historian appreciated the value of newspapers more than Macaulay, whose use of them in the preparation of his history os England was con- tinuous and effective. The first newspaper published in Lancaster that lived beyond what might be termed the experimental stage was the "Neue Unpartheyishe Lancaster

, 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

was of this marriage that the subject of this sketch was born, at the homestead, in Manor township. By her various marriages Connolly's mother became quite wealthy. Soon after the birth of this son the family moved to Lancaster borough, occupy- ing a house on South Prince street, where they lived and

new homestead was builded- Some- thing of this is to be seen in the vi- cinity of Lancaster, where buildibg stone was both good and abundant, but to realize this fact in the fullest measure one must go into the sand- stone regions of the northeastern part of Lancaster county and into the adjacent

Donegal in the Revolution Patriotism and Piety, A notable historic event in the his- tory of Lancaster county, binding the present to the past by an enduring chain of events, was the unveiling of a monument in Old Donegal church- yard, on Thursday, October 4th, 1899. This interesting memorial shaft

Early German Printers of Lancaster. I regard it as not a little to the credit of Lancaster city that twenty- one years after it was organized into a municipality,in 1751, a German print- ing press was set up within its limits. This contrasts very favorably with what occurred in the city of Philadel

to frugality and industry." In accordance with this recommendation, the King dis- approved of the proposed law, and theatrical representations have pre- vailed in Pennsylvania ever since. When theatrical performances, or what purported to be such,were first �given in Lancaster I have not been able to

EARLY LANCASTER THEATRE, The Hon. W. U. Hensel a short.time ago called my attention to an incident related by the eminent actor, James E. Murdoch, in the interesting volume of memoirs written by him, in which he relates some of the more striking events of his theatrical career. As the scene of the

The Early Settlement and Population of Lancaster County and City. It is to be regretted that our fathers and grandfathers were so indifferent to the important events of their time, to the many stirring scenes and occur- rences of that early period, as not to have put them on record for the in