical wisdom, the Constitution of the United States, that required more time and

narra- tives have added much to our knowl- edge concerning those people. Having been written at the time when these visits were made, and while all was still fresh in memory, they have come down to us with the impress of his- toric truth upon them, in which they differ from later accounts, in which fact