Lancaster by Robert M. Agnew, solicitor for the said city, for the opening of Lime street, north of Lemon, to the northern boun- dary (to lane leading from Lititz pike past Kepler's place), filed February 26, 1878. On April 27, 1878, the Court directed a warrant be issued for the open- ing of said street

1754 Zinzendorf was prospecting for the site of another of his religious communities, Klein, entirely won over to Zinzendorf's cause, offered his 491 acres for the pur- pose. This was accepted. Zinzendorf planned and directed the organization of this new community through the agency of Augus- tus

Dunkards of East- ern Pennsylvania, who came to this country about 1708. Jacob Gorgas like his ancestors was an ingenious clockmaker and worker in metals, and while that was his business he was also a landowner and did not neglect the cultivation of the soil. He led a quiet, industrious life, and trained

Lancaster In The Gettysburg C ampaign By M. LUTHER HEISEY THE ALARM At no time in the long history of Lancaster County did consternation and excitement reign among its citizens as in the closing days of June, 1863, when the gray ranks of the Confederacy approached to its very gateways. For days

, in August, 1846, Sutter took the oath of allegiance to the United States of America. Throughout that year and the following year, he maintained his own troops and kept order in the vast reaches of northern California. He did not receive a cent for his services during the war, nor were his soldiers

insects of which about 400 are recognized today. One of the merits of the book is the interest and attention he paid to the habits of insects. He frequently mentions the food plants and the life histories of insects. He gives the oldest description of a coleopterous larva published in America

. Building operations in the central part of the city were obstructed in excavating and foundation. work, by the unremitting flow from these springs, and even today one of the large depart- ment stores is required to operate continuously a pump to carry off the flow of water from such a spring. Another